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  • March 30, 2026

    Newsom Tightens AI Contract Rules Over Safety Fears

    California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday ordered state agencies to strengthen guardrails for all contracts connected to generative AI tools, highlighting what he sees as risks to free speech, voting rights and mass surveillance, while at the same time encouraging statewide adoption of safe forms of the technology. 

  • March 30, 2026

    US Judge Duo Urge Simplicity In Complex AI, Privacy Fights

    A pair of U.S. district judges Monday implored litigants to take more time to walk those deciding their disputes through the complex data privacy, artificial intelligence and other technological issues underpinning claims, cautioning that acting otherwise is likely to result in bored juries and discarded legal briefs.

  • March 30, 2026

    HPE Seeks Fix After States Expose Confidential Bidding Info

    Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. urged a California federal judge to order a dozen states and Washington, D.C., to take corrective measures after they publicly filed thousands of pages of confidential documents related to the company's planned $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks Inc.

  • March 30, 2026

    FTC's Meador Eyeing Platform Design In Kids' Safety Reviews

    While the Federal Trade Commission isn't interested in "telling companies how to run their businesses," the agency will continue to police online hazards facing children and adults, including those that may be caused by the way that websites are designed, and could impose more "extreme" remedies when necessary, Republican Commissioner Mark Meador said Monday.

  • March 30, 2026

    Justices Won't Touch Ex-CTA Worker's Deleted Text Sanction

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up the appeal of a former Chicago Transit Authority employee whose retaliation lawsuit was dismissed by the Seventh Circuit as a sanction for spoiling evidence.

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