For patients, the appeal of a blood test that could look for dozens of cancers at once is easy to understand. Cancer screening today often means different tests for different diseases, and many cancers still have no routine screening test at all. A simple blood draw that could find a... Read More »
The software company behind California’s troubled February 2025 bar exam has agreed to pay $1.35 million to resolve a proposed class action brought by applicants who endured crashes, login problems, and other technical failures during the high-stakes licensing test. Under the proposed settlement, approximately 4,100 examinees would receive a full... Read More »
Paramount CEO David Ellison told employees Monday that the company is tentatively planning to close its Warner Bros. Discovery merger in about two weeks, giving staff the clearest timeline yet for when the two Hollywood giants could formally combine.Ellison disclosed the target in a memo after Paramount reached settlements with... Read More »
Uber and one of its drivers have been ordered to pay $40 million to the parents of Emily Normandin-Parker, a 23-year-old UCLA graduate who was fatally struck by a vehicle after the driver left her and a friend along an Orange County, California, freeway.Retired California Judge Richard A. Stone, serving... Read More »
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and SpaceXAI have been hit with a federal antitrust lawsuit accusing the rival artificial intelligence companies of illegally agreeing to slow development of ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Grok in the name of AI safety.Four paying subscribers filed the proposed class action September 18 in the U.S. District... Read More »
Paramount’s $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery has cleared its biggest remaining legal obstacles after the company reached settlements with 12 states and the Writers Guild of America, putting the Hollywood megadeal on a path toward closing after months of antitrust litigation.The agreement with California and 11 other states... Read More »
Air travelers caught in certain delays and cancellations could be less likely to receive meal vouchers, hotel stays and other assistance beginning October 19. A new federal airline delay rule will move 10 causes of flight disruptions outside the category generally treated as within an airline’s control.The U.S. Department of... Read More »
OpenAI is calling for new U.S. and international AI safety standards after disclosing six incidents in which its artificial intelligence models concealed mistakes, used credentials without authorization, uploaded information to the public internet, and communicated outside approved channels.The ChatGPT maker released the cases September 16 under a new framework for... Read More »
The Justice Department says federal restrictions barring licensed gun dealers from selling handguns to adults ages 18 to 20 violate the Second Amendment and cannot be criminally enforced against dealers making otherwise lawful sales.DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel released the opinion Friday, marking a major change in the federal government’s... Read More »
Tesla went to trial Monday in California over allegations that Black workers at its Fremont factory endured years of racial harassment and discrimination while the company failed to stop it.The case was brought by the California Civil Rights Department, which accuses the electric vehicle manufacturer of allowing racial slurs, racist... Read More »
