Leftovers

• Jim Nielsen ☛ Podcast Notes: Iain McGilchrist on “The Great Simplification”

  I wish I could remember how this podcast came across my radar so I could give credit where it’s due. But alas, I cannot.

  It’s episode 217 with Dr. Iain McGilchrist.

• Science / Mathematics / Computer Science

  • New York Times ☛ Mary-Dell Chilton Dies at 87; Helped Create First Genetically Modified Plant

    In 1982, she led the research team that figured out how to genetically alter plants, a discovery that would eventually transform global agriculture.

  • New York Times ☛ Astronomers Find an Atmosphere on a Nearby Earthlike Planet

    It’s the first potentially habitable world known to host an atmosphere, making it a lead contender in the search for life beyond our solar system.

  • Science Alert ☛ Every Frame of a Black Hole Movie Is a Time Machine – And Physicists Think We're Oversimplifying

    Strap in.

  • Science Alert ☛ Light Usually Speeds Things Up. Scientists Just Caught It Doing The Opposite in The Nanoworld

    "This discovery of light-induced quantum friction fundamentally changes our understanding... "

  • Science Alert ☛ Chronic Constipation May Be a Gut-Brain Disorder, Scientists Say

    Chronic constipation is a serious issue.

  • Science Alert ☛ We Finally Know The Name of a Revered Maya Astronomer-Mathematician: Sak Tahn Waax

    The 'white-chested fox'.

  • New York Times ☛ In Turning to Trade School, Gen Z Confronts an Enduring Stigma

    Gen Z is increasingly turning to trade schools in hopes of future-proofing their careers against Hey Hi (AI) But getting their parents and peers on board can be a challenge.

  • New York Times ☛ How a Teacher Revived Backyard Baseball

    Backyard Baseball, a favorite game for 1990s kids, had been off the market for years. But Lindsay Barnett was determined.

  • Science Alert ☛ A Drug Already Proven Safe in Humans Just Reduced Multiple Signs of Alzheimer's in Mice

    "This highlights its potential as a disease-modifying therapy."

  • Science Alert ☛ Every Black Hole Image You've Ever Seen Is a Time Machine – And Physicists Think We're Oversimplifying

    Strap in.

  • Science Alert ☛ Light Usually Speeds Things Up. Scientists Just Caught It Doing The Opposite

    "This discovery of light-induced quantum friction fundamentally changes our understanding... "

  • Science Alert ☛ Scientists Think They Know Why Some People Can't Poop – And It Starts in The Gut's 'Second Brain

    Chronic constipation is a serious issue.

  • Science Alert ☛ Behold, The World's Oldest Amber – a Record of a World 385 Million Years Ago

    This rewrites the history of plant evolution.

  • Science Alert ☛ Entirely New Monkey Species Discovered in The Congo Rainforest, And It Doesn't Look Impressed

    The monkey does not look particularly thrilled to have been found.

  • Science Alert ☛ Nanoparticles Cross Blood-Brain Barrier in Mice to Shrink Deadly Glioblastoma

    A new hope for treatment.

  • Science Alert ☛ Common Sleep Supplement May Also Ease Chronic Pain, Review of 23 Trials Reveals

    The data is in.

  • Science Alert ☛ Endangered Australian Frog Shimmers Like an Opal (in an Unusual Place)

    You think you know a guy...

  • Science Alert ☛ For The First Time, Astronomers Detect An Atmosphere Around A Rocky 'Habitable Zone' Planet

    “This is the first time anyone has found an atmosphere on a rocky planet in the habitable zone of another star”.

  • Science Alert ☛ Ancient DNA Finally Solves a 16th-Century Murder Mystery

    And the killer is...

  • Science Alert ☛ Your Longevity May Be Shaped Before You're Even Born, Study Reveals

    Aging starts at birth.

  • Science Alert ☛ Ancient Egyptian Princesses Were Skilled With Powerful Weapons, Lost Remains Reveal

    These princesses were buried with their weapons for a reason.

• Career/Education

  • JURIST ☛ US federal court ends decades-long school desegregation lawsuit in Louisiana

    A US federal court on Tuesday closed a school desegregation lawsuit originally filed in 1965, effectively ending a decades-long mandate for federal oversight of school desegregation in Concordia Parish, Louisiana. The case, Smith v. Concordia Parish School Board, was brought 11 years after the landmark ruling in Brown v. Board of Education took effect.

• Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

  • France24 ☛ Ebola 'spreading faster than any previous outbreak' in DR Congo, WHO warns

    The World Health Organization on Thursday warned that the Ebola virus is spreading through the Democratic Republic of Congo faster than during any previous outbreak, with more than 2,000 confirmed cases and 796 deaths recorded in just two months. Health officials say the rapid spread, lack of approved vaccine for the virus strain and ongoing conflict in the country are complicating efforts to contain the epidemic.

  • Bridge Michigan ☛ Death at Michigan women’s prison ruled suicide. Autopsy points to aspirin

    An autopsy released Thursday found that Ashley Hoath, the third of four inmates to die this year at Michigan’s only women’s prison, died by suicide after suffering acute aspirin poisoning.

  • France24 ☛ US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announces testosterone screening for US troops

    US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday that military personnel age 30 and older will undergo testing for testosterone deficiency as part of annual health screenings. "It's well-established science that as we age, testosterone levels often naturally drop," Hegseth said in a video posted on X along with the text: "The High-T Department of War." FRANCE 24's Fraser Jackson reports from Washington.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Bangkok bar fire: Victims died of cyanide poisoning within minutes, autopsies show

    The police will also investigate whether district officials failed to inspect the building properly.

• Proprietary / SaaS

  • IGN ☛ Microsoft Restores Player's 25-Year-Old Account With Son's Baby Photos After Nuking It Due to Hacker

    Microsoft has restored a player’s access to his 25-year-old account, which contained photos of his son and thousands of dollars worth of games.

    Streamer Joshua Khane shared the news on July 16, confirming that Xbox had reached out to him and restored access to the account, which was previously suspended after being hijacked by a hacker a few days prior.

  • Inkl ☛ As Xbox fan goes viral for losing account with games worth "thousands of euros" and their "son's baby pictures," official support says it's "working to restore access" [Ed: Just due to backlash]

  • So-Called 'Artificial Intelligence' ('AI') / LLM Slop / Plagiarism

    • Silicon Angle ☛ IBM debuts compact z17 mainframes and LinuxONE servers for on-premises enterprise AI

      IBM Corp. today announced a massive expansion of its on-premises enterprise infrastructure lineup, with new single-frame and rack-mount versions of its iconic z17 mainframes and more compact LinuxONE 5 server platforms.

    • IP Kat ☛ 2026-07-03 [Older] Politicians might get away with alternative facts, AI chatbot users don’t

    • Futurism ☛ MElon’s Hey Hi (AI) Startup Is a Complete Disaster Behind the Scenes

      It's stuck playing catch-up with its rivals.

    • Futurism ☛ Terrified Tech Execs Are Traveling With Armed Bodyguards as Hey Hi (AI) Backlash Grows

      "It really feels like the people in power want to be kings. Historically, that doesn't work out for kings..."

    • Collabora ☛ The power of APIs: The unsung hero of Hey Hi (AI) interface

      AI development is shifting from implementing models from scratch to composing powerful capabilities via APIs, enabling developers to integrate speech recognition, language models, and tool execution into useful applications with far less effort.

    • logcat.ai Bags $2.5 Mn To Build AI Platform For Android, Linux Engineering [Ed: Slop grifters milking the pyramid scheme]

  • Social Control Media

    • France24 ☛ Viral Hey Hi (AI) fakes flood social control media as Iran mourns Khamenei

      Iran drew huge crowds for former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's funeral procession in Tehran, documented by international news agencies. But alongside genuine images pf mourners, AI-generated videos and photos falsely claiming to show the event have spread widely online. Some exaggerate crowd size, while others contain tell-tale Hey Hi (AI) errors and fabricated landmarks to rack up clicks and engagement.

• Security

  • Integrity/Availability/Authenticity

    • BBC ☛ Catfished student gets £10k after photos used for fake dating profiles

      Images were posted on Tinder, Hinge, Snapchat, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and SoundCloud, and used to deceive thousands of people across social media and dating apps.

      The High Court in London heard Weston used Davies' images to create and run fake accounts between 2022 and 2026, calling herself "Sophie" and "Sophie Kadare".

      She also used AI images based on Davies' likeness, and used the fake profiles to strike up real-life romantic relationships.

  • Privacy/Surveillance

    • Futurism ☛ Anthropic Caught Secretly Spying on Users

      Anthropic's privacy claims are now "harder to believe."

    • OpenRightsGroup ☛ Wanted: Government to fix the ICO

      Following the conclusion of an internal HR process, the Information Commissioner is on garden leave, before his final exit. As reported in the Times, the investigation into his behaviour found “sexual harrasment, bullying and discrimination”.

    • EDRI ☛ #PrivacyCamp26: Call for sessions

      Privacy Camp hosts its 14th edition on 13 October 2026, in Brussels and online. For people living in Europe and across the globe, the impact technology has on our lives becomes ever more acute, ever more heavy and impossible to deny. Digital technologies shape how people work, organise, communicate, access services, cross borders, learn, create and resist. They can support community power and collective care. They can also deepen surveillance, extraction, discrimination, militarisation and environmental harm.

    • EDRI ☛ The Digital Omnibus is going on summer break. Your rights are not.

      In November 2025, the European Commission presented the Digital Omnibus as a simplification package for EU digital rules. Since then, the Hey Hi (AI) Omnibus has been adopted, weakening the Hey Hi (AI) Act before key safeguards fully apply. The Data Omnibus is still moving through the Council and European Parliament, covering the Data Acquis, GDPR and ePrivacy rules.

    • EDRI ☛ Proposed Europol reform dangerously erodes privacy, automates surveillance, and sidelines oversight

      Third reform in six years allocates €3 billion to controversial EU policing agency with the capacities to place everyone under surveillance.

    • Futurism ☛ Redditors Are Celebrating the Cutting Down of Flock Surveillance Towers With Based Memes

      "Even a single grain of rice can tip the scales."

• Defence/Aggression

  • New York Times ☛ Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Seeking Asylum Is Arrested by ICE

    Shaoping Wu was working as a contract delivery driver for Amazon when he was pulled over in Pennsylvania. He had championed personal and religious freedom for Chinese citizens.

  • North Korean buildings near DMZ could be rocket infrastructure, experts say

    Satellite images show 21 newly built drive-through buildings likely designed to shelter launch vehicles.

  • The Straits Times ☛ North Korea calls Seoul a ‘puppet’ for its role in US maritime exercise

    The Rim of the Pacific Exercise is billed as the world’s largest international maritime exercise.

  • New York Times ☛ Global Opinion Shifts Toward Favoring China Over the U.S., Poll Finds

    An annual survey from the Pew Research Center found that more countries felt positively about China than America.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Taiwan rejects Papua New Guinea’s decision to shut office in Port Moresby

    China welcomed the move.

  • The Straits Times ☛ China disapproves of British Steel nationalisation decision by UK

    The ministry said the move “severely undermined” Chinese companies’ confidence in investing in Britain.

  • Chinese police arrest Uyghur sisters and mother in Urumqi for sending goods to Turkey

    Their eldest sister, who had been receiving the goods, said they were arrested for “supporting terrorists.”

  • The Strategist ☛ Australia should welcome Japan’s intelligence restructure

    The restructuring of Japan’s intelligence capability around new central agencies will support deeper cooperation with Australia.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Czech citizen detained in China suspected of endangering national security

    A Czech citizen held in China since the end of June is being investigated on suspicion of national security offences, China's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday, as it demanded the release of one of its citizens awaiting trial in the Czech Republic on charges of working for Beijing intelligence.

  • New York Times ☛ Dihydroxyacetone Man Has Dismantled Election Security Efforts. Here’s How.

    Since his return to the White House, the lead federal partner for states on election security has lost around a third of its work force.

  • Security Week ☛ China’s Top Cybersecurity Firms Hit by Mounting Military Procurement Bans

    Chinese cybersecurity firms are facing action from the country’s military, but it’s not due to product or technical failures.

  • Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine

    • LRT ☛ EU court dismisses final challenge to sanctions on Belarusian transit through Lithuania

      The European Union’s General Court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Lithuanian port operator seeking to overturn sanctions that ended the transit of Belarusian potash fertilisers through Lithuania.

    • LRT ☛ LRT English Newsletter: Russia planning something?

      LRT English Newsletter – July 17, 2026.

    • Scoop News Group ☛ Russian trio indicted for allegedly running bulletproof hosting providers that spurred cybercrime

      Officials accused three Russian nationals, Media Land and ML.Cloud of supporting cyberattacks spanning 21 U.S. states and other countries, resulting in losses surpassing $62 million.

    • Federal News Network ☛ Cyber agencies warn critical industries about Russia-linked hackers

      The hackers have spent years quietly extracting configuration data from poorly configured routers across critical infrastructure.

    • BIA Net ☛ Turkey detaines two Russian tourists for 'reciting Bible' at Hagia Sophia

      Authorities initiated legal proceedings against the tourists on charges of "inciting the public into hatred and enmity" and handed them over to the migration management agency.

    • New York Times ☛ What to Know About Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s Ousted Defense Minister

      Mr. Fedorov became the youthful face of Ukraine’s successful drone warfare program. The move to replace him has prompted street protests.

    • New York Times ☛ Ukraine’s Minister of Defense, a Proponent of Drone Warfare, Is Forced Out

      Mykhailo Fedorov announced he was leaving the ministry on Wednesday after conflicts with generals and military contractors over the role of innovative weaponry.

    • New York Times ☛ Ukraine’s Ousted Defense Minister Attacks the Military’s Old Guard

      Mykhailo Fedorov defended his efforts to modernize the Ukrainian armed forces as thousands of people protested his dismissal.

    • New York Times ☛ He Was a Russian Political Survivor, Until the Masked Men Appeared

      Boris B. Nadezhdin, an outspoken opponent of the war in Ukraine, says he knows why he was detained: “Among our leadership, there is panic and chaos.”

    • New York Times ☛ Ukraine Was on a Roll. Then a Clash Over War Strategy Exploded Into View.

      From an underground parking garage, Ukraine’s newly dismissed defense minister aired the most dramatic, public critique of the military command to emerge during the war.

    • CS Monitor ☛ Why Ukrainians have taken to the streets to protest a cabinet shuffle

      The surprise ouster of popular Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov has propelled Ukrainians to take to the streets to express their displeasure.

    • RFERL ☛ Zelenskyy's Dismissal Of Defense Minister Fedorov Sparks Protests

      President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sacked Mykhaylo Fedorov as defense minister, a dramatic shakeup of his Cabinet that sent shockwaves through Ukrainian political and military circles and stoked new questions about oversight of Ukraine's stubborn defense against Russia's all-out invasion.

    • RFERL ☛ 'What A Nightmare': Zelenskyy's Dismissal Of Defense Minister Sparks Fury In Ukraine

      Ukrainians reacted with fury to the abrupt ouster of Mykhaylo Fedorov, the tech-minded defense minister whose embrace of drone warfare innovation for many signaled a break from old-school military thinking and shady business interests.

    • RFERL ☛ Protests Erupt Throughout Ukraine After Shock Dismissal Of Defense Minister

      Crowds gathered in Ukraine's major cities on July 16 after news broke that Mykhaylo Fedorov, the country's widely respected defense minister, had been dismissed.

    • RFERL ☛ US Senate Leadership Throws Weight Behind Renewed Russia Sanctions Push

      Senate Republican leadership has thrown its weight behind a renewed bipartisan push to impose sweeping new sanctions on Russia that supporters say marks the strongest congressional effort yet to increase economic pressure on Moscow over its war against Ukraine.

    • France24 ☛ Ukraine: Protests erupt after defence minister sacked

      With demonstrators shouting “Shame!” and “Power to the people!”, rare protests erupted in several Ukrainian cities on Thursday over the dismissal of the country’s popular defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov. Seen as a moderniser, Fedorov was removed by President Volodymyr Zelensky after only six months in the job in what many see as a result of infighting within the Ukrainian military.

    • France24 ☛ How rivalry with a top general brought down Ukraine’s popular defence minister Fedorov

      The forced resignation of Ukraine's 35-year-old defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov in a sweeping government reshuffle on Wednesday has exposed competing visions within the country’s civil and military leadership on how best to hold back the Russian advance.

    • France24 ☛ Bitter row splits Ukraine's military leadership after defence minister ousted

      Ukraine's ousted defence minister directed stunning public criticism at the army's top commander on Thursday, forcing President Volodymyr Zelensky to call for unity amid signs of an emerging split in the military's top ranks. Large protests erupted in several Ukrainian cities against the removal of popular defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov, who had been brought in six months ago to digitise and modernise an army fatigued after four years fighting off the Russian invasion. FRANCE 24's Gulliver Cragg reports.

    • France24 ☛ Zelensky's dismissal of Ukraine's defence chief sparks political crisis

      Rare protests erupted in Ukraine on Thursday over the dismissal of defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov as a dispute between the reformer and Kyiv's top general spilled into the open during the president's second overhaul of his wartime cabinet in a year. FRANCE 24's Emerald Maxwell reports.

    • France24 ☛ Report reveals extent of Kenyan deaths on Russian frontline

      In tonight's edition, Ebola is spreading faster in the DRC than in any previous outbreak, the WHO says. Also, new data has identified nearly 3,000 Africans recruited to fight on the Ukrainian front, with around one in six already killed. And Algeria is battling a wave of devastating wildfires.

    • LRT ☛ New Lithuanian PM's first calls and meeting go to Baltic neighbours

      Lithuania's new Prime Minister, Mindaugas Sinkevičius, made regional security and Baltic cooperation his first priority in office – placing calls to his Estonian and Latvian counterparts and meeting Latvia's president in person, all within hours of his government being sworn in.

• Transparency/Investigative Reporting

  • American Oversight ☛ American Oversight Launches Investigation Into White House Pandemic Preparedness

    We’re seeking records on pandemic planning, interagency coordination, and the pandemic preparedness director.

• Environment

  • Energy/Transportation

    • New York Times ☛ Australia to Put Environmental Brakes on Hey Hi (AI) Data Centers

      The country will also seek to protect the rights of creators of work used to train artificial intelligence models, as it aims to impose parameters on the growing industry.

• Finance

  • Mexico News Daily ☛ Mexico in Numbers: How Mexico overtook Canada, Japan and China as top exporter to the US

    This week's installment of Mexico in Numbers tracks how Mexico overtook Canada, Japan and China over three decades to become the top exporter to the US, reshaping North American trade.

  • Breach Media ☛ A notorious consulting firm is selling austerity. Canada’s universities are buying

    The Nous Group, an Australian consulting firm, has raked in millions for “fixing” universities in financial freefall. Their solution? Corporatization

  • Futurism ☛ Short Sellers Are Having a Field Day Betting Against SpaceX as Shares Continue to Slip

    It could soon get even worse.

  • European Commission ☛ EU trade relations with developing countries continue to create sustainable economic growth

    Today, the European Commission and the High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy published a new joint report on the implementation of the Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) – the EU's main trade policy tool to support developing countries' exports to the bloc.

• AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

  • Bridge Michigan ☛ Michigan poised to close ‘revolving door’ for lawmaker lobbyists

    Michigan would create a two-year 'cooling off' period before lawmakers can become lobbyists under bills sent to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Critics have raised free speech concerns.

  • Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda

    • New York Times ☛ South Korea Strengthens Law to Curb Spread of Fake News

      An amendment to South Korea’s communications act will clamp down on purveyors of false information online. Critics worry it could threaten freedom of speech.

• Censorship/Free Speech

  • The Straits Times ☛ Indian court orders government to unblock Cockroach party’s X account

    The party's founder called the court decision a win for free speech.

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ ‘Law is clear’: Booksellers must ensure books are lawful, says security chief after arrests – but won’t give list of banned titles

    Hong Kong’s security chief has said booksellers have the responsibility to ensure the titles they sell do not threaten national security, following this week’s raids on two shops and the arrest of five people.

  • New York Times ☛ Hong Kong Police Raid Independent Bookstores and Arrest 5 People

    Other booksellers have been detained in recent months as part of a broad national security crackdown.

  • The Straits Times ☛ After arrests, Hong Kong issues warning to booksellers

    The city’s security chief said officials would not compile a list of banned books.

  • AccessNow ☛ The game is up: how MENA’s social control media regulations silence and control

    MENA's social control media regulations give the appearance of legitimacy but threaten to increase state censorship and control.

• Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press

  • Press Gazette ☛ Journalism job cuts in 2026 tracked: Latest from Sherwood News, GB News and News 12

  • Marcy Wheeler ☛ To Beeb Adverse or Not to Beeb, That Is the Question

    Kathleen Williams' ruling that Convicted Felon is not adverse to the government may soon impact the BBC's efforts to defend against a frivolous lawsuit by Convicted Felon.

  • The Straits Times ☛ China asks Thailand to deport Chinese journalist, rights groups warn of persecution

    China has asked Thailand to promptly extradite a Chinese journalist who rights groups say faces political persecution and torture back home because of his investigations into corruption in China.

  • Press Gazette ☛ Newsletter platform Beehiiv adds community features and programmatic advertising

    Creator platform adds ability for subscribers to interact with each other.

  • New York Times ☛ Prince Harry Loses Privacy Lawsuit Against Daily Mail Publisher

    The case brought by Harry and other celebrities against Associated Newspapers was one of several legal battles that the prince has fought against British tabloids in recent years.

  • Press Gazette ☛ Prince Harry privacy trial judgment: ‘Overwhelming victory’ for Daily Mail

    Judgment in publisher's favour follows 11-week trial.

  • Press Gazette ☛ The 53 Mail articles vindicated by Prince Harry privacy judgment [Ed: Who will compensate Daily Mail now (costs)? The taxpayers?]

    Articles dating from 1997 to 2015 formed the basis for 97 allegations of unlawful newsgathering.

• Civil Rights / Policing / Accessibility

  • The Straits Times ☛ Fears for Indian activist’s life after 18 days of hunger strike

    Activist Sonam Wangchuk his demanding the education minister resign over exam irregularities.

  • New York Times ☛ A 59-Year-Old Hunger Striker Joins a Gen Z Protest Movement in India

    Sonam Wangchuk, a longtime activist, has fasted for 19 days, joining forces with a student-led campaign to change India’s education system.

  • ACLU ☛ We Documented 1,200+ Actions by ICE. Here's What We Found.

    A new ACLU report reveals the scale of civil rights violations committed by ICE and the police forces it has deputized — from racial profiling to school lockdowns.

  • The Straits Times ☛ South Korea’s Naver to change ‘no foreigners’ button after discrimination accusations

    The dispute came from wording that failed to distinguish between foreigners and overseas cards.

  • New York Times ☛ India Calls Out Meta Over Reported Child Sexual Abuse Imagery in Ads

    The tech giant that owns Instagram, Facebook (Farcebook) and WhatsApp says it is in touch with the Indian authorities about reports that exploitative content is being hawked on one of its platforms.

  • JURIST ☛ Meta says state AGs seek $1.4T over youth safety claims

    Meta revealed in a court filing Monday that state attorneys general (AGs) are seeking up to $1.4 trillion in penalties ahead of an August trial over claims that the company knowingly designed Facebook (Farcebook) and Instagram to be addictive to teen users.

  • EDRI ☛ The digital rulebook is fit for purpose: better enforcement is needed, not simplification

    EDRi responded to the European Commission’s consultation on the Digital Fitness Check, emphasising the importance of the rights-based digital framework developed over the years. Rather than simplifying people's rights protections, it should focus on stronger enforcement and closing gaps.

  • EDRI ☛ EDRi-gram, 16 July 2026

    What has the EDRi network been up to over the past few weeks? Find out the latest digital rights news in our bi-weekly newsletter. In this edition: Turning up the heat – Commission backs social control media bans, Fashion Company Apple held accountable, summer to-dos, & more!

  • EDRI ☛ Hadopi law (2009–2026)

    The French Administrative Supreme Court ruled in favour of La Quadrature du Net, French Data Network (FDN), Franciliens.net and Fédération FDN by recognising that the Hadopi law’s surveillance system that aims to combat illegal files sharing breaches fundamental rights protected by the European Union. The government has been ordered to repeal the key provisions of this decree. It is now up to the government to acknowledge the end of this law and finally accept that the non-commercial sharing of culture online must not be criminalised.

• Internet Policy/Net Neutrality

  • SANS ☛ More Odd DNS Records: NIMLOC, (Tue, Jul 7th)

• Monopolies/Monopsonies

  • European Commission ☛ Commission provides guidance to Surveillance Giant Google for Hey Hi (AI) interoperability on Android and sharing of Surveillance Giant Google Search data under the Digital Markets Act

    European Commission Press release Brussels, 16 Jul 2026 Today, the European Commission has issued two sets of binding specification measures to Surveillance Giant Google under the Digital Markets Act.

  • Patents

    • Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Whole or Apportioned: Sunoco Asks the Supreme Court to Rethink Lost Profits

      Sunoco's cert petition tests the Federal Circuit's lost profits framework, arriving just after the Court turned away EcoFactor and Finesse Wireless.

    • JUVE ☛ Hamburg local division imposes penalty payments on Ningbo Blue Pluser in Brita case

      The dispute over filter cartridges between German water filter manufacturer Brita and Ningbo Blue Pluser has entered a new phase. On 15 July 2026, the Hamburg local division ordered the Chinese company to pay penalty payments of €97,500 for breaching an injunction and €105,000 for failing to comply with an information order.

    • Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Modest Rule, Real Traps: The USPTO’s Foreign-Applicant Representation Requirement Takes Effect July 20

      The USPTO's final rule, effective July 20, 2026, requires foreign-domiciled patent monopoly applicants, inventors, and owners to use a registered patent monopoly practitioner.

    • IP Kat ☛ 2026-07-05 [Older] Reform, resist, or rethink: Responses from CIPA, the PEB and the Paralegal Committee to IPReg's Education Review

    • IP Kat ☛ 2026-07-03 [Older] [GuestPost] Through the Examiner’s Lens: Understanding the New EQE Format [Ed: EQE facilitates fraud]

    • JUVE ☛ Munich Regional Court finds Innoscience GaN chips infringe further Infineon patent

      Under presiding judge Hubertus Schacht, the 21st Civil Chamber has found that gallium nitride (GaN) products offered by Innoscience and MEV Elektronik Service infringe Infineon’s German patent monopoly DE 10 2017 103 054. The patent monopoly protects a specific semiconductor die.

    • JUVE ☛ Mewburn Ellis strengthens patent monopoly litigation team with SEP specialist

      Bould will join Mewburn Ellis on 1 September 2026 from DLA Piper. She brings more than 25 years of experience in complex patent monopoly disputes, with a particular focus on standard essential patents and multi-jurisdictional litigation across the UK, Europe, the US and China. Her practice covers litigation, arbitration, mediation, licensing compliance programmes and freedom-to-operate reviews.

    • Tom's Hardware ☛ Intel patent monopoly reveals new XBM memory architecture that ditches HBM's costly silicon interposer — backend-transistor DRAM stack uses UCIe links and built-in repair to ease AI's memory bottleneck

      Intel’s XBM patent monopoly proposes an HBM alternative that uses backend-transistor DRAM, UCIe chiplet links, and repair logic to reduce packaging costs and complexity.

    • Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Value From the Beginning: The Book of Wisdom’s Limit in 4DD Holdings v. United States

      Federal Circuit vacates 4DD Holdings' copyright monopoly award against the U.S., marking the book of wisdom's limit in a Section 1498(b) damages case.

    • Unified Patents ☛ Why the ITC’s Litigation Funding Disclosure Proposal Is Good Policy — and Why It Needs Sharper Teeth

      In April 2026, the U.S. International Trade Commission published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (91 Fed. Reg. 23190) to add a new § 210.14a to 19 C.F.R. Part 210, requiring parties and intervenors in Section 337 investigations to disclose (1) parent corporations/stock owners, (2) entities with the legal right to bring the investigation besides the complainant, and (3) third-party litigation funders and entities whose approval is needed for litigation/settlement decisions.

  • Trademarks

    • IP Kat ☛ 2026-07-01 [Older] [Guest Post] New Guidelines on EU Trademarks – What Should Every Business Know?

  • Copyrights

    • Public Domain Review ☛ Choice Notes on History from Notes and Queries (1858)

      Selections from a peculiar British journal that focus on the peculiarities of British monarchs.

    • Digital Music News ☛ Massachusetts Becomes the Latest State to Propose Strict Ticket Resale Price Caps Under Noah Kahan-Inspired ‘Great Divide Act’

      Following the passage of anti-scalping laws in D.C., Vermont, and Maine, Massachusetts has become the latest state to propose a strict limit on ticketing resale prices as well as a straight ban on speculative passes.  Governor Maura Healey detailed the Bay State’s forthcoming ticketing legislation during a press conference this afternoon.

    • Digital Music News ☛ Bad Bunny Legal Team Fires Back Against ‘Frankenstein’ Reggaeton Infringement Suit, Says a Copyright Claim Cannot Be ‘Stitched Together from Three Separate Songs’

      Half a decade ago, a trio of copyright monopoly suits accused all manner of artists and companies of infringing on reggaeton releases including “Fish Market.” Now, having come up short in their summary judgment push, Bad Bunny and Rimas Entertainment are asking the court to reconsider its decision or allow them to kick off an appeal.