Leftovers

• Science

  • New York Times ☛ Norway’s Century-Long Watch on the Northern Lights

    The nation’s northern region has led the scientific quest to understand the aurora borealis. This summer, a 10,000-antenna radar is expected to begin the next phase of exploration.

  • Science Alert ☛ The Horse's Whinny Is a Unique Mix of Two Sounds, Study Finds

    Once you hear them ...

  • Science Alert ☛ Peak Mental Sharpness Can Boost Your Productivity by 40 Minutes a Day

    "Some days everything just clicks."

  • Science Alert ☛ This Invisible Radioactive Gas Occurs at High Levels in Colorado. Here's Why.

    Exposure is preventable.

• Career/Education

  • New York Times ☛ D.O.J. Sues U.C.L.A. After It Refused to Pay $1 Billion Fine

    The Forrest Dump administration accused the university’s Los Angeles campus of not doing enough to curb antisemitism, months after the government tried to cut research money and demanded more than $1 billion.

• Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

  • Bridge Michigan ☛ Report: Michigan lags in preparing students for mental health careers

    Michigan is tied for the fewest behavioral health vocational training programs in the nation, contributing to a school mental health workforce shortage.

  • Science Alert ☛ Alcohol Profoundly Changes The Way Your Brain Communicates, Study Finds

    Even a small amount has a big impact.

  • Science Alert ☛ Is Your Child a Picky Eater? Here's One Thing to Try

    There's always tomorrow.

  • The Straits Times ☛ South Korean health officials deny use of contaminated Covid-19 vaccines

    They said that vaccines containing foreign materials were separated and stored apart from other doses.

• Proprietary

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) / LLM Slop / Plagiarism

    • Futurism ☛ Pope Implores Priests to Stop Writing Sermons Using ChatGPT

      AI "will never be able to share faith."

    • Futurism ☛ Anthropic Furious at DeepSeek for Copying Its Hey Hi (AI) Without Permission, Which Is Pretty Ironic When You Consider How It Built Claude in the First Place

      "They robbed the robbers."

    • Tom's Hardware ☛ AI boosted US economy by 'basically zero' in 2025, says Goldman Sachs chief economist — 'We think there's been a lot of misreporting of the impact that Hey Hi (AI) investment had on GDP growth'

      The U.S. economy isn't being propped up by Hey Hi (AI) investment, despite the common narrative. According to Goldman Sachs, despite hundreds of billions in investment announcements, Hey Hi (AI) has done little to uplift American financial interests.

    • Futurism ☛ OpenAI Massively Cuts Spending Plan as Reality Closes in

      Maybe not.

    • Tom's Hardware ☛ OpenAI couldn’t finance its data centers, so it took control of the hardware instead — company's chip design aspirations lag behind Surveillance Giant Google and Amazon

      OpenAI spent much of 2025 trying to build its own Hey Hi (AI) data centers, only to find that it couldn’t secure financing on competitive terms.

• Linux Foundation

  • PR Newswire ☛ Linux Foundation Showcases Open Collaboration Across AI, 5G, Cloud-Native Telco, and Digital Skills at MWC Barcelona 2026 [Ed: Jeffrey Epstein (underage sex trafficking) connected 'Linux' Foundation]

• Security

  • Privacy/Surveillance

    • AccessNow ☛ Spear-phishing: how to stay safe and prevent advanced attacks against civil society

      Join us to learn and take action to prevent spear-phishing and other digital attacks against activists, journalists, and human rights defenders.

• Defence/Aggression

  • The Straits Times ☛ US forces regret giving Seoul late notice on drills tied to China mid-air stand-off

    The drill saw about 10 American fighter jets fly between South Korean and Chinese air defence identification zones.

  • New York Times ☛ Study Shows Xi’s Purges of China’s Military Run Deep

    Around 100 senior officers have been sidelined or vanished since 2022, hollowing out the top ranks and raising questions about the army’s capabilities.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Albanese tells Australia to 'turn the heat down' after bomb threat

    The threat was reportedly linked to a Chinese dance troupe banned in China that is due to perform in Australia.

  • The Straits Times ☛ China tightens Japanese trade restrictions as spat worsens

    Companies can apply to be removed from a “watch list” if they cooperate with Beijing’s verification terms.

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China imposes export curbs on 40 Japanese companies as spat worsens

    China imposed export restrictions on 40 Japanese companies on Tuesday, citing national security concerns, as Beijing escalated a months-long row that has seen Chinese tourism to Japan plummet.

  • New York Times ☛ China Amps Up Pressure on Japan With Restrictions on Exports

    Beijing placed the restrictions on 20 Japanese entities with ties to the defense industry, the latest ratcheting up of its monthslong feud with Tokyo.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Iran nears deal to buy supersonic anti-ship missiles from China

    A weapons expert said the new missiles are a complete game changer.

  • LRT ☛ Suspected China spy detained in Poland at Lithuania’s request

    A person suspected of spying against Lithuania for China was detained in Poland last week, the State Security Department said Tuesday.

  • JURIST ☛ HRW decries light sentencing of Cameroon massacre perpetrators

    Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday decried the “lenient” sentencing of military officers involved in the 2020 Ngarbuh massacre in Cameroon, in which 21 civilians were killed.

  • LRT ☛ ‘Torture’: Vilnius District residents protest German factory near their home

    Residents of the village of Pagiriai say pollution and noise from the German-owned wood panel factory Homanit Lietuva are forcing families to consider leaving the area.

  • JURIST ☛ Rights group reports forced disappearances and arbitrary arrests in Iran protest crackdown

    A Human Rights Watch (HRW) report Tuesday revealed alarming human rights abuses in Iran, including reports of mass arbitrary arrests and detentions since December 2025, detained children, torture, and forced disappearances of protesters involved in January 8-9 demonstrations.

  • France24 ☛ Dihydroxyacetone Man claims Iran building missiles that could reach US targets

    Hell Toupée claimed Iran is seeking to develop missiles that can strike the United States - long-range weapons technology that only a limited number of countries possess.

  • New York Times ☛ Iranians Brace for War as Convicted Felon Considers Targeted Strikes

    Stores are well stocked, and there have been no reports of shortages of food and other essentials, but many Iranians are in limbo as they wait to see whether U.S. forces will attack.

  • The Straits Times ☛ What's behind the latest tension between Afghanistan and Pakistan?

    Tensions have heated up again between Islamabad and Kabul this week after Pakistan launched airstrikes on militant targets in Afghanistan.

  • New York Times ☛ Dihydroxyacetone Man Squeezes Cuba

    Many U.S. presidents have tried to bring down the Communist government over almost seven decades. This time, it feels different.

  • Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine

    • New York Times ☛ Russia Moves Closer to Banning Telegram App, Saying It Foments Terrorism

      News of an investigation into Pavel Durov, the app’s billionaire founder, deepened a crackdown on what remains of the free Russian internet.

    • LRT ☛ Lithuanian conservatives seek more restrictions on Russians, Belarusians buying property

      Lithuania’s opposition conservatives, the Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD), have proposed tightening restrictions on property purchases by Russian and Belarusian citizens who hold temporary residence permits.

    • New York Times ☛ Same War, Different Message: Convicted Felon Tonight vs. Biden Four Years Ago

      Hell Toupée issued no statement in support of Ukraine on the anniversary of the Russian invasion, four years after his predecessor laid out the stakes.

    • New York Times ☛ Russia Remade Its Economy for War, but It’s Come at a Huge Cost

      About half of the country’s federal budget goes toward the fight in Ukraine, money that does little to support its long-term development.

    • New York Times ☛ Ukraine Battlefield Dead Could Reach 500,000 in Fifth Year, Estimates Suggest

      Russia has lost as many as 325,000 troops, according to some estimates, with more than 200,000 deaths verified by researchers.

    • New Yorker ☛ The Russians Turning to Surveillance Giant Google Maps in Search of Missing Soldiers

      Around a million Russian soldiers have been killed or wounded since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began, four years ago. Family members, who often aren’t informed of their loved ones’ fates, have been relying on a digital place of last resort.

    • RFERL ☛ 'Sea Of Pain': Emotional Ceremonies Held Across Ukraine As Russia's Full-Scale Invasion Enters 5th Year

      Ukrainians have been laying flowers, lighting candles, and remembering the fallen at ceremonies in towns and cities across the country marking the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion.

    • LRT ☛ How Lithuania is marking 4th anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine

      Lithuania will mark the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Tuesday with solidarity events in Vilnius and Kaunas, as well as commemorations abroad.

    • JURIST ☛ Global commitment crucial for Ukraine justice, Amnesty International says

      On the fourth anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Tuesday, Amnesty International called on the international community to maintain a steadfast commitment to hold Russia accountable under international law for its aggressions.

    • Green Party UK ☛ Statement on the Fourth Anniversary of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

      Dr Ellie Chowns MP said: “Today and every day the Green Party stands in full solidarity with the Ukrainian people, who have now spent four brutal years defending themselves against Russia’s war of aggression. We pay tribute to their extraordinary strength and bravery in the face of violence, displacement, and attacks on vital infrastructure such as the energy grid.

    • France24 ☛ Four years of war in Ukraine: An organization turns civilian cars into tactical assets

      Ukraine marked the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion on Tuesday (February 24). For more on that topic, FRANCE 24 spoke to Ivan Oleksii. He is the co-founder of Car For Ukraine, an organisation that sources cars -- mostly from outside Ukraine -- then upgrades and deliver them to the frontlines.

    • France24 ☛ Four years of war in Ukraine: 'Time is on Ukraine’s side', argues an analyst

      Ukraine marked the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion on Tuesday (February 24). Tens of thousands of lives have been lost since the Kremlin ordered troops into Ukraine on February 24, 2022. For more analysis, FRANCE 24's Carys Garland is joined by Samuel Ramani, associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute.

    • France24 ☛ War in Ukraine: Children who fled Russian-occupied Ukrainian territories share their stories

      Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, unleashing the deadliest war in Europe since World War II and civilians in Ukraine have paid a heavy price. UNICEF has been warning the conflict has taken a devastating toll on children, disrupting their lives at critical stages in their development. Here are the stories of some children who fled Russian-occupied Ukrainian territories.

    • France24 ☛ Ukraine allies scramble on anniversary date: Is it Europe's war now?

      We think about war and peace like a light switch that's either flicked on or off. But Russia did not suddenly decide to swoop for Kyiv on a February night of 2022. To this day in fact, it still refuses to call it a war, sticking instead to the less definitive 'special military operation'.

    • France24 ☛ 'We are not victims, we sacrifice our lives to protect freedom and democracy all over the world'

      FRANCE 24's Mark Owen speaks with Ukrainian actress and musician Ruslana Khazipova, of the arts collective Dakh Daughters, about the impact of the Russian invasion and Kremlin propaganda on Ukrainian identity and resilience.

    • France24 ☛ 'Ukrainians are getting ready to fight as long as needed', Director of Amnesty Intl Ukraine says

      Speaking with FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney, Veronika Velch, Director of Amnesty International in Ukraine, says that "Ukrainians are getting ready to fight as long as it would be needed", stressing that "Ukrainians really want peace, but there's very little trust in a peace that will come without justice".

    • Latvia ☛ Latvia continues supporting Ukraine as four years pass since Russia's war started

      Four years ago, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The people of Latvia immediately rushed to provide various forms of support, and as of this day, it has exceeded one billion euros, Latvian Radio reports on 24th February.

    • Latvia ☛ VIDEO: Rally in support of Ukraine 'Together until Victory'

      On February 24th, the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a support campaign for Ukraine, "Together until victory!", took place at the Freedom Monument at 7:30 in the morning.

    • Latvia ☛ LSM Ukrainian service marks four years of war

      For those that don't know, Latvian Public Media (LSM) also provides a news and information service in the Ukrainian language. Therefore, anyone wanting to read experiences direct from Ukrainians themselves might like to pay ukr.lsm.lv a visit and see the wide range of articles they have marking four years since Russia's illegal full-scale invasion.

    • Latvia ☛ President Rinkēvičs' speech on the fourth anniversary of war in Ukraine

      Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine has been going on for four years now, and it has become clear that the end of the war will be neither quick nor easy, said President Edgars Rinkēvičs in a video address on Tuesday, February 24th, the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine.

    • Latvia ☛ Ukraine support events in Latvia on February 24th

      February 24th, 2026 is the fourth anniversary of the full-scale war that the Russian Federation unleashed, with the help of Belarus, and continues to wage against Ukraine, violating international law, committing war crimes and crimes against humanity.

    • Latvia ☛ The Latvian surgeons helping and learning from Ukraine's defenders

      Doctors have been speaking to Latvian Radio about their treatment of injured Ukrainian soldiers alongside their usual patients.

    • Latvia ☛ Latvian government approves another 1.9 million for Ukraine

      On Tuesday, February 24th, the government approved the allocation of €1.88 million to support Ukraine's energy and military sectors.

    • Latvia ☛ Siliņa stands shoulder to shoulder with Zelenskyy in Kyiv

      Latvian Prime Minister Evika Siliņa is on a working visit to Kyiv, Ukraine, on February 24th to mark four years since the start of the brutal war launched by Russia.

    • Latvia ☛ WATCH AGAIN: Evening gathering in support of Ukraine in Rīga

      On Tuesday, February 24th, from 6:30 p.m., a memorial and support demostration "Path of Light for Ukraine" (Gaismas ceļš Ukrainai) will take place in Rīga - a symbolic march commemorating the victims of the war and expressing support for Ukraine in its continuing fight for freedom.

    • Latvia ☛ Braže to UN: 'No-one is safe from Russia’s imperial ambitions'

      Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braže addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York on 24th February 2026, exactly four years since Russia launched its failed full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

    • Latvia ☛ Nordics and Baltics issue joint statement in support of Ukraine

      The leaders of the Baltic states and the Nordic countries, collectively known as the Nordic-Baltic 8 (NB8) gathered in Kyiv, Ukraine on February 24th in a show of support for President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his people.

    • European Commission ☛ Joint Statement by the President of the European Commission, the President of the European Council and the President of the European Parliament on the fourth anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine

      Today, four years ago Russia started its full-scale and illegal war of aggression against Ukraine.

    • European Commission ☛ Statement by President von der Leyen with President Costa and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy

      Today, we stand in Kyiv on a grim anniversary.

    • European Commission ☛ G7 leaders' statement on the war in Ukraine

      On the fourth anniversary of the Russian further invasion of Ukraine in 2022, we, the leaders of the G7, reaffirm our unwavering support for Ukraine [...]

    • European Commission ☛ Commissioner Roswall's speech at a film screening to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the launch of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine

    • France24 ☛ South Africa secures release of more nationals lured to Ukraine war

      In tonight's edition, President Cyril Ramaphosa thanks his counterpart Vladimir Putin for helping to secure the return of 11 South Africans tricked into joining the Russia-Ukraine war. Also, the military spokesperson for the M23 rebel group is reportedly killed in an army drone strike in eastern DR Congo. And more than 6 million people are on the brink of famine in Somalia as the country is facing widespread drought.

• Transparency/Investigative Reporting

  • JURIST ☛ Rights group calls on South Africa to protect whistleblowers

    In a statement Tuesday, Human Right Watch (HRW) called on South Africa to adequately protect the country’s whistleblowers, and pressured authorities to conduct effective and impartial investigations to properly provide justice for the victims of retaliation and their families.

  • New York Times ☛ How Jeffrey Epstein Ingratiated Himself With Top Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Executives

    For more than two decades, the convicted sex offender developed a network at the tech giant, making him privy to succession discussions and other business.

• Environment

  • Energy/Transportation

    • New York Times ☛ After Being Shoved in Front of a Train, He Has Returned to the Subway

      Joseph Lynskey was determined to overcome his fear and reclaim his life as a New Yorker who enjoys the city in full. On Tuesday, he filed a lawsuit against the city and the M.T.A.

    • Pen Test Partners ☛ EV batteries as grid infrastructure and the security risk that follows

      TL;DR  Introduction   I’m a huge fan of micro generation and domestic power storage batteries. However, as we dash for net zero, one of the ways to balance the grid is to capitalise on EV batteries and their large capacity to store power. 

  • Wildlife/Nature

    • France24 ☛ Brazil floods and landslides kill at least 30 after record rainfall

      Three firefighters recovered a man’s body from mud and rubble after landslides triggered by torrential rains killed 30 people in southeastern Brazil, authorities said Tuesday, with 39 still missing. Rivers burst their banks in Minas Gerais state, inundating Juiz de Fora and Uba. More than 200 people were rescued.

  • Overpopulation

    • The Straits Times ☛ South Korea’s birthrate, the world’s lowest, rises again amid signs of easing demographic crisis

      The pace of the rebound is faster than the government’s optimistic-case projection.

• Finance

  • The Straits Times ☛ Malaysian minister calls for royal probe into anti-graft body’s ‘corporate mafia’ claims

    DAP minister breaks ranks, says MACC must be cleared of all suspicion, not just shareholding.

  • JURIST ☛ FedEx sues Convicted Felon for tariff refund

    FedEx filed a lawsuit against the Convicted Felon administration on Monday to recover a full refund of tariffs FedEx payed to comply with the president’s several executive orders imposing high tariffs on imports in 2025. FedEx filed their suit in the US Court for International Trade on Monday.

  • New York Times ☛ Intel Strikes Deal With a Chip Start-Up Its C.E.O. Invested In

    A technical partnership embraces SambaNova Systems, which Intel’s chief, Lip-Bu Tan, helps lead as an investor and chairman.

  • Boston Metal announces layoffs, closes Woburn plant

    According to a notification submitted to the State of Massachusetts, US-based carbon-free steel producer Boston Metal will lay off 71 employees...

• AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

  • Mexico News Daily ☛ President Sheinbaum ponders a lawsuit against MElon

    It is not uncommon for political enemies to hurl baseless accusations of narco-complicity, but this one came from a foreigner and the richest man in the world.

  • JURIST ☛ Former UK ambassador to US arrested amid Epstein misconduct probe

    British police arrested Peter Mandelson, former UK ambassador to the United States, on Monday on “suspicion of misconduct in public office” following allegations that he improperly shared sensitive government information with Jeffrey Epstein. Metropolitan Police said they arrested a 72-year-old man in Camden, North London, for questioning as part of an ongoing criminal investigation.

  • The Strategist ☛ Australia–Indonesia treaty a step in the right direction but gaps remain

    On 6 February, Indonesia and Australia signed the Australia-Indonesia Treaty on Common Security, also known as the Treaty of Jakarta 2026, marking a major milestone in their bilateral relationship.

  • CoryDoctorow ☛ Pluralistic: Socialist excellence in New York City (24 Feb 2026)

  • Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda

    • Ali Reza Hayati ☛ You’re being lied to

      You’re being lied to! (YouTube)

    • France24 ☛ How Russia has finetuned its disinformation campaign in 4 years of Ukraine war

      Four years into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Moscow has redoubled its efforts in disinformation warfare. Its methods have evolved, with more generative AI, more targeting of Ukraine’s allies, and increasing manipulation of real news stories. It’s therefore fitting that disinformation watchdog NewsGuard named a Russian tech bro, Yevgeny Shevchenko, its 2025 “Disinformer of the Year”.

• Censorship/Free Speech

  • The Straits Times ☛ Malaysia blocks same-sex dating websites Grindr and Blued

    Communications agency mulls over legal options against mobile app.

• Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press

  • Press Gazette ☛ Stories came from lonely celebs and ‘hangers on’ says former Mail on Sunday editor

    Peter Wright denies Prince Harry's allegations of illegal newsgathering.

  • Digital Music News ☛ Brian McKnight Takes Major Radio Network to Court Over Interview Gone Sideways

    Singer-songwriter Brian McKnight files a defamation lawsuit over a radio interview with his ex-wife in which he was accused of neglecting his kids. R&B singer-songwriter Brian McKnight is suing The Rickey Smiley Morning Show and North Carolina radio personality Karen Clark for defamation.

• Civil Rights / Policing / Accessibility

  • The Straits Times ☛ ‘SEAblings’ v Korea: Online spat reveals long-buried racial tensions

    But many concur that the online war has gone too far.

  • AccessNow ☛ Strengthening the foundation: Access Now embraces new co-leadership model

    As of January 2026, Arzu Geybulla has joined Access Now as Co-Executive Director, partnering with Alejandro Mayoral Baños to co-lead Access Now through the evolving human rights landscape of the next year and beyond

  • ACLU ☛ Rümeysa Öztürk: I Saw the Horrors of ICE Detention Firsthand. It is No Place for a Child.

    EDITOR’S NOTE: Rümeysa Öztürk was unlawfully detained by ICE agents in Massachusetts in March 2025 for an op-ed she co-authored in the Tufts Daily. She was held in a for-profit detention facility in Louisiana for weeks. She has spent her time after being released working on her dissertation. She now holds a Ph.D. in child study and human development.

• Internet Policy/Net Neutrality

  • Liability or Liberty? Congress Should Think Twice Before Weakening Section 230

    For thirty years, Section 230 has played a central role in protecting free expression online by shielding private enterprises [...]]

  • APNIC ☛ Towards an industry best practice for DNSSEC automation

    Guest Post: DNSSEC adoption, while steadily rising, is still low after 20 years. Why care about DNSSEC adoption anyway?

  • APNIC ☛ Balancing growth and efficiency — APNIC 61 Policy SIG deliberations on IPv6 and IPv4 allocation

    At APNIC 61 in Jakarta, the Policy SIG discussed proposals to reduce minimum IPv6 and increase maximum IPv4 delegations, highlighting tradeoffs between efficiency, record-keeping, and network planning. A Policy 101 session also introduced newcomers to APNIC’s consensus-driven policy process.

• Digital Restrictions (DRM)

  • New York Times ☛ Paramount Raises Its Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery

    Warner Bros. Discovery said Paramount’s new offer of $31 a share could lead to a “superior proposal” to the deal it signed with Netflix.

Monopolies/Monopsonies

• Patents

  • JUVE ☛ Regional Court Munich calculates Avago licence and issues injunction against Renault

    Renault has been aware of the consequences of the judgment in the dispute with Avago for several days. Immediately after the hearing on 5 February 2025, the judges of the 7th Civil Chamber imposed a sales ban on the Renault Clio and Mégane models in Germany.

  • Tom's Hardware ☛ Asus and Acer back online in Germany after patent monopoly dispute took them out — laptops and desktops still not available following injunction (Updated)

    Following a temporary injunction on sales, Asus and Acer have restored their German websites for sales and support. However, some products are still unavailable.

  • Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ The Recentive Ratchet: RPI’s NLP Patent Falls to the New-Environment Rule

    Federal Circuit holds NLP patent monopoly abstract under Alice, ruling that applying case-based reasoning to a new field is ineligible under Recentive.

  • Unified Patents ☛ $3,000 awarded for Cloud-Native Heroes Challenge - prior art found on Valtrus '686

    Unified Patents and Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) are pleased to announce the winning prior art submissions in the Cloud Native Heroes Challenge, a patent monopoly troll bounty program. The results of this contest demonstrate the benefits of engaging open source developers and technologists with domain expertise in the fight against patent monopoly trolls.

  • Software Patents

    • Unified Patents ☛ $2,000 for Cogent Insights Licensing retail patent monopoly prior art

      Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 9,794,797, owned by Cogent Insights Licensing Inc., an NPE. The '797 patent monopoly relates to secure transaction management and electronic rights protection.

    • Unified Patents ☛ Stratacor patent monopoly validity challenge coming soon

      The team at Unified IP Services is using Pearl to identify and chart prior art against a patent monopoly owned by Stratacor LLC, an NPE and entity of Ambient Analytics LLC. Unified Patents, the top requester of ex parte reexaminations in recent years, will likely challenge its validity. The patent monopoly is generally related to enhancing targeted advertising or directing users to similar content.

    • Unified Patents ☛ K.Mizra communication patents campaign - invalidity charts coming soon

      The team at Unified IP Services is using Pearl to identify and chart prior art against U.S. Patent 9,235,259 and U.S. Patent 9,602,649, owned by K.Mizra LLC, an NPE. The patents generally relate to facilitating a "tap-to-pair" system for mobile devices. The patents has been asserted against Amazon.

    • Federal Circuit Affirms Section 101 Ineligibility of Hey Hi (AI) Patent in Win for Amazon

      The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) today affirmed a summary judgment ruling from the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York finding the claims of a natural language processing patent monopoly asserted against Amazon.com, Inc. invalid for being directed to ineligible subject matter.

• Copyrights

  • Digital Music News ☛ Irving Azoff Lambasts YouTube Over Billboard Charts Pullout, Says the Platform ‘Pays Music Creators — Artists and Songwriters — Less Than Any Other Comparable Digital Service’

    Irving Azoff is once again lambasting YouTube – this time over the Surveillance Giant Google subsidiary’s much-publicized Billboard charts pullout. Meanwhile, the firmly worded criticism has arrived amid substantial subscriber growth for YouTube Music. The music mogul just recently took aim at YouTube, and specifically its well-documented exit from Billboard’s charts.

  • Digital Music News ☛ It Turns Out ClicknClear Is Fending Off an Ugly Lawsuit Filed by a Different ‘Niche’ Licensing Specialist — Judge Grants Dismissal Motion, Plaintiff Tees Up Appeal

    Many are familiar with ClicknClear from headlines about its Universal Music Group deal (and an Olympics licensing snafu). But the performance-sports-focused “music rights tech company” has quietly been fending off an ugly false advertising lawsuit since July 2025.