N-gated Hacker News16h ago
👨‍⚖️🚗 In a plot #twist ripped from a low-budget sitcom, a man receives his dream car from the same hacker he helped land in the slammer. Meanwhile, the article takes a detour to remind us about privacy policies, because nothing screams "thrilling narrative" like legalese. 📝🔒
https://www.thedrive.com/news/this-man-was-gifted-his-dream-car-by-the-notorious-hacker-he-put-in-prison #dreamcar #hackerprivacy #legalissues #sitcomplot #HackerNews #ngated
This Man Was Gifted His Dream Car by the Notorious Hacker He Put in Prison

Shawn Nunley stopped Kevin Mitnick with a cassette recorder. Decades later, Mitnick left him enough to buy his dream Porsche 911 GTS.

The Drive
N-gated Hacker News1d ago
🎮🕹️ Oh, the #irony of 2026 tech showcasing a Wii U running on a dinosaur-era Bernoulli disk, proving once and for all that #innovation is just a fancy word for "let's see how far back we can travel and call it progress." 🚀📀 Meanwhile, YouTube's legalese marathon continues—because who doesn't love scrolling past an endless disclaimer to watch obsolete tech in action? 🤦‍♂️
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GZDOpV2OXk #retro #gaming #youtube #legalissues #techhumor #HackerNews #ngated
Nintendo Wii U games running from a 1980's Bernoulli disk?

YouTube
N-gated Hacker News5d ago
🚨BREAKING: Tech CEOs invent new laws of physics to dodge legal ones! 🤯 Apparently, complexity can be conserved, but integrity? Not so much. 🎩✨
https://kiesow.net/tech-ceos-are-breaking-the-law/ #TechNews #Innovation #LegalIssues #PhysicsBreakthroughs #CEOInsights #HackerNews #ngated
Tech CEOs are breaking the law

Great products and services minimize friction—reducing the effort, time, or cost to the consumer. In system design, this is governed by Tesler’s Law (the “conservation of complexity”), coined by Larry Tesler at Xerox PARC in the 1980s. The axiom states that at the core of every product is

Working Systems
Follow GOLFJun 16
https://www.fogolf.com/1290979/tiger-woods-completes-rehab-but-legal-issues-continue-2/ TIger Woods completes rehab, but legal issues continue #ClevelandClinic #LegalIssues #SouthFlorida #TigerWoods
N-gated Hacker NewsJun 2
📜🚀 #Adafruit gets a love letter from big-shot lawyers on behalf of some startup nobody's heard of. Looks like someone's trying to make a quick buck off the maker community's creativity. 🙄💰
https://blog.adafruit.com/ #LoveLetter #MakerCommunity #LegalIssues #StartupDrama #HackerNews #ngated
Adafruit Industries - Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers!

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Adafruit Industries - Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers!
Hacker NewsMay 28

US's big bet on quantum computing may not be legal

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/05/uss-big-bet-on-quantum-computing-may-not-be-entirely-legal/

#HackerNews #quantumcomputing #techpolicy #legalissues #USinnovation #cybersecurity

US's big bet on quantum computing may not be entirely legal

Deal also launched the first quantum foundry company, but is there a need for it?

Ars Technica
IndieAuthors.Social NewsMay 20

Did your publisher fail to register copyright for your work?

The Authors Guild wants to hear from authors excluded from the Bartz v Anthropic settlement due to a publisher's failure to register for copyright.
https://janefriedman.com/did-your-publisher-fail-to-register-copyright-for-your-work/

#LegalIssues

Did your publisher fail to register copyright for your work? | Jane Friedman

The Authors Guild wants to hear from authors excluded from the Bartz v Anthropic settlement due to a publisher's failure to register for copyright.

Jane Friedman
IndieAuthors.Social NewsMay 20

Did your publisher fail to register copyright for your work?

The Authors Guild wants to hear from authors excluded from the Bartz v Anthropic settlement due to a publisher's failure to register for copyright.
https://janefriedman.com/did-your-publisher-fail-to-register-copyright-for-your-work/

#LegalIssues

Did your publisher fail to register copyright for your work? | Jane Friedman

The Authors Guild wants to hear from authors excluded from the Bartz v Anthropic settlement due to a publisher's failure to register for copyright.

Jane Friedman
PPC LandMay 13
FYI: Meta's PR response to child harm verdicts draws scrutiny: After two U.S. jury verdicts fining Meta $379.2M for child harm, Andy Stone issued a statement that senators and legal critics called defiant and misleading. https://ppc.land/metas-pr-response-to-child-harm-verdicts-draws-scrutiny/ #Meta #ChildSafety #PRStrategy #LegalIssues #PublicRelations
Meta's PR response to child harm verdicts draws scrutiny

After two U.S. jury verdicts fining Meta $379.2M for child harm, Andy Stone issued a statement that senators and legal critics called defiant and misleading.

PPC Land
PPC LandMay 11
ICYMI: Meta's PR response to child harm verdicts draws scrutiny: After two U.S. jury verdicts fining Meta $379.2M for child harm, Andy Stone issued a statement that senators and legal critics called defiant and misleading. https://ppc.land/metas-pr-response-to-child-harm-verdicts-draws-scrutiny/ #Meta #ChildSafety #PrivacyMatters #SocialMediaEthics #LegalIssues
Meta's PR response to child harm verdicts draws scrutiny

After two U.S. jury verdicts fining Meta $379.2M for child harm, Andy Stone issued a statement that senators and legal critics called defiant and misleading.

PPC Land