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Tricolor executives plead not guilty to charges stemming from collapse

CEO and chief operating officer of subprime auto lender and retailer stand accused of misleading creditors on collateral...

2dFinancial Timeseconomics

‘Sideshow’ concerns and billionaire dreams: What I learned from Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI

This is an excerpt of Sources by Alex Heath , a newsletter about AI and the tech industry, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. Elon Musk first sued OpenAI in February 2024. Despite ...

6hThe VergeTechnologyImpact

X hasn’t really stopped Grok AI from undressing women in the UK

Elon Musk's X is trying to stop people using its AI chatbot Grok to undress women amid intensifying outrage and legal scrutiny over the deluge of nonconsensual sexual deepfakes flooding the site. It's...

2dThe VergeTechnologyImpact

Marine Le Pen's appeal in EU fund embezzlement case opens in Paris

Far-right leader Marine Le Pen, who needs to have a graft conviction overturned to seize her best chance at the French presidency, risks seeing her life's work upended if she loses her appeal. It come...

3dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

France's far-right Le Pen appeals graft conviction with 2027 presidential bid on the line

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is set to return to court on Tuesday to appeal a graft conviction, with her 2027 presidential ambitions hanging in the balance. Le Pen was banned from standing fo...

3dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Nigeria reopens some schools in the north despite kidnap threats

Schools across parts ​of northern Nigeria started reopening on January 12, after months of closure triggered ⁠by the abduction of hundreds of students in November 2025. The move follows a circular fro...

3dFrance 24education

At least 2,000 protesters killed in Iran, with footage suggesting summary executions

The death toll from nationwide protests in Iran spiked January 12 to at least 2,000 people killed, activists say. With the Internet down in Iran, gauging the demonstrations from abroad has grown more ...

3dFrance 24world_newsImpact

Alleged $11 Million XRP Thief Countersues Widow of Country Music Legend George Jones

A Tennessee man accused of stealing $11 million worth of XRP from the widow of country music legend George Jones has filed a countersuit....

2dDecryptcryptocurrencyImpact

Appeals court says judge had no jurisdiction to order Mahmoud Khalil's release

An appeals court says a judge had no jurisdiction to order pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil released from ICE detention, a ruling that could lead to his re-arrest....

1dABC NewsPolitics

Germany: Gelsenkirchen bank thieves used 'manipulated' door

Police say a manipulated emergency exit, that shouldn't open from the outside, gave thieves access in last month's major bank heist in Gelsenkirchen. They warned customers that investigations would li...

3dDeutsche Wellecrime

WATCH: Pokémon store robbed at gunpoint in Manhattan

Three men robbed a Pokémon store in Manhattan on Wednesday, stealing $1,000 in cash from a register, an unknown amount of merchandise and a cell phone, according to the New York Police Department....

22hABC NewscrimeImpact

Minneapolis: Officer shoots person in leg during arrest

An officer was allegedly attacked with a shovel and broom handle while trying to arrest the person, DHS said. The shooting took place a few kilometers from where an immigration agent fatally shot Rene...

1dDeutsche Wellecrime

Grok undressed the mother of one of Elon Musk’s kids — and now she’s suing

Ashley St. Clair, the mother of one of X owner Elon Musk's children, is suing his company for enabling its AI to virtually strip her down into a bikini without her consent. St. Clair is one of the man...

19hThe VergeTechnologyImpact

Germany news: Trial to open over deadly Munich car attack

A Munich court is set to open the trial over a car attack on a trade union rally that killed a woman and her child. Meanwhile, Germany says inflation has stabilized, easing from post-pandemic highs. D...

10hDeutsche WellecrimeImpact

California's Attorney General is investigating Grok's sexualized deepfakes

California Attorney General Rob Bonta said there was an "avalanche of reports detailing the non-consensual, sexually explicit material that xAI has produced." Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty I...

2dBusiness InsiderTechnologyImpact

Hearing in Marine Le Pen appeal trial expected summer 2026

Marine Le Pen's presidential ambitions hang in the balance as the French far-right leader goes to court to appeal against an embezzlement conviction, which barred her from running for office for five ...

3dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Ashley St. Clair sues Elon Musk's xAI over alleged explicit Grok deepfake images

Ashley St. Clair sues xAI over Grok chatbot allegedly generating explicit deepfake images of her, using images from when she was 14 years old. Maja Smiejkowska/REUTERS Ashley St. Clair sued xAI, alleg...

18hBusiness InsiderTechnologyImpact

Hong Kong activist loses legal fight over prison shorts ban for female inmates

A jailed activist has lost a judicial review against a Hong Kong Correctional Services Department rule that prohibits female inmates from wearing shorts in summer, with the court ruling that the women...

3dSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

South Korean prosecutors demand death penalty for Yoon Suk-yeol over martial law

A Seoul court says an independent counsel has demanded a death sentence for former South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on rebellion charges in connection with his imposition of martial law in Decembe...

3dSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

The Atlantic, Penske, and Vox Media have all sued Google for antitrust violations

Lawsuits seeking damages from Google's illegal ad tech monopoly are piling up following the Justice Department's successful antitrust case . Vox Media, The Verge's parent company, is the latest in a w...

2dThe VergeeconomicsImpact
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