By Jack Nicas, Kellen Browning and Erin Griffith | New York Times Apple’s spat with app developers over its cut of their revenues exploded into a high-stakes clash on Thursday when Apple kicked the wildly popular game Fortnite off iPhones and the game’s maker hit back with a lawsuit. The fight began on Thursday morning with a clear provocation. Epic Games, the maker …
By Brittni Thompson | azfamily A 20-year-old man said he’s on a mission to catch what he calls “child predators.” “I just go online, pretend to be a 15-year-old boy and get weirdos to come meet me,” said Kerrick Bryant of Chandler. “They think they’re going to meet with a little kid and do things. Nasty things.” Bryant said he …
By Evan Bolick | Rose Law Group litigator The European Union (EU) just passed a law holding Google, which owns YouTube, directly responsible for the upload of any material infringing copyrights to YouTube. The potential consequences are alarming and jeopardize the very existence of YouTube, or at least YouTube as we know it. Initially, this law completely inverts traditional legal …
Philosophically, intellectually — in every way — human society is unprepared for the rise of artificial intelligence By Henry A. Kissenger | The Atlantic Three years ago, at a conference on transatlantic issues, the subject of artificial intelligence appeared on the agenda. I was on the verge of skipping that session—it lay outside my usual concerns—but the beginning of the presentation …
By Stephen Jewkes, Christoph Steitz | Reuters Flying robots that can travel dozens of kilometers without stopping could be the next big thing for power companies. Utilities in Europe are looking to long-distance drones to scour thousands of miles of grids for damage and leaks in an attempt to avoid network failures that cost them billions of dollars a year. However, …
A case of listening in: Echo home speaker mistakenly recorded and sent out a private conversation; Really want a microphone in your home, asks Logan Elia, Rose Law Group attorney practicing privacy law Amazon.com Inc. has acknowledged one of its Echo home speakers mistakenly recorded a private conversation and sent it to a person in the owners’ contact list, The …
By Ryan Randazzo | The Republic (Editor’s Note: Since this story was published, the Legislature approved the robot bill.) Small robots could deliver groceries, take-out meals and other small items under regulations being considered by the Arizona Legislature. The robots could travel on sidewalks and crosswalks like pedestrians. They would have to weigh less than 100 pounds without cargo and …
By Ryan Randazzo | The Republic Gov. Doug Ducey on Thursday moved to maintain Arizona’s status as the most permissive state for self-driving cars. The governor issued a new executive order that makes it clear the robot cars don’t need a driver behind the wheel if they follow all the traditional traffic laws and rules for cars and drivers. Ducey …
(Editor’s note: News releases are published as submitted unless they contain errors of fact.) PHOENIX – Governor Doug Ducey today issued an executive order to create the Arizona Cybersecurity Team (ACT), a diverse team of experts from state, local, and federal government, the private sector, and higher education to work together to protect Arizonans from a cyber attack. Government, businesses, …
Roberts Hiring Comes as New Drone Bills Hit the State Capital for Debate Scottsdale based Rose Law Group pc is proud to announce litigator Troy Roberts will join the growing Cyberlaw department as Chairman of Cybersecurity, Privacy and Emerging Technologies. Roberts brings expertise in drone and privacy laws to the department. “Troy is an incredible addition to our Cyberlaw department …