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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

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20261,555 stories
Apple sues OpenAI, accuses ex-employees of stealing trade secrets↗ 9to5mac.com · HN · 966 comments · 1660 points · Jul 10, 2026
John Deere owners will get the right to repair equipment under FTC settlement↗ apnews.com · HN · 306 comments · 1397 points · Jul 08, 2026
Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection↗ mybricklog.com · HN · 624 comments · 1394 points · May 28, 2026
Afroman found not liable in defamation case↗ nypost.com · HN · 739 comments · 1250 points · Mar 19, 2026
The whole thing was a scam↗ garymarcus.substack.com · HN · 323 comments · 993 points · Feb 28, 2026
20251,809 stories
Texas is suing all of the big TV makers for spying on what you watch↗ theverge.com · HN · 642 comments · 1268 points · Dec 16, 2025
Israel demanded Google and Amazon use secret 'wink' to sidestep legal orders↗ theguardian.com · HN · 437 comments · 963 points · Oct 29, 2025
10M people watched a YouTuber shim a lock; the lock company sued him – bad idea↗ arstechnica.com · HN · 632 comments · 1587 points · Oct 27, 2025
Anthropic agrees to pay $1.5B to settle lawsuit with book authors↗ nytimes.com · HN · 737 comments · 989 points · Sep 05, 2025
Google is illegally monopolizing online advertising tech, judge rules↗ nytimes.com · HN · 486 comments · 863 points · Apr 17, 2025
20242,283 stories
Patent troll Sable pays up, dedicates all its patents to the public↗ blog.cloudflare.com · HN · 419 comments · 1524 points · Oct 03, 2024
Fraud, so much fraud↗ science.org · HN · 823 comments · 1528 points · Sep 27, 2024
CrowdStrike representatives issue trademark infringement notice to ClownStrike↗ clownstrike.lol · HN · 229 comments · 1234 points · Aug 01, 2024
FTC sues Adobe for hiding fees and inhibiting cancellations↗ ftc.gov · HN · 847 comments · 2587 points · Jun 17, 2024
Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison↗ cnn.com · HN · 1432 comments · 1268 points · Mar 28, 2024
20232,324 stories
Court of Appeal ruling will prevent UK museums from charging reproduction fees↗ theartnewspaper.com · HN · 55 comments · 194 points · Dec 30, 2023
The New York Times is suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement↗ theverge.com · HN · 868 comments · 593 points · Dec 27, 2023
Fed court rules for retired engineer told by state to not talk about math↗ wect.com · HN · 89 comments · 269 points · Dec 26, 2023
New York’s attorney general says SiriusXM’s cancellation process is illegal↗ theverge.com · HN · 159 comments · 216 points · Dec 21, 2023
Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty on all charges↗ nytimes.com · HN · 166 comments · 343 points · Nov 02, 2023
20222,077 stories
Patent Trolls Inbound: Our First Lawsuit↗ blog.comma.ai · HN · 299 comments · 1212 points · Aug 24, 2022
EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, approved↗ consilium.europa.eu · HN · 1389 comments · 1098 points · Jul 20, 2022
Web scraping is legal, US appeals court reaffirms↗ techcrunch.com · HN · 237 comments · 1040 points · Apr 18, 2022
FTC sues Intuit for its deceptive TurboTax “free” filing campaign↗ ftc.gov · HN · 587 comments · 1552 points · Mar 29, 2022
Elizabeth Holmes found guilty↗ axios.com · HN · 1234 comments · 1712 points · Jan 04, 2022
20211,944 stories
Governor vows criminal prosecution of reporter who found flaw in state website↗ missouriindependent.com · HN · 678 comments · 1300 points · Oct 14, 2021
Court issues permanent injunction in Epic vs. Apple case↗ theverge.com · HN · 925 comments · 1420 points · Sep 10, 2021
John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approves extradition to US↗ bbc.com · HN · 1086 comments · 2091 points · Jun 23, 2021
Accused murderer wins right to check source code of DNA testing kit↗ theregister.com · HN · 496 comments · 981 points · Feb 07, 2021
We Are Preparing a Class Action Lawsuit Against Robinhood↗ old.reddit.com · HN · 443 comments · 982 points · Jan 28, 2021
20202,058 stories
States bring action against Google under federal and state antitrust laws [pdf]↗ texasattorneygeneral.gov · HN · 501 comments · 860 points · Dec 16, 2020
FTC Sues Facebook for Illegal Monopolization↗ ftc.gov · HN · 709 comments · 1752 points · Dec 09, 2020
WhiteHat Jr’s founder files $2.6M defamation suit against critic↗ techcrunch.com · HN · 282 comments · 691 points · Nov 22, 2020
Zoom lied to users about end-to-end encryption for years, FTC says↗ arstechnica.com · HN · 425 comments · 1616 points · Nov 10, 2020
U.S. Accuses Google of Illegally Protecting Monopoly↗ nytimes.com · HN · 824 comments · 1572 points · Oct 20, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

U.S. appeals court upholds designation of Anthropic as supply chain risk↗ cnbc.com · HN · 886 comments · 498 points · Sep 25, 2026
XCancel suspended "due to a new development in the ongoing legal proceedings"↗ xcancel.com · HN · 1 comments · 274 points · Sep 14, 2026
Uber arbitration award over Emily Normandin-Parker’s death↗ consumerrights.wiki · HN · 192 comments · 159 points · Sep 21, 2026
Google avoids a breakup of its ad tech business↗ nytimes.com · HN · 361 comments · 473 points · Sep 02, 2026
US jury says Apple owes record $5.7B in haptic technology patent case↗ reuters.com · HN · 65 comments · 76 points · Sep 26, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

U.S. appeals court upholds designation of Anthropic as supply chain risk↗ cnbc.com · HN · 886 comments · 498 points · Sep 25, 2026
Google avoids a breakup of its ad tech business↗ nytimes.com · HN · 361 comments · 473 points · Sep 02, 2026
XCancel suspended "due to a new development in the ongoing legal proceedings"↗ xcancel.com · HN · 1 comments · 274 points · Sep 14, 2026
Uber arbitration award over Emily Normandin-Parker’s death↗ consumerrights.wiki · HN · 192 comments · 159 points · Sep 21, 2026
Data Protection Commission fines Google €403M over processing of location data↗ dataprotection.ie · HN · 39 comments · 79 points · Sep 21, 2026
US jury says Apple owes record $5.7B in haptic technology patent case↗ reuters.com · HN · 65 comments · 76 points · Sep 26, 2026
'Lake America' makes one thing clear: We can't trust U.S. tech companies↗ tvo.org · HN · 56 comments · 73 points · Sep 08, 2026
Microsoft/TracerAI withdraws copyright takedown against Luanti↗ blog.luanti.org · HN · 10 comments · 66 points · Sep 09, 2026
Google illegally retains customer data,and I am taking legal action against them↗ medium.com · HN · 22 comments · 58 points · Sep 18, 2026
LinkedIn wins court order blocking mass scraping of user data↗ therecord.media · HN · 33 comments · 52 points · Sep 24, 2026

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