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1. 'No One Lives Forever' turns 25 and you still can't buy it legitimately (www.techdirt.com)
   367 points by speckx 3 days ago | 183 comments
2. Judge Orders OpenAI to Give Lawyers 20M Private Chats – 'Anonymization' (www.techdirt.com)
   46 points by heisenbit 4 days ago | 11 comments
3. Reddit's 'AI Scraping' Lawsuit Is an Attack on the Open Internet (www.techdirt.com)
   21 points by hn_acker 24 days ago | 5 comments
4. Blacklisted Spyware Firm NSO Group Purchased by a Hollywood Producer (www.techdirt.com)
   18 points by speckx 27 days ago | discuss
5. Before Advocating to Repeal Section 230, It Helps to First Understand It (www.techdirt.com)
   9 points by HotGarbage 27 days ago | discuss
6. CyberGhost DMCAs Our Story About Their Bogus DMCA (Yes, Really) (www.techdirt.com)
   7 points by hn_acker 10 days ago | discuss
7. As Social Media Restrictions Spread, Is the Internet Entering Its Victorian Era? (www.techdirt.com)
   4 points by speckx 18 days ago | discuss
8. Whoops: 'Smart' Vacuum May Be Broadcasting a 3D Map of Your Home (www.techdirt.com)
   3 points by speckx 11 days ago | discuss
9. Why Techdirt Is Now a Democracy Blog (Whether We Like It or Not) (www.techdirt.com)
   61 points by erentz 9 months ago | 12 comments
10. Attacker Has Techdirt Reclassified as Phishing Site (www.techdirt.com)
    19 points by hn_acker 11 months ago | 3 comments
11. There will be no mention of Amazon Prime today on Techdirt (bsky.app)
    7 points by hiddencost over 1 year ago | 1 comments
12. Using AI to help write and edit Techdirt (www.techdirt.com)
    3 points by nickwritesit over 1 year ago | discuss
13. I Use AI to Help with Techdirt (and, No, It's Not Writing Articles) (www.techdirt.com)
    3 points by bookofjoe over 1 year ago | discuss
14. I Use AI to Help with Techdirt (and, No, It's Not Writing Articles) (www.techdirt.com)
    3 points by speckx over 1 year ago | discuss
15. Google Promises Unlimited Storage; Cancels; Tells Journalist Life's Work Deleted (www.techdirt.com)
    979 points by josephcsible almost 2 years ago | 648 comments
16. Oregon passes right-to-repair law Apple lobbied to kill (www.techdirt.com)
    600 points by Lariscus over 1 year ago | 151 comments
17. FTC Pushed to Crack Down on Companies That Ruin Hardware via Software Updates (www.techdirt.com)
    493 points by lg_rocket about 1 year ago | 218 comments
18. Epic Allows Internet Archive to Distribute Unreal and Unreal Tournament Forever (www.techdirt.com)
    488 points by chocmake 12 months ago | 116 comments
19. Telecom Industry Is Mad Because the FCC Might Examine High Broadband Prices (www.techdirt.com)
    481 points by rntn almost 2 years ago | 278 comments
20. Senator Wyden Letter Confirms NSA Is Buying US Persons' Data from Data Brokers (www.techdirt.com)
    427 points by rntn almost 2 years ago | 216 comments
21. FBI director admits they rarely have probable cause for using NSA collections (www.techdirt.com)
    426 points by repelsteeltje almost 2 years ago | 134 comments
22. Ubisoft Says Out Loud: We Want People to Get Used to Not Owning What They Bought (www.techdirt.com)
    395 points by rntn almost 2 years ago | 261 comments
23. Utah Locals Are Getting Cheap 10 Gbps Fiber Thanks to Local Governments (www.techdirt.com)
    365 points by WarOnPrivacy over 1 year ago | 220 comments
24. A Coup Is in Progress in America (www.techdirt.com)
    365 points by maximilianburke 10 months ago | 170 comments
25. Every major pharmacy chain giving government warrantless medical record access (www.techdirt.com)
    345 points by rntn almost 2 years ago | 230 comments
26. Sixteen U.S. states still ban community-owned broadband networks (www.techdirt.com)
    340 points by speckx about 1 year ago | 159 comments
27. Sorry Appin, we're not taking down our article about your attempts to silence (www.techdirt.com)
    329 points by playeren almost 2 years ago | 20 comments
28. Judge allows major 'right to repair' lawsuit against John Deere to move forward (www.techdirt.com)
    311 points by rntn almost 2 years ago | 78 comments
29. Sprint, T-Mobile Merger Killed Wireless Price Competition in U.S. (www.techdirt.com)
    299 points by rntn over 1 year ago | 250 comments
30. Federal Court Says Dismantling a Phone to Install Firmware Isn't a 'Search' (www.techdirt.com)
    270 points by hn_acker 12 months ago | 142 comments
31. Why Isn't Taxpayer-Funded U.S. Broadband Mapping Data Owned by the Public? (www.techdirt.com)
    266 points by rntn over 1 year ago | 45 comments
32. FCC abandons efforts to make U.S. broadband fast and affordable (www.techdirt.com)
    262 points by CharlesW 3 months ago | 231 comments
33. Computer fraud laws used to prosecute leaking air crash footage to CNN (www.techdirt.com)
    230 points by BallsInIt 3 months ago | 113 comments
34. Google's requirement for developers to be verified threatens app store F-Droid (www.techdirt.com)
    216 points by beardyw about 1 month ago | 152 comments
35. NY Federal Court: There's a Right to Record Police, Also Inside Station Lobbies (www.techdirt.com)
    207 points by grammers almost 2 years ago | 125 comments
36. 'AI' Is Supercharging Our Broken Healthcare System's Worst Tendencies (www.techdirt.com)
    205 points by rntn almost 2 years ago | 161 comments
37. Cable companies, automakers try to derail FTC, FCC quest to kill misleading fees (www.techdirt.com)
    202 points by rntn almost 2 years ago | 122 comments
38. Study: Field Drug Tests Generate Nearly 30k Bogus Arrests a Year (www.techdirt.com)
    185 points by rntn almost 2 years ago | 155 comments