Bloomberg
A couple in St. Clair Shores, Michigan says in a new lawsuit against Niamtic and Nintendo that Pokemon Go has made their neighborhood unsafe. “We don’t feel safe sitting on our porch,” Scott Dodich and Jayme Gotts-Dodich alleged in their complaint, according to Bloomberg. Pokemon Go players allegedly hide in the bushes of a nearby park, in order to continue playing even after the park is officially closed.
TorrentFreak
In a blow to Cox, a federal judge has refused to set aside a $25 million judgment against the Internet service provider for contributing to copyright infringement. The music licensing company BMG successfully argued that Cox was responsible for users' piracy because it didn't forward notifications about infringement to users. Cox "could not ... turn a blind eye to specific infringement occurring on its network," the judge wrote.
Mashable
Netflix has released a free mobile app that allows Android and Apple users to check their Web speeds. The move comes three months after the company unveiled Fast.com, which allows people on desktops and laptops to learn their current broadband speeds.
Arstechnica
FBI chief James Comey will tell Congress the agency currently has 650 encrypted phones it wants to unlock. "We have never had absolute privacy in this country. Cars, safe deposit boxes, our apartments, our houses, even the contents of our minds—any one of us, in appropriate circumstances, can be compelled to say what we saw," he said at a recent meeting of the American Bar Association.
Wall Street Journal
Gawker is in a new round of settlement talks with Hulk Hogan, who recently won a $140 million in an invasion-of-privacy suit against the company and Nick Denton, its founder. Gawker and Denton recently filed for bankruptcy, in an effort to prevent the former wrestler from immediately seizing their assets. Gawker is slated to be auctioned off next week.
TechDirt
A carpet cleaning business in Minnesota, Zeroez, is suing the US Olympic Committee for trying to prevent companies from using Olympics-related hashtags in tweets. Zerorez says it's seeking a declaratory judgment "regarding its rights to discuss the Olympics in social media and other online forms of public discourse."
Consumerist
The Federal Trade Commission warned 10 online marketers about ads for wristbands, patches, and stickers that boast of repelling mosquitoes carrying Zika. The FTC told the companies that claims regarding Zika protection must be backed up by scientific evidence.
Arstechnica
Oliver Stone warns movie-goers in a new one-minute clip that they can be tracked via their smartphones. A smartphone "allows certain parties to track your every move every time you make a call or send a text," Stone says in the clip, which advises people to turn off their phones during the movie. "The information you've put out into the world voluntarily is enough to burn your life to the ground. This will be our undoing."
Variety
New Jersey resident Jeffrey Marder has sued Pokemon Go maker Niantic Labs and Nintendo for allegedly encouraging players to trespass. “During the week of Pokémon Go ’s release, strangers began lingering outside of his home with their phones in hand,” he alleges. He adds that at least five people knocked on his door and asked to enter his backyard.
Dslreports
Comcast and AT&T are opposing new rules in Nashville that would help Google bring its 1 GB fiber broadband service to that city. The rules would allow an insured contractor to move ISP-owned equipment on telephone poles, in order to enable Google to also install its equipment on the poles.