Nation Oct 14 Instagram says it will limit teens to PG-13 content by default as safeguard The company is also adding an even stricter setting that parents can set up for their children.
Nation Sep 30 YouTube to pay $24.5 million to settle lawsuit over Trump’s account suspension after Jan. 6 attack Alphabet, the parent of Google, is the third major technology company to settle a volley of lawsuits that Trump brought for what he alleged had unfairly muzzled him after his first term as president ended in January 2021.
Politics Sep 21 White House clarifies $100K H-1B visa fee won’t apply to existing holders as Trump stirs anxiety President Donald Trump’s latest plan to overhaul the American immigration system has left some immigrant workers confused, forcing the White House on Saturday to scramble to clarify that a new $100,000 fee on visas for skilled tech workers only applies to new…
Politics Sep 20 WATCH: Trump signs order that adds $100K annual fee to H-1B visas for high-skilled workers President Donald Trump on Friday signed a proclamation that will require a $100,000 annual visa fee for highly-skilled foreign workers and rolled out a $1 million “gold card” visa as a pathway to U.S. citizenship for wealthy individuals, moves that…
Nation Aug 06 Study says ChatGPT giving teens dangerous advice on drugs, alcohol and suicide The Associated Press reviewed interactions where the chatbot gave detailed plans for drug use, eating disorders, and even suicide notes. The Center for Countering Digital Hate found that testing ChatGPT with harmful prompts led the chatbot to respond in dangerous…
Arts Jun 26 Judge tosses authors’ AI training copyright lawsuit against Meta U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria found that 13 authors who sued Meta “made the wrong arguments.” But the judge also said that the ruling is limited to the authors in the case and does not mean that Meta’s use of…
Politics Jun 19 Trump signs new executive order delaying TikTok ban for third time It is the third time Trump has extended the deadline. The first one was through an executive order on Jan. 20, his first day in office, after the platform went dark briefly when a national ban took effect.
Politics May 25 The Digital Equity Act tried to close the digital divide. Trump targets it in his war on ‘woke’ One program distributes laptops in rural Iowa. Another helped people get back online after Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina. Programs in Oregon and Alabama teach older people how to navigate in an increasingly digital world. Trump has announced his…
Nation Apr 15 Mark Zuckerberg takes the stand in historic antitrust trial that could force breakup of Meta The trial could force the tech giant to break off Instagram and WhatsApp, startups it bought more than a decade ago that have since grown into social media powerhouses.
Nation Apr 14 Historic antitrust trial could force Meta to break off Instagram, WhatsApp A historic antitrust trial began Monday for Meta Platforms Inc. in a case that could force the tech giant to break off Instagram and WhatsApp.