Nation Nov 18 Meta wins historic antitrust case and won’t have to spin off WhatsApp, Instagram Meta has prevailed over an existential challenge to its business after a judge ruled that the company does not hold a monopoly in social networking.
World Oct 30 China says it will work with U.S. to resolve TikTok issues after Trump-Xi meeting President Donald Trump's meeting Thursday with China’s top leader Xi Jinping produced a raft of decisions to help dial back trade tensions, but no agreement on TikTok's ownership.
Nation Oct 29 Deal to put TikTok under U.S. ownership could be finalized this week, White House says The Trump administration has been signaling that it may have finally reached a deal with China to keep TikTok running in the U.S.
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.