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Popular Shopping App Gives Chicoms Access To Americans’ Data, New Lawsuit Alleges
The widely popular Chinese shopping app Temu operates as “malware” designed to collect Americans’ data, a lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges.…
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FCC Commissioner Warns Chinese Tech Is Still ‘Phoning Home’ To Beijing
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Nathan Simington said Chinese telecom giant Huawei turned America’s rural internet providers into “pain points”…
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New AI Model Would Rather Ruin Your Life Than Be Turned Off, Researchers Say
Anthropic’s newly released artificial intelligence (AI) model, Claude Opus 4, is willing to strong-arm the humans who keep it alive,…
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NVIDIA’s New Robot Uses Fake Data To Learn Faster Than Humans Can Teach
NVIDIA says its latest general-purpose robot update can teach a humanoid machine using software entirely, bypassing the months of motion…
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Feds Demand Answers From Tesla Over Austin ‘Robotaxi’ Launch
Federal safety regulators want Tesla to spell out precisely how it will keep riders safe when its camera-only “Robotaxis” hit…
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Amazon Says New ‘Feeling’ Robot Is Augmenting — ‘Not Replacing’ — Human Workers
Amazon’s new “Vulcan” warehouse robot — capable of picking, stowing and rearranging three-quarters of the items Amazon stocks — could…
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Feds Push to Dismantle Google’s Ad Empire After Landmark Antitrust Ruling
The Department of Justice formally asked a federal judge to break up Google’s ad-tech empire Friday after an April court…
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Signal Clone Used By Trump Officials Reportedly Breached — Hacker Says It Took 20 Minutes
A hacker breached TeleMessage, a government-approved messaging app used by Trump administration officials, exposing archived communications from the platform’s modified…
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Bessent Demands Europe Scrap ‘Unfair’ Regulatory Shakedown
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned European allies Tuesday that their digital services tax on American tech firms threatens broader trade relations and…
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Meta Reinstates Romanian Christian Outlet After Conservative Legal Pressure
Meta reinstated the Romanian Tribune’s Facebook page, ending a six-month suspension that saw the Christian newspaper accusing the platform of…
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Judge Deals Crushing Antitrust Blow To Google’s Ad Empire
A federal judge ruled Thursday that Google has illegally monopolized the online advertising technology market, handing the Department of Justice…
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Musk Says Twitter Under ‘Massive Cyberattack’
White House senior advisor Elon Musk said Monday that X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, is the target…
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CNN’s Elie Honig Lays Out What Options Trump Has To Slow Down TikTok Ban
CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig laid out President-elect Donald Trump’s options Thursday to slow down the TikTok ban set…
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Biden-Harris Admin Imposes New Export Controls On AI Chips
The Biden-Harris administration announced on Monday that it would restrict exports of chips used for artificial intelligence (AI) and technology,…
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Strategist Rips Zuckerberg For Dodging ‘Responsibility’ After Denouncing Fact Checkers
Political strategist Tim Miller, during a podcast Tuesday, called out Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg for not taking “responsibility” after criticizing…
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