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FTC Puts Google On Notice For ‘Partisan’ Filtering Against Republicans

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Andrew Ferguson is pressing Google over allegations that its Gmail platform is unfairly targeting Republican…

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Trump Admin Reportedly Gunning To Build Lunar Nuclear Reactor

The Trump administration will reportedly announce plans later this week to build a nuclear reactor on the moon, according to…

1 year ago

Microsoft’s Use Of China-Based Engineers Could Be Leaving Pentagon Tech Exposed To Hackers

Microsoft has relied on engineers based in China for years to help maintain some of the U.S. Department of Defense’s…

1 year ago

AI Is Reshaping Capitalism, Smart Investors Are Paying Attention

Artificial intelligence is no longer a future concept. It is the present reality. And it is moving faster than most…

1 year ago

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.…

1 year ago

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”…

1 year ago

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,…

1 year ago

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…

1 year ago

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…

1 year ago

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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