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Nvidia CEO embraces Trump as company soars

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Nvidia chief embraces Trump as chip giant reaches new heights Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is embracing...

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Tech world breathes sigh of relief at China trade detente

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Tech world breathes sigh of relief at China trade détente The tech industry is once again breathing...

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Bessent says TikTok deal finalized

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Thursday the U.S. and China have finalized an agreement on TikTok that would allow the popular social media...

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Popular AI chat site bans kids

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Character.AI to ban kids from chatbot conversations Character.AI plans to ban children from talking...

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Character.AI to ban children from talking with chatbots

Character.AI plans to ban children from talking with its AI chatbots starting next month amid growing scrutiny over how young users are interacting...

29.10.2025 1

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Nvidia CEO touts Trump at 'Super Bowl of AI'

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Nvidia CEO touts Trump at 'Super Bowl of AI' Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang offered praise for President...

29.10.2025 10

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Nvidia CEO praises Trump, policies at ‘Super Bowl of AI’

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang offered praise for President Trump and his energy and manufacturing policies Tuesday, even borrowing the president’s...

29.10.2025 2

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OpenAI completes restructuring, signs new agreement with Microsoft

OpenAI has completed a restructuring of the company, converting its for-profit arm into a public benefit corporation and giving its nonprofit a...

28.10.2025 2

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Anthropic draws fire from White House with AI warnings

Anthropic has been a rare voice within the artificial intelligence (AI) industry cautioning about the downsides of the technology it develops and...

28.10.2025 20

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Anthropic makes waves in DC

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Anthropic draws fire from White House with AI warnings Anthropic has often been a rare voice within...

28.10.2025 2

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Meta, TikTok hit with EU complaint

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story EU finds Meta, TikTok breached tech rules The European Union (EU) found that both Meta and TikTok...

25.10.2025 3

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Tech, crypto firms among Trump ballroom donors

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Tech, crypto firms among Trump ballroom donors Amazon, Apple, Google and other major companies are...

24.10.2025 6

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Schiff presses Witkoff on divesting from Trump-tied crypto venture

Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and seven other Senate Democrats pressed U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff on Wednesday about divesting his stake in World...

22.10.2025 1

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Watch live: Screening Saves Lives — Closing the Gap in Breast Cancer Care

Despite remarkable progress in the fight against breast cancer over the past four decades, the disease continues to take a devastating toll. This year...

22.10.2025 20

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Crypto market bill hits roadblocks in Senate

Legislation to create clear rules for the cryptocurrency industry has hit a roadblock in the Senate after bipartisan negotiations broke down, leaving...

22.10.2025 10

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Senators seek to expand protections for storing child sex abuse evidence

A group of bipartisan senators introduced legislation Tuesday to provide limited liability protections for organizations to store evidence of child...

22.10.2025 5

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Senate stalls bipartisan talks on crypto regulations

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Crypto market bill hits Senate roadblock Legislation to create clear rules for the cryptocurrency...

22.10.2025 4

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Here's who has been impacted by the AWS outage 

Scores of popular online platforms experienced problems Monday as Amazon Web Services (AWS) grappled with an outage. Amazon’s cloud computing arm,...

21.10.2025 3

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Trump's rare earth problem

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Trump races to shore up rare earth supply President Trump is racing to respond to a major escalation...

21.10.2025 4

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Trump races to catch up to China’s rare earth dominance  

President Trump is racing to respond to a major escalation of the U.S.-China trade war, with the American supply of critical technology hanging in the...

20.10.2025 20

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Salesforce chief says he no longer backs Trump sending National Guard to San Francisco

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff apologized Friday for comments suggesting that President Trump should deploy the National Guard to San Francisco, saying...

18.10.2025 3

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Meta plans new safety features for AI chatbots

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Meta plans new safety features for AI chatbots Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook,...

18.10.2025 6

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Chamber of Commerce sues to block $100K H-1B visa fees

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce sued the Trump administration Thursday over its decision to raise the fee for H-1B work visa applications to $100,000,...

17.10.2025 70

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Chamber sues Trump over H-1B visas

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Chamber of Commerce fights Trump's H-1B visa fee The U.S. Chamber of Commerce sued the Trump...

17.10.2025 5

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Democrats raise questions about YouTube settlement

Several Senate Democrats are pressing Google and YouTube for answers about their decision to settle a lawsuit with President Trump over YouTube’s...

16.10.2025 3

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Walmart, OpenAI team up for ChatGPT shopping tool

Walmart is partnering with OpenAI to allow customers to shop through ChatGPT, the retail giant announced Tuesday. “For many years now, eCommerce...

16.10.2025 10

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Facebook scraps ICE lookout page

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Facebook takes down page targeting ICE agents Attorney General Pam Bondi said Tuesday that Facebook...

15.10.2025 5

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Why experts are worried about an AI bubble in the stock market

A growing chorus of voices is warning there could be an artificial intelligence (AI) bubble, as companies whose fortunes are closely tied to the...

14.10.2025 20

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Newsom signs bill regulating AI chatbots

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a bill Monday placing new guardrails on how artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots interact with children and...

14.10.2025 10

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Tesla's Full Self-Driving feature under federal scrutiny

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Tesla faces probe over self-driving software The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration...

10.10.2025 8

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House China panel takes aim at chip 'toolmakers'

The House Select Committee on China is calling for stronger restrictions on companies producing the equipment used to make semidconductor chips amid...

09.10.2025 4

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Key crypto agency on uncertain footing after White House pulls nominee

The White House’s decision to pull its nominee to lead the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has left the financial regulator in an...

08.10.2025 30

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OpenAI inks AMD deal

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story OpenAI signs deal with AMD for AI chips OpenAI has signed a deal with chipmaker AMD to obtain six...

07.10.2025 10

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Cruz presses Wikipedia on bias amid growing conservative criticism

Senate Commerce Committee Chair Ted Cruz (R-Texas) pressed Wikipedia on Monday for information about how it maintains the online encyclopedia and...

06.10.2025 30

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Bezos weighs in on AI bubble fears

{beacon} Technology   The Big Story Bezos weighs in on AI bubble fears Amazon founder Jeff Bezos suggested Friday there is a bubble in the...

04.10.2025 4

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Tesla sales up 7 percent ahead of tax credit's end

Tesla sales ticked up more than 7 percent in the third quarter as a federal tax credit for electric vehicles was set to expire, reversing a...

02.10.2025 4

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Musk becomes first person worth $500B

Tech mogul Elon Musk became the first person to achieve a net worth of $500 billion Wednesday, briefly touching the half-trillion-dollar milestone...

02.10.2025 5

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Shutdown closes cyber threat sharing program

  {beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story  Cyber law lapses with government shutdown A law allowing private companies to share information...

02.10.2025 40

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Cyberthreat sharing law expires as government shuts down

A law allowing private companies to share information about cybersecurity threats with the government expired Wednesday after Congress failed to...

01.10.2025 10

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White House withdraws nominee for CFTC chair

The Trump administration has withdrawn its nominee to lead the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), a White House official confirmed Tuesday...

01.10.2025 6

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Newsom signs new AI rules

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Newsom signs off on AI law California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a bill Monday requiring...

01.10.2025 2

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Google asks Supreme Court to block Play Store injunction in Epic Games case

Google on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to block a lower court injunction requiring the company to make changes to its Google Play Store after...

27.09.2025 4

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California AI efforts run up against GOP's hands-off approach

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story  California AI efforts run up against GOP's hands-off approach California state lawmakers have...

27.09.2025 3

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Instagram design still makes it unsafe for teens: Report

A new report from a Meta whistleblower and university researchers found that many of Instagram’s teen safety features, introduced over the years in...

26.09.2025 5

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Top Republican on House China panel seeks briefing over TikTok deal

Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.), chair of the House Select Committee on China, said Friday that he has requested an “urgent” briefing from the...

26.09.2025 3

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'We have no peers:' California AI efforts clash with GOP push for hands-off approach

California state lawmakers have ramped up efforts to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) in their latest session, putting the Golden State on a...

26.09.2025 4

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Trump cements TikTok deal

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Trump approves TikTok deal President Trump signed an executive order Thursday that approves a deal...

26.09.2025 3

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Senators question tech companies about H-1B visas, layoffs

Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the chair and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, pressed several major tech...

25.09.2025 3

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Amazon settles Prime allegations with FTC for $2.5 billion

Amazon has agreed to pay $2.5 billion to settle with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over allegations the e-commerce giant misled customers into...

25.09.2025 7

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Senate panel takes aim at Tinder scams

{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story  Tinder dating scams face Senate scrutiny Sens. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) on...

25.09.2025 4

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