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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 2

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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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Julia Shapero

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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Trump's $100K H-1B visa fee rattles Silicon Valley 

President Trump’s decision to raise the fee for H-1B visa applications to $100,000 is sending shock waves through Silicon Valley, as the changes...

24.09.2025 20

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Trump H-1B plan stuns Silicon Valley

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Silicon Valley rattled by propsect of $100k visas President Trump’s decision to raise the fee for...

24.09.2025 4

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Trump's TikTok deal

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story TikTok deal takes shape Oracle will provide security for the new TikTok entity in the United States,...

23.09.2025 3

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Three key questions swirling around the TikTok deal 

President Trump said Friday that Chinese President Xi Jinping had approved a deal to keep TikTok running in the U.S. after months of uncertainty about...

20.09.2025 7

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Trump's TikTok claims spur questions

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Questions swirl around TikTok deal details President Trump said Friday that Chinese President Xi...

20.09.2025 2

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China hawk spurns Trump's rumored TikTok deal

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Key Republican raises concerns about TikTok deal Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.), chair of the House...

19.09.2025 6

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Key Republican raises concerns about reported TikTok spinoff reliance on Chinese algorithm

Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.), chair of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, raised concerns Wednesday about the ongoing...

18.09.2025 20

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Silicon Valley comes to the UK

{beacon} View Online Technology Technology   The Big Story American tech giants ramp up AI investments in UK Top U.S. tech firms, including...

18.09.2025 3

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Senators request documents from Meta on safety research

A bipartisan group of senators requested documents from Meta on Tuesday on its safety research and policies after several whistleblowers accused the...

17.09.2025 3

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Parents call for guardrails on AI chatbots after suicides, self-harm

Parents called for guardrails on artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots Tuesday as they testified before the Senate about how the technology drove...

17.09.2025 5

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Parents press Senate for AI rules

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Parents push lawmakers for chatbot guardrails Parents called for guardrails on artificial...

17.09.2025 3

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Trump extends TikTok deadline again

President Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order once again delaying enforcement of a TikTok ban after announcing the U.S. had a “framework”...

17.09.2025 20

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OpenAI building age prediction technology, adding new parental controls

OpenAI announced Tuesday that it is working on age prediction technology and launching additional parental controls for ChatGPT amid growing concerns...

16.09.2025 20

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US has 'framework' for TikTok deal

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story US has 'framework' for TikTok deal Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday that the U.S. has a...

16.09.2025 2

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Julia Shapero

Live updates: US military strikes second Venezuelan vessel; Trump launches crime crackdown in Memphis

President Trump said Monday the U.S. had carried out another military strike targeting what he said were “confirmed narcoterrorists from...

16.09.2025 9

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Anthropic CEO criticizes administration's chip policy: 'Doing exactly the wrong things'

Anthropic's CEO voiced concerns Monday about the Trump administration’s approach to export restrictions on advanced AI chips, advocating for...

16.09.2025 4

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Bessent says US has 'framework' for TikTok deal

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday that the U.S. has a “framework” for a TikTok deal, after President Trump hinted that his...

15.09.2025 4

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AI chatbot concerns, whistleblower allegations revive kids online safety push

Recent revelations about how artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots are interacting with and affecting children are colliding with longstanding...

15.09.2025 30

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Trump suggests TikTok deal reached during talks with China

President Trump suggested Monday that his administration has reached a deal on TikTok amid trade talks between the U.S. and China.  “The big...

15.09.2025 10

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Chatbots, whistleblower concerns renew kids online safety push

Presented by International Justice Mission {beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Chatbots, whistleblower concerns renew kids online safety...

13.09.2025 3

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Musk dethroned as world's richest man

Presented by International Justice Mission {beacon} Technology Technology PRESENTED BY INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION The Big Story Larry Ellison...

11.09.2025 8

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Meta in hot seat again over whistleblower safety allegations

Meta is facing Congress’s ire once again over its approach to online safety, after several current and former employees came forward with...

10.09.2025 10

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Meta back in the hot seat

Presented by International Justice Mission {beacon} Technology Technology PRESENTED BY INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION The Big Story Meta in hot seat...

10.09.2025 4

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Senate Democrats lay out framework for crypto market structure bill

A dozen Senate Democrats on Tuesday laid out the key principles they hope to see in a bill regulating the cryptocurrency market.  The framework, put...

09.09.2025 20

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5 things to watch as Senate ramps up crypto market bill push 

The Senate is expected to ramp up efforts this fall to pass a bill delineating oversight of the crypto market — the crown jewel of digital asset...

09.09.2025 20

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Google's search engine dominance curbed

Presented by International Justice Mission {beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Google faces new curbs on search dominance Google has...

09.09.2025 3

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Why Tesla wants to make Musk a trillionaire

Tesla put forward a new proposal Friday that could make Elon Musk a trillionaire as the electric vehicle (EV) maker seeks to keep its CEO focused on...

08.09.2025 10

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Google faces new curbs on search dominance after DOJ challenge

Google has avoided the worst-case scenario of being forced to sell off its Chrome browser, but legal experts say the court’s remedies to the Justice...

06.09.2025 10

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Trump slams EU over tech fines

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Trump lashes out at EU over tech fines President Trump on Friday slammed the European Union’s (EU)...

06.09.2025 3

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