US orders Nvidia and AMD to stop selling AI chips to China

Two of America's top chipmakers have been ordered to stop selling some of their technology to China that can be used for artificial intelligence.

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SpaceX gets $1.4 billion contract for five more NASA astronaut launches

SpaceX's partnership with NASA just got $1.4 billion sweeter, as the space agency announced Wednesday that it's extending its deal with the company to cover five additional missions.

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Royal Caribbean to offer internet service from SpaceX

Cruise operator Royal Caribbean is bringing SpaceX's satellite-based internet service to its cruise ships in what it's billing as "the biggest public deployment of Starlink's high-speed internet in the travel industry so far."

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The Wing, the once-buzzy women's coworking community, has closed its doors

The Wing, the once-buzzy social club and luxury coworking community geared towards women, has shuttered all of its remaining locations.

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Snapchat to lay off 20% of its staffers

Snap Inc., the parent company of the popular app Snapchat, announced plans to lay off some 20% of its more than 6,400 global employees.

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Why Truth Social still isn't available on Google's app store

Truth Social, the Twitter-like social network backed by former President Donald Trump, remains unavailable on Google's Android app store because of deficiencies in the app's content moderation systems, according to a Google spokesperson.

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Elon Musk seeks to delay Twitter trial in light of whistleblower claim

Elon Musk's legal team is seeking to delay the trial with Twitter over their $44 billion acquisition deal by a month in light of the whistleblower disclosure alleging that the company has serious security vulnerabilities.

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Facebook is shutting down its standalone Gaming App

Facebook announced Tuesday that it is shutting down its standalone Gaming App this fall.

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Uber now lets users text with a safety agent to monitor rides

Uber is giving riders the ability to connect with a safety agent while taking a nerve-wracking trip, making it the latest feature the company has added in recent years to address safety concerns.

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Musk cites Twitter whistleblower claims as new justifications for backing out of deal

Elon Musk is formally citing allegations leveled by Twitter's whistleblower, Peiter "Mudge" Zatko, as justifications for terminating a $44 billion acquisition deal for the social media company.

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Twitter was questioned by SEC over bots, user numbers in June

The Securities and Exchange Commission earlier this summer probed Twitter regarding its measurements of monetizable daily active users (mDAU) and false and spam accounts, according to documents filed to the SEC's website that were first reported last week.

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Wireless carriers keep your location data for years and provide it to the police

The country's largest wireless carriers not only know where you are every time you make a phone call or use your data connection, but they routinely hold onto that location information for months and in some cases years, providing it to law enforcement whether you like it or not, according to carrier letters made public on Friday by the Federal Communications Commission.

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FTC sues data broker Kochava for selling location information that could unmask abortion-seekers

The Federal Trade Commission is suing a data broker that the agency claims has sold sensitive location data that can identify specific abortion-seekers, religious worshipers or others who may be at risk of discrimination, intimidation or even violence.

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Musk's legal team to depose whistleblower Peiter Zatko in Twitter case

Elon Musk's legal team has subpoenaed former Twitter head of security and whistleblower Peiter "Mudge" Zatko to appear for a deposition in its legal fight against Twitter over their acquisition deal on September 9.

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Neil Harbisson was born colorblind but has the ability to perceive color through hearing.

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How Twitter has been shaken by a whistleblower's allegations

In the days since it was first reported that former Twitter head of security Peiter "Mudge" Zatko had filed an explosive whistleblower disclosure, the company has had to confront renewed scrutiny from lawmakers, a dip in its stock price and added uncertainty in its high-stakes legal battle with billionaire Elon Musk.

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Pilots from bankrupt airline offered jobs with no interview by competitor

Pilots are in high demand lately -- such high demand, in fact, that pilots from the recently defunct ExpressJet Airlines are finding themselves with new job offers, without so much as an interview, days after their employer declared bankruptcy.

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What we learned from Mark Zuckerberg's 3-hour chat with Joe Rogan

In a rare and lengthy interview, Mark Zuckerberg spoke with controversial comedian and podcast host Joe Rogan about Meta's plans to release a new virtual-reality headset, his newfound love of jiu-jitsu and his company's decision to limit the reach of an article about Hunter Biden that came out in the final weeks leading up to the 2020 election.

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Is Twitter ready for the midterms?

A stunning whistleblower disclosure from Twitter's former head of security accuses the company of having a reactive approach to misinformation and platform manipulation, a disconnect between product and safety teams, content moderation shortcomings and a lack of controls to prevent foreign interference, all of which could raise questions about the company's ability to handle election-related threats ahead of the US midterms later this year.

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Google to start labeling medical facilities that provide abortions to reduce confusion

Google said on Thursday it will begin prominently labeling health care facilities that offer abortion services in its search and maps products to help reduce confusion for women looking up nearby clinics that perform the procedure. The move follows pressure from Democratic lawmakers to rethink its abortion-related search results in the wake of Roe v. Wade's demise.

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Amazon is shuttering its telehealth service

Amazon on Wednesday said it is shuttering its telehealth service, Amazon Care, as the company rethinks its approach for expanding into the health care industry.

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A company that operates thousands of crypto ATMs plans to go public

Fintech Bitcoin Depot plans to list in the United States by merging with blank check company GSR II Meteora Acquisition Corp in a deal valued at $885 million, the companies said on Thursday.

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Here's why you still look terrible in virtual reality

Mark Zuckerberg has bet his company's future on an ambitious long-term vision of people carrying out greater portions of their lives in virtual spaces through digital alter egos. But an image Zuckerberg recently posted to his Facebook page served as a reality check of sorts for virtual reality, at least in its current form.

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How much trouble is Twitter in with regulators?

An explosive whistleblower disclosure by Twitter's former head of security this week exposes the company to new federal investigations and potentially billions of dollars in fines, tougher regulatory obligations or other penalties from the US government, according to legal experts and former federal officials.

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Twitter whistleblower to testify at Senate Judiciary hearing next month

Twitter's former head of security, who filed a whistleblower disclosure about the company, will testify in a Senate hearing next month, the same day that Twitter shareholders are set to vote on whether to approve Elon Musk's takeover deal.

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Musk lawyers bring up Twitter whistleblower in court hearing on acquisition deal

Elon Musk's lawyers repeatedly referenced claims from a Twitter whistleblower in court on Wednesday, in an early preview of how the billionaire's side might use the new allegations in his legal battle with the social media company over their $44 billion acquisition agreement.

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Twitter executives face questions from employees after whistleblower claims

Twitter's executives defended the company, and themselves, in a meeting with employees on Wednesday, one day after news broke that a former executive had blown the whistle on the company.

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Apple expected to unveil new iPhones at 'far out' event on September 7

Apple customers could soon get a look at the next generation of iPhones.

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The 5 key takeaways from the Twitter whistleblower

Twitter's former head of security is blowing the whistle on company practices that he says have jeopardized US national security and misled investors and regulators. With a nearly 200-page disclosure to the US government, Peiter "Mudge" Zatko has become the latest whistleblower to come forward from the tech industry.

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FTC drops Mark Zuckerberg from lawsuit seeking to block Meta's latest VR acquisition

The Federal Trade Commission has agreed to remove Mark Zuckerberg from a lawsuit the agency filed last month to stop Facebook-parent Meta from acquiring a virtual reality technology company, Within Unlimited.

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Meet the former Twitter exec blowing the whistle on the company

Nearly 25 years ago, a young computer programmer named Peiter "Mudge" Zatko told Congress that the internet was woefully insecure. A big part of the issue, Zatko told a Senate panel, was that software and e-commerce companies "want to ignore problems as long as possible. It's cheaper for them."

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Twitter is vulnerable to Russian and Chinese influence, whistleblower says

Twitter is exceptionally vulnerable to exploitation by foreign governments in ways that threaten US national security, and may even have foreign spies currently active on its payroll, according to Peiter "Mudge" Zatko, the whistleblower at the center of a massive public disclosure effort reported Tuesday by CNN and The Washington Post.

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ExpressJet Airlines, formerly under United, files for bankruptcy

ExpressJet Airlines, which calls itself a "reboot" of the company formerly flying as Delta Connection and United Express, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday in Delaware and ceased operations, according to the company website.

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Instagram testing a new feature that looks just like rival BeReal

Over the years, Facebook has used Instagram to compete with rivals like Snapchat and TikTok by cloning their signature features. Now, a newer, fast-growing service appears to have caught the company's attention: BeReal.

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Meta reaches $37.5 million settlement of Facebook location tracking lawsuit

Meta Platforms Inc reached a $37.5 million settlement of a lawsuit accusing the parent of Facebook of violating users' privacy by tracking their movements through their smartphones without permission.

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What the Twitter whistleblower could mean for Elon Musk's takeover deal

Elon Musk's monthslong effort to buy — and then to get out of buying — Twitter has been marked by a range of unexpected twists. Now, a stunning whistleblower disclosure from the company's former security lead Peiter Zatko is almost certain to become the latest complication.

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Ex-Twitter exec blows the whistle, alleging reckless and negligent cybersecurity policies

Twitter has major security problems that pose a threat to its own users' personal information, to company shareholders, to national security, and to democracy, according to an explosive whistleblower disclosure obtained exclusively by CNN and The Washington Post.

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Elon Musk subpoenas former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey as legal battle heats up

Elon Musk has subpoenaed former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey as part of his effort to fight a lawsuit from the company attempting to force the billionaire to move forward with their $44 billion acquisition deal.

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Twitter warns employees that their bonuses could be halved this year

Twitter is warning employees that their bonuses might be half of what was originally expected at the start of the year, in the latest sign of belt tightening at the company amid uncertainty with its pending acquisition and a souring economy.

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Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg has tied the knot

Meta exec Sheryl Sandberg tied the knot with businessman Tom Bernthal over the weekend.

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They built their businesses on Instagram. Then the platform changed

After losing her construction job early in the pandemic, Kaitlin Tokar decided to try selling some of her vintage furniture and housewares collection on Instagram.

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Chatbots: A long and complicated history

In the 1960s, an unprecedented computer program called Eliza attempted to simulate the experience of speaking to a therapist. In one exchange, captured in a research paper at the time, a person revealed that her boyfriend had described her as "depressed much of the time." Eliza's response: "I am sorry to hear you are depressed."

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CEO famed for higher pay advocacy exits after sexual assault allegations

Dan Price was the poster child for resisting corporate greed, making headlines in 2015 for setting a minimum $70,000 salary for all employees at the payments company he led — saying he cut his own salary as CEO by 90% to achieve it.

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Meta suspends anti-vaccine group led by RFK, Jr.

Meta has permanently removed Facebook and Instagram accounts belonging to Children's Health Defense, the anti-vaccine group led by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Meta confirmed to CNN on Friday.

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Elon Musk's bumpy road to possibly owning Twitter: A timeline

A board seat accepted and then rejected. A stunning $44 billion takeover offer with uncertain financing. And a surprise early morning tweet putting the deal on hold, temporarily.

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CNN's Christine Romans and Rahel Solomon says Apple is urging users to update their device immediately to prevent hackers from taking complete control of their devices.

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You should probably update your Apple devices right now

Apple is directing users of most of its devices to update their software after the company discovered a vulnerability in its operating systems that it says "may have been actively exploited."

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A monumental case looks to crack open the world of auto-warranty robocalls

No sentence in the English language may be more infuriating than the following 12 words: "We have been trying to reach you about your car's extended warranty."

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Hundreds of Google workers petition company to expand abortion protections for users and contractors

Hundreds of workers at Google-parent Alphabet are calling on the company to take steps to expand abortion protections for users and contractors in a post-Roe world, according to a statement Thursday from a union representing the workers.

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Revealing vast scope of FTC probe, Amazon accuses the government of harassing Jeff Bezos and Andy Jassy

Amazon is fighting the US government's attempt to question its founder, Jeff Bezos, and its CEO, Andy Jassy, as part of a year-long investigation into whether the e-commerce giant has illegally pushed Amazon Prime and other subscription services onto consumers.

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Workers file for union vote at another Amazon facility

The union that was the first to win a representation vote at an Amazon facility has filed for an election among about 400 employees at another Amazon distribution center.

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Spacewalk cut short by issue with Russian cosmonaut's spacesuit

A Russian cosmonaut was repeatedly ordered to drop what he was working on and return to the International Space Station's airlock because of an issue with his spacesuit. The spacewalk was cut short.

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Airbnb rolls out 'anti-party technology' to help enforce its global ban

Weeks after Airbnb said it would permanently ban parties at properties rented through its platform, the company is deploying so-called "anti-party technology" in the United States and Canada to help enforce the measure.

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TikTok to clamp down on paid political posts by influencers ahead of US midterms

TikTok will work to prevent content creators from posting paid political messages on the short-form video app, as part of its preparation for the U.S. midterm election in November, the company said on Wednesday.

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Tencent suffers first ever drop in quarterly revenue

China's Tencent reported on Wednesday its first ever quarterly sales fall, hurt by a lack of game approvals and regulations that limit playing time, as well as Covid-19 lockdowns and a weak economy that squeezed ad sales.

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Xiaomi, the Beijing-based tech giant, debuted its humanoid robot prototype. While the lifelike robot's abilities are far from those in the film "Ex Machina," it marks the company's ambition to integrate AI in its product designs.

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Report: $1.9 billion stolen in crypto hacks so far this year

A staggering $1.9 billion worth of cryptocurrency was stolen in hacks of various services in the first seven months of this year, marking a 60% increase from the same period in the year prior, according a report released Tuesday from blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis.

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American Airlines agrees to purchase 20 supersonic jets

American Airlines is placing a bet on a future in which supersonic jets might return to the skies, shuttling passengers on some routes at speeds roughly twice as fast as current commercial aircraft.

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Amazon workers walk off job at air freight facility to call for better pay and working conditions

A coalition of Amazon employees walked off the job on Monday at an air freight facility in San Bernardino, California, demanding better pay and working conditions, in the latest sign that worker organizing efforts continue to spread across the tech giant's vast retail and logistics network.

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It's like Airbnb but for renting your pool to strangers. Things don't always go as planned

Chris, a homeowner in Des Moines, was surprised when a woman he didn't know recently pulled into his driveway and asked if he could move his vehicles. She believed she had booked his pool for the night after someone had wrongfully listed it on a platform devoted to renting out private swimming pools. Within minutes of her showing up, he said, a few other cars arrived.

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WeWork's former CEO has a new startup, reportedly valued at more than $1 billion

Nearly three years after Adam Neumann stepped down as CEO of WeWork following a failed attempt to take the company public, he is said to once again be in charge of a billion-dollar real estate startup.

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How to make sure your private messages stay private

Last year, Facebook-parent Meta effectively pushed back its timetable for rolling out end-to-end encryption by default across its various social platforms, with an executive saying the privacy-enhancing change would not happen until sometime in 2023.

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How Google found itself under pressure from all sides after Roe's demise

In mid-June, one week before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, more than 20 Congressional Democrats wrote a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai. In it, they urged the company to prevent searches for abortion clinics from returning results and ads that direct users to facilities that actually oppose the procedure, noting it could put women's health at risk.

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South Korea pardons Samsung's Jay Y Lee in bid to revive the economy

The de facto leader of Samsung, Lee Jae-yong, was pardoned by South Korea's president on Friday for crimes including bribery, allowing him greater freedom to run the smartphone and semiconductor giant.

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United Airlines puts $10 million behind plan to shuttle customers by electric aircraft

United Airlines gave a $10 million deposit to a startup developing electric aircraft — all for the goal of shuttling customers to and from the airport by air rather than gridlocked roadways.

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Meta testing expanded encryption features amid renewed scrutiny of messaging data

Meta on Thursday said it is testing expanded encryption features for Messenger and Instagram, days after the company came under scrutiny for providing messages to police in an abortion-related case.

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FTC weighs sweeping new rules on 'commercial surveillance' and Big Data

The Federal Trade Commission is considering whether to write sweeping new regulations that could restrict how businesses collect and use consumer data, hinting at a possible crackdown on commercial algorithms and a sprawling economy powered by the personal information of millions of Americans.

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Nearly half of all teens say they use the internet 'almost constantly,' survey finds

Nearly half of US teens say they use the internet "almost constantly," according to a new survey released on Wednesday.

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Twitter activates election policy enforcement for US midterms

Twitter will now label and demote misinformation about the upcoming US elections, such as false claims about how to cast a ballot or the outcomes of a race, as part of a broader set of content enforcement policies it's activating ahead of the midterms, the company said Thursday.

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It didn't take long for Meta's new chatbot to say something offensive

Meta's new chatbot can convincingly mimic how humans speak on the internet — for better and worse.

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SpaceX will no longer get $900 million in broadband subsidies

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Nebraska teen and mother facing charges in abortion-related case that involved obtaining their Facebook messages

A Nebraska mother and her 18-year-old daughter are facing multiple charges in a case that involved police obtaining Facebook messages between the two that authorities allege show evidence of an illegal self-managed medication abortion, as well as a plan to hide the remains.

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More than a dozen companies developing single standard to detect cyberattacks faster

More than a dozen companies in the cybersecurity space are developing a single, open standard for sharing data about hacking threats, a project the companies say could help organizations detect cyberattacks more quickly.

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Live updates: Samsung unveils new foldable phones

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US gaming software developer Unity wants to supercharge its growth in China

US software developer Unity is partnering with some of the biggest names in China tech to establish a billion-dollar joint venture aimed at growing its business in the world's largest online gaming market.

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Former Twitter employee is convicted in Saudi spy case

A former Twitter manager accused of spying for Saudi Arabia was convicted on Tuesday on six criminal counts, including acting as an agent for the country and trying to disguise a payment from an official tied to Saudi's royal family.

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The next frontier in the tech battle between the US and China

The technological arms race between the United States and China has cut across everything from smartphones and cellular equipment to social media and artificial intelligence. But a new battleground is emerging that goes a layer deeper: to the components that power our smartphones, computers, automobiles and home appliances.

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Elon Musk cited this tool in his bot dispute with Twitter. Its creator has thoughts

Kaicheng Yang, a researcher at Indiana University's Observatory on Social Media, received quite the surprise last week. Botometer, a tool he helped build to examine automated activity on Twitter, had been mentioned in court documents in the legal battle between Twitter and Elon Musk over their $44 billion acquisition deal.

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Snapchat rolls out option to let parents see who their teens are messaging

Snapchat on Tuesday introduced its first parental control center, nearly 10 months after an executive from the company told Congress it was developing tools aimed at helping parents keep their teens safe.

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WhatsApp is going to stop letting everyone see when you're online

WhatsApp announced several new privacy updates on Tuesday, including the ability for users to check their messages without other people knowing.

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Elon Musk: Rocket test explosion 'actually not good'

An explosion on the launch pad during a test of a massive SpaceX rocket prototype was "actually not good" and the company is assessing the damage, company CEO Elon Musk said on Twitter.

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FTC warns tech companies against misusing health data, following Biden's executive order protecting abortion access

Tech companies and data brokers that misuse or misrepresent how they handle Americans' personal data, including reproductive health information, may find themselves on the hook with the Federal Trade Commission, the agency warned this week.

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Baidu gets permits for first fully driverless taxi service in China

Tech giant Baidu announced Monday that it has obtained permits to operate fully autonomous taxis without any human assistants on board in two of China's megacities, marking a first for the country.

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SoftBank posts record $23 billion loss on Vision Fund pain

SoftBank unveiled a $23 billion quarterly net loss on Monday, its biggest ever, as a market sell-off upended tech stocks and shredded valuations at its sprawling Vision Fund unit.

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Tesla shares are about to get a lot cheaper with three-for-one stock split

Tesla officially announced a three-for-one stock split, meaning the company's stock price — which has jockeyed between $600 and $1,000 for a year — is about to get more affordable for investors.

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Elon Musk's legal team has publicly filed its official response to Twitter's lawsuit

Elon Musk's legal team on Friday made public its official response to Twitter's lawsuit attempting to force him to complete their $44 billion acquisition deal.

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Amazon to buy the company behind the Roomba in a $1.7 billion deal

Amazon has agreed to buy iRobot, the maker of the popular Roomba vacuum, in an all-cash deal valued at about $1.7 billion, including debt, the two companies announced Friday.

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First, they banned facial recognition. Now they're not so sure

Over the past few years, a number of cities and some states enacted rules banning or restricting local police use of facial-recognition software. Now, in a handful of locations around the country, the controversial technology is making a comeback.

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Twitter subpoenas Elon Musk's associates as legal battle heats up

Twitter has subpoenaed a number of Elon Musk's associates, according to court filings and public statements, as the company moves forward with its legal fight against the Tesla billionaire over his attempt to terminate their $44 billion acquisition deal.

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Likely debris from a SpaceX capsule found in Australia

Chunks of space debris were reportedly found on farmland in the Australia mountains, and on Wednesday NASA confirmed that at least one of the objects is "likely" a scrap of hardware from a SpaceX Dragon capsule that was intentionally jettisoned as the spacecraft reentered the Earth's atmosphere last May.

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Tinder's first female CEO out after less than a year

Tinder's newest CEO is out after less than a year on the job, marking the second high-profile female executive to depart its parent company, Match Group, in a matter of months.

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Pelosi's flight to Taiwan was the most-tracked of all time, Flightradar 24 says

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's flight to Taiwan, which bolstered American support for the island nation but angered China, was the single most heavily tracked flight in the history of the online flight tracking site Flightradar24.

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Another crypto bridge attack: Nomad loses $190 million in 'chaotic' hack

Heists continue to plague the crypto world, with news of large sums stolen from digital currency firms seemingly every month. But while crypto exchanges were once the main point of attack, hackers now appear to have a new target: blockchain bridges.

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Robinhood to cut 23% of its workforce, revenue sinks 44%

Just months after cutting 9% of its workforce, Robinhood on Tuesday announced plans to lay off another 23%.

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Airbnb says demand is soaring even amid economic uncertainty

Demand for Airbnb bookings continues to soar even as high gas prices and inflation weigh on consumers and the economy.

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Private astronaut missions to the ISS will soon require an experienced astronaut chaperone

Private astronaut missions to the International Space Station will have to be chaperoned by a former NASA astronaut, per new proposed requirements from the US space agency.

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AI made these stunning images. Here's why experts are worried

A million bears walking on the streets of Hong Kong. A strawberry frog. A cat made out of spaghetti and meatballs.

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Uber's business is booming even with high gas prices and inflation

Even higher gas prices and soaring inflation aren't slowing down Uber's rebound from the worst days of the pandemic.

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TikTok's ties to China are once again under fire in Washington. Here's why

Two years after then-President Donald Trump said he would ban TikTok in the United States through an executive order, the short-form video platform is once again under scrutiny in Washington. And the underlying issue remains largely the same: TikTok's ties to China through its parent company, Bytedance.

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Looking to protect employees around the world from heat-related illness, Kenzen, a US-based wearable device company, has developed a smart band that can monitor biometrics and send alert notifications when it's time for a break.

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