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Chinese tech giant ByteDance reportedly wants TikTok to shutdown in the United States if its legal fight against the recently passed ban-or-sell legislation fails.

John Driskell Hopkins, one of the founding members of the Zac Brown Band, says he is “scared to death” over the advancement of artificial intelligence and what it will do to the entertainment industry and society at large.

The Congo has sent Apple a cease-and-desist order threatening legal action unless the tech giant stops using allegedly illegally exported minerals.

Google’s parent company Alphabet exceeded analysts’ expectations in its first-quarter results, driving shares up by about 10 percent in morning trading on Friday.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has closed its long-standing investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot driver assistance system after reviewing hundreds of crashes involving the technology’s misuse, including 13 that were fatal.

Do you drive a China-made electric vehicle (EV)? If the answer is “no” then Beijing would like to think one day you will have little choice but to answer “yes.”

The Democrat majority at the FCC voted on Thursday to restore the Obama-era net neutrality rules.

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek has raked in nearly $119 million in a stock sale after recently overseeing the layoff of 1,500 employees — a reduction that Ek himself acknowledged created a “significant” challenge” for the streaming company.

The daughter of billionaire Slack co-founder Steward Butterfield was reported missing on Monday in California.

China’s TikTok says it plans to file a lawsuit against the U.S. ban-or-sell legislation that President Joe Biden signed into law on Wednesday. The Chinese company, controlled by a hostile foreign country, ironically told Americans that it will “fight” for their “rights,” adding, “the Constitution is on our side.”

An extensive report published by Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz reveals that ticket-selling company Eventbrite refused to sell tickets to save women’s sports advocate Riley Gaines due to the company’s left-wing political ideology. In his report entitled “Weaponizing Terms of

Americans For Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC) has withdrawn support for Elon Musk’s X/Twitter after the platform censored its ad promoting a new website and forum section aimed at documenting noncitizen and illegal migrant voters.

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta suffered a significant hit to its stock price in extended trading on Wednesday, despite better-than-expected profit and revenue for the first quarter, as Zuckerberg focused on the company’s long-term investments in AI and the metaverse during the earnings call. The stock is now down more than 15.7 percent in Thursday pre-market trading.

An Arkansas mother is suing China’s popular TikTok app following the death of her son, saying he “would be alive today had he not seen those videos” on the Chinese social media platform.

Pop star Jennifer Lopez’s Netflix thriller, “Atlas” — about a scientist who is forced to confront her “deep distrust of artificial intelligence” by turning to AI to help her save humanity — has been slammed as “AI propaganda.”

Democrats are sneaking online censorship of “hate speech” into the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) under the guise of “protecting kids” – and many Republicans on capitol hill appear to be on board.

China’s TikTok is reportedly exploring its options to see if it can escape the sell-or-ban legislation that the U.S. Senate passed on Tuesday night, sending the bill to President Joe Biden’s desk for his signature. 

A former Amazon AI scientist, Dr. Viviane Ghaderi, has filed a lawsuit against the tech giant, claiming she faced discrimination, retaliation, and wrongful termination after disclosing her pregnancy and raising concerns about copyright infringement in AI research.

President Joe Biden signed into law Wednesday a $95 billion war aid measure that includes aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan that also includes a provision that would force social media site TikTok to be sold or be banned in U.S.

In a bizarre twist that seems straight out of a dystopian sci-fi movie, U.S. residents can now legally purchase a flame-throwing robot dog named Thermonator for just under $10,000.

A Columbia University professor is speaking out against anti-Israel protestors and calling on police to protect him. The professor, however, has a history of anti-police activism.

Tesla shares jumped almost 12 percent in pre-market trading on Wednesday after CEO Elon Musk announced that the company aims to start production of affordable electric vehicle models by early 2025, or possibly even late this year. The bounce comes despite dismal earnings, including net income that dropped 55 percent in the first quarter.

The U.S. Senate approved a bill late Tuesday night that could see TikTok banned in America over national security fears.

The cause of death has been announced for Eva Evans, a TikTok influencer and director of the Prime Video series Club Rat, who died at the weekend aged 29.

Larry Ellison, founder and CEO of the tech empire Oracle, has announced the company will be moving its headquarters from Austin, Texas, to Nashville, Tennessee.

Google has fired more than 50 employees in the past week for participating in protests against the company’s cloud computing deal with the Israeli government, according to activist group No Tech for Apartheid.

A recent study conducted by the Media Research Center (MRC) has uncovered 39 instances of Facebook interfering with U.S. elections since 2008, raising concerns about the platform’s influence on the democratic process.

UnitedHealth Group, one of the largest health insurance providers in the United States, recently disclosed that a ransomware attack on its subsidiary, Change Healthcare, has led to a significant theft of private healthcare data belonging to a “substantial proportion of people in America.”

A new phenomenon known as “serial churners” spells trouble for streaming services wherein people subscribe only temporarily.

The Supreme Court of Brazil gave a five-day deadline to X/Twitter to inform the court of alleged cases of non-compliance with censorship.

Rapper Meek Mill says he wishes he never bought his new Hummer Electric Vehicle because, he says, it almost killed him.

A Knight’s Tale director Brian Helgeland revealed his past efforts to make a sequel to his 2001 medieval action-comedy classic were stymied by the Netflix algorithm which deemed a female protagonist would lead to box office flop.