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In a classic example of online rivalries going too far, a Philadelphia man has pleaded guilty to swatting a fellow member of his fantasy football group chat twice. In both cases, the man falsely reported imminent threats involving a University of Iowa student in the hopes of getting his rival arrested.

Nearly half a million General Motors vehicles are being recalled due to a potentially faulty brake fluid warning light.

In less than three days of its release, while still retaining the #1 spot on iTunes, the video for Jon Kahn’s smash hit “FIGHTER” has garnered over 10 million views across social media.

The Irish government has abandoned plans to implement controversial new hate speech laws following widespread backlash from free speech advocates.

Elon Musk is criticizing the FAA’s proposed fines for SpaceX, calling on the agency to instead focus on Boeing’s Starliner mishaps. Musk characterizes the FAA’s problems with SpaceX as “trivia,” while Boeing left NASA astronauts stranded in space for months with its spacecraft.

As the DOJ’s antitrust case against Google continues, it is becoming increasingly clear that the judge must decide whether to believe what Google executives wrote in emails and chats or what they have said on the witness stand — like one witness who claimed his emails on crushing competition were “jet-lagged ramblings.”

Microsoft has partnered with Constellation Energy to revive the dormant Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania, aiming to feed its power-hungry AI data centers with energy from the site of America’s most infamous nuclear accident.

John Dwyer, research director for cybersecurity firm Binary Defense, said in an interview on Wednesday that Chinese state-sponsored hackers were able to infiltrate the network of a U.S.-based global engineering firm and linger for months before they were discovered.

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) came out strongly against California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) for signing a new law banning so-called “deepfakes” in elections, saying it threatens free speech.

Republican FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak published a report on Thursday expressing concern with Big Tech facilitating content harmful to children, but also warning that in addressing such harmful online content, the Biden-Harris FTC could take actions that result in the censorship of Americans’ online speech.

The U.S. Secret Service is reportedly probing Elon Musk’s X post pointing out that “no one” is “trying to assassinate” President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris following two attempted assassinations on former President Donald Trump’s life. Musk later deleted his post, claiming it was a joke.

Italian authorities have dealt a significant blow to crooks trafficking in fake retro video games, confiscating counterfeit vintage consoles and games with an estimated value of nearly $55.5 million (€50 million).

As Google’s second antitrust trial this year continues, a Boston University economist testified that Google’s stranglehold over the advertising market allows it to charge between 19 and 27 percent higher rates to advertisers than a “competitive market” would allow.

You can’t make it up. The dating and hookup app Bumble, which enables women to facilitate random sexual encounters with strangers, is financing free screenings around the country of Hillary Clinton’s pro-abortion documentary, with the screenings set to occur ahead of November’s presidential election.

In a stunning collapse of leadership for the former Silicon Valley darling 23andMe, all seven independent members of the DNA testing company’s board of directors resigned en masse this week, leaving CEO Anne Wojcicki as the sole remaining board member.

Five contestants of the reality competition show, Beast Games, have filed a lawsuit against YouTube star MrBeast and Amazon for sexual harassment, emotional distress, and business negligence.

Taiwanese company Gold Apollo, implicated as the supplier of the explodinig Hezbollah pagers, plans to sue the Hungarian licensee who made them.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has announced that his company will file a lawsuit against the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in response to a proposed $633,009 fine related to unapproved launches last year, which Musk calls “lawfare.”

A group of influential artificial intelligence scientists from around the world are calling for the establishment of an international authority to oversee AI development and prevent potential “catastrophic outcomes” as technology advances at a rapid pace.

Internal Google documents released during the ongoing antitrust trial against the tech giant have shed light on the company’s efforts to maintain its dominance in the digital advertising industry through exclusivity deals and tying its ad-tech businesses together.

Sen. John Thune (R-SD), the Senate Republican whip, led a letter on Wednesday to Vice President Kamala Harris, charging that her job as the “broadband czar” is as disastrous as her job as the “border czar,” in a letter exclusively obtained by Breitbart News.

The Biden-Harris administration refuses to publicly condemn threats against American freedom of speech by the European Union over an interview with Donald Trump and Elon Musk on his social media platform X last month, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee has revealed.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed two bills on Tuesday aimed at banning “deepfakes” — digitally manipulated video or images — of candidates before elections, as well as at prohibiting digital “disinformation” during elections.

A Chinese national named Song Wu, employed by a gigantic Chinese state-owned defense conglomerate, was indicted in the Northern District of Georgia on Monday for a scheme to hack U.S. government agencies including NASA, the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

South Carolina is the latest state to partner with PragerU in the organization’s initiative to offer educational material in schools that celebrate the rich history and values of the United States. Leftists collectively melted down in response to the news.

Genetic testing company 23andMe has agreed to pay $30 million to settle a class action lawsuit stemming from a data breach that exposed the personal information of over 6.9 million customers.

Meta — the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp — said on Monday that Russian state media outlets have been banned from its platforms worldwide for “foreign interference activity.”

Larry Ellison, the billionaire co-founder of Oracle, believes that artificial intelligence will enable a vast surveillance system capable of monitoring citizens and ensuring they remain on their “best behavior.”

Neal Mohan, the CEO of Google-owned YouTube, testified in federal court on Monday that Google faced ample competition in the ad tech market and laughably claimed the company acts in the best interest of consumers and the ad industry.

Google is currently on trial for allegedly abusing its dominance in the digital advertising industry, which is valued at approximately $200 billion. Here are a the key points that emerged from the first week in the courtroom.

“The Other 98%,” one of the most popular left-wing pages on Facebook, has spent 24 hours mocking and celebrating the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump on Sunday afternoon.

Former President Donald Trump announced that he will speak in X Space on Monday at 8:00 p.m. Eastern.

In their first press conference since being stuck on the International Space Station (ISS), NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Suni Williams gave an inside look at life in unexpected long-duration spaceflight.

A top attorney for Google, currently defending the tech giant in a landmark antitrust trial, has been revealed to be a key advisor to the Kamala Harris presidential campaign, raising concerns about potential conflicts of interest and political bias.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said it took the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) 50,000 gallons of water to extinguish the flames sparked from an electric Tesla Semi crash.

Citing “questionable governance” in Brussels, Thierry Breton has resigned as European Commission’s top censorship czar in a surprise announcement in the wake of a public spat over his threats to ban Elon Musk’s X platform in the bloc.