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After rescinding Biden’s menthol cigarette ban, the Trump administration faces a decision on an ITC proposal targeting NJOY Ace, the only authorized menthol-flavored pod vaping product in the US, amid concerns over rival JUUL’s influence and China flooding the market
A U.S. District Court judge has denied Apple’s request to intervene in the ongoing Google Search monopoly trial, which could end the massive payments Google makes to Apple every year to ensure its search dominance remains unchallenged.
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, a notorious leftist, is cutting over 1,000 jobs as the company’s new fiscal year begins, even as it ramps up hiring for AI-focused sales positions.
Google has reported that dozens of cybercriminal organizations from countries including North Korea and China are misusing its Gemini AI platform to enhance their cyberattacks.
As Microsoft courts major victories in Washington including OpenAI’s Project Stargate support and a potential TikTok acquisition, a new report from the Foundation for Freedom Online reveals the tech giant has maintained controversial censorship partnerships and initiatives from the Biden era, including ties to NewsGuard, the establishment pro-censorship group operating a news blacklist against conservative media.
China’s DeepSeek AI has recently taken the tech world by storm, surpassing OpenAI’s ChatGPT as the most downloaded free app last week. Despite its sudden success, cybersecurity experts are warning that the app is a privacy nightmare. Many companies and governments have already banned DeepSeek, with more joining daily.
Elon Musk’s X has amended its existing advertising lawsuit to include additional major brands, accusing them of participating in an illegal advertising boycott following Musk’s acquisition of the company in 2022.
Google is giving a portion of its workforce the opportunity to voluntarily leave the company with a severance package, targeting those who may not be “deeply committed” to their roles.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is offering TikTok creators up to $50,000 a month to post exclusive content on Instagram Reels. Zuckerberg views the uncertain future of China’s TikTok as the perfect opportunity to tighten his grip on the social media landscape.
OpenAI, the creator of the popular ChatGPT AI chatbot, claims to have found evidence suggesting that Chinese AI upstart DeepSeek used OpenAI’s data to train its own competing models.
Apple has agreed to pay up to $20 million to settle a class action lawsuit over defects in early Apple Watch models that caused displays to crack or detach from the casing. Here’s how to find out if you qualify to receive a payout.
Apple faces ongoing headwinds in the crucial Chinese market, with slumping iPhone sales, fierce competition from domestic brands, and regulatory hurdles surrounding AI.
According to a leaked conversation, during a recent all-hands meeting at Meta, CEO Mark Zuckerberg expressed his frustration with internal leaks, stating that “everything I say leaks. And it sucks, right?” The social media titan may be facing a hostile workforce based on his “Zuck 2.0” makeover as a masculine leader extending an olive branch to President Donald Trump and the MAGA movement.
China’s DeepSeek rocked the world of AI this week, but beyond questions about how the company actually developed its model, fresh concerns about its data collection practices and potential national security implications are popping up.
Microsoft founder Bill Gates expressed his surprise at the growing conservative presence in Silicon Valley and is personally committed to engaging with the Trump administration, according to a recent interview with the New York Times.
President Trump has signed settlement papers that will require Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta to pay roughly $25 million to resolve a 2021 lawsuit Trump filed after the company suspended his accounts on Facebook and Instagram.
Elon Musk’s Tesla reported fourth-quarter earnings and revenue that missed analysts’ estimates, with automotive revenue falling 8 percent year-over-year.
President Trump called on SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to “go get” two NASA astronauts who have been stuck on the International Space Station for months — stranded by Boeing and “virtually abandoned in space by the Biden Administration” according to Trump’s Truth Social post.
14 American Jewish organizations have declared they will be leaving the X social media platform, citing a surge in hateful and antisemitic content since Elon Musk’s takeover of the company. The move comes despite Benjamin Netanyahu and even the left-wing ADL supporting Musk during the recent “Nazi salute” hoax.
President Donald Trump has revealed that Microsoft is in discussions to acquire China’s TikTok, potentially saving it from a ban in the United States. Microsoft is just one of several offers already on the table for the popular social media platform whose owner, ByteDance, faces a sell-or-ban order.
DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence startup, has sent shockwaves through the tech world with bold claims that it can match or even surpass the performance of AI models from top U.S. firms like OpenAI while significantly undercutting them on price by using less powerful chips. Prominent figures in the AI world are skeptical of these claims, including one CEO who says the Chinese company has 50,000 of the forbidden Nvidia H100 chips.
Google announced that it will update the names of the Gulf of Mexico and Denali to the Gulf of America and Mount McKinley in its Maps application following an executive order signed by President Donald Trump. Google’s sudden cooperation with the Trump administration is a clear sign the tech giant hopes to reach an easy settlement in multiple ongoing antitrust cases.
Bill Gates has openly criticized fellow tech billionaire Elon Musk for his involvement in promoting conservative politics in the United States and sovereigntist parties in Europe. Gates castigated Musk for the “insane shit” he dares to support in direct opposition to Gates’ extreme globalist agenda.
As multiple stakeholders scramble to resolve national security concerns while preserving TikTok’s operations in the US, Perplexity AI has revised its merger proposal to TikTok parent ByteDance, potentially giving the U.S. government a 50 percent stake in the new company upon a future IPO.
Chinese AI company DeepSeek has emerged as a potential challenger to U.S. tech giants, demonstrating breakthrough AI models that claim to offer performance comparable to leading offerings at a fraction of the cost. The entire U.S. market is taking a tumble on Monday morning as a result, but many analysts are skeptical of the company’s claims.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday aimed at developing AI systems that are free from ideological bias and engineered social agendas. Scientific studies have demonstrated that essentially all popular AI chatbots show a leftist bias.
Recent data from multiple analytics firms suggests that calls for a boycott of Meta’s platforms have had little impact on user engagement, despite Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to cut biased left-wing “fact checking” programs and the Silicon Valley giant’s DEI initiatives.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has responded to leftists claiming that Facebook and Instagram are forcing them to follow the accounts of Donald Trump, JD Vance, and First Lady Melania Trump. According to the company, these users are confused as the official White House accounts are transitioned to the new administration.
OpenAI chief Sam Altman has expressed a change in his perspective on Donald Trump, stating that he wishes he had done more of his own thinking and avoided falling into the “NPC” trap during Trump’s previous term.
Billionaire entrepreneur and part-time gamer Elon Musk has admitted to using account boosting services in the popular games Path of Exile 2 and Diablo 4, a week after the gaming community accused him on cheating to achieve high rankings due to his “absolutely clueless” streaming performance.
In an opinion piece, former Facebook diversity executive Bärí A. Williams criticizes Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to disband the company’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, signaling a shift in priorities as he aligns with the incoming Trump administration.
President Donald Trump’s recent executive order targeting electric vehicle charging infrastructure funding could have significant implications for Elon Musk’s Tesla, which has benefited from these programs in the past.
President Donald Trump expressed his willingness to consider the possibility of Tesla CEO Elon Musk or Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison purchasing China’s TikTok during a press briefing on Tuesday, while Canadian investor Kevin “Mr. Wonderful” O’Leary remains interested in a deal despite legal hurdles.
President Donald Trump has rescinded the Biden administration’s sweeping executive order regulating AI, marking a significant shift in federal oversight for the rapidly advancing technology.
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump issued an executive order directing the DOJ not to enforce penalties against app stores and other service providers for working with China’s TikTok for a period of 75 days.
In a behind-closed-doors meeting, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, is set to brief Trump White House officials on the company’s latest advancements in AI technology, including chatbots capable of PhD-level thinking.
Bluesky, the social media platform that became a leftist echo chamber after the election of Donald Trump, is grappling with an influx of bots and impersonation accounts as Trump takes office.
In a fiery interview on ABC’s This Week, former Trump adviser Steve Bannon accused Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg of being a criminal and called for his prosecution over the infamous “Zuckerbuck” donations made during the 2020 presidential election.