Tech
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Eminem Sues Meta for Unauthorized Use of His Music, Damages Could Exceed $1 Million
His Eight Mile Style productions is seeking $150,000 per song per platform for “knowing, rampant” distribution
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Google Will Spend $500 Million to Overhaul Compliance Program, Settle Lawsuit
The settlement comes as the tech giant faces growing regulatory pressure to break up its online ad empire
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‘Mountainhead’ Packs a Sobering Warning Within Its ‘Tech Bros Gone Wild’ Satire
Director Jesse Armstrong’s Emmy-bait movie can’t match “Succession,” but its take on oligarchs, AI and disinformation feels grounded in reality
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Humans Have 4 Years Before AI Can Do Everything They Can Do, OpenAI COO Says
Brad Lightcap says artificial general intelligence is coming sooner than later
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Netflix Casts Anthony Boyle, Julia Garner in Sam Bankman-Fried Limited Series ‘The Altruists’
The “Ozark” Emmy winner will play Caroline Ellison alongside Boyle’s FTX founder for co-showrunners Graham Moore and Jacqueline Hoyt
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Electronic Arts Cancels ‘Black Panther’ Video Game, Closes Cliffhanger Studios Amid More Layoffs
The cuts come after EA laid off over 300 staffers at the end of April
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Reed Hastings Joins Anthropic Board of Directors
In addition to serving as Netflix’s board chairman, the executive has been a member of the boards of Facebook and Microsoft
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Amazon Tribe Sues New York Times for $180 Million Over Internet-Access Story That Sparked Porn Addiction Reports
The Brazilian rainforest tribe’s defamation suit also targets TMZ and Yahoo
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10 Takeaways From Tech’s Biggest News Week of the Year
Anthropic, Apple, Google, OpenAI, and Microsoft all made big headlines in a wild week of AI news. Here’s the view from the ground.
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Trump Threatens Apple With Tariff on iPhones if They’re Not Made in the US
The president says Apple will be hit with a tariff “of at least 25%” on iPhones that are made in India and shipped to the States
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Martina McBride Urges Congress to Protect Artists From ‘Terrifying’ AI Tech, Says Deepfakes Are a ‘Betrayal’
The country star’s testimony in support of the NO FAKES Act comes on the heels of a Human Artistry Campaign open letter signed by over 400 entertainers
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OpenAI Teams With iPhone Designer Jony Ive in $6.5 Billion Deal to Create AI Devices
The AI company is buying the startup io to craft hardware, with Ive taking “deep creative and design responsibilities”
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Darren Aronofsky’s AI-Driven Studio Primordial Soup Partners With Google DeepMind
The first project, Eliza McNitt’s “Ancestra,” premieres next month at the Tribeca Film Festival
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Promise AI Studio Adds Google, Michael Ovitz as Investors
The tech giant, CAA co-founder and media venture join Peter Chernin’s North Road and Andreessen Horowitz as financial backers in the AI company focused on TV and movie production
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Charter and Cox to Merge in $34.5 Billion Deal, Creating Cable and Wi-Fi Giant
One of the biggest deals of the year in a tepid M&A market so far, the proposed tie-up will face review under President Trump’s regulators that will be closely watched by other companies
