Tech
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Elon Musk Deletes Anti-Trump Posts From X – Including One Claiming the President Is in the Epstein Files
He offered no explanation for the apparent retractions
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Trump vs. Musk: Majority of Americans Side With Neither, Poll Finds
A new YouGov poll finds that 52% of Americans say they back “neither” the president nor the world’s richest man in their public spat
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Elon Musk’s Net Worth Plunges Nearly $30 Billion Amid Trump Feud
The world’s richest man sees his net worth drop as Tesla’s stock price takes a 14% hit on Thursday
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Apple Tripled Government Access to Devices Under Biden Compared to Trump
The dramatic increase occurred during the first six months of Joe Biden’s final year in office, according to the tech giant’s latest transparency report
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Reddit Sues Anthropic for Unauthorized Use of Content
The social platform says the “entitled” AI company has been “unlawfully exploiting” Reddit content to train its Claude model
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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
