Intel will receive a $2 billion lifeline from SoftBank
Intel will receive a $2 billion lifeline from SoftBank SoftBank will invest $2 billion into Intel as the struggling chipmaker pulls back on spending and lays off thousands of workers. In an announcement, SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son said the investment aligns with the firm’s belief that “advanced semiconductor manufacturing and supply will further expand in […]
Laura Loomer and the limits of posting everything
Laura Loomer and the limits of posting everything PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA – SEPTEMBER 10, 2024: Laura Loomer arrives at Philadelphia International Airport on The Trump Organization’s Boeing 757. | Photo: Getty Images For all the power she wields with the White House’s affairs, Laura Loomer does not have the traditional tools that her rivals in the […]
Supreme Court opens door to social media age-gating in US
Supreme Court opens door to social media age-gating in US The Supreme Court will let Mississippi’s social media age verification law take effect while the case is being argued in court. In an unsigned ruling on Thursday, the court declined to block the law after an emergency petition from trade association NetChoice. The order offers […]
Elon Musk’s gangster tech regulation comes for Apple
Elon Musk's gangster tech regulation comes for Apple Elon Musk’s gangster tech regulation comes for Apple Elon Musk is calling in another return on his investment in American politics: he’s threatening Apple with a lawsuit because neither X nor xAI’s Grok have been recommended on the iOS App Store. How serious this threat is – […]
New York claims Zelle’s shoddy security enabled a billion dollars in scams
New York claims Zelle's shoddy security enabled a billion dollars in scams New York claims Zelle’s shoddy security enabled a billion dollars in scams New York Attorney General Letitia James is suing the banks behind Zelle over claims that their payment platform enabled “massive amounts of fraud” that caused customers to lose more than $1 […]
Meta makes conservative activist an AI bias advisor following lawsuit
Meta makes conservative activist an AI bias advisor following lawsuit Conservative activist Robby Starbuck will serve as an advisor at Meta to address “ideological and political bias” within the company’s AI chatbot, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The move comes as part of a settlement Meta reached with Starbuck, who filed […]
US demands cut of Nvidia sales in order to ship AI chips to China
US demands cut of Nvidia sales in order to ship AI chips to China The Trump administration has ordered Nvidia and AMD to pay the federal government a 15 percent cut of their AI chip sales revenue to China, according to reports from The New York Times and The Financial Times. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang […]
Apple’s lock on iPhone browser engines gets a December deadline
Apple's lock on iPhone browser engines gets a December deadline Apple’s lock on iPhone browser engines gets a December deadline Japan doesn’t want Apple to give it the EU treatment. We might finally see the first iPhone browsers built on top of third-party engines now that Japanese regulators have taken up the issue. Apple’s malicious […]
Senators are trying to force ISPs to block all foreign pirate sites
Senators are trying to force ISPs to block all foreign pirate sites Lawmakers have introduced a new bill aimed at countering “foreign piracy sites,” as reported earlier by TorrentFreak. The bill, called the Block Bad Electronic Art and Recording Distributors (Block BEARD) Act, would allow copyright holders to ask a federal court to block piracy […]
Trump’s endless new tariffs are threatening businesses — and you
Trump's endless new tariffs are threatening businesses — and you Trump’s endless new tariffs are threatening businesses — and you Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: a new wave of tariffs are taking effect today. Announced on July 31st, the latest set of tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump on foreign imports – […]