Oracle is reportedly in the lead to save TikTok from US ban
Oracle is closing in on a deal that would have it “vouch” for TikTok’s security in exchange for a small
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Politics
Wait, why is the White House using Starlink to ‘improve Wi-Fi’?
The White House is working to “improve Wi-Fi connectivity,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement emailed
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CFPB workers are reinstated after a court order, but many still can’t work
Terminated employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) have been brought back to work in response to a judge’s
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Big Tech is now slightly less silent on Trump’s tariffs
President Donald Trump’s tariffs on goods imported from Mexico, Canada, and China are in effect, but Big Tech companies have
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The head of a Biden program that could help rural broadband has left
Evan Feinman is out as the director of the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, reports ProPublica‘s
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Tesla registrations — and public opinion — are in free fall
Briefly, here’s what’s up with Tesla over the past few weeks: its stock is down more than 50 percent since
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Why Trump can’t be trusted with Congress’ new anti-deepfake bill
On today’s episode of Decoder, I’m talking to Verge policy editor Adi Robertson about the Take It Down Act, which
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Contentious Republican town halls are going viral
In a TikTok video from CNN that has been viewed more than 3 million times since late February, the voice
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A Trump official has been moonlighting as a fashion influencer
On February 11th, as thousands of civil servants wondered whether they’d have a job — or whether their federal agencies
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FCC chair asks if YouTube TV ‘discriminates against faith-based programming’
Federal Communications Chairman Brendan Carr wants to know whether YouTube TV has a policy that “discriminates” against faith-based channels. In
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