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Ted Cruz blocks bill that would extend privacy protections to all Americans
Google is blocking AI searches for the president and dementia | Google appears to have blocked AI search results for questions about his mental acuity, even though it will show AI results for similar searches about other presidents.
The AI slop drops right from the top, as the White House posts vulgar deepfake of opponents
ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day | Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data
“I’m Canceling My Subscription”: Xbox Players Call to “Boycott” Game Pass “Hard” Over 50% Price Increase As Microsoft’s Website Crashes from Mass Cancellations
China Is Leaving America in the Dust on Clean Energy | The White House is punting on the future of energy. Xi Jinping is happy to take the lead
California police pull over a self-driving Waymo for an illegal U-turn, but they can't ticket
YouTube Music’s new AI host talks between songs and you can’t turn it off
Windows 7 marketshare jumps to nearly 10% as Windows 10 enters final weeks of support
SEC Says ‘Here in My Garage’ YouTuber Tai Lopez Ran a Ponzi Scheme
A Bullet Crashed the Internet in Texas | A ‘stray bullet’ 25,000 people offline near Dallas.
FCC chairman leads “cruel” vote to take Wi-Fi access away from school kids | FCC Republicans kill funding for Wi-Fi hotspot lending and Wi-Fi on school buses.
Adam Mosseri’s ‘we’re totally not spying on you’ video is raising a lot of questions | The head of Instagram posted a video attempting to dispel a ‘myth’ that Meta has been trying to combat for years
Taiwan will not agree to 50-50 chip production deal with US, negotiator says
Misinformation/disinformation leads to US couples’ divorces, breakups
California becomes first state to require AI companies to disclose safety protocols
Affinity, a Graphics Editing Software Company, has pulled the ability to purchase it's software temporarily.
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Price Rises to $30 a Month, Microsoft Adds More Day One Games and Throws in Fortnite Crew and Ubisoft+ Classics to Help Justify the Cost
US government takes 5% stakes in Lithium Americas and joint venture with GM
Inside Israel’s ‘Esther Project’: Justice Dept. filing exposes secret influencer PR campaign

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