DOJ Weighs Breakup of Google for ‘Unlawful Conduct’ in Search-Engine Dominance
The U.S. Department of Justice said it’s considering breaking up Google to dismantle the company’s search engine monopoly. “The starting point for addressing Google’s unlawful conduct is undoing its...
View ArticleJustine Bateman Warns AI Will ‘Burn Down the Business’: ‘The Structure Will...
Filmmaker and AI regulation activist Justine Bateman sounded the alarm on artificial intelligence in Hollywood at TheGrill conference on Tuesday, warning that the technology is going to “burn down the...
View ArticleMeta’s Quiet Election | Commentary
Four years ago, ahead of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Meta was in a different place. Its name was Facebook. Its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, was donating hundreds of millions of dollars to election...
View ArticleHow Companies Like CAA, Deep Voodoo Are Protecting Artists From AI Abuse —...
As Hollywood grapples with the rise of artificial intelligence, powerhouse talent agency CAA is leveling up to protect its artists from AI abuse. And it all comes down to a vault. Speaking at...
View ArticlePrime Video Adds Apple TV+ Subscription Add-on in the US
Prime Video will start offering its viewers the ability to subscribe to Apple TV+ directly through its app, Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios head Mike Hopkins said on Wednesday. His announcement...
View ArticleWGAE Urges Hearst Not to ‘Jump Into Bed with Another Failing Tech Startup’...
The WGAE has filed an information request after Hearst and OpenAI struck a new content licensing partnership earlier this week. The new deal will allow OpenAI to integrate Hearst’s newspaper and...
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Elon Musk Is Prepared to Spend at Least $140 Million to Help Elect Donald Trump
Tesla boss Elon Musk is spending big to help Donald Trump get back in the White House. The New York Times on Friday reported Musk’s pro-Trump super PAC, dubbed the America PAC, has “spent about $80...
View ArticleWhere’s The Generative AI ROI? Start With The Supply Chain | Commentary
The way our supply chain communicates is a mess. To find out what’s going where, shippers today use faxes, paper contracts, and lots of unstructured documents. Errors, delays, and lengthy wait times...
View ArticleMicrosoft Settles Antitrust Lawsuit With Gamers Challenging $69 Billion...
Microsoft settled on Monday an antitrust lawsuit contesting its $69 billion dollar acquisition deal to buy Activision Blizzard in 2022. Details of the settlement were not disclosed in court documents...
View ArticleElon Musk Spent $75 Million on Pro-Trump Super PAC, Federal Documents Show
Elon Musk has given nearly $75 million to America PAC, the political action committee he launched to help Republican nominee Donald Trump win the 2024 election, according to new documents filed with...
View ArticleSpaceX Sues California Commission for ‘Naked Political Discrimination’ Over...
Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX has sued a California commission in federal court, accusing its members of political bias against the world’s richest man for his support of Donald Trump. The...
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Elon Musk’s Support on X for Trump Is Unprecedented, but Is It Illegal?
With less than three weeks to go to election day, Elon Musk’s barrage of posts on his X platform in support of Donald Trump has created an unprecedented situation: The owner of a major media platform...
View Article‘I’m With Elon’: Gavin Newsom Sides With Musk’s SpaceX in California Lawsuit
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he’s siding with Elon Musk and SpaceX after the rocket company sued a state commission this week, claiming its political bias against Musk blocked SpaceX from...
View ArticleDiddy’s Spotify Listeners Surge 36% Since Arrest
The disturbing sexual misconduct allegations against Sean “Diddy” Combs haven’t turned listeners away from his music. In fact, the rapper’s Spotify listenership has actually surged in the month since...
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Lemon8, TikTok’s Sister App, Is Growing Fast — but Will It Last?
While TikTok is on the verge of being booted from the U.S., its sister app, Lemon8, is growing rapidly. Could it fill some of the gap left by the ubiquitous short-form video app owned by Chinese...
View ArticleNetflix’s Ted Sarandos Says Disney CEO Job ‘Not Even on My Mind’
Working at Disney wouldn’t be the happiest place on earth, at least according to Ted Sarandos. The Netflix co-CEO said Tuesday he’s not considering jumping over to Disney, despite the high-profile job...
View ArticleBill Gates Makes Unprecedented $50 Million Pledge to Back Kamala Harris:...
Bill Gates has donated $50 million to Kamala Harris’ campaign, a political backing that was originally intended to be private. The Microsoft founder confirmed the donation to The New York Times on...
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Facebook Oversight Board Unblocks Harris-Walz ‘Dumb and Dumber’ Meme as...
Facebook must unblock a satirical image of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz that’s based on the “Dumb and Dumber” movie poster, according to a Wednesday ruling from parent company Meta’s Oversight Board....
View ArticleElon Musk’s $1 Million Voter Incentive May Be Illegal, Justice Department Warns
The Justice Department has “warned” Elon Musk’s America PAC, his pro-Trump political action committee, that it “may” be violating federal law by giving away $1 million to registered voters. “A letter...
View ArticleRich Get Richer: Elon Musk’s Net Worth Rockets $27 Billion Higher on Strong...
The world’s richest man just got a lot richer. Elon Musk, thanks to Tesla’s stock price racing higher following a strong earnings report, saw his net worth increase $26.9 billion on Thursday. That...
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