Technology
Paris Hilton calls for passage of Defiance Act: ‘Deepfake pornography has become an epidemic’
Paris Hilton on Thursday called on the House to pass a bill that would give victims of deepfake pornography th...
White House labels altered photo of arrested Minnesota protester a 'meme'
The White House referred to an altered photo of Minnesota protester Nekima Levy Armstrong’s arrest as a “meme”...
TikTok finalizes deal, creates US venture
TikTok said Thursday that it has established a new U.S. venture as part of an agreement to allow the popular s...
Blue Origin launches 17th crewed mission to space: Who was on it?
Blue Origin sent six more people to the edge of space on its New Shepard rocket on Thursday morning.
House panel advances bill allowing Congress to block advanced chip exports
The House Foreign Affairs Committee advanced a bill Wednesday that would allow Congress to block advanced AI c...
Snapchat launches new parent tools for teen accounts
Snapchat is launching new tools that give parents more information about how their teens use the platform, the...
AARP calls for accountability over DOGE sharing Social Security data
AARP on Wednesday called for staffers at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to be held accountable...
OpenAI rolls out age prediction technology for ChatGPT
OpenAI said Tuesday that it's rolling out age prediction technology for ChatGPT in the face of growing concern...
DOGE improperly shared Social Security data: Filing
Members of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) improperly shared Social Security data throu...
Taiwan to invest more in US chip manufacturing in new trade deal
Taiwan has reached a trade agreement with the U.S., committing to a multibillion-dollar investment in American...
White House, bipartisan governors call on biggest US grid operator to lower prices
The Trump administration and a group of bipartisan governors are trying to pressure the nation’s largest regio...
Mother of Musk child sues over Grok sexualized images
Ashley St. Clair, the mother of one of Elon Musk’s children, is suing the tech billionaire’s AI company, xAI,...
Spotify to hike subscription price
Spotify last hiked fees for U.S. subscribers in June 2024, which marked the second increase in less than a yea...
Senators scramble as crypto fissures threaten key bill
Senators are scrambling to find a way forward on key cryptocurrency legislation after the Senate Banking Commi...
Banks, crypto clash over stablecoin rewards in key Senate bill
A fight over whether stablecoin holders can receive reward payments has taken center stage in a push to secure...
Musk's Starlink offering free satellite internet service in Iran, activists say
SpaceX has made its Starlink technology free for users in Iran after the government implemented an internet bl...
UK to criminalize nonconsensual deepfakes amid probe into Grok AI
The crackdown comes as the U.K. media regulator Ofcom announced a formal investigation into Elon Musk's X.
6 in 10 say Big Tech has too much influence in DC
About 6 in 10 U.S. voters said technology companies have too much influence in Washington, according to new po...