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Juries Take the Lead in the Push for Child Online Safety (Thu, 26 Mar 2026)
A pair of verdicts held social media companies accountable for harming young users, highlighting a growing backlash as Congress struggles to pass legislation.
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Snapchat Investigated in Europe Over Child Safety Policies (Thu, 26 Mar 2026)
Regulators in Brussels accused the social media platform of maintaining a weak age-verification system, and steering younger users toward inappropriate experiences.
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Meta Lays Off 700 Employees, While Rewarding Top Executives (Wed, 25 Mar 2026)
The jobs cuts and a new stock program for executives come as Meta continues to shift its focus to artificial intelligence.
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Leonid Radvinsky, 43, Dies; Built the Adult-Entertainment Giant OnlyFans (Thu, 26 Mar 2026)
By leveraging social media and the influencer economy, he turned his website into a byword for online pornography in the 21st century.
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Safety Experts Considered LaGuardia Challenging but Not an Outlier (Thu, 26 Mar 2026)
Regulators, pilots and others in aviation have worried about the kind of runway accident that happened at LaGuardia Airport on Sunday.
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The Clues Binance Missed That Led to Billions in Crypto Flowing to Iran (Thu, 26 Mar 2026)
The world’s largest crypto exchange is under fire after investigators found accounts moving $1.7 billion to entities linked to Iran. Clues about those accounts were in plain sight for over a year.
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U.S. Accuses NewYork-Presbyterian of Reaching Deals That Kept Costs High (Thu, 26 Mar 2026)
The Justice Department sued the large New York health system, saying it restricted insurance companies from offering patients cheaper options.
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Shield AI, a Start-Up Making Military Drones, Raises $2 Billion (Thu, 26 Mar 2026)
The company, which develops autonomous military technology, also plans to buy a maker of simulation software as interest in next-generation defense soars.
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In ‘The AI Doc,’ Sam Altman and Dario Amodei Go on the Record (Thu, 26 Mar 2026)
“The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist” tries to cover so much that it ends up being more confusing than clarifying, but parts are fascinating.
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Meta and YouTube Found Negligent in Landmark Social Media Addiction Trial (Thu, 26 Mar 2026)
A jury found the companies harmed a young user with design features that were addictive and led to her mental health distress.
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OpenAI Is Shutting Down Sora, Its A.I. Video Generator (Tue, 24 Mar 2026)
The start-up said it would discontinue Sora just three months after signing a multiyear deal to bring Disney characters to the service.
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Meta Ordered to Pay $375 Million Over Child Safety Violations (Tue, 24 Mar 2026)
In one of the company’s first major losses, New Mexico jurors found that it had misled consumers about the safety of its platforms, enabling sexual exploitation of young users.
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Epic Games Lays Off Over 1,000 Employees, Citing Fortnite Slump (Wed, 25 Mar 2026)
The cut represents about 20 percent of the video game company’s work force, a spokeswoman said.
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Arm Holdings, in Break From Past, Will Sell Its Own Computer Chips (Tue, 24 Mar 2026)
For years, the company sold chip designs to other companies. Now it plans to sell its own chips for A.I. data centers.
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Judge Hears State Challenge to Trump’s Tech Deal Settlement (Mon, 23 Mar 2026)
Democratic state attorneys general are fighting the Justice Department’s clearance of a $14 billion deal by Hewlett Packard Enterprise, arguing it was ineffective and corrupt.
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‘Real Housewives’ Has Been a Meme Gold Mine for 20 Years (Mon, 23 Mar 2026)
The Bravo TV empire, which turns 20 this month, has also been a gold mine for the internet.
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Paul Brainerd Dies at 78; Pioneered Desktop Publishing With PageMaker (Sat, 21 Mar 2026)
His software brought printing into the digital age, allowing users to stop manually splicing columns of text and graphics and instead create layouts on a virtual pasteboard.
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What to Know About Electric Cars When Gas Prices Are Surging (Sat, 21 Mar 2026)
War in Iran has disrupted global oil supplies, which is prompting some car shoppers to look for ways to climb off “the gas-price roller coaster.”
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Elon Musk Is Responsible for Some Twitter Investor Losses, Jury Finds (Fri, 20 Mar 2026)
The verdict was a rare loss for Mr. Musk, who investors claimed had tried to drive down the share price of the social media company, now called X, to renegotiate his $44 billion offer.
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More! More! More! Tech Workers Max Out Their A.I. Use. (Fri, 20 Mar 2026)
At a number of companies, employees compete on leaderboards to show how much A.I. they’re using. They’re racking up big bills along the way.
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Polymarket Says It Deals in Truth, but Its Social Feeds Are Filled With Falsehoods (Fri, 20 Mar 2026)
A review of the betting market’s social media feeds found it has published hundreds of false and misleading posts.
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‘A.I.-Washing’ Layoffs? + Why L.L.M.s Can’t Write Well + Tokenmaxxing (Fri, 20 Mar 2026)
Companies are using A.I. as a reason for layoffs, but the truth may be more complex.
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U.S. Says 3 Tied to Silicon Valley Server Maker Broke Export Laws (Thu, 19 Mar 2026)
Prosecutors said the men, including a co-founder of the company, Super Micro, had diverted servers containing Nvidia A.I. chips to China.
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Jeff Bezos in Talks to Raise $100 Billion Fund to Transform Companies With A.I. (Thu, 19 Mar 2026)
The new fund would operate alongside the Amazon founder’s A.I. start-up, Project Prometheus.
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Have You Turned to A.I. For Advice on a Romantic Relationship? (Thu, 19 Mar 2026)
People are using generative A.I. chatbots for help on everything from starting to ending a relationship. Have you? How did it turn out?
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