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In a Big Win, Google Won’t Have to Break Up Its Ad Tech Business, Court Rules (Wed, 02 Sep 2026)
In a long-awaited decision, a federal judge said Google must change its ad tech business to address antitrust issues, but did not disclose the measures.
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Justice Dept. Sides With OpenAI in New York Times Copyright Suit (Wed, 02 Sep 2026)
The department argued in a court filing that OpenAI legally used articles by The New York Times to develop A.I., adding that national security depended on American tech dominance.
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Uber Lays Off 10% of Employees in Sweeping Reorganization (Wed, 02 Sep 2026)
The layoffs affect about 3,300 workers, as Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi bets on a “leaner organization.”
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Get to Know Your Phone’s Built-In Emergency Kit (Wed, 02 Sep 2026)
In times of natural disasters and other dangers, special features tucked away on your iPhone or Android device could help make a difference.
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Noise and Motion Monitors in Their Homes? These Tenants Say No. (Wed, 02 Sep 2026)
The public housing authority in Concord, N.H., installed monitoring devices in 300 homes. Tenants are now suing to remove the Minut sensors.
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Patrick Gleeson, Who Made Synthesizers Part of Jazz, Dies at 91 (Wed, 02 Sep 2026)
He abandoned a job teaching college English in the 1960s to become a pioneer of the instrument, playing onstage with Herbie Hancock’s jazz band.
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Missouri Voters Appear to Recall City Councilman Over Data Center Support (Tue, 01 Sep 2026)
Initial results showed that residents of Independence, Mo., voted overwhelmingly to recall an official who backed billions of dollars in tax breaks for a data center.
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Map Apps Are Handling Trump’s Renaming of Lake Ontario to Lake America Differently (Tue, 01 Sep 2026)
Navigation companies face a new dilemma after President Trump ordered Lake Ontario to be renamed Lake America.
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John Ternus Replaces Tim Cook as Apple CEO (Tue, 01 Sep 2026)
Big technology and management changes are greeting John Ternus, whose long-serving predecessor, Tim Cook, will stay on as executive chair.
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FTC and 22 States Sue Amazon Over Advertising Practices (Mon, 31 Aug 2026)
Regulators say the e-commerce giant forced more than a million advertisers to pay more than they should have. The company denies the claims.
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How Meta’s $17.1 Billion Social Media Settlement Came Together (Sat, 29 Aug 2026)
State attorneys general spent months in negotiations. Then, as its legal losses mounted, the social media giant’s new top lawyer brought a huge settlement to the table.
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Influencers Have a Lot to Say About Politics. Many Are Quietly Paid for It. (Sat, 29 Aug 2026)
Their videos have proliferated on social media, but the payments are frequently hidden from viewers.
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Prediction Markets Should Be Regulated as Gambling, Appeals Court Says (Fri, 28 Aug 2026)
The outcome contradicted an earlier appeals court decision. Federal regulators said the split rulings called for resolution by the Supreme Court.
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Social Media and the Myth of the Big Tobacco Moment (Wed, 02 Sep 2026)
Smoking used to be everywhere, the way Facebook, TikTok, Snap, YouTube and Instagram are now. Society decided to break the habit, but it took a long time.
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Why Countries Are Pushing Social Media Bans Despite Their Flaws (Fri, 28 Aug 2026)
Proposals for curbing social media use among children have wide support, but critics say they are ineffective.
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Meta Shifts the Blame + Do Data Center Bans Work? + The Final HatGPT (Fri, 28 Aug 2026)
Meta negotiated an unusual provision in their landmark settlement: If TikTok and YouTube also agree to penalties and changes to their products, Meta will pay more.
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Trump Administration’s Blacklisting of Anthropic Was Illegal, Judge Rules (Thu, 27 Aug 2026)
The government retaliated against the A.I. start-up “for constitutionally protected expressive activities,” a federal judge in California wrote.
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What Meta’s $17 Billion Settlement Means (Fri, 28 Aug 2026)
Our reporter Cecilia Kang explains Meta’s settlement of a lawsuit claiming that the company’s social media platforms had harmed teenage users.
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OpenAI and 100 Others Warn That Window to Defend Against A.I. Attacks Is Narrowing (Thu, 27 Aug 2026)
In an open letter, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and others said that a wave of A.I.-enabled cyberattacks was coming and that organizations and governments needed to prepare themselves.
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Meta Projected It Could Spend $10 Billion on Anthropic’s A.I. (Thu, 27 Aug 2026)
The social networking giant projected it could spend $10 billion annually on Anthropic’s tools, illustrating the friend-foe relationships underlying the A.I. race.
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“Anxious Generation” Author Jonathan Haidt on the Meta Settlement (Thu, 27 Aug 2026)
In “The Anxious Generation,” he laid out the evils of social media for kids. The landmark Meta settlement seems to agree.
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California Lawmakers Pass Plug-In Solar Bill (Thu, 27 Aug 2026)
Legislatures in nearly a dozen states have voted to legalize use of the technology, which can help homeowners reduce their rising electricity costs.
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Mark Zuckerberg Wants to Make Sure YouTube and TikTok Share His Pain (Thu, 27 Aug 2026)
Meta, the social media giant, agreed to change the way children interact with its apps. That could be trouble if its competitors don’t abide by the same rules.
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Prediction Markets and States Clashed, Setting Off a Furious Political Battle (Sat, 29 Aug 2026)
A legal dispute over the future of Kalshi, Polymarket and others has drawn in the Trump administration, the president’s son and nearly every state attorney general.
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Some Scientists Have ‘Magic Hands’ in the Lab. This A.I. Is Learning Why. (Thu, 27 Aug 2026)
Even the most adept researchers may not know exactly what they do to get successful results. An A.I. model is trying to figure it out by watching every move.
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