In an opinion piece, former Facebook diversity executive Bärí A. Williams criticizes Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to disband the company’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, signaling a shift in priorities as he aligns with the incoming Trump administration.
President Donald Trump’s recent executive order targeting electric vehicle charging infrastructure funding could have significant implications for Elon Musk’s Tesla, which has benefited from these programs in the past.
President Donald Trump expressed his willingness to consider the possibility of Tesla CEO Elon Musk or Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison purchasing China’s TikTok during a press briefing on Tuesday, while Canadian investor Kevin “Mr. Wonderful” O’Leary remains interested in a deal despite legal hurdles.
President Donald Trump has rescinded the Biden administration’s sweeping executive order regulating AI, marking a significant shift in federal oversight for the rapidly advancing technology.
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump issued an executive order directing the DOJ not to enforce penalties against app stores and other service providers for working with China’s TikTok for a period of 75 days.
In a behind-closed-doors meeting, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, is set to brief Trump White House officials on the company’s latest advancements in AI technology, including chatbots capable of PhD-level thinking.
Bluesky, the social media platform that became a leftist echo chamber after the election of Donald Trump, is grappling with an influx of bots and impersonation accounts as Trump takes office.
In a fiery interview on ABC’s This Week, former Trump adviser Steve Bannon accused Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg of being a criminal and called for his prosecution over the infamous “Zuckerbuck” donations made during the 2020 presidential election.
OpenAI’s recently released reasoning AI model dubbed “o1” has exhibited the curious behavior of sometimes “thinking” in Chinese while solving problems, even when questions are posed in English.
Google has informed the European Union that it will not integrate work from “fact-checking” organizations into its Search and YouTube platforms, as the EU prepares to expand its disinformation laws.
President Biden’s recent warning about the dangers of a “tech oligarchy” stands in stark contrast to his administration’s unprecedented access granted to Microsoft, whose executives made 207 White House visits during his term. The extensive access, particularly to national security officials, raises questions about the administration’s relationship with big tech amid several cybersecurity crises and controversial deals.
A New York Times profile on Stephen Miller and his rise to one of the most influential unelected officials in the Trump administration including a revealing glimpse into Mark Zuckerberg’s attempt to build bridges to Donald Trump and the MAGA movement.
Microsoft has reportedly begun laying off employees in several key divisions, including security, sales, gaming, and devices.
The FTC, along with the states of Illinois and Minnesota, has filed a lawsuit against agricultural equipment giant John Deere, alleging that the company has illegally restricted farmers and independent technicians from repairing Deere equipment.
In a show of support for the incoming administration, four of the world’s most powerful tech titans will be in attendance at Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration on Monday.
Mark Lemley, a Stanford law professor who represented Meta in a 2023 AI copyright case, has dropped the company as a client due to what he calls CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s “descent into toxic masculinity and Neo-Nazi madness.”
Blue Origin, the aerospace company founded by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, successfully launched its massive New Glenn rocket on its first test flight, marking a significant milestone in the company’s quest to provide reliable access to space.
The SEC has filed a lawsuit against billionaire Elon Musk, accusing him of violating securities law by failing to disclose his active stake in Twitter, which allowed him to purchase shares at “artificially low prices.”
China’s DJI, the world’s leading drone manufacturer, has decided to remove its long-standing geofencing feature, which previously prevented drones from flying over restricted areas such as airports, wildfires, and the White House.
Mikey Shulman, CEO and founder of AI music generator company Suno AI, has sparked debate with his recent comments suggesting that the majority of people do not enjoy the process of making music.
Elon Musk has come under fire from gamers after he streamed himself playing Path of Exile 2, a game he is ranked as one of the best in the world at, with many believing that he showed a clear lack of knowledge of the game and likely paid someone to level his character for him.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is taking drastic measures to recast himself and his company in a bid to win over President-elect Donald Trump and the ascendant Republican party. Zuckerberg’s goal? For Trump to meet the “real Mark.”
Sonos CEO Patrick Spence is leaving the company after eight years at the helm, following a terribly bungled app redesign that angered customers and hindered growth.
Tim Sweeney, the CEO of Fortnite developer Epic Games and a frequent critic of Apple and Google, has accused the Silicon Valley Masters of the Universe of cozying up to President-elect Donald Trump in an attempt to influence the administration’s antitrust policies. Sweeney wrote, “After years of pretending to be Democrats, Big Tech leaders are now pretending to be Republicans, in hopes of currying favor with the new administration.”
Newly unredacted court documents allege that Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta secretly used a notorious piracy database to train its AI models. According to plaintiffs, Zuckerberg and Meta used the wide availability of pirated works to be a “get-out-of-jail-free card” during product development work on artificial intelligence.
Mark Zuckerberg’s move to replace Meta’s biased left-wing “fact checking” program with user-generated “community notes” has sparked criticism from the Meta Oversight Board. Commonly known as the Facebook “Supreme Court,” the Oversight Board is packed with leftist academics, politicians, and journalists.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has implemented significant changes to its internal and external policies following the recent election, including the removal of tampons from men’s bathrooms.
A decade-long legal battle over a lost Bitcoin fortune has ended in disappointment for James Howells, an IT engineer from Newport, Wales, after a court dismissed his lawsuit against the Newport City Council. The man hoped to search a landfill for a hard drive he accidentally threw away more than a decade ago holding Bitcoin now worth $750 million.
Wall Street banks are poised to slash up to 200,000 jobs over the next three to five years as artificial intelligence begins to replace roles once considered irreplaceable.
A massive data breach of location data company Gravy Analytics has exposed how popular apps across the Android and Apple platforms are being exploited, often without the knowledge of users or app developers, to collect sensitive location information on an immense scale.
China’s TikTok is facing backlash for its policy towards employees in the Los Angeles area who are being impacted by the devastating wildfires ravaging the region.
A coalition of more than 70 “fact checking” organizations have penned an open letter to Mark Zuckerberg, expressing their outrage over Meta’s decision to move away from biased left-wing “fact check” organizations and toward crowdsourced moderation on its platforms in the United States.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has come under fire from both the “Facebook Supreme Court” and its own employees following Zuckerberg’s decision this week to embrace free speech on his heavily censored platforms.
NASA’s leading center for scientific innovation in fields including robotic planetary exploration, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), has been temporarily closed due to the approaching Eaton wildfire in Southern California.
Google has joined the ranks of major tech companies supporting President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, donating $1 million to the inaugural fund.
As devastating wildfires continue to ravage Los Angeles County, fire-tracking app Watch Duty has added 600,000 users in the last 24 hours seeking real-time updates and critical information. The app, run by a nonprofit, relies on hundreds of volunteers including active and retired firefighters to provide accurate and timely information.
Mark Zuckerberg’s recent announcement that Meta will be making major changes to its content moderation policies and practices on Facebook and Instagram, included his blockbuster plan the eliminate the company’s biased third-party “fact checkers.” Breitbart News has compiled some of the worst moments of Facebook’s “fact checker” era to show how the biased system was used to censor conservatives.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday that the company will be relocating its content moderation and trust and safety teams from California to Texas as part of a broader effort to promote free expression and address the extreme leftist bias introduced into its content moderation process at the hands of its woke Silicon Valley workforce.
Ann Altman, the sister of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, has filed a lawsuit alleging he regularly sexually abused her for several years starting in their childhood.
CalFire, the California Department of Forestry & Fire Prevention, has released a 3D interactive map that offers a detailed look at the multiple fires raging around Los Angeles. The map shows the perimeter of the Palisades fire and evacuation zones for multiple other fires in Los Angeles.
