After market tumult, Trump exempts smartphones from massive new tariffs
Some consumer electronics are also exempted in a major boost to Big Tech.
Financial Times
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Policy // Civilization & Discontents
Apple silent as Trump promises “impossible” US-made iPhones
How does Apple solve a problem like Trump’s trade war?
Ashley Belanger
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253
FTC now has three Republicans and no Democrats instead of the typical 3-2 split
Senate puts third Republican on FTC while two Democrats sue Trump over firings.
Jon Brodkin
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Google takes advantage of federal cost-cutting with steep Workspace discount
Google will knock 71% off government Workspace subscriptions for a limited time.
Ryan Whitwam
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Amazon’s Chinese sellers to raise prices or quit US market as tariffs hit 145%
"It'll be very hard for anyone to survive in the US market," Chinese group says.
Jon Brodkin
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Elon Musk wants to be “AGI dictator,” OpenAI tells court
Elon Musk’s “relentless” attacks on OpenAI must cease, court filing says.
Ashley Belanger
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73
Take It Down Act nears passage; critics warn Trump could use it against enemies
Anti-deepfake bill raises concerns about censorship and breaking encryption.
Jon Brodkin
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Trump boosts China tariffs to 125%, pauses tariff hikes on other countries
Trump’s 90-day pause on tariffs isn’t necessarily a “good thing,” CTA says.
Ashley Belanger
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Meta secretly helped China advance AI, ex-Facebooker will tell Congress
Meta whistleblower can testify to Congress despite gag order on press interviews.
Ashley Belanger
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57
Twitch makes deal to escape Elon Musk suit alleging X ad boycott conspiracy
Twitch must meet certain conditions by the end of the year to get dismissal.
Ashley Belanger
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Victory for DOGE as appeals court reinstates access to personal data
Divided court sides with Trump admin in case over alleged privacy law violations.
Jon Brodkin
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118
Trump gives China one day to end retaliations or face extra 50% tariffs
China expects to outlast US in trade war, alarming Big Tech.
Ashley Belanger
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650
White House figures out how it texted secret bombing plans to a reporter
Waltz apparently accepted iPhone contact suggestion without verifying accuracy.
Jon Brodkin
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DOGE gearing up for hackathon at IRS, wants easier access to taxpayer data
IRS worker: "an open door controlled by Musk for all Americans' most sensitive information."
WIRED
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The speech police: Chairman Brendan Carr and the FCC’s news distortion policy
FCC invokes 1960s-era policy to punish media after decades of minimal enforcement.
Jon Brodkin
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Judge calls out OpenAI’s “straw man” argument in New York Times copyright suit
OpenAI loses bid to dismiss NYT claim that ChatGPT contributes to users’ infringement.
Ashley Belanger
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81
EU may “make an example of X” by issuing $1 billion fine to Musk’s social network
Regulators discuss size of penalty as X calls punishment "political censorship."
Jon Brodkin
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NJ teen wins fight to put nudify app users in prison, impose fines up to $30K
Here's how one teen plans to fix schools failing kids affected by nudify apps.
Ashley Belanger
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Critics suspect Trump’s weird tariff math came from chatbots
Trump accused of consulting chatbots after critics mock tariffs on islands of penguins.
Ashley Belanger
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Most Americans think AI won’t improve their lives, survey says
Rare survey of AI experts exposes deep divide with public opinion.
Ashley Belanger
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Vast pedophile network shut down in Europol’s largest CSAM operation
79 arrested after Europol shuts down massive child porn platform.
Ashley Belanger
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81
Not just Signal: Michael Waltz reportedly used Gmail for government messages
More damaging reports for Trump official who invited journalist to Signal chat.
Jon Brodkin
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DOGE staffer’s YouTube nickname accidentally revealed his teen hacking activity
Evidence of DOGE staffer’s proud history of hacking quickly deleted, report says.
Ashley Belanger
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137
“Chaos” at state health agencies after US illegally axed grants, lawsuit says
RFK Jr. killed grants "with no warning or legally valid explanation," states say.
Jon Brodkin
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FTC: 23andMe buyer must honor firm’s privacy promises for genetic data
Agency issues warning about privacy of genetic information and DNA samples.
Jon Brodkin
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DOGE accesses federal payroll system and punishes employees who objected
Report: IT officials who fought DOGE access put on leave and under investigation.
Jon Brodkin
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Even Trump may not be able to save Elon Musk from his old tweets
Court win for investors may sway SEC’s probe of Elon Musk’s Twitter purchase.
Ashley Belanger
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France fines Apple €150M for “excessive” pop-ups that let users reject tracking
Requiring "double consent" for user tracking is too much, French agency says.
Jon Brodkin
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148
Big brands are spending small sums on X to stay out of Musk’s crosshairs
“It’s whatever amount is enough to stay off the naughty list,” says ad executive.
Financial Times
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178
FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicado
Indiana University quietly removes profile of tenured professor and refuses to say why.
Dan Goodin
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438
What could possibly go wrong? DOGE to rapidly rebuild Social Security codebase.
A safe and proper rewrite should take years not months.
WIRED
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Elon Musk’s X has a new owner—Elon Musk’s xAI
xAI buys X; deal values social network at $33 billion, $11B less than Musk paid.
Jon Brodkin
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Ex-FCC chairs from both parties say CBS news distortion investigation is bogus
CBS probe "unprecedented," say chairs who served under George H.W. Bush and Obama.
Jon Brodkin
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129
EU will go easy with Apple, Facebook punishment to avoid Trump’s wrath
Lawbreaking under DMA to be punished—but not too severely.
Financial Times
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138
Trump can’t fire us, FTC Democrats tell court after being ejected from office
"A President cannot remove an FTC Commissioner without cause," lawsuit says.
Jon Brodkin
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Elon Musk and Trump win fight to keep DOGE’s work secret
Musk and DOGE don't have to comply with discovery order, appeals court rules.
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