Politics

Google fires 28 over Israel & labor condition protests

Employees in Google offices in New York and California staged sit-ins, partially over the company contracting its cloud services to the Israeli government.

Samsung to receive up to $6.4 billion from Biden administration to develop chip facilities in Texas

The funding for Samsung's new facilities in Texas will come from the CHIPS Act, which is meant to lessen US dependence on chip and semiconductor imports.

U.S. House panel passes bill requiring TikTok to divest from ByteDance

Various industry groups have concerns about free speech while the lawmakers are concerned about national security.

Microsoft, Google, Meta & other tech firms sign pact to combat election deepfakes

X (formerly Twitter), Facebook, TikTok, and other social media and AI firms are also involved in the effort to stifle election misinformation and deceptive media.

Biden announces plan to deliver high-speed internet to all Americans by 2030

The government will invest $42 billion into achieving Biden's high-speed internet goal.

Montana becomes the first state to ban TikTok [UPDATED]

Montana's TikTok ban goes into effect in January 2024.

Watch the TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew's US Congressional Hearing here

CEO Shou Chew will appear before the US House Energy & Commerce Committee and testify regarding TikTok's security and privacy practices.

House Foreign Affairs Committee to vote on bill with the potential to ban TikTok

The H.R. 1153 bill would revise Berman amendment rules that previously protected TikTok from a U.S. ban back in 2020.

Matt Taibbi's Twitter Files pull the curtain on moderation bias at social media platform [UPDATE]

Elon Musk's Twitter is pulling back the moderation kimono tonight, with the first set of Twitter Files being posted by Matt Taibbi to the social platform.