Federal appeals court rules Microsoft can close its Activision merger
By Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court said it will not block Microsoft (MSFT) from closing its $69 billion acquisition of…
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US officials worry about ‘chilling effect’ on combating election disinformation after order limiting Biden administration contact with social platforms
By Brian Fung and Sean Lyngaas, CNN Washington (CNN) — A federal judge’s move to limit how some US agencies communicate with social media…
Continue ReadingChina takes major step in regulating generative AI services like ChatGPT
By Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China has published new rules for generative artificial intelligence (AI), becoming one of the first…
Continue ReadingIndian tech giant Wipro will invest $1 billion in AI, including training all staff
By Michelle Toh, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Wipro, one of India’s top providers of software services, wants everyone on staff to know how to use…
Continue ReadingIndian tech giant Wipro will invest $1 billion in AI, including training all staff
CNN By Michelle Toh, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Wipro, one of India’s top providers of software services, wants everyone on staff to know how to…
Continue ReadingTwitter asks federal court to terminate 2022 FTC privacy settlement
By Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — Twitter has asked a federal court to terminate a 2022 privacy settlement with the Federal Trade…
Continue ReadingTwitter asks federal court to terminate 2022 FTC privacy settlement
CNN By Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — Twitter has asked a federal court to terminate a 2022 privacy settlement with the Federal Trade…
Continue ReadingFTC is investigating ChatGPT-maker OpenAI for potential harm to consumers
By Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Federal Trade Commission is investigating OpenAI for possible violations of consumer protection law,…
Continue ReadingNew lawsuit claims Elon Musk’s Twitter owes more severance to former employees
By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — A former Twitter employee on Wednesday filed a new lawsuit against Twitter and its owner, Elon Musk,…
Continue Reading‘Time is money’: Shopify calculator shows how much unnecessary meetings really cost the company
By Jennifer Korn New York (CNN) — One tech company is escalating its war on meetings by introducing a calculator that shows employees how much…
Continue ReadingElon Musk announces a new AI company
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN (CNN) — Elon Musk on Wednesday announced the formation of a new company focused on artificial intelligence, after…
Continue ReadingBill Gates says AI risks are real but nothing we can’t handle
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business (CNN) — Bill Gates sounds less worried than some other executives in Silicon Valley about the risks of…
Continue ReadingTax prep companies shared private taxpayer data with Google and Meta for years, congressional probe finds
By Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — Some of America’s largest tax-prep companies have spent years sharing Americans’ sensitive financial data with…
Continue ReadingGoogle hit with lawsuit alleging it stole data from millions of users to train its AI tools
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN (CNN) — Google was hit with a wide-ranging lawsuit on Tuesday alleging the tech giant scraped data from millions of…
Continue ReadingMicrosoft can close its Activision merger, federal judge rules
By Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge will not block Microsoft (MSFT) from closing its $69 billion deal to acquire video game giant…
Continue ReadingElizabeth Holmes could be released from prison two years earlier than expected
By Catherine Thorbecke (CNN) — Disgraced former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes could be out of prison nearly two years earlier than expected,…
Continue ReadingWhy Amazon’s Prime Day is in July
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Amazon Prime Day is back again, starting Tuesday. But a random couple of days in July does,…
Continue ReadingFoxconn pulls out of $19 billion chipmaking project in India
By Michelle Toh, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Foxconn says it is exiting an ambitious project to help build one of India’s first chip factories. The…
Continue ReadingMeta cut election teams months before Threads launch, raising concerns for 2024
By Donie O’Sullivan and Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Meta has made cuts to its teams that tackle disinformation and coordinated troll and…
Continue ReadingEU blesses transatlantic data sharing deal
By Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — The European Union on Monday gave final approval to an agreement with the US government that restores the…
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