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Former employees of OpenAI, along with 30 artificial intelligence experts, have published an open letter that is asking the attorneys general in California and Delaware to stop the company from restructuring into a “for-profit benefit corporation.” Nobel laureate and former Google Brain …
Instagram co-founder supports FTC’s case in landmark Meta monopoly trial
Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom today testified in the Meta Platforms Inc. antitrust trial, supporting the Federal Trade Commission’s contention that Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg bought Instagram because he saw it as a “threat.” After then-Facebook Inc. acquired Instagram in 2012, tensions between …
Foreign students face deportation under Trump immigration crackdown
An AI doctoral student in California told TechCrunch in a report published today that his immigration status in the U.S. is currently under threat after spending a decade in the country — just one of about 1,000 international students whose visas have …
Mark Zuckerberg tried to negotiate settlement with FTC in landmark antitrust trial but failed
Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg put $450 million on the table late in March, hoping it would be enough to settle its antitrust case with the Federal Trade Commission, according to The Wall Street Journal. According to people familiar with …
Trump orders DOJ to investigate pair who disputed his allegation of election fraud
President Donald Trump today ratcheted up his efforts to go after his critics, telling the Justice Department to investigate well-respected cybersecurity expert Chris Krebs, former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency or CISA, as well as a whistleblower, “Anonymous” author …
Tariffs on China to increase to 104% as White House talks about building iPhones in the US
Tariffs on Chinese products are set to rise to at least 104% today after President Trump warned the U.S. would strike back, following China retaliating with its own tariff increase. China vowed to “fight to the end,” introducing a retaliatory tariff package …
Court rules UK Home Office’s legal battle with Apple over data must be conducted in public
The U.K.’s Investigatory Powers Tribunal today rejected a bid from the Home Office to keep an ongoing case against Apple Inc. over iPhone users’ encrypted data away from the eyes of the public. The Home Office is fighting to access information secured …
Report: X could be looking at $1B fine from EU over illicit content and misinformation
Regulators in Europe are considering fining Elon Musk’s X Corp. $1 billion, according to a report in the New York Times today. The report is based on information provided to the Times by four insiders who each declined to give their names …
Tech stocks slump after Trump announces ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs
Tech stocks took a steep dive in after-hours trading today after President Donald Trump announced controversial “reciprocal” tariffs, 10% on all goods coming from foreign countries with higher tariffs on what Trump called the “worst offenders.” The tariffs, which will go into …
As TikTok ban looms, Substack launches short video content
As the deadline for the TikTok sale approaches, the San Francisco-based publishing platform Substack hopes to capitalize on the loss by releasing a short video feature in its app. Creators will now be able to create TikTok-style videos in what was previously …