The European Commission filed formal charges against TikTok on Friday, accusing the social media platform of breaching EU online content regulations through addictive design features and demanding changes to its app or facing potential fines up to six percent of parent company ByteDance’s global revenue.
Amazon revealed plans Thursday to invest $200 billion in 2026 on data centers, satellites, and infrastructure as part of its aggressive push into artificial intelligence, surpassing Wall Street projections by $50 billion. Shares dropped almost eight percent in Friday morning trading.
A 20-year-old man pleaded for his life during a desperate 911 call as he remained trapped inside his burning Tesla Model Y after a crash, unable to escape due to the vehicle’s electrically powered doors. The transcript of the call is part of a lawsuit against Elon Musk’s EV giant over the man’s death.
The Trump administration has indicated willingness to permit Chinese technology giant ByteDance to purchase Nvidia’s advanced H200 artificial intelligence chips, but the deal remains stalled over disagreements regarding conditions for their use.
A defective Tesla charging cable ignited a devastating fire that caused more than $4 million in damages to former NFL wide receiver Randall Cobb’s mansion in Nashville, Tennessee, according to newly filed court documents. Thankfully, the Cobb family and their dog were able to escape the blaze without injury.
Federal prosecutors have charged the 26-year-old founder of fintech startup Kalder with multiple counts of fraud, adding another name to the growing list of Forbes 30 Under 30 honorees facing criminal allegations.
The DOJ and multiple states have filed notices to appeal a federal court ruling in the Google Search antitrust case that imposed limited restrictions on the internet giant’s conquest of the search and AI market.
NASA announced Tuesday it is delaying its highly anticipated Artemis II mission to send four astronauts around the moon after engineers encountered hydrogen fuel leaks during a critical launch rehearsal at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A very similar problem caused a six month delay to an Artemis mission in 2022.
Starbucks is deploying AI-powered systems at drive-throughs, virtual assistants for staff, and automated inventory tools as part of a multimillion-dollar turnaround strategy under CEO Brian Niccol.
Major corporations are increasingly attributing layoffs to AI, but skeptics question whether these explanations tell the complete story behind recent job cuts.
Elon Musk is combining SpaceX with his artificial intelligence startup xAI as the merged entity prepares for a massive IPO that could value the combined company at $1.25 trillion.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has clarified that the AI giant’s widely reported $100 billion investment in OpenAI was never a firm commitment, describing it instead as an invitation to invest up to that amount.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta faces a trial this week in New Mexico. The lawsuit follows an undercover operation by New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez, a Soros-backed Democrat.
Newly released documents from the Jeffrey Epstein files show that Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk corresponded with the convicted sex offender in 2012 and 2013, discussing potential visits to Epstein’s private island, with Musk asking the disgraced financier “What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?”
Defense technology startup Anduril, founded by Pro-Trump billionaire Palmer Luckey, has created a drone racing competition that tests software engineering skills rather than piloting abilities, with winners earning jobs at the company and a share of $500,000 in prize money.
Nvidia has not received any orders from Chinese customers for its H200 AI chips as Beijing continues to deliberate on whether to permit imports of the American company’s components, according to CEO Jensen Huang.
In a letter to Netflix and Warner Discovery leaders, the Chairman of the Senate Antitrust committee, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), has warned that a proposed acquisition of Warner Bros by the tech giant Netflix raises major red flags around competition.
Amazon has reported finding hundreds of thousands of pieces of suspected child sexual abuse material in data collected for training its AI models last year, though the company has provided limited information about the material’s origins to child safety officials.
Dow is cutting 4,500 employees as part of a cost-saving program that will lean on AI to increase productivity and bolster shareholder returns.
Google has agreed to pay $135 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging the company improperly collected cellular data from Android smartphone users without their permission.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Apple CEO Tim Cook have joined a growing number of corporate executives expressing concern over immigration enforcement activities. Altman stated in an internal email that ICE is “going too far” while Cook expressed that he is “heartbroken” by the death of Alex Pretti, the man who violently clashed with federal agents on multiple occasions leading to his death.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has implemented restrictions preventing users on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads from sharing links to the “ICE List” database that purports to contain identifying information of thousands of ICE agents, the company confirmed this week.
Tesla reported a 46 percent year-over-year decline in profits during its Wednesday evening earnings update, marking a difficult period for the electric vehicle manufacturer as it lost its position as the world’s top EV seller.
Amazon announced Wednesday it will eliminate 16,000 corporate positions as part of an organizational restructuring aimed at reducing management layers and streamlining operations.
Tech giants Apple and Google are offering numerous AI-powered applications on their app stores that can generate non-consensual nude images from ordinary photographs, according to a new report from industry watchdog Tech Transparency Project. The report comes after a global scandal erupted at Elon Musk’s Grok AI generated sexual deepfakes of women and children and posting them on X.
A California technology executive with a background in EV development has been arrested and charged with murder following the discovery of his wife’s body along a Southern California highway late last year.
The family of a missing teenager from Long Island is appealing to the public for assistance in locating their son who disappeared two weeks ago after leaving school. The family believes the boy left home to meet someone he played Roblox with, a fertile hunting ground for groomers and predators.
Electric vehicles outsold conventional gasoline-powered passenger cars in Europe for the first time in December, representing a significant transformation in the continent’s automotive market.
Elon Musk’s Tesla has eliminated Basic Autopilot as a standard feature on new Model 3 and Model Y vehicles in North America, requiring customers to purchase a monthly subscription to access lane-keeping technology that was previously included at no extra cost. EV fans loyal to Tesla are outraged by Musk’s latest money grab.
The European Commission has initiated a formal investigation into Elon Musk’s social media platform X over the scandal centering on its Grok AI generating sexualized deepfake images of women and children.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, China’s TikTok, and Google’s YouTube are set to face their first courtroom trial this week over allegations that their platforms have contributed to a youth mental health crisis through addictive design features.
Autodesk, a San Francisco-based design and engineering software company, announced Thursday it will eliminate approximately 1,000 positions worldwide as part of a multiyear reorganization of its sales operations.
The DOJ has launched a criminal investigation into allegations that AI-powered HR company Deel, valued at approximately $17 billion, orchestrated a spying operation inside a competing Silicon Valley company.
Elon Musk’s Tesla experienced the largest decline in new car sales among all automakers in California during 2025, marking a substantial setback in one of the world’s most important electric vehicle markets.
General Motors has announced that production of the newly updated 2027 Chevrolet Bolt EV will end after approximately 18 months to make way for a gas-powered Buick crossover at its Kansas manufacturing facility.
Two leading U.S. investment firms are taking legal action against the Government of the Republic of Korea, accusing Seoul of launching what they describe as an unprecedented, discriminatory campaign to cripple an American-founded company and punish U.S. investors.
China’s TikTok announced Thursday that it has finalized an agreement to spin off its American operations into a new joint venture, ending years of uncertainty over the platform’s future in the United States.
A group of job applicants has filed a lawsuit claiming that AI screening tools used in hiring should be subject to the same disclosure requirements as credit reporting agencies. Just as credit bureaus must give consumers the ability to dispute inaccurate information, the lawsuit states that job seekers should have the right to correct AI screening software.
A recent federal case against a worker at a government contractor for allegedly leaking classified information to the Washington Post has brought attention to the extensive surveillance capabilities of modern workplace printers, which can archive full copies of every document they process. According to an FBI document, the leaker was caught by his employer thanks to an office printer.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang believes that the AI boom will generate high-paying positions for skilled trade workers constructing chip manufacturing plants, data centers, and related facilities.
