Tech

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta and Google’s YouTube are defending themselves in a Los Angeles courtroom against accusations that they intentionally designed their platforms to addict young users, as opening statements began Monday in a landmark trial that could reshape how social media companies operate.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has expanded its investigation into 16 news rating organizations over alleged advertiser boycotts of center-right and conservative media, according to a report.

A senior Meta researcher alerted company executives that as many as 500,000 minors could be targeted daily by online predators on Facebook and Instagram, according to internal documents unsealed ahead of a major New Mexico trial.

More than 900 Google workers have signed an open letter calling on the tech giant to sever its business relationships with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection.

The global semiconductor industry is projected to achieve $1 trillion in annual revenue for the first time in 2026, marking a significant milestone powered by AI applications and the expanding integration of computer chips across all economic sectors.

Cinema United, formerly the National Association of Theater Owners, has warned of a coming collapse if the Netflix-WB merger deal finalizes.

Leading tech companies experienced a massive selloff over the last several weeks, with more than one trillion dollars erased from their combined market valuations as investors expressed concern over ballooning AI expenditures.

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.

Democrats in the Colorado House and Senate introduced legislation this week to ban the 3D printing of firearms and firearm parts.

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.

A movie theater near Portland, Oregon, will no longer feature the “Melania” movie after Amazon pulled it from their screens in response to a series of insult marquee messages promoting the film.

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.

Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos testified on Capitol Hill this week where he defended his company’s $83 billion merger deal with Warner Bros.

The House Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on European nations’ attempts to censor Americans online on Wednesday, February 4.

Melinda Gates reacted to the release of Jeffrey Epstein’s emails involving her ex-husband Bill Gates, including horrific allegations Epstein made such that Bill was attempting to dose her with antibiotics to fight an STD without her knowledge, by saying Bill and other Epstein associates “need to answer to those things.”

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.

George Zinn, the elderly man who falsely claimed he shot Charlie Kirk in the immediate aftermath of the Turning Point USA founder’s assassination and distracted police from looking for the real killer, has been sentenced to prison for child sex crimes and obstruction of justice.

The French headquarters of Elon Musk’s social media platform X were raided Tuesday with the tech billionaire and the company’s ex-CEO summoned for questioning as part of an investigation into alleged cybercrime.

The latest release of the Epstein files includes a 2013 email from the disgraced financier and sex predator to himself about the Microsoft co-founder in which Epstein claims Gates caught an STD after “sex with Russians girls” and wanted to slip antibiotics to his wife instead of telling her. Gates insists the claims are “completely false.”

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.