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.
Snap, the parent company of social media platform Snapchat has reached a settlement agreement in a major social media addiction lawsuit, avoiding what would have been the first trial testing claims that tech platforms deliberately designed products to addict young users.
Salesforce Chief Executive Officer Marc Benioff is demanding government regulation of artificial intelligence technology after multiple documented suicide cases were connected to AI systems. In an interview, Benioff explained, “This year, you really saw something pretty horrific, which is these AI models became suicide coaches.”
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is preparing to travel to China in advance of the Lunar New Year holiday as the company works to expand access for its AI processors in the communist country.
A new report from The Bull moose Project reveals that private equity firms have quietly taken over major chunks of America’s cancer care system — and warns the consequences of this takeover are rising costs, declining quality, and a growing threat to physician independence.
The far-left Omidyar Network, bankrolled by eBay billionaire Pierre Omidyar, has rolled out its latest cohort of so-called “reporters in residence.” These journalists, funded directly through the organization’s LLC, are tasked with covering emerging technologies — with a heavy focus on AI.
Dario Amodei, the CEO of AI giant Anthropic, strongly opposes the United States’ decision to permit the sale of advanced AI chips to China, calling the move a serious national security mistake.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is facing accusations from the UK’s Gambling Commission that the social media giant is deliberately overlooking advertisements from unlicensed gambling operators on Facebook and Instagram.
Elon Musk’s Tesla Cybertruck suffered the largest sales drop of any electric vehicle in the United States during 2025, with deliveries falling by nearly half compared to the previous year.
Emergency services responded to the Edinburgh HQ of Rockstar North early Monday morning following a boiler room incident that reportedly resulted in structural damage to the building. The company has since announced it is “open and operational,” good news for fans of the hotly anticipated game Grand Theft Auto 6.
Texas has become the first American state to acquire bitcoin for its public treasury, setting off a nationwide competition as other states rush to establish their own cryptocurrency strategic reserves.
Elon Musk has requested damages ranging from $79 billion to $134 billion from OpenAI and Microsoft in a lawsuit alleging that Sam Altman’s AI startup defrauded him by abandoning its nonprofit mission.
Elon Musk’s xAI is still permitting users to create and post highly sexualized pictures and videos of real women generated through its AI tool Grok, despite recent company claims of implementing stricter content controls.
A shortage of memory chips has placed significant financial pressure on major technology hardware companies, forcing them to choose between reduced profit margins or increasing their prices for consumers.
An 11-year-old Pennsylvania boy is facing criminal homicide charges after fatally shooting his father this week. According to law enforcement officials, the boy told his mother “I killed daddy” after the killing, which was reportedly motivated by his parents taking away his Nintendo Switch.
Five families from the UK are pursuing legal action against TikTok in a Delaware court, marking the first time British families have sued the social media company in American courts over the deaths of their children.
Ford CEO Jim Farley has provided an update on the automaker’s ambitious electric vehicle platform project, comparing the undertaking to historic space exploration programs while confirming that prototype vehicles are now operational. Ford recently took a historic $19.5 billion write down related to electric cars, signaling its retreat from EVs.
Tech Tycoon Elon Musk has declared that traditional retirement planning is obsolete due to coming technological advances he believes will eliminate scarcity. Musk says, “Don’t worry about squirreling money away for retirement in 10 or 20 years. It won’t matter.”
