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Katherine Maher, NPR’s newly appointed CEO, is facing criticism over her past tweets as a veteran editor accuses the organization of leftist bias. But along the way, another interesting line of investigation has opened — how Maher wrecked Wikipedia by turning away from “free and open” discussions on the “online wikipedia” because that goal represents a “white male westernized construct.” 

A Cornell University faculty member was arrested after a campus event featuring conservative author and Breitbart News contributor Ann Coulter as its keynote speaker.

Google has fired 28 employees for their involvement in sit-in protests at the company’s offices in New York and Sunnyvale, California, against Google’s $1.2 billion contract with the Israeli government and military.

Former TikTok employees say the Chinese app’s effort to isolate U.S. user data from China — a hostile foreign country run by a communist regime — is ineffective, calling the initiative “largely cosmetic.”

Residents in four states experienced 911 outages on Wednesday amid warnings of cyberattacks.

The House on Wednesday passed legislation to ban the government from purchasing Americans’ private data from data brokers, which is considered a run around the Fourth Amendment.

The Chinese Communist Party is secretly lobbying the U.S. Congress regarding TikTok, according to Capitol Hill staffers familiar with the situation.

In a recent interview with Tucker Carlson, Pavel Durov, the founder of the popular messaging app Telegram, accused tech giants Google and Apple of being the real enemies of free speech on the internet.

Google employees who took part in a protest over the company’s continued business with Israel were arrested on Tuesday evening.

Tesla is set to ask its shareholders to once again vote on approving the controversial 2018 pay package for CEO Elon Musk, which was recently thrown out by a Delaware judge.

The world’s first-ever artificial intelligence beauty pageant “Miss AI” is set to take place this May, with prizes totaling over $20,000. Judges for will be looking at AI-generated contestants’ “beauty,” “tech,” and “social clout” when determining the winners of the Miss AI

The streaming platform Netflix has been accused of using AI imagery in its true crime documentary What Jennifer Did.

Twitter reportedly told Brazil’s Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF) Minister Alexandre de Moraes on Monday that it would not challenge his censorship demands.

A recent report from AND Digital reveals that a significant number of UK-based CEOs are grappling with the potential threat AI poses to their own positions, while simultaneously pushing for its adoption within their organizations.

Elon Musk, owner of the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter), has reportedly declared that new users will have to pay a fee to tweet on the platform.

Hollywood star Reese Witherspoon says her industry shouldn’t be scared of AI and needs to embrace its possibilities.

Widely followed TikTok personality Kyle Marisa Roth, known for her hot takes on celebrity gossip, has died. She was 36.

Former TikTok employees reportedly say the app has worked closely with its parent company, Chinese technology giant ByteDance, despite claiming otherwise.

Elon Musk’s Tesla has announced a significant reduction in its global workforce, with layoffs affecting more than 10 percent of its employees.

Nineteen students from Pomona College in Claremont, California, were arrested following a pro-Palestinian protest that involved occupying an administrative building on campus.

In a recent court filing, Apple has asked a judge to deny Epic Games’ motion accusing the tech giant of violating a 2021 injunction related to its App Store practices.

Google has begun restricting access to news articles for some users in California in response to the pending California Journalism Preservation Act, which would require tech giants like Google and Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta to pay publishers for news content.

Instagram, the popular social media platform owned by Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, is set to launch a new safety feature aimed at protecting minors from receiving unwanted nude images in their direct messages.

Elon Musk’s ambitious plans to launch a Tesla robotaxi service have hit a roadblock in California, as the state’s key regulatory agencies reveal that the company has yet to submit the necessary permit applications.

The House passed a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) extension Friday after intense lobbying from the Biden administration overcame opposition that tanked the bill earlier this week.

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) said that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) killed the Constitution Friday by casting the tie-breaking vote against requiring warrants for searches of Americans’ communications.

Eighty-six House Republicans on Friday voted against an amendment to require a warrant for surveillance of Americans’ communications.

In his annual letter to shareholders, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy touted the transformative potential of generative AI while also committing to ongoing cost-cutting measures.

Elon Musk’s rebranding of Twitter to X encountered a significant hurdle this week when the social network’s attempt to automatically replace “twitter.com” links with “x.com” backfired. Security expert Brian Krebs called the system “a gift to phishers,” allowing hackers to make links to malicious sites look safe.

Streaming giant Roku has disclosed a massive data breach that has compromised more than 576,000 user accounts, marking the second security incident for the company in just a month.

Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans on Thursday rejected the partisan Democrat subpoena against Federalist Society cochairman Leonard Leo, saying it is “unlawful and politically motivated.”

President Joe Biden backed a bill House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) hopes to pass on Friday that would reauthorize a controversial surveillance bill.