Tech

Google and Apple have cautioned their H-1B visa workers against traveling outside the United States, citing substantial delays in visa processing that could last up to a year.

A major U.S.–South Korea trade deal is unraveling amid an escalating crackdown by South Korean President Lee Jae-myung and lawmakers against American-founded technology company Coupang, prompting alarm inside the Trump administration and on Capitol Hill over the future of bilateral trade.

Amazon’s security team has uncovered and prevented more than 1,800 attempts by North Koreans to gain employment at the company under false pretenses since April 2024.

A growing number of Tesla owners are purchasing escape tools due to fears of being trapped inside their cars as a result of malfunctioning doors. Elon Musk’s EV giant is facing a  growing number of lawsuits and investigations over reports that its electronic door handles become inoperable in emergencies and in the event of battery failure.

There is “cause for cautious optimism”, say the Free Speech Union as the UK College of Policing moves to all-but-abolish NCHIs.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday that his government will seek to further expand restrictions on so-called “hate speech” in the wake of the Islamist terror attack against Jewish people on Bondi Beach in Sydney.

The Delaware Supreme Court has ruled that Elon Musk’s 2018 Tesla CEO pay package, worth approximately $56 billion, must be restored, overturning a lower court’s decision to cancel the compensation plan.

A suspected cyberattack knocked France´s national postal service and its banking arm offline Monday.

Justice Department officials are sounding the alarm about the online extremist network “764,” whose young followers use social media platforms to target and manipulate vulnerable teens into self-harm and violence.  

A family cat, missing for more than a year after it was lost during Hurricane Helene, evoked one of its nine lives and was reunited with its family in North Carolina — with the help of a feline microchip.

A massive power outage in San Francisco that darkened 130,000 homes Saturday was further complicated as self-driving cars stopped in the middle of the street, triggering extensive traffic jams.

A recent Fox News poll reveals that about two-thirds of American voters and parents back the idea of banning teenagers under the age of 16 from social media and removing cellphones from K-12 classrooms.

Video game hardware sales in the United States experienced a significant decline in November, reaching the lowest point for the month since 2005. Apparently, Sony’s PlayStation, Microsoft’s Xbox, and Nintendo’s Switch are not on Santa’s list this year.

Various Hollywood celebrities, from Joseph Gordon-Levitt to Natalie Portman, have launched the Creative Coalition on AI.

Moscow was responsible for “destructive and disruptive” cyberattacks on a Danish water utility company that caused pipes to burst.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has cut ties with FWD.us, the pro-immigration advocacy organization he helped establish in 2013, marking another major shift in his philanthropy and corporate leadership following President Trump’s reelection.

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti (R) has filed a lawsuit against popular online gaming platform Roblox, accusing the company of misleading parents about the safety of its platform and enabling predators to exploit children. Tennessee joins a growing list of states targeting the platform considered a “groomer’s paradise” by child safety experts.

President Donald Trump’s administration is being urged to take a close look at Netflix’s LGBTQ+ inclusion in its children’s shows ahead of the streamer’s possible acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.

A homeless man, known only as John, has been credited with providing crucial information that led to the identification of the suspect in the Brown University shooting with information he originally posted to Reddit. Federal officials say he is now entitled to the $50,000 reward.

James Cameron’s Avatar: Fire and Ash underperformed in Thursday night previews. And this is an underperformance of its expected underperformance.

The Chinese-owned TikTok has signed a deal to sell its U.S. business to three American investors so it can operate in the country free of Chinese influence.

Fired antitrust official Roger Alford testified before House Judiciary Democrats this week, attacking the Trump administration that stripped him of power while praising EU tech regulations and Democrat attorneys general such as Letitia James.

In a major move blending media, capital markets, and next-generation energy innovation, Trump Media & Technology Group announced it will merge with TAE Technologies.

The families of two teenage boys who tragically died by suicide have filed a lawsuit against Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, claiming that the company ignored the growing threat of sexual blackmail schemes, commonly referred to as “sextortion,” targeting teens on Instagram.

Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has made a bold prediction about the transformative potential of AI and robotics, asserting that these technologies will ultimately lead to a future of “universal high income” and eliminate the need for individuals to save money. Musk labeled the newly announced Trump Accounts a “nice gesture” that he believes will ultimately be useless.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Wednesday filed a criminal complaint in Sweden against the Nobel Foundation, seeking to prevent Venezuelan Nobel Peace Prize Laureate María Corina Machado from receiving the $1.18 million monetary prize that comes with the award and demanding she returns the medal.

The UK government is set to encourage tech giants Apple and Google to implement nudity detection algorithms in their device operating systems, aiming to protect users from viewing explicit content.

Turning Point USA executive Andrew Sypher testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, highlighting how the left-wing Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) “villainizes” conservatives — which Charlie Kirk warned would put him and his organization “in the crosshairs” three months before his assassination — and called on Congress to “act decisively” by finally confronting “the brewing political violence in our midst.”

Netflix has canceled the LGBTQ-themed military series “Boots,” which the Pentagon had previously called “woke garbage.” 

New polling obtained by Breitbart News revealed that the majority of American voters are concerned about Chinese-backed ownership of major U.S. appliance brands, and support requiring clear consumer disclosures when such brands are owned by Chinese backed-companies.

The United States Senate on Wednesday confirmed Jared Isaacman as Administrator of NASA in a 67-30 vote, officially approving President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the space agency. The self-made billionaire, commercial astronaut, and aviation entrepreneur, at age 42, becomes the youngest person in history to lead NASA.

Starting in 2029, the irrelevant Oscars will have its annual irrelevant Academy Awards show broadcast on — lol — YouTube.