Welcome to the inaugural Friday Wrap, our weekly survey of the economy, Wall Street, Silicon Valley, and the bureaucrats who pretend they can read the future by staring at spreadsheets.
The FTC is investigating seven AI companies, including Google, Meta, and OpenAI, to determine how they protect children and teenagers who use their AI chatbots as companions.
A book titled The Shooting of Charlie Kirk was posted for sale on Amazon with an apparent publish date of September 9, 2025 — one day before the Turning Point USA founder was assassinated — which the e-commerce giant blamed on “a technical issue” causing the wrong date of publication. The Company later removed the book for not adhering to “content guidelines.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has reignited controversy surrounding the mysterious death of OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji, claiming that the 26-year-old software engineer was murdered. The Tech tycoon was responding to a recent interview of OpenAI chief Sam Altman by Tucker Carlson that touched on the death of Balaji.
Neil Vogel, CEO of People Inc, has criticized Google for being the “worst” offender when it comes to stealing content to train its AI tools, reigniting a long-standing feud between the tech giant and the media industry.
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) revealed Friday that bullet casings in the rifle allegedly used by Tyler Robinson to assassinate Charlie Kirk were etched with a variety of messages, including one that read: “Hey fascist! Catch!”
A social studies teacher at Southside High School in Greenville, South Carolina, is “no longer employed” after saying “America became greater” following the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk.
Department of War (DOW) Secretary Pete Hegseth has denounced the military service members who made statements justifying or celebrating the assassination of Charlie Kirk, promising that they will be addressed “immediately.”
An electric school bus carrying five children caught fire in Montreal on Tuesday morning, thankfully everyone on board escaped unharmed. The EV buses are also used in some American school districts.
Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft’s AI CEO, has cautioned against granting rights to artificial intelligence, stating that it would be a perilous and ill-advised move.
Shortly after the shocking assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, many leftists took to social media to mock, deride, and laugh at Kirk with many expressing happiness at his death. A new website, named Charlie’s Murderers, aims to expose those that attacked Kirk in his final moments.
Hate-site Bluesky, a social media outlet for the left-wing elite where violence against anyone the left see as the enemy is openly celebrated without consequence, issued a phony “warning” to those cheering Wednesday’s political assassination of 31-year-old conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
In an era where AI is becoming increasingly integrated into our daily lives, some women are finding themselves emotionally connected to their AI chatbot companions, blurring the lines between human and machine relationships.
A new AI startup company aims to revolutionize the podcast space by creating 5,000 shows with 3,000 episodes a week for just the price of $1 each.
YouTube’s broadcast of the Chiefs-Chargers game in Brazil was, shall we say, designed for a certain crowd.
A tech association funded by major Silicon Valley companies is launching a new project aimed at strengthening the strained relationship between Silicon Valley and the Democratic party in preparation for the 2026 midterm elections and beyond.
Geoffrey Hinton, known as the “Godfather of AI,” has cautioned that the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence will lead to massive unemployment, disproportionately affecting the poorest members of society as the rich get richer if safe scalability is not prioritized.
The estate of the late director Orson Welles slammed Amazon-backed artificial intelligence (AI) company Fable Studio’s plan to recreate lost scenes of the 1942 film, The Magnificent Ambersons.
Texas A&M has removed two officials after a student and professor were heard arguing about radical gender ideology in a viral video, which ended with the student getting kicked out of the classroom by the professor.
OpenAI’s $30 million Critterz was reportedly made three times faster and cheaper than Hollywood animated movies.
The Los Angeles Police Department found a dead body inside an impounded Tesla registered to singer D4vd after responding to reports of “foul odor.”
Dario Amodei, CEO of AI company Anthropic, is doubling down on his warning that artificial intelligence could gut entry-level jobs in the near future.
Advertising exchange PubMatic has filed a lawsuit against Google, seeking billions in damages over claims the tech giant has illegally monopolized the ad technology market. The remedy phase of the DOJ’s antirust case against Google over its ad tech monopoly will begin this month.
EV maker Rivian has announced a lay off as the company prepares for the end of federal EV tax credits and a challenging economic landscape. The company beat Elon Musk’s Tesla in bringing an EV pickup truck to the market, but has yet to prove it can succeed without massive taxpayer help.
A Russian drone shot down in Ukraine allegedly featured a camera including test footage taken in Shenzhen, China, belying its alleged origin – according to a report published this weekend to which the Ukrainian government subsequently responded.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is facing allegations from current and former employees that it suppressed research that could have shed light on potential safety risks to children and teens using its virtual reality products and services.
New York students just underwent their first week of school with a bell-to-bell cellphone ban aimed at improving learning outcomes and fostering face-to-face social connection.
Marvel Rivals video game is ramping up the LGBTQ+ representation with its fourth game release this month by featuring the sister of Thor, the Asgardian God of Thunder, who is a lesbian with a transgender husband.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) has long called for reforming big tech’s legal immunity, which protects the largest social media companies from moderating content. Here is how he may do that.
As Swedish fintech giant Klarna prepares for its IPO this week, investors are closely watching to see if the company can successfully convince the market that it is more than just a “buy now, pay later” firm that finances shopping sprees and food deliveries for Americans with bad credit.
Tesla’s grip on the U.S. EV market is slipping as rivals launch new models and offer aggressive incentives to buyers. According to new data, Tesla’s market share has dropped to its lowest point since 2017, when both Elon Musk and his car company were far less well known than they are today.
The FBI and Capitol Police are reportedly investigating a string of fake emails sent to House staffers by Chinese hackers masquerading as Rep. John Moolenaar (R-MI), chairman of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party.
What does Google think of Breitbart News? I asked it. I took headlines from Breitbart and turned them into questions to Google. The answers were revealing, showing us how Google—including its artificial intelligence (AI) programs—plans to persuade us to be obedient liberals.
South Korea has temporarily backed off on an anti-American regulation designed to discriminate against American companies after the Trump administration called out these policies while promoting America First trade priorities.
Elon Musk’s xAI has suffered another key executive departure as CFO Mike Liberatore leaves the company after just a few months on the job.
Online gaming platform Roblox announced this week that it is expanding its age estimation technology to all users and partnering with the International Age Rating Coalition to provide standardized age and content ratings for games and apps on its platform. The moves come in response to a deepening scandal involving grooming by predators on the platform which is massively popular with children.
Artists are telling their fans not to listen to artificial intelligence (AI) knockoff albums of themselves that strangers are creating.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) on Thursday called for the repeal of a law that provides tech platforms legal immunity from content hosted or created on their platforms, citing the danger of artificial intelligence.
Pornhub parent company Aylo and its affiliates have settled a lawsuit filed by the FTC and the state of Utah, which alleged that the company “deceived users” about the presence of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and non-consensual material (NCM) on its websites. The porn kingpin settled the suit for a paltry $5 million.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr announced that the agency will soon vote on a proposal that would allow prisons to jam contraband cellphones.
