Parents will have to set aside some earnings for child influencers under new California laws
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Parents in California who profit from social media posts featuring their children will be required to set aside some earnings for their minor influencers under a pair…
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OpenAI looks to shift away from nonprofit roots and convert itself to for-profit company
OpenAI’s history as a nonprofit research institute that also sells commercial products like ChatGPT may be coming to an end as the San Francisco company looks to more fully convert…
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NASA, Boeing describe limited roles despite Titan’s owner touting aerospace ties
OceanGate co-founder Stockton Rush said the carbon fiber hull used in an experimental submersible that imploded was developed with help of NASA and aerospace manufacturers, but a NASA official said…
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Ex-‘Apprentice’ candidates dump nearly entire stake in owner of Trump’s Truth Social platform
A Florida firm owned by former contestants on “The Apprentice” has disposed of nearly all its 5.5% stake in Trump Media & Technology Group, which owns former president Donald Trump’s…
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X requests it be reinstated in Brazil after complying with judge’s orders, sources say
SAO PAULO — In the high-stakes showdown between the world’s richest man and a Brazilian Supreme Court justice, Elon Musk blinked. Musk’s social media site X has complied with Alexandre…
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Google expert at antitrust trial says government underestimates competition for online ad dollars
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Federal regulators who say Google holds an illegal monopoly over the technology that matches online advertisers to publishers are vastly underestimating the competition the tech giant faces,…
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Meta hit with $102 million privacy fine from European Union over 2019 password security lapse
LONDON — Meta was punished Friday with a fine worth more than $100 million from the social media giant’s European Union privacy regulator over a security lapse involving passwords for…
Read more Former employee resigned after OceanGate co-founder said he’d 'buy himself a Congressman' if Coast Guard interfered
Former employee resigned after OceanGate co-founder said he’d ‘buy himself a Congressman’ if Coast Guard interfered
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Mark Zuckerberg faces deposition in AI copyright lawsuit from Sarah Silverman and other authors
SAN FRANCISCO — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be deposed as part of a lawsuit brought by authors including comedian Sarah Silverman accusing the company of copyright infringement to train…
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Amazon’s $4 billion partnership with AI startup Anthropic gets UK competition clearance
LONDON — Britain’s competition watchdog said Friday that it’s clearing Amazon’s partnership with artificial intelligence company Anthropic because the $4 billion deal didn’t qualify for further scrutiny. The Competition and…
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