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Social media addiction trial: the plaintiff, Meta, and YouTube make closing arguments; jurors begin deliberations Friday on liability for harm to children (apnews.com)
3 days ago YouTube

The DOJ reaches a settlement in its antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and Live Nation in a case that alleged an illegal monopoly over live events in the US (apnews.com)
6 days ago

Indonesia says it will ban “high risk platforms”, including YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, X, and Roblox, for children under 16 from March 28 (apnews.com)
10 days ago Facebook YouTube Instagram Ban Indonesia

Elon Musk defends his social media posts in a Twitter shareholder trial accusing him of misleading statements about the deal before acquiring Twitter in 2022 (apnews.com)
11 days ago Twitter Elon Musk

Social media addiction trial: 20-year-old plaintiff KGM testifies her social media use, which began in childhood, exacerbated depression and suicidal thoughts (apnews.com)
17 days ago

India joins Pax Silica, a US-led initiative that aims to build secure supply chains for semiconductors, advanced manufacturing, and critical technologies (apnews.com)
23 days ago India Manufacturing

In opening statements in New Mexico's suit against Meta, state prosecutors argue Meta misrepresented the safety of its platforms, as Meta's attorney pushes back (apnews.com)
2026-2-10 Mexico

Luminate 2025 report: the global music industry hit 5.1T streams, up 9.6% YoY and a single-year record; AI artist Xania Monet had 125M on-demand audio streams (apnews.com)
2026-1-18 AI

Mississippi Gov. Reeves says xAI is set to spend $20B+ to build its MACROHARDRR data center in Southaven, xAI's third data center in the greater Memphis area (apnews.com)
2026-1-9

The EU warns of possible action after the US imposes travel bans on five Europeans, saying it will defend its “regulatory autonomy against unjustified measures” (apnews.com)
2025-12-25

The US is imposing visa restrictions on five Europeans, including Thierry Breton, accusing them of pressuring US tech companies to censor certain US viewpoints (apnews.com)
2025-12-24

Surveillance tools exported by China, based on US tech and obtained by Chinese companies, to countries like Nepal are being used to stifle Tibetan refugees (apnews.com)
2025-12-21 China Refugee Nepal

A Paris court rejects a French government request to suspend Shein in the country after finding illegal weapons and child-like sex dolls for sale on the site (apnews.com)
2025-12-20 France Paris

Police in Edmonton, Canada partner with Axon to test body cameras with AI facial recognition, and say the results will be verified by human officers (apnews.com)
2025-12-8 AI Canada Facial Recognition

Arizona AG Kris Mayes sues Temu for allegedly stealing customers' data, including their physical location, and counterfeiting local brands (apnews.com)
2025-12-3

Changes to CISA have left some states without support during elections; California said CISA provided little support during the Nov. 4 election on redistricting (apnews.com)
2025-11-24 California

Samsung, SK Group, and others announce billions in domestic investment after US-South Korea trade deal; Samsung plans to invest $310B and SK Group pledged $88B (apnews.com)
2025-11-17 Korea Samsung

Investigation: the US government allowed and even helped US companies sell tech used for China's surveillance across five GOP and Democratic administrations (apnews.com)
2025-10-30 China Republican

Uber plans to launch its first robotaxi in the San Francisco Bay Area in late 2026, built on Lucid's Gravity SUV, after testing 100 cars in the coming months (apnews.com)
2025-10-29 Uber San Francisco

Myanmar shut down a major online scam center on October 21 as part of operations starting in September to curb cross-border online scams and illegal gambling (apnews.com)
2025-10-29

Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic are providing millions to the American Federation of Teachers to build AI training hubs aimed at educating 400,000 teachers (apnews.com)
2025-10-20 U.S. Microsoft AI

Senate Republicans share an AI-generated video falsely depicting Chuck Schumer saying on camera comments he made in a print interview on the government shutdown (apnews.com)
2025-10-18 Interview AI Republican Senate

Gov. Gavin Newsom signs a bill that gives ride-hailing drivers in California the right to unionize while remaining classified as independent contractors (apnews.com)
2025-10-4 California

Several US states have passed bills to ban or restrict AI mental health treatment, as experts say state laws lag behind the fast-moving AI therapy landscape (apnews.com)
2025-9-29 AI Ban

Trump signs an EO declaring that a proposed deal allowing TikTok to continue operating in the US will be a qualified sale that meets national security concerns (apnews.com)
2025-9-26 Trump

How thousands of small-scale farmers in Malawi are using a government-backed AI chatbot, designed by the nonprofit Opportunity International, for farming advice (apnews.com)
2025-9-14 AI chatbot

Investigation: IBM, Dell, Cisco, Oracle, Microsoft, Intel, Nvidia, and other US tech companies helped design and build China's vast digital surveillance state (apnews.com)
2025-9-9 China Microsoft Intel IBM Oracle Nvidia Cisco

Nepal says it is blocking most major social media platforms, including Facebook, X, and YouTube, after they failed to register with the government (apnews.com)
2025-9-5 Facebook YouTube Nepal

Russia is “partially” restricting WhatsApp and Telegram calls, saying the apps are used “to deceive and extort money” and “in sabotage and terrorist activities” (apnews.com)
2025-8-14 Russia WhatsApp Terrorism

A survey of US adults: only ~40% report using AI for work and 60% say they use AI to find information at least some of the time, rising to 74% of under-30s (apnews.com)
2025-7-30 AI

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