<p>Social media giants Meta and X approved ads targeting users in Germany with violent anti-Muslim and anti-Jew hate speech in the run-up to the country&#8217;s federal elections, according to new research from Eko, a corporate responsibility nonprofit campaign group. The group&#8217;s researchers tested whether the two platforms&#8217; ad review systems would approve or reject submissions [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Coinbase on Friday said the SEC has agreed to drop the lawsuit against the company with prejudice, meaning it cannot be filed again.  The move, which is still subject to the approval of the SEC’s Commissioners, is yet another signal that the Trump administration plans to be more friendly to crypto than the SEC was [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Occidental CEO Vicki Hollub compared using CO2 in enhanced oil recovery to fracking, the technology that sent U.S. oil and gas production skyrocketing.</p>

<p>Recommendation algorithms operated by social media giants TikTok and X have shown evidence of substantial far-right political bias in Germany ahead of a federal election that takes place Sunday, according to new research carried out by Global Witness. The non-government organization (NGO) undertook an analysis of social media content displayed to new users via algorithmically [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Mark Zuckerberg&#8217;s charity has eliminated its DEI programs and efforts just weeks after assuring staff it would continue supporting DEI efforts, The Guardian reports.  The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), co-founded by Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan, will end internal DEI programs and no longer provide “social advocacy funding,” which provided grants for racial equity [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The layoffs slashed between 13% to 20% of the four Power Marketing Administrations’ workforces.</p>

<p>A senior Elon Musk staffer created a custom AI chatbot that&#8217;s supposed to help DOGE &#8220;eliminate&#8221; government waste.</p>

<p>A change requiring app developers to disclose their address, phone number, and email information to consumers has gone live on the App Store within the European Union. Apple on Tuesday announced it has removed any EU apps that haven&#8217;t yet complied with the Digital Services Act (DSA), a regulation that had added a requirement in [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Earlier this month, a Berlin court ordered Elon Musk-owned X to provide immediate access to public platform data to two civil society organizations seeking to study systemic risk around the country&#8217;s upcoming election. In a post on X, the social media company said Tuesday it is challenging the order, claiming the summary proceeding &#8220;egregiously undermines [&hellip;]</p>

<p>More than 10,000 protesters gathered in New York City on Presidents&#8217; Day to speak out against the current Trump administration and the actions in particular of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).&nbsp; It was one of several protests that took place Monday in major cities across the country and came during the same long [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Trump administration has begun firing hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees who maintain critical air traffic control infrastructure, reports CNN. The firings, which began late Friday night, come as Elon Musk&#8217;s SpaceX has been tapped to help create a new air traffic control system. It&#8217;s not yet clear how many workers were fired, but [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Copyright claims against AI companies just got a potential boost. A U.S. federal judge last week handed down a summary judgment in a case brought by tech conglomerate Thomson Reuters against legal tech firm Ross Intelligence. The judge found that Ross’ use of Reuters&#8217; content to train its AI legal research platform infringed on Reuters&#8217; [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) is blocking links to Signal.me, a URL shortener used by the private messaging app Signal that allows users to send out a link that&#8217;s used to contact them directly through the service. The blocks, which impact direct messages, public posts, and profile pages, were first spotted by the blog Disruptionist.  [&hellip;]</p>

<p>South Korean officials on Saturday temporarily restricted Chinese AI Lab DeepSeek&#8217;s app from being downloaded from app stores in the country pending an assessment of how the Chinese company handles user data. The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) said the Chinese app would be available to be downloaded once it complies with Korean privacy laws [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Broadcom and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) are separately exploring deals to take over parts of Intel, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. Broadcom is reportedly considering an acquisition of Intel’s chip-design and marketing business, and would want a partner for the company’s manufacturing business, while TSMC is reportedly looking at controlling [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Large language models (LLMs) landed on Europe&#8217;s digital sovereignty agenda with a bang last week, as news emerged of a new program to develop a series of &#8220;truly&#8221; open source LLMs covering all European Union languages. This includes the current 24 official EU languages, as well as languages for countries currently negotiating for entry to [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Garner, North Carolina voted against unionizing in election results announced today. According to Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity and Empowerment (CAUSE), the worker group seeking to form the union, 3,276 ballots were cast in the election, with 25.3% of votes in favor of unionizing and 74.7% against. The results [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Elon Musk&#8217;s AI startup xAI plans to continue using 15 gas turbines to power its &#8220;Colossus&#8221; supercomputer in Memphis, Tennessee, according to an operating permit with the Shelby County Health Department for non-stop turbine use from June 2025 to June 2030. Why does it matter? The Commercial Appeal, a news outlet that obtained the documents, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Talk of backdoors in encrypted services is once again doing the rounds after reports emerged that the U.K. government is seeking to force Apple to open up iCloud&#8217;s end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) device backup offering. Officials were said to be leaning on Apple to create a &#8220;backdoor&#8221; in the service that would allow state actors to [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Chinese AI startup DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng is reportedly set to meet with China&#8217;s top politicians, including Chinese leader Xi Jinping, during a summit that Alibaba founder Jack Ma is also expected to attend. The summit, which could happen as soon as next week, may be intended as a signal by China&#8217;s Communist Party that [&hellip;]</p>