Tech

Google entered into an $85 million settlement with Arizona over claims it deceptively collected users location information.

Google enters $85 million settlement over user tracking

Elon Musk has agreed to buy Twitter for his original offer price of $54.20 per share ahead of a contentious courtroom battle.

Elon Musk agrees to buy Twitter at original $44 billion price

Elon Musk took to Twitter Monday to offer a peace plan to end the seven-month Russian led war in Ukraine, sparking outrage on social media.

Elon Musk’s proposal to end Ukraine war sparks outrage on Twitter, praise from the Kremlin

States files suit against the Biden administration's student loan plan, Harris ends her Asia trip in South Korea. Google shuts down Stadia.

States sue Biden administration over student loan plan, VP Harris condemns North Korea nuclear tests, Google to shut down Stadia

Major advertisers have left Twitter after learning their ads were placed near tweets or accounts associated with promoting child pornography.

Advertisers leave Twitter over ad space shared with child pornography tweets

A report from the Department of Defense raises concern from U.S. lawmakers, alleging China has found a way inside of U.S. research companies.

Department of Defense report: China is stealing federally funded US research

In humanity's first ever planetary defense test, NASA is about to slam a spacecraft into an asteroid millions of miles away.

NASA will slam a spacecraft into an asteroid to test planetary defense

Apple has removed the SIM card tray from iPhone 14 models sold in the U.S., pushing carriers to adopt the technology.

Dragging carriers into the future, Apple ditches SIM card tray in iPhone 14

Two Facebook users are suing Meta, claiming the company is tracking and collecting their data across the web without consent.

Meta sued for tracking Facebook users in workaround to Apple’s privacy features

A study of pregnant women and fetuses indicates that late in gestation, fetuses can respond to food their mother eats with facial reactions.

Study: fetuses react to their mothers eating different foods

The Journalism Competition and Preservation Act is designed to let news organizations negotiate prices for content with big tech companies like Google.

Senators take on big tech dominance with Journalism Competition Act

TikTok has updated its terms to further ban political ads or campaign fundraising on its platform ahead of the midterm election.

TikTok expands ban on paid political ads ahead of election

The Department of Homeland Security awarded a $699,763 grant to a joint venture to develop an understanding of extremism in gaming.

DHS allocates almost $700k to investigate extremism on gaming platforms

A Yale researcher and climate scientist is suggesting a plan refreeze Earth's poles by injecting sulfur dioxide particulates into the sky.

Yale scientist suggests refreezing Earth’s poles

When activist investors take a major stake in a firm, things are bound to get rocky. We have five companies facing activist investors.

Disney, Twitter among top companies fighting activist investors

Amazon and Apple have joined the growing number of streaming services to pass on the media rights to stream LIV Golf tournaments.

LIV Golf struggles to find streaming service as Apple, Amazon pass

Whistleblower Zatko to Senate: Twitter misleads public, has security issues

The whistleblower who said Twitter is trying to hide its serious security flaws from its own board and regulators is set to testify before the Senate.

Twitter whistleblower set to testify on Capitol Hill Tuesday

The White House believes the world is on the cusp of a BioTech revolution and wants to make sure what's invented in the U.S. is produced here too.

Biden Executive Order aims to improve US biomanufacturing

Ukraine made major gains against Russia over the weekend; Biden set to block semiconductor exports to China; and the 74th Emmy Awards airs tonight.

Ukraine pushes Russia back; chip export ban; 74th Emmy Awards

Snap, the owner of Snapchat, is doing some damage control after it unintentionally shared private Republican, Democrat data.

Private Republican, Democrat data shared in Snap snafu

Ukraine’s military is making decent gains in its counteroffensive against Russia while Germany buys Russian-looking robot tanks for training.

Germany buys ‘Russian’ robot tanks as Ukraine counteroffensives progress

The COVID-19 pandemic just won’t go away, and this week we learned of its newest victims: snow days at New York City public schools.

No more snow days for New York City Public Schools

A massive leak has potentially exposed 38,000 people connected to the far-right group the Oath Keepers, with many connected to the military.

Leak potentially exposes 38,000 members of Oath Keepers, many linked to military