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Jury selection will be underway this morning in a trial between Tesla investors and the head of Tesla, Elon Musk.

Morning rundown: Musk trial begins, China’s population decreasing

Long stretches of rain flooded California have killed 19 people last week. Monday, more bad weather is expected.

Midday rundown: California storms, Mafia boss caught, Starbucks expands in China

Google is defending Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act at the Supreme Court. The company said a ruling against them could upend the internet.

Google warns Supreme Court case could upend the internet

DoNotPay wants to pay an attorney $1 million to argue a Supreme Court case wearing AirPods, repeating exactly what the robot lawyer says.

DoNotPay’s AI robot lawyer wants to argue your case in court

Each year companies head to Las Vegas to show off the hottest tech. Here are the most interesting innovations at CES 2023 in Five For Friday.

Color-changing BMW, flying cars top list of 5 best CES 2023 innovations

The FAA is fixing a nationwide technical outage and has ordered all airlines to pause domestic flights in the U.S.

AM rundown: Flights grounded, Biden investigation underway

Netflix took 3 years to reach one million users. But it took big tech's latest AI gold mine, ChatGPT, only 5 days.

ChatGPT threatens Google as Microsoft looks to invest in the AI giant

Seattle Public Schools filed a lawsuit last week against the Big Tech companies operating TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, SnapChat and YouTube.

Seattle Public Schools sues Big Tech over mental health crisis

Amazon is axing 18,000 corporate employees, nearly double previous estimates, and Salesforce announced a 10% staff reduction impacting 8,000 workers.

Amazon, Salesforce announce major layoffs, blame excessive pandemic hiring

Breaking DNA evidence in the quadruple homicide in Idaho. Police say Bryan Kohberger's DNA was found on a knife sheath at the crime scene.

Midday rundown: Kohberger DNA found, NYC schools ban ChatGPT

A new study shows that changes are made in a teenager's brain if they are "chronically online," or online an excessive amount of time.

Being ‘chronically online’ may be changing teens’ brains

The latest Twitter Files dump reveals how Rep. Adam Schiff lobbied the social media platform to suspend journalist Paul Perry.

Twitter Files: Rep. Schiff wanted journalist Paul Sperry suspended

U.S. lawmakers, on both sides of the aisle, say TikTok is a national security threat. Now, there is bipartisan push to get it banned.

US TikTok ban across government devices renews calls for complete ban

Nearly three years removed from the COVID-19 pandemic, officials with CES hope the event looks more like pre-pandemic times.

CES looks to return to full strength after COVID-19 pandemic

Twitter CEO Elon Musk has been flipping the platform with some big changes. Now, he’s taking aim at scientific consensus.

Musk announces new Twitter policy is to follow, question science

Starting next week, any travelers from China to the U.S. will need to test negative for covid-19 before boarding their flights.

Morning rundown: US testing requirements for Chinese travelers; Twitter outage

US Army deploys new ‘mixed reality’ goggle IVAS

Ukraine-Russia peace talks and a kidnapping plot leader is sentenced. These stories and more highlight your midday rundown on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022.

Midday rundown: Ukraine pitches peace summit, Taiwan extends military service

The DOT is investigating Southwest airlines after winter storms caused flight delays and cancellations at airports across the country.

Morning rundown: DOT investigating Southwest; dozens dead in storm

first automated McDonald's in Texas

First automated McDonald’s location draws mixed reviews

TikTok’s parent company ByteDance fired one executive and another resigned after it was revealed the Chinese tech giant tracked journalists.

TikTok parent company ByteDance fires employees who tracked journalists

The House plans to vote on a spending bill, North Korea has tested missiles and Facebook parent company Meta reaches an expensive settlement.

Morning rundown: House voting on omnibus, historic winter storm advancing

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says the Senate has reached a deal on the $1.7 trillion dollar spending bill.

Midday rundown: Senate agrees on spending bill, Fentanyl gets deadlier

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed Congress and offered gratitude for U.S. support throughout the war with Russia.

Morning rundown: Zelenskyy’s address, bomb cyclones hit US