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Discord suspends livestreams in Brazil, after the country's data protection authority ordered it last week, saying Discord failed to protect children and teens (apnews.com)
1 day ago Brazil

Freedom of the Press Foundation and The Intercept sue Trump after Trump Media & Technology offered a subscription service for faster access to Trump's posts (apnews.com)
6 days ago Trump

Trump says 200 additional stakeholders, including major utilities, joined a voluntary pledge to protect consumers from high energy bills from AI data centers (apnews.com)
26 days ago Trump Energy AI

The US sentences Guo Wengui, a self-exiled billionaire Chinese tycoon who defrauded his online followers out of hundreds of millions, to 30 years in prison (apnews.com)
2026-7-1 China

Bernie Sanders proposes legislation to create a sovereign wealth fund financed via a one-time 50% stock tax on AI companies that reach $200M in annual AI sales (apnews.com)
2026-6-18 Tax AI

SoftBank announces an OpenAI-powered “patching service” to secure Japan's top 3,000 companies behind crucial infrastructure from cyberattacks (apnews.com)
2026-6-16 Japan

Zelle owner EWS says it plans to expand the payment service to India later this year, its first international market, and create its own USD-backed stablecoin (apnews.com)
2026-6-12 India

Anthropic donates $150M to launch Claude Corps, a fellowship program that will teach 1,000 fellows how to use Claude and place them with nonprofits in the US (apnews.com)
2026-6-11

California AG Rob Bonta sues 23andMe, alleging it failed to protect sensitive user data in a 2023 breach that affected ~7M people across the US (apnews.com)
2026-5-29 California

Musk v. Altman: in closing arguments, Musk's attorney doubled down on claims of Altman's untrustworthiness, while OpenAI's lawyer said Musk has no evidence (apnews.com)
2026-5-15

Anthropic, OpenAI, and other AI firms met with Hindu, Sikh, and Greek Orthodox leaders to draft principles on how to infuse models with ethics and morality (apnews.com)
2026-5-10 AI Greece

A hack of Instructure's Canvas locked out students at schools and universities across the US in the middle of finals period; some US colleges postponed exams (apnews.com)
2026-5-9

Archaeologists and researchers at Pompeii used AI for the first time to digitally reconstruct the face of a man killed in the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius (apnews.com)
2026-4-28 AI

Turkey's parliament passes a bill requiring social media and online game companies to restrict access for children under 15, following a school shooting (apnews.com)
2026-4-23

Roblox agrees to pay $12.5M and implement age verification for all users as part of a settlement with Nevada over claims it failed to protect young users (apnews.com)
2026-4-17

Indonesia begins implementing a regulation that bans under-16s from digital platforms that could expose them to porn, cyberbullying, online scams, and addiction (apnews.com)
2026-3-28 Indonesia

Jury deliberations begin in New Mexico's lawsuit against Meta over children's safety risks, after both sides delivered closing arguments (apnews.com)
2026-3-24 Mexico

The US Department of Energy announces a partnership with SoftBank and its affiliate SB Energy to develop a 10 GW data center with its own power supply in Ohio (apnews.com)
2026-3-21 Energy

Social media addiction trial: the plaintiff, Meta, and YouTube make closing arguments; jurors begin deliberations Friday on liability for harm to children (apnews.com)
2026-3-13 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)
2026-3-10

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)
2026-3-6 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)
2026-3-5 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)
2026-2-27

India joins Pax Silica, a US-led initiative that aims to build secure supply chains for semiconductors, advanced manufacturing, and critical technologies (apnews.com)
2026-2-21 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

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