Elon Musk’s “thermonuclear” Media Matters lawsuit may be fizzling out
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Economic woes dominate as Bolivia prepares to go to the polls
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Jury rules Meta violated California privacy laws by quietly collecting Flo users’ menstrual health data
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Five children see HIV viral loads vanish after taking antiretroviral drugs
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A backlog at the Commerce Department is reportedly stalling Nvidia’s H20 chip licenses
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Tesla partly liable in Florida Autopilot trial, jury awards $329M in damages
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States Are Moving to Protect Access to Vaccines
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Meta profits surge helps drive Zuckerberg’s AI ambitions
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VPN use soars in UK after age-verification laws go into effect
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Dating safety app Tea suspends messaging after hack
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YouTube to be included in Australia's teen social media ban
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Age Verification Laws Send VPN Use Soaring—and Threaten the Open Internet
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Psychedelic Therapy Crashed and Burned. MAHA Might Bring It Back
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Flights grounded as Russia’s largest airline Aeroflot hit by cyberattack
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Starlink kept me connected to the Internet without fail—until Thursday
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Around 6,000 porn sites start checking ages in UK
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Toy company may regret coming for “Sylvanian Drama” TikToker, experts say
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It’s “frighteningly likely” many US courts will overlook AI errors, expert says
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Indian crypto exchange CoinDCX confirms $44 million stolen during hack
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How the rise of green tech is feeding another environmental crisis
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At Least 750 US Hospitals Faced Disruptions During Last Year’s CrowdStrike Outage, Study Finds
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RFK Jr. wants to change program that stopped vaccine makers from leaving US market
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As White House talks about impounding NASA funding, Congress takes the threat seriously
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US passes first major national crypto legislation
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Meta investors settle $8bn lawsuit with Zuckerberg over Facebook privacy
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Senate votes to kill entire public broadcasting budget in blow to NPR and PBS
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Samsung boss cleared by Supreme Court over fraud case
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India eyes global quantum computer push — and QpiAI is its chosen vehicle
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WeTransfer says files not used to train AI after backlash
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Reddit starts verifying ages of users in the UK
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Musk says Grok chatbot was 'manipulated' into praising Hitler
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Four arrested in connection with M&S and Co-op cyber-attacks
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With Varda Space, leading Silicon Valley players make big bet on making drugs in space
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US government confirms arrest of Chinese national accused of stealing COVID research and mass-hacking email servers
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Tesla Announces New Electric Pickup Truck
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Apple hits back against 'unprecedented' €500m EU fine
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Xbox producer tells staff to use AI to ease job loss pain
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Fortnite maker Epic Games settles antitrust case against Samsung
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