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House passes bill that will ban TikTok in US unless owner sells company
The TikTok amendment passed 360-58.
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Apple complies with China's order to remove WhatsApp, Threads from China apps store
Move comes at the same time Congress is poised for a final vote to effectively ban TikTok from online app stores
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Google staffers protest $1.2 billion Israel deal at offices in NYC, Seattle, and California
The protesters were part of a pro-Palestine group called “No Tech for Apartheid” and live streamed their storming of the headquarters in Sunnyvale, California on several social media platforms.
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Apple puts out another iOS update due to security concerns
Apple says that the vulnerabilities were fixed and is urging its customers to download the new update as soon as possible.
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Walmart stops advertising on X
The advertiser pullout comes amid an ongoing lawsuit from X against Media Matters for America over an article it published showing ads for the company's major advertisers next to antisemitic materials.
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Facebook removes multiple Chinese accounts reportedly targeting US elections
The accounts on Facebook would copy and paste X posts from politicians from both the Democrat and Republican parties.
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Federal judge blocks Montana's TikTok ban
The ban was scheduled to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2024.
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Authors sue OpenAI and Microsoft over ChatGPT, alleging copyright infringement
The suit, led by author Julian Sancton, alleges that the companies profited off the authors' works without receiving their permission.
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Sam Altman to return as OpenAI CEO days after ousting
OpenAI revealed a new board featuring former Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor and former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers .
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Trump Media sues 20 news outlets over allegedly false loss reports, alleges defamation
TMTG alleged that the outlets "deliberately or recklessly published false financial information to advance a preferred and coordinated narrative harmful to TMTG."
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Ousted OpenAI CEO Altman joins Microsoft, hundreds of former coworkers threaten to follow
OpenAI developed the popular and remarkably effective chatbot ChatGPT.
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OpenAI removes CEO Sam Altman
Greg Brockman will also step down as chairman of the board while Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati will step in as interim CEO.