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Interviews with 24+ US government workers show many embraced Signal after Trump's return to office as a tactic to shield communications, impacting transparency (www.washingtonpost.com)
6 days ago Trump

Trump eliminating the USAGM cut the budget of the Open Technology Fund, launched in 2012 to let 24M+ people living in repressive regimes access the internet (www.washingtonpost.com)
10 days ago Trump Budget

Morgan Marquis-Boire, the once-celebrated hacker accused of sexual assaults in 2017, is the undisclosed co-founder of crypto intelligence firm Unciphered (www.washingtonpost.com)
16 days ago Hacker Intelligence

SEC whistleblower complaint: an ex-executive who is launching a book alleges Facebook built a censorship system for the CCP in a bid to enter China in the 2010s (www.washingtonpost.com)
21 days ago China Facebook

In an SEC whistleblower complaint ahead of an upcoming book, Sarah Wynn-Williams alleges Facebook built a censorship system for the CPP in a bid to enter China (www.washingtonpost.com)
21 days ago China Facebook

A look at the Trump administration's strategy to transform its traditional press shop into a rapid-response influencer operation via memes, TikTok, and podcasts (www.washingtonpost.com)
24 days ago Trump

Sources: the FAA is close to canceling Verizon's $2.4B contract to overhaul its communications and awarding it to Starlink; Musk recently criticized Verizon (www.washingtonpost.com)
2025-2-28

Letter: US DNI Tulsi Gabbard calls the UK's order for Apple to add an iCloud backdoor an “egregious” violation of Americans' rights and plans a legal review (www.washingtonpost.com)
2025-2-27 U.S. Apple

Some hair stylists, bridal shops, and hardware stores say AI generated “inspo”, taken from platforms like Pinterest, is warping customers' sense of reality (www.washingtonpost.com)
2025-2-24 AI

Sources: the NHTSA is losing about 10% of its workforce through firings and buyout offers, including half of a small team that regulates autonomous vehicles (www.washingtonpost.com)
2025-2-22 Autonomous Car

Sen. Ron Wyden and Rep. Andy Biggs write to National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard asking her to demand the UK retract its back door request to Apple (www.washingtonpost.com)
2025-2-13 Apple Intelligence

How DeepSeek's R1 accelerated the rollout of chatbots showing their “thinking” process; an expert says seeing a chatbot's inner monologue can trigger empathy (www.washingtonpost.com)
2025-2-10 chatbot

Sources: in a secret January order, UK security officials demanded that Apple create a backdoor to access all cloud content any Apple user globally has uploaded (www.washingtonpost.com)
2025-2-8 Apple

Sources: in a secret order last month, UK security officials demanded Apple create a backdoor to access all cloud content any Apple user worldwide has uploaded (www.washingtonpost.com)
2025-2-7 Apple

Sources: DOGE is processing sensitive data from across the Education Department with AI tools in Microsoft's Azure to look for potential spending cuts (www.washingtonpost.com)
2025-2-7 Microsoft AI Education

Google drops language from its AI Principles that said it would not pursue AI applications “likely to cause overall harm”, such as for weapons and surveillance (www.washingtonpost.com)
2025-2-5 Google AI

Google drops language from its AI Principles that said it would not pursue applications “likely to cause overall harm”, including weapons and surveillance (www.washingtonpost.com)
2025-2-5 Google AI

An analysis of FEC filings shows Elon Musk spent $288M+ to elect Trump and other Republicans, the 2024 election's biggest donor; Musk's America PAC raised $263M (www.washingtonpost.com)
2025-2-3 Trump U.S. Elon Musk Republican

Sources outline negotiations between the Biden administration and TikTok ahead of the ban, as company insiders refute claims that a blackout helped their case (www.washingtonpost.com)
2025-1-25 Ban

Some TikTok users say the app has changed, expressing trepidation and paranoia over its complimentary mentions of Trump in its goodbye and welcome back messages (www.washingtonpost.com)
2025-1-23 Trump

An interview with Pinterest CEO Bill Ready on why his company is backing US state laws to restrict cellphone use in classrooms (www.washingtonpost.com)
2025-1-23 Interview

Sources: a deep philosophical rift over how DOGE should operate spurred Vivek Ramaswamy's exit, with Donald Trump's January 20 EO embodying Elon Musk's vision (www.washingtonpost.com)
2025-1-22 Trump Elon Musk

Documents: Google gave Israel access to its latest AI tools from the early weeks of the Israel-Hamas war, directly assisting the Defense Ministry and the IDF (www.washingtonpost.com)
2025-1-22 Israel Google AI

Sources: a deep philosophical rift over how DOGE should operate helped spur Vivek Ramaswamy's exit, with Donald Trump's Jan. 20 EO embodying Elon Musk's vision (www.washingtonpost.com)
2025-1-22 Trump Elon Musk

Legal experts and lawmakers: Trump's EO halting the TikTok ban may not protect companies that host or distribute the app, as Trump cannot overturn Congress' law (www.washingtonpost.com)
2025-1-21 Trump Ban

Trump signs an EO to end “federal censorship” of online platforms, and directs the AG to probe if the Biden admin engaged in censorship of Americans' views (www.washingtonpost.com)
2025-1-21 Trump U.S.

US and European officials: evidence suggests recent damage to Baltic Sea subsea internet cables was likely caused by maritime accidents, not Russian sabotage (www.washingtonpost.com)
2025-1-20 Russia Europe

TikTok bans in countries around the world have played out quite differently; Instagram Reels largely replaced TikTok in India, following TikTok's ban in 2020 (www.washingtonpost.com)
2025-1-19 India Instagram Ban

A whistleblower complaint claims Amazon paid $380M for licensing robot maker Covariant's tech and hiring its staff, and the deal merits antitrust scrutiny (www.washingtonpost.com)
2025-1-19 Amazon Robot

Sources: Donald Trump is considering issuing an executive order once in office that would suspend enforcement of the TikTok sale-or-ban law for 60 to 90 days (www.washingtonpost.com)
2025-1-16 Trump Ban

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