Nintendo sues the US government over "unlawful" Trump-era tariffs
Dozens of companies are suing for nearly $200 billion in tariff refunds, with interest
Trump calls on Big Tech to supply their own electricity for AI data centers (updated)
Amazon, Google, Microsoft and others are expected to participate
The big picture: With electricity bills rising due to surging demand from AI data centers, President Trump has called for technology companies to either build their own power plants or help finance new power generation facilities. The directive comes amid growing protests from rural communities over energy-intensive AI data centers that have been rapidly expanding across the country.
Pentagon threatens to cut Anthropic off unless it drops AI guardrails (updated)
Ditch safety or face sanctions
What just happened? Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei in Washington this week in an effort to break an impasse over military use of AI models developed by Anthropic. The Pentagon is seeking broad operational access to the company's Claude model for classified applications, but Anthropic has resisted approving certain use cases.
Trump administration considers linking chip tariff exemptions to TSMC's US investment expansion
TSMC's US bet may shield Amazon, Google, Microsoft from new chip tariffs
DOJ faces investigation over alleged pressure on Apple and Google to remove ICE apps
The inquiry raises First Amendment concerns
TikTok's long-running US saga ends with a deal that averts a ban
Oracle, Silver Lake, and MGX take the reins of TikTok's US business
The US formalizes 25% tariff on Nvidia H200 and AMD MI325X chips shipped to China
The tariff replaces outright bans with a paid pathway for select AI chip exports
Bernie Sanders calls for a pause on new AI data centers in the US
The senator says AI gains favor billionaires, not workers
Trump's executive order seeks to centralize AI regulation at the federal level
Executive order gives attorney general power to challenge state AI regulations
Over 230 environmental groups across the US are asking Congress to halt AI data-center expansion
Big Tech's $8 trillion data center expansion is running into its biggest obstacle yet: people
Apple pulled the ICEBlock app, now its creator is suing the government
He says the complaint was inspired by the US founding fathers
President Macron accuses US of undermining EU investigations into Big Tech
The French president says EU officials fear retaliation as they weigh action against US platforms
Congress is rethinking car safety rules, starting with automatic emergency braking
Republicans say safety tech is too costly, and they're dragging GM, Ford, and Tesla in to prove it
FCC rolls back plan to make cybersecurity a legal duty for telecom carriers
The commission is betting on voluntary industry measures instead of enforceable standards
White House threatens states with lawsuits over AI regulation
The latest escalation in a federal push to centralize AI oversight
The world is running out of yttrium: a little-known rare earth is becoming the newest flashpoint in global tech
Supply chain disruptions threaten aerospace, semiconductor, and energy production worldwide
A new bipartisan bill would force companies to reveal how AI is impacting jobs
Is AI really having a massive impact on the US workforce?
Seduction is the new spyware: US tech startups are now the target of "sex warfare"
The spy who shagged me?
Mail-order spies: Tech companies employ some of the most robust network security to protect against IP theft. However, no amount of network security protects against theft from within. While corporate espionage is largely digital these days, good old-fashioned infiltration is still in use. China and Russia increasingly use sexual honeypots to compromise employees and gain access to sensitive technology.
The US government considers taking equity in quantum computing firms through CHIPS program
The federal investment strategy mirrors previous Intel and rare-earth materials deals
Over 800 public figures, including "AI godfathers" and Steve Wozniak, sign open letter to ban superintelligent AI
Politicians, celebrities, and even royalty have signed the letter
A hot potato: Tech companies are in a race to create superintelligent AI, regardless of what the consequences of creating something much smarter than humans might be. It's led to hundreds of public figures from the world of tech, politics, media, education, religion, and even royalty signing an open letter calling for a ban on the development of superintelligence until certain conditions are met.
US and Australia sign $8.5 billion critical minerals deal, including a gallium refinery in the Outback
The move aims to loosen China's stranglehold on rare earth
Senators raise national security and foreign influence concerns over Saudi-led EA takeover
Democratic senators also question Jared Kushner's ties to the deal
China tightens rare earth exports, threatening global chip supply
New restrictions target semiconductor manufacturing for the first time, US threatens new tariffs
Satya Nadella, Jensen Huang, and Michael Dell all urged Trump to keep Intel's Lip-Bu Tan
Tech leaders rallied to defend Intel CEO resulting in surprise White House turnaround
Apple pulls ICEBlock tracking app following Justice Department demand
"Violence against law enforcement is an intolerable red line that cannot be crossed"