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What to know about the SCOTUS TikTok ruling

Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story What to know about the SCOTUS TikTok ruling The Supreme...

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TikTok CEO thanks Trump for commitment to finding solution after court upholds ban

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew thanked President-elect Trump on Friday for his commitment to find a solution that keeps the app available in the U.S., after...

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TikTok ban: 5 takeaways from Supreme Court’s decision 

The Supreme Court ruled Friday that a law requiring TikTok’s parent company to divest from the popular video-sharing platform or face a ban was...

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What the TikTok ban means for you

Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story What to expect if TikTok ban takes effect As a potential...

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Microsoft leaders meet with Trump, Musk at Mar-a-Lago

Microsoft’s top leaders met with President-elect Trump, Vice President-elect JD Vance and Elon Musk at Mar-a-Lago on Wednesday, a company...

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Supreme Court wrestles with online porn

Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Supreme Court mulls Texas age verification law The...

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Supreme Court wrestles with explosion of online porn

The Supreme Court weighed whether an explosion in online pornography requires repudiating the court's precedents concerning sexual content as the...

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Musk's 2025 impact

Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Elon Musk's growing influence over Trump, D.C. The tech...

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TikTok denies reports of sale to Elon Musk: 'pure fiction'

TikTok denied a report that Chinese officials are considering a sale of the company’s U.S. operations to tech billionaire and Trump ally Elon Musk...

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Trump says he had 'very good experience with TikTok' as court considers ban

President-elect Trump said Monday that he had a “very good experience with TikTok” as he awaits the Supreme Court’s decision on a law that could...

14.01.2025 5

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Biden to sign executive order boosting construction of AI infrastructure

President Biden will sign an executive order Tuesday aimed at reducing barriers to construct new data centers and the accompanying energy...

14.01.2025 4

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Meta fuels disinformation fears

Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Meta’s fact-checking changes stoke concerns The end...

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Biden admin puts new restrictions on AI chip, technology exports

The Biden administration is further restricting the sale of advanced chips used to power and develop artificial intelligence (AI) amid growing...

13.01.2025 4

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Zuckerberg says Biden officials would 'scream,' 'curse' at Meta team over COVID takedown requests

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on said Biden administration officials would “scream” and “curse” at his employees when they disagreed with the...

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Justices skeptical of TikTok's defense

Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Supreme Court skeptical of TikTok's attempt to fight ban...

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TikTok SCOTUS arguments

Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story TikTok's future hangs in balance at Supreme Court ...

10.01.2025 10

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Warren questions Trump IRS nominee's experience, promotion of tax credit

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) voiced concerns about President-elect Trump’s nominee to lead the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on Wednesday,...

10.01.2025 10

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Musk's foreign expedition

Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Musk emerges as Trump foreign policy wild card Elon Musk...

09.01.2025 5

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Meta changes hate speech rules, dropping LGBTQ protections

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, dropped some LGBTQ protections from its hate speech rules Tuesday amid a wider overhaul of the...

08.01.2025 30

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Meta's fact-checking flip

  Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story  Why Meta ditching fact-checking is so significant...

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OpenAI's Sam Altman urges Trump to ease power plant, data center construction

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman suggested that President-elect Trump should ease restrictions on data center and power plant construction to help boost the...

07.01.2025 4

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Emirati billionaire investing $20B in US to build data centers

President-elect Trump announced Tuesday that Emirati billionaire Hussain Sajwani plans to invest $20 billion in the United States “over a very...

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Watch live: Canada's Trudeau resigns as Liberal Party leader

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce his resignation as Canada's Liberal Party leader Monday, after nine years in the...

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Louisiana lawmakers condemn 'evil' New Orleans New Year's attack

Louisiana lawmakers on Wednesday condemned the “evil” driving attack in New Orleans, in which a truck plowed through the crowds on Bourbon Street...

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Tesla Cybertruck explodes in front of Trump's Las Vegas hotel

A Tesla Cybertruck exploded in front of President-elect Trump’s Las Vegas hotel Wednesday, killing one person and injuring seven others. Las...

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Pope calls for protection of life in New Year's message

Pope Francis called for the protection of life at New Year’s Day Mass on Wednesday, offering a seemingly anti-abortion message. “Let us entrust...

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AI education revolution

Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story AI set to hit its stride in schools in 2025 Experts...

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Steve Bannon tells Elon Musk to 'sit in the back and study'

President-elect Trump's former adviser Steve Bannon told tech billionaire and Trump ally Elon Musk to “sit in the back and study” amid an ongoing...

31.12.2024 2

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Musk backs Johnson for Speaker after funding scuffle

Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Musk backs Johnson for Speaker after funding scuffle...

31.12.2024 10

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Chinese hackers breached Treasury Department, agency says

Chinese state-sponsored actors hacked into the Treasury Department in early December, accessing unclassified documents from its workstations, the...

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Elon Musk throws support behind Johnson for Speaker

Elon Musk backed Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Monday, as the top Republican in the House attempts to secure support ahead of Friday’s Speaker...

31.12.2024 2

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Former US general warns Musk poses national security risks

A former U.S. general warned Sunday that Elon Musk, the tech billionaire who has become intricately involved in President-elect Trump’s...

30.12.2024 1

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Wall Street Journal backs Trump on H-1B visas: 'Enlightened nationalism'

The Wall Street Journal backed President-elect Trump’s stance on visas for highly skilled workers amid a contentious debate between Trump’s...

30.12.2024 2

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Trump asks Supreme Court to delay TikTok ban so he can 'negotiate a resolution to save the platform' 

President-elect Trump asked the Supreme Court to delay the deadline for a potential TikTok ban, which is slated for the day before his...

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Nikki Haley rips Ramaswamy: 'Nothing wrong' with American culture

Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley slammed her onetime GOP presidential primary opponent Vivek Ramaswamy on Thursday for arguing American...

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Musk, Ramaswamy defend Silicon Valley's foreign-born hires

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, co-chairs of President-elect Trump’s new “Department of Government Efficiency,” are defending the tech...

26.12.2024 2

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Trump brings Silicon Valley to Washington

Silicon Valley is coming to Washington in force, as tech leaders take on prominent roles — both official and unofficial — in President-elect...

25.12.2024 6

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Musk's primary threat

Presented by CCA, TIA, WIA, and Ericsson — {beacon} \ Technology Technology PRESENTED BY The Big Story Republicans shrug as Elon Musk takes aim...

21.12.2024 5

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Senators urge Biden to delay TikTok ban

Sens. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) urged President Biden on Thursday to grant TikTok a 90-day extension to divest from its China-based...

21.12.2024 10

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Amazon settles worker safety investigation

Amazon has reached a settlement with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) over working conditions at the e-commerce giant’s...

20.12.2024 20

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Musk's misinformation 'megaphone'

Presented by CCA, TIA, WIA, and Ericsson — {beacon} Technology Technology PRESENTED BY The Big Story Musk floods X with stopgap misinformation...

20.12.2024 4

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Musk floods X with spending bill misinformation

Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk unleashed a flood of misinformation about Congress’s end-of-year funding deal Wednesday, as he pushed Republicans...

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McConnell urges Supreme Court to reject TikTok's bid to delay ban

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court on Wednesday, urging it to reject TikTok’s request to...

19.12.2024 20

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Every DOGE has its day

Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Musk's pressure campaign shakes Capitol Hill Elon...

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Elon Musk: Anyone who votes for spending deal should lose reelection

Tech mogul Elon Musk continued his tirade against the newly unveiled end-of-year funding deal Wednesday, calling for any lawmaker who supports the...

18.12.2024 2

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Anti-deepfake porn bill included in funding deal

A bill that seeks to fight the rise of deepfake pornography was included in the year-end government funding deal unveiled Tuesday, raising the...

18.12.2024 10

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Trump backs dockworkers as costly strike looms before inauguration

President-elect Trump has thrown his weight behind dockworkers’ demands for automation protections, as he braces for a strike that could...

18.12.2024 10

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An AI roadmap for Congress

Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story House AI task force releases sweeping end-of-year...

18.12.2024 10

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TikTok pushes for Supreme Court reprieve

Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story TikTok asks Supreme Court to delay ban An emergency...

17.12.2024 3

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Trump says he has a 'warm spot' in his heart for TikTok as app faces ban

President-elect Trump said Monday that he has a “warm spot” in his heart for TikTok as the popular social media app faces down a potential ban...

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