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As the September trial date approaches for the next phase of the DOJ’s antitrust case against Google’s ad tech practices, both sides have outlined their proposed remedies to address the tech giant’s monopoly over digital advertising. Digiday reports that the DOJ and Google have put forth their proposals for remedying the company’s alleged monopolistic practices in the…

Interim United States Attorney for the District of Columbia Ed Martin is accusing the Wikimedia Foundation — the nonprofit group that runs Wikipedia — of violating its 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status by allowing propaganda and misinformation from ‘foreign actors’ to flourish on the platform. The Wikimedia Foundation’s tax-exempt status has been called into question by U.S. Attorney for…

The closure of two schools founded by Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan has left the inner city families they were designed to help questioning how their children will achieve an education. The New York Times reports that in a surprise announcement this week, The Primary School, a tuition-free educational institution founded by Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr….

Hennepin County, Minnesota, has decided not to file criminal charges against a 33-year-old state government employee who admitted to causing over $20,000 in damages to six Tesla vehicles in a politically motivated vandalism spree last month. The Minnesota Star Tribune reports that Dylan Bryan Adams, a 33-year-old Minneapolis resident and Minnesota Department of Human Services employee, will not…

The world’s largest technology companies, known as the “Silicon Six,” have paid nearly $278 billion less in corporate income tax over the past ten years than would be expected based on the average statutory tax rate for U.S. companies, according to a new report by the Fair Tax Foundation (FTF). TechSpot reports that a recent analysis conducted by…

Hertz, the car rental giant that also owns the Dollar and Thrifty brands, is notifying customers of a data breach that compromised their personal information and driver’s licenses. TechCrunch reports that Hertz has disclosed a data breach stemming from a cyberattack on one of its vendors, Cleo, between October and December 2024. The breach exposed various types of…

Leading American robotics firms, including Tesla and Boston Dynamics, are calling on the U.S. government to implement a national strategy to bolster the country’s competitiveness in the global robotics and AI race. Fortune reports that American robotics companies are sounding the alarm, warning that without a comprehensive national strategy, the United States risks losing ground to China in…

The Disney Grooming Syndicate has lost the top spot in total television viewing to YouTube. “YouTube has pulled ahead of Disney in Nielsen’s Media Distributor Gauge for February, with a 2% increase to a record 11.6% share of time spent watching TV during the month,” reports The Wrap. “The milestone marks the Alphabet-owned video platform’s best share of TV…

A fire blazing at a Tesla charging station in Fargo, North Dakota, on Friday is believed to be intentionally set, the city’s battalion chief said. Acts of domestic terrorism against Tesla continue despite the federal government threatening arsonists and vandals with heavy prison fines. Fargo firefighters, who responded to a 3:15 a.m. fire at the Tesla…

An AI coding assistant called Cursor AI recently stunned a developer by refusing to generate further code and instead offering career advice, suggesting the user should learn to program on their own. Ars Technica reports that a developer using the AI-powered code editor Cursor AI encountered an unexpected roadblock when the assistant abruptly refused to continue generating code…