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Tech giants Google and Apple have restored the Chinese social media platform TikTok to their app stores. China’s TikTok app was restored to both Google’s Play Store and Apple’s App Store on Thursday night, according to a report by Bloomberg. The two tech giants initially pulled the Chinese social media platform from their app stores in response to…

The website for Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was hacked, with tricksters exploiting a security weakness to post their own messages to the site.  One message read, “THESE ‘EXPERTS’ LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN.” DOGE’s website tracking Musk’s cuts to the federal government was not secure and pulls from a database that could be edited by anyone,…

Google has removed references to Black History Month and LGBT Pride Month from its Calendar platform, stating that it has “returned to showing only public holidays and national observances from timeanddate.com globally, while allowing users to manually add other important moments.” The Independent reports that Google has infuriated leftists by its decision to remove cultural observances from its…

Rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs — who is in jail awaiting trial on sex-trafficking and racketeering charges — has filed a $100 million lawsuit against NBCUniversal and its streaming service Peacock, claiming the network defamed him with its recent documentary Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in New York State Supreme…

Attorneys general in over a dozen states are threatening to sue the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk, citing privacy concerns. The 14 attorneys general include California Attorney General Rob Bonta, as well as those representing Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, New York, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota,…

President Donald Trump’s administration halted the $5 billion Biden electric vehicle charging program, which has been criticized for its poor production of charging stations. Emily Biondi, the associate administrator for the Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty, in a letter to the state Department of Transportation directors on Thursday, said the administration has suspended the National Electric…

A federal judge expressed skepticism over Elon Musk’s claims that he will suffer irreparable harm if OpenAI is allowed to proceed with its transition to a for-profit company, but welcomed the possibility of a trial to resolve the billionaire’s lawsuit against the AI startup founded as a non-profit. AP News reports that in a court hearing this…

The parents of the late Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAI employee who blew the whistle on the company’s alleged copyright infringements, have filed a lawsuit against San Francisco officials for denying them access to police reports and other records related to their son’s death. Mercury News reports that Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAI employee who gained national attention…

Google has reported that dozens of cybercriminal organizations from countries including North Korea and China are misusing its Gemini AI platform to enhance their cyberattacks. TechRadar reports that in a recent in-depth analysis, Google’s Threat Intelligence Group has revealed that cybercriminals from various countries, including Iran, North Korea, Russia, and China, are exploiting the company’s AI solution, Gemini, to…

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, a notorious leftist, is cutting over 1,000 jobs as the company’s new fiscal year begins, even as it ramps up hiring for AI-focused sales positions. Bloomberg reports that San Francisco-based Salesforce has announced it will be eliminating more than 1,000 roles as part of a restructuring effort coinciding with the start of its new…