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DOGE Is Using AI to Target SEC Regulations for Cutting

As TikTok nears another deadline to sell its U.S. business, the company is shaking up some of its senior roles.In a note to staff Thursday, which The Information reviewed, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew said that Adam Presser, TikTok’s head of operations and trust & safety, will become head of USDS—a ...

The Department of Justice has fired two senior antitrust staffers following weeks of internal feuding inside the department over its handling of enforcement decisions, according to CBS News. Tension inside the DOJ had been building over a lawsuit aimed at blocking Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s acquisition of Juniper Networks, a major rival. The DOJ ended up settling the lawsuit. During the

TikTok is building a new version of its app for users in the U.S. ahead of a planned sale of the app to a group of investors. The company has developed a plan to launch the new TikTok app, known internally as “M2,” to U.S. app stores on September 5, according to two people with knowledge of the ...

The Senate has voted to drop a provision from President Trump’s signature tax and spending bill that would have blocked states from regulating AI, ending a controversial measure that several Silicon Valley leaders had been pushing for. The provision was initially designed to prevent states from regulating AI for the next decade. Several Republicans opposed the plan, including Josh Hawley of

Elon Musk may have parted ways with Washington and President Donald Trump, but employees from Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency are moving forward with a plan to restructure the Securities and Exchange Commission and bring artificial intelligence technology into the agency. The ...

TikTok has been working on a new feature that will allow users in the U.S. to share photos over direct messages inside the app, according to three people with knowledge of the situation. The move could be a way to encourage more people to use direct messaging on TikTok, a feature that hasn’t ...

Donald Trump signed an order Wednesday that targets Christopher Krebs, a critic of the president and the former head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency during the first Trump administration. In the Wednesday order, Trump took aim at Krebs for disputing Trump’s baseless claims that the 2020 election was “stolen.” The president ordered an investigation into Krebs’

Is Elon Musk’s run as a government cost cutter coming to an end? According to a new Politico report, President Donald Trump has been telling members of his inner circle that Musk will step back in the coming weeks and return to his businesses, most notably his struggling electric vehicle maker, ...

Next month, a much-anticipated Federal Trade Commission trial against Meta Platforms is expected to kick off in a federal courtroom in Washington. If the government gets its way, the trial could end up forcing Meta to sell one or both of its most popular apps, Instagram and WhatsApp, but it will ...