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In June 1995, two young congressmen reached across the aisle to introduce legislation that would become the defining legal protection of the internet era: Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which shields internet companies from liability for content created by users.
Now, nearly 30 years later, another bipartisan duo hopes to drastically alter that law. With both parties aligned—and President Donald Trump seemingly interested too—they stand a better shot at actually accomplishing the task than.
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Billionaire businessman Mark Cuban said on Bluesky that Trump's aggressive tariffs, combined with DOGE cuts, could cause long-term economic harm. Read more ›
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Leila Lieberman, 93, retired on a tight budget and lives with a roommate in Manhattan, but she said she still looks forward to getting up each day. Read more ›
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Coordinated nationwide protests against the Trump administration drew large crowds. Business Insider was there. Read more ›
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Rumors suggest that Sigma is working on a world-first 200mm f/1.8 telephoto prime for Sony and Leica full-frame mirrorless cameras. Read more ›
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People are gathering in cities all over the United States and globally to protest an “illegal, billionaire power grab” by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk. They’re being put on by over 150 different organizations, including civil rights groups, labor unions, and LGBTQ+ advocates, and span more than 1,200 locations. Last weekend, “Tesla Takedown” protests […] Read more ›
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Musk during a talk with Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said he'd like to see a "free trade zone" between Europe and the US. Read more ›
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Linda Lara, 72, lives in a subsidized senior apartment and works part-time to supplement her Social Security. But she's still scraping by. Read more ›
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Musk defended DOGE's work during a meeting with Italy's League Party, arguing that the task force has exhibited "extreme transparency." Read more ›
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DOGE operatives have repeatedly referred to the software company Palantir as a possible partner in creating a “mega API” at the IRS, sources tell WIRED. Read more ›
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The Starliner spacecraft lost four thrusters while approaching the International Space Station last summer. NASA astronaut, Butch Wilmore took manual control, remembers Ars Technica, "But as Starliner's thrusters failed, Wilmore lost the ability to move the spacecraft in the direction he wanted to go..." Starliner had flown to within a stone's throw of the space station, a safe harbor, if only they could reach it. But already, the failure of... Read more ›
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Ajinomoto, the Japanese firm behind MSG, is ramping up production of ABF, a key material used in semiconductor packaging. Read more ›
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"We will track down leakers and prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law," a spokesperson for DHS said. Read more ›
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Bill Gates said Microsoft had to "build teams in a more mixed, diverse set of skills than I expected." Read more ›
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As President Donald Trump’s tariffs set in, it may well be time to say goodbye to the under-$30,000 car. Read more ›
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Meta has released the first two models from its Llama 4 suite: LLama 4 Scout and LLama 4 Maverick. Maverick is “the workhorse” and excels at image and text understanding for “general assistant and chat use cases,” the company said in a blog post, while the smaller model Scout could tackle things like “multi-document summarization, parsing extensive user activity for personalized tasks, and reasoning over vast codebases.” The company also... Read more ›
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A "fully immersive experience" promises viewers a new way (and reason) to rewatch Wizard of Oz ahead of Wicked For Good's release. Read more ›
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Plus: Another DOGE operative allegedly has a history in the hacking world, and Donald Trump’s national security adviser apparently had way more Signal chats than previously known. Read more ›
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My 10-month-old accidentally bumped his head while getting his diaper changed in the plane. I obsessed about his health during our entire trip. Read more ›
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Greta Lee, Jared Leto, and Jeff Bridges star in the third film in the Tron series, out October 10. Read more ›
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Kevin Bacon discussed losing money in former financier Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme nearly two decades ago, when the criminal operation collapsed. Read more ›
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Amid a prolonged slump in initial public offerings, venture capital firms are shrinking planned funds and abandoning once-promising strategies. That’s heightened competition for the premier positions at venture firms—the general partners who make investment decisions and get a share of the firm’s gains. But some people are navigating the turbulence well. The Information’s VC reporters spoke to dozens of founders, investors and limited partners to identify the people on track... Read more ›
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Intel’s financial crisis may be over—with support from its biggest rival. Executives from Intel and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. recently reached a preliminary agreement to form a joint venture to operate Intel’s chipmaking facilities, with TSMC taking a 20% stake in the new company, according to two people involved in some of the discussions. Intel and other U.S. semiconductor companies will hold the majority of the shares in the proposed... Read more ›
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Last spring, Meta Platforms was on a tear. It had just released Llama 3, a new generation of its large language model, to much praise from developers and independent reviewers. Almost a year later, though, that model’s successor, Llama 4, is running behind schedule. Meta has pushed back the release date of Llama 4 at least twice and could do so again, according to two people familiar with the matter.... Read more ›
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Keep your eyes peeled on Wednesday for an announcement from President Trump about his plan to keep TikTok alive in the U.S. As I scooped earlier today, Trump plans to announce a proposal for a new company expected to be called TikTok America, which would be roughly 50% owned by new U.S. investors and license TikTok’s algorithm from its Chinese parent company ByteDance. Read the full story here. Now on... Read more ›
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Glean, a developer of search chatbots for businesses, is in talks with investors to potentially raise hundreds of millions of dollars in new financing, including money to buy out employee shares in a tender offer, according to two people familiar with the discussions. The six-year-old startup’s potential valuation in the deal couldn’t be learned, but based on recent revenue growth and gross profit margins, the figure could be roughly $7... Read more ›
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Earlier this year, employees at online diaper seller Coterie noticed customers arriving from an intriguing new source—ChatGPT. Coterie, like most brands, asks its customers how they heard about the company after they make a purchase. The typical answer is word of mouth. But in recent months, some shoppers started crediting their purchase to OpenAI’s popular artificial intelligence chatbot, which added real-time search features last fall, making it a more important... Read more ›
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President Donald Trump’s decision to impose big tariffs on imported goods may feel like an issue for supply chain managers or chip developers. But the stock market’s decline today shows that all markets are interconnected. For venture capital, the impact may be more indirect. Asked if the tariffs would affect venture investors, Tomasz Tunguz, the founder of Theory Ventures, which invests in early-stage software companies, responded emphatically: “Absolutely.” Read more ›
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Phewww. That was a close one. Tech stocks narrowly avoided another large, painful sell-off on Monday as investors continued to look at the uncertainty around President Donald Trump’s trade agenda. The Nasdaq ended the day down 0.1%, but at different points in the day, trading seemed much grimmer, and the index was down more than 2% at one point. Read more ›
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman described the awe-inspiring usage of ChatGPT’s new image generation tool a few days ago as “biblical.” His use of religious terminology fits the moment. The money that Altman, Elon Musk and tech giants require to finance chips, data centers and power is a test of faith for Wall Street. Read more ›
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Tether, by far the world’s largest stablecoin issuer, says it plans to create a new stablecoin for the U.S. market this year if Congress passes crypto legislation. In an interview with The Information, Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said the company “will move fast” to create a new token once the expected stablecoin legislation passes. Read more ›
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