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In the second Donald Trump era, the separation between tech and politics appears vanishingly small. “Eight years ago, you’d never see a Tim Cook or Elon Musk in Mar-a-Lago. Now, you see them all the time,” said Brian Ballard, founder of Ballard Partners and one of the top lobbyists recommended to us by industry insiders.
Federal lobbying spending hit a record high in 2024, with companies, nonprofits and other interest groups shelling out $4.4 billion to influence policymakers. Meta Platforms was the larges
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Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die. Read more ›
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If you check in on any of New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker’s social media pages today, you’ll probably notice that he’s been talking for a while. He’s standing on the Senate floor (occasionally resting against his desk) to criticize the Trump administration’s agenda and the work of Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency.” He’s also […] Read more ›
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A NY jury voted against giving a terrorist who killed 8 people the death penalty. It will be even harder to convince one to execute Luigi Mangione. Read more ›
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“Arkansas takes a hatchet to adults’ and minors’ protected speech alike though the Constitution demands it use a scalpel,” the judge said. Read more ›
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The boys are alt-right. At least that’s what polling and voting data suggests. Men under 25 were nearly 20 percent more likely to vote for Donald Trump than women in that age group in the 2024 election, revealing a gender gap far larger than those in older generations. Democrats have been freaking out about their […] Read more ›
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Billionaire backs case brought by Coinbase client whose data was surrendered to authorities Read more ›
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The man was arrested after an 'incendiary device was ignited and thrown,' at a Tesla dealership in Loveland, Colorado, per police. Read more ›
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Lauren Sánchez got engaged to Amazon founder and billionaire Jeff Bezos in 2023. The couple is set to wed in a lavish Italian ceremony this summer. Read more ›
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Elijah Wood said his salary for playing Frodo Baggins in "Lord of the Rings" wasn't life-changing, but the experience was one of the best of his life. Read more ›
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RFK Jr. killed grants "with no warning or legally valid explanation," states say. Read more ›
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Visa wants to pay Apple approximately $100 million to be the new payment network for the Apple Card, reports The Wall Street Journal. As of right now, the Apple Card is on the Mastercard payment network, but that is set to change because Apple is ending its partnership with Goldman Sachs. Both American Express and Visa are vying to replace Mastercard as Apple's card services provider, while Mastercard is aiming... Read more ›
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The documents reveal a DOGE affiliate is attempting to transfer the headquarters of an independent think tank, the United States Institute of Peace, to the government at no cost. Read more ›
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This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: Today my colleague Nicole Narea and I are focusing on the Trump administration’s admission that it wrongfully sent a migrant to a Salvadorian mega prison — a […] Read more ›
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Meta's 'Hypernova' glasses could cost well over $1,000 and include a tiny display on one lens with its own, tiny app tray. Read more ›
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It’s the culmination of a weeks-long standoff between Elon Musk’s DOGE team and the United States Institute of Peace. Read more ›
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"I've seen 3 people who went in, and then came back out and left with tears in their eyes," one HHS employee told BI. "People behind me are sniffling." Read more ›
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Justice Department Attorney General Pam Bondi says she wants Luigi Mangione to die if he's convicted of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Read more ›
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Now You See Me, Now You Don't is directed by Ruben Fleischer and will be in theaters November 14—with a fourth film coming, too. Read more ›
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Stripe is putting up the kind of numbers that would send its stock soaring, if it had public stock. The payments processing firm doubled its free cash flow last year to about $2.2 billion and grew revenues about 28% to $5.1 billion, according to financial figures obtained by The Information. This year’s tech initial public offering parade is preparing to start. Sadly for public market investors, though, most of the... Read more ›
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OpenAI recently discussed purchasing billions of dollars’ worth of data storage hardware and software, according to three people involved in the private discussions. To house the hardware, the company has considered building its own data center for the first time, two of these people said. Such a deal would make OpenAI one of the world’s biggest storage customers overnight and would reflect its desire to have more control over data... Read more ›
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Amazon MGM Studios boss Jennifer Salke is leaving and won’t be replaced, according to an internal memo sent by Amazon Prime Video boss Mike Hopkins to staff. Hopkins said Amazon will “flatten” its structure and operate as two distinct film and TV studios. Courtenay Valenti will oversee ... Read more ›
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OpenAI recently discussed buying billions of dollars’ worth of data storage equipment and software to put into its own data center, The Information reported on Wednesday. This kind of deal would make OpenAI one of the world’s largest storage customers overnight, and represent its first foray ... Read more ›
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In the second Donald Trump era, the separation between tech and politics appears vanishingly small. “Eight years ago, you’d never see a Tim Cook or Elon Musk in Mar-a-Lago. Now, you see them all the time,” said Brian Ballard, founder of Ballard Partners and one of the top lobbyists recommended to us by industry insiders. Federal lobbying spending hit a record high in 2024, with companies, nonprofits and other interest... Read more ›
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Apple is developing a revamp of its Health app to incorporate an artificial intelligence-powered agent product to designed to replicate a doctor, Bloomberg reported. The report said Apple devices would collect data to be used by the agent to offer personalized health recommendations. It said ... Read more ›
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Cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks last year started adding artificial intelligence chatbots to its products to help customers get answers about their network security. The tools originally relied on state-of-the-art models from OpenAI and other firms. But Palo Alto Networks recently found that open-source models from DeepSeek, a Chinese developer, could handle the same tasks for just 5% of the cost of the OpenAI models, CEO Nikesh Arora said. Read more ›
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Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: How the startup behind Cursor became the hottest, vibiest thing in AI• The Top 5: The lobbyists Silicon Valley loves to hire • Plus, our Recommendations: The indentured servants who excel at scams; an Anxious Generation villain; and the existential link between Mel Brooks and Leonard BernsteinSee the image atop this newsletter? OpenAI’s ChaptGPT created it with this prompt: “Make a Ghibli-style... Read more ›
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Last June, OpenAI landed in headlines for its splashy partnership with Apple. The iPhone maker’s Siri assistant would tap OpenAI’s models and ChatGPT to handle some queries and also help customers with writing and generating images.It looked like a huge win for the ChatGPT maker—at first. Nine months later, we’re wondering whether the deal has benefited OpenAI much.Financially, the partnership probably hasn’t been helpful to OpenAI. Apple isn’t paying OpenAI,... Read more ›
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Just as artificial intelligence has helped programmers slash the time it takes to write code, hackers are also finding it’s a productivity boon. The increased number of threats, along with risks from companies’ adoption of AI, has helped some cybersecurity startups grow more quickly. Take Chainguard, a startup developing software to detect security vulnerabilities in open-source software, including the technology powering popular AI models such as Meta Platforms’ Llama models.... Read more ›
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