Sen. Warren plans bipartisan legislation with Sen. Banks that bans the sale of certain AI chips to China after Dario Amodei met with Warren and other lawmakers
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) plans to introduce bipartisan legislation with Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) banning the sale …
Boat rental services Boatsetter and GetMyBoat plan to merge; Boatsetter CEO Michael Farb says the combined company is set to have $100M+ in bookings in 2025
Boatsetter and GetMyBoat are on track for more than $100 million of combined bookings this year — Two peer-to-peer boat-rental platforms are merging. LinkedIn: Andrew S. . Bluesky: @mgsiegler.com Li...
Elizabeth Warren and two other Democratic senators write to Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and others about AI data centers' role in rising electricity bills
Three Democrats are seeking information from tech firms about the growing energy use of data centers and the utility bills of individuals and other businesses.
The US DOJ detains two men for allegedly violating export controls by trying to smuggle $160M+ of Nvidia H100 and H200 chips to China; a third man pleads guilty
DOJ says H100 and H200 shipments were relabelled with a fictional brand to dodge export controls Institute for Progress : Should the US Sell Hopper Chips to China? Jasper Ward / Reuters : US Justice D...
Netflix agrees to acquire WBD's studios and streaming business in an $82.7B cash-and-stock deal, including debt, to close after WBD splits in two in Q3 2026
Netflix announced this week that it had reached … Axios : Netflix to buy Warner Bros. for nearly $83 billion Alex Pigman / Taipei Times : Warner Bros acquisition by Netflix sparks backlash Victory Emm...
Larry Summers steps back from public commitments after his Jeffrey Epstein emails were released; OpenAI still lists Summers as a board member and didn't comment
Sen. Elizabeth Warren had called for institutions affiliated with Summers, who was treasury secretary during the Clinton administration, to sever ties with him.
Several crypto regulation bills backed by Trump fail to clear a key hurdle in the US House after 13 Republicans voted with Democrats to block the legislation
For Now; Inside Roman Storm's First Day on Trial Vismaya V / Decrypt : Trump Pushes House GOP to Revive Vote on Crypto Bills Andrew Nusca / Fortune : Crypto regulation bills stumble in Congress Times ...
Elon Musk departs the Trump administration as a “special government employee”, defending DOGE's mission to reduce wasteful government spending
Now the job falls to the insidious fossil-fuel-funded creep Russell Vought, their henchman at OMB. E.W. Niedermeyer / @niedermeyer.online : “Say what you will about Elon Musk, the man thinks ahead.” ...
Apple files an appeal with the US Ninth Circuit, challenging last week's ruling to stop it from charging developers fees on purchases made outside the App Store
but it's also being sued over it The Macalope / Macworld : Give up the App Store purchase fight, Apple, it's just not worth it Joe Sparrow / Music Ally : Apple approves Spotify app update - and appeal...
Sources: the Trump administration plans to eliminate the IRS' free Direct File tax program, after IRS staff were told in mid-March to stop working on it
apnews.com/article/irs-... Representative Seth Magaziner / @magaziner.house.gov : So instead of using technology to make government more efficient, DOGE is canceling technology to make big corporation...