How Tim Cook developed a personal relationship with Donald Trump, in part by zeroing in on areas of mutual interest between Apple and Trump's agenda
The election is leading to a return of personal lobbying by CEOs, hoping to develop ties with the new administration; Cook's one-topic meals Bluesky: @paleofuture.bsky.social . Lin...
Analysis: X is on track to fall well short of its goal of $100M in 2024 political ad revenue, raising just $15M to date, mainly from GOP and Trump campaigns
“X” gets $15m in political ad purchases, predominantly from campaigns Musk is supporting, falling way short of the $100m in ad spending it hoped for. — A dual loser. But he'd ne...
Analysis: X is on track to fall well short of its goal of $100M in 2024 political ad revenue, raising just $15M to date, mainly from GOP and Trump campaigns
Social media platform has raised a fraction of $100mn target and mainly from Trump and Republicans Bluesky: @justmytwocents.bsky.social , @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social , and @paleo...
Filing: Elon Musk poured ~$75M into his pro-Trump America PAC, making seven donations between July 3 and September 5; Musk was the PAC's only donor
- Disclosure is first look into Musks' donations to Trump group — Super PAC spent $69 million to bolster Trump's ground game
US judges have little modern precedent to guide them on whether a breakup like the one the DOJ is proposing in the Google Search antitrust case is appropriate
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Filing: the US DOJ lays out “behavioral and structural remedies”, including a breakup, for the federal judge to consider in the Google Search antitrust case
- Antitrust officials also mull making Google share search data — Justice Department proposes multiple options in historic case
About 15,000 US doctors and assistants are using an AI feature in MyChart, a ubiquitous communications platform in US hospitals, to draft replies to patients
Overwhelmed by queries, physicians are turning to artificial intelligence to correspond with patients. Many have no clue that the replies are software-generated.
Sources: the US DOJ will take the lead in investigating whether Nvidia has violated antitrust laws; the US FTC will lead the inquiries into OpenAI and Microsoft
The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission agreed to divide responsibility for investigating three major players in the artificial intelligence industry.
Donald Trump joins TikTok, which he tried to ban during his presidency; a TikTok official claims the app has a 2:1 ratio of pro-Trump versus pro-Biden content
Trump's joining of TikTok is a major win for the embattled app that's fighting for its existence in Washington.
Gerald M. Levin, the former Time Warner CEO who oversaw the AOL merger, widely considered the worst corporate merger in US history, died on March 13 at age 84
but wow. He's dead! Cut a little slack! — www.nytimes.com/2024/03/13/o... X: Steve Case / @stevecase : Jerry Levin was a pioneer and visionary. More than two decades ago, Jerry...
Sources: Apple is winding down Project Titan, its decade-long effort to make an electric car; Apple plans to move some impacted staff to generative AI projects
- Executives tell staff to end work on endeavor known as Titan — Employees on some car teams will move to Apple's AI division
In abandoning plans for a self-driving car, Apple is giving up on billions in potential revenue and hoping AI, Vision Pro, and other bets make up the difference
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OpenAI bans the developer of a chatbot mimicking presidential hopeful Dean Phillips, the company's first action against use of its tech in a political campaign
It's the ChatGPT maker's first known action against the use of its technology in a political campaign
Satya Nadella says Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and OpenAI staff will join Microsoft's new “advanced AI research team” and Microsoft remains committed to OpenAI
Microsoft has hired OpenAI co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman to head up a “new advanced AI research team,” …
Elon Musk replied “You have said the actual truth” to an X user who, replying to a “Hitler was right” inquiry, accused Jewish groups of “hatred against whites”
The billionaire amplified a post Wednesday accusing the Jewish community of promoting “dialectical hatred against whites”
Google plans to end Google News' support for paid magazines on December 18 and says users will be able to export copies of paid magazines before the shutdown
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Disney plans to acquire NBCU's 33% stake in Hulu, gaining full ownership, and expects to pay ~$8.61B, representing NBCU's share of a $27.5B guaranteed floor
The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) announced today that it will acquire the 33% stake in Hulu, LLC held by Comcast Corp.'s (NASDAQ …