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Kimmel joke calling Melania an "expectant widow" followed quickly by FCC order.
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The FCC is going after the broadcast licenses of Disney-owned ABC stations
The Federal Communications Commission has ordered the ABC stations owned and operated by Disney to file for an early license renewal, as reported earl…
Musk and Altman face off in trial that will determine OpenAI's future
Musk’s shifting stance on AI dangers may complicate trial over OpenAI’s mission.
Trump demands ABC fire Jimmy Kimmel
President Donald Trump is calling for Disney to fire Jimmy Kimmel. On Thursday, Kimmel joked that Melania Trump had looked like an "expectant widow" i…
Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s court battle over the future of OpenAI
Sam Altman and Elon Musk are set to face off in a high-stakes trial that could alter the future of tech’s leading AI startup, OpenAI. The trial begins…
Trump turns the WHCD shooting into a pitch for the White House ballroom
Within hours of an armed gunman's attempt to enter the White House Correspondents Dinner, attended by top administration officials and hundreds of jou…
The Trump phone still isn’t real
Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone's whereabouts. We'…
Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s court showdown will dish the dirt
Elon Musk cofounded OpenAI, and then flounced off in a huff when he wasn't anointed CEO, leaving Sam Altman as the last power-hungry man standing. Now…
Brendan Carr’s war on wokeness targets inclusive children’s television
Under the guidance of consummate bully / chairman Brendan Carr, the FCC is taking steps towards cracking down on children's entertainment that in any …
Democrats want to ban ICE from turning warehouses into detention centers
A bill introduced by Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) would prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from converting warehouses and similar buildings int…
Lawsuit: Nintendo is getting tariff refunds—its customers should get them instead
Lawsuit demands Nintendo pass Trump tariff refunds on to its customers.
New court ruling blocks many of the government's anti-renewable policies
Added layers of review singling out renewable energy have little legal basis.
Behind the unraveling of Dan Crenshaw
In 2019, a 36-year-old Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), newly elected to Congress, was photographed for the inaugural Time 100 Next List, wearing a dashing e…
Internal emails show how Amazon raises prices across the Internet, lawsuit says
“It’s working!“: Amazon emails with vendors show pattern of disappearing deals.
Here’s how Amazon’s price fixing allegedly drove up prices everywhere
On Monday, California Attorney General Rob Bonta revealed the evidence of alleged price-fixing by Amazon. The state filed a request to the Supreme Cou…
Japanese man sentenced to prison for posting spoilers
Though it's very common for entertainment writers to describe some narrative elements of the films and shows that they're covering, a Japanese court h…
The ‘AI is inevitable’ trap
In the latest sign of AI silly season, Allbirds, the shoe company, told the world it was now an AI company and briefly managed to septuple its stock p…
Live Nation says it will fight monopoly suit loss
After a jury found that Live Nation-Ticketmaster violated antitrust law on several counts, the company warns in a blog post that the verdict "is not t…
Age verification is a mess but we’re doing it anyway
In the span of a few years, age verification went from an idea to standard practice on large parts of the internet. Seeking to prevent kids from acces…
Spotify just won $322 million from music pirates it can’t find
Spotify and the three major labels have won a $322 million default judgement against Anna's Archive, the open-source library and pirate activist group…
Developer policy update: Intermediary liability, copyright, and transparency
We’re sharing recent policy updates that developers should know about, updating our Transparency Center with the full year of 2025 data, and looking t…
The FCC just saved Netgear from its router ban for no obvious reason
The United States' foreign router ban didn't make a whole lot of sense, and today may not change that. The FCC has just granted Netgear a conditional …
Apple chooses Amazon satellites for iPhone, years after rejecting Starlink offer
Amazon announces $11.6B merger with Globalstar and satellite deal with Apple.
The new Trump Phone design is here
Trump Mobile has overhauled its website, introducing a new logo, new design language, and a new version of the T1 Phone. The redesigned phone is the s…
NZXT to pay $3.45 million settlement over Flex PC rentals
NZXT and its business partner Fragile have agreed to pay $3.45 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that accused the companies of attempting to "s…
Your tech support company runs scams. Stop—or disguise with more fraud?
Fake it till you make it.
Google says Polymarket bets showing up in News was an ‘error’
Polymarket bets started popping up in Google News alongside legitimate news articles. But now those results aren't showing, and Google says they were …
Californians sue over AI tool that records doctor visits
Plaintiffs say transcription tool processed confidential chats offsite.
Google Fiber will be sold to private equity firm and merge with cable company
GFiber and Astound to merge with Alphabet selling majority stake to Stonepeak.
Adobe will pay $75 million to settle US cancellation fee lawsuit
Adobe says it will pay $75 million to resolve a lawsuit filed by the US government alleging that the creative software giant harmed consumers by makin…