The EV tax credit is dead — here’s what happens next
For EVs, it’s Zero Hour. When the clock strikes midnight on Oct. 1, the $7,500 federal tax credit on EVs will expire, potentially turning affordable electric carriages into showroom pumpkins.…
YouTube caves to Trump with $24.5 million settlement
YouTube has settled a lawsuit President Donald Trump filed against the company in 2021, according to The Wall Street Journal. Trump filed sweeping lawsuits against Google-owned YouTube, Meta (then Facebook),…
SB 53, the landmark AI transparency bill, is now law in California
Senate Bill 53, the landmark AI transparency bill that has divided AI companies and made headlines for months, is now officially law in California. On Monday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom…
Larry Ellison’s quest to run the world
For most of his career Larry Ellison has been content to quietly let Oracle be the company, behind the company, behind the technology that makes headlines. Its biggest products being…
Trump posts, then pulls bizarre AI video promoting MedBed conspiracy
Donald Trump sitting in the Oval Office. Donald Trump is no stranger to outlandish conspiracies or strange social media posts. But, by any measure, his post on Saturday night was…
Can Google be trusted without a break up?
On day three of the two-week remedies trial in the Justice Department’s ad tech case against Google, Judge Leonie Brinkema boiled down the argument to one key issue: trust. Brinkema…
Bridging International Relations and Innovation Studies: Lessons from Two Communities
Combining insights from international relations and innovation policy could offer a more holistic approach to increasing geopolitical competition
Trump’s new target: Microsoft head of global affairs Lisa Monaco
Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco speaks during an Election Threats Task Force meeting at the Justice Department on September 4, 2024. After successfully manipulating Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan and eventually…
ABC affiliates end their boycott, putting Jimmy Kimmel back on the air nationwide
Sinclair Broadcasting and Nexstar Media Group, whose stations account for about 25 percent of ABCs national audience, will air Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talk show on their ABC affiliate stations once…
The TikTok deal raises more questions than answers
Following months of delays, President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that’s supposed to “save” TikTok. Trump claims the deal will make the app “American-operated,” fulfilling the divest-or-ban law…