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The Supreme Court of the United States has chosen not to review Section 230, saying the plaintiff’s case was weak. Section 230 is the law that shields social media and online platforms from liability for what their users post. Gonzalez v. Google sought to challenge Section 230 and hold Google liable for a terrorist attack, claiming the company’s algorithms had played a part in radicalizing the terrorist by showing terrorist content. SCOTUS declined to reexamine Section 230, saying the plaintiff’s case was answered by a similar case against Twitter, in which the…

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A leaker claims Apple launched a “multi-step sting” operation to uncover their source, causing leaker and source to go dark. Analyst941 was a leaker that uncovered and disclosed a number of features and releases that no one else had ferreted out. WPN has previously quoted the leaker. Analyst941 posted a message on MacRumors forums to say goodbye and provide some details on what happened. As pointed out by 9to5Mac, Analyst941 had mentioned in Twitter posts that they were receiving their information from a sibling that worked at Apple, even going so far as to disclose that their sibling…

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The hits keep on coming for Intel, with the latest earnings report delivering the worst quarterly loss in company history. Intel reported $11.7 billion in revenue in its first quarter, a 36% decline year-over-year. Losses per share came in at $0.04 adjusted, a 133% annual decline and the worst quarterly performance in the company’s history, according to CNBC. Despite the historic pounding, the results were actually slightly better than analysts expected. “We delivered solid first-quarter results, representing steady progress with our transformation,” said Pat Gelsinger, Intel CEO. “We hit key execution milestones in…

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Google’s employees continue to criticize the company’s AI efforts, calling Bard AI “cringe-worthy” and saying its answers could lead to “serious injury or death.” Microsoft jumped to an early lead in the AI wars thanks to its investment in OpenAI. Google has been working on playing catch-up, but its efforts have not gone well. Bard AI flubbed a question during its debut, resulting in $1 billion being knocked off of Alphabet’s stock value. CEO Sundar Pichai even warned that “things will go wrong” with Bard. It appears that’s exactly what’s happening, according to a new…

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Ford is expanding electric vehicle production, with plans to produce EVs at its Oakville Assembly Plant in Canada. Ford continues its efforts to become the top EV maker in the world, with plans to transform the Oakville Assembly Plant into the Oakville Electric Vehicle Complex, according to Automotive News. “Canada and the Oakville complex will play a vital role in our Ford+ transformation,” Ford CEO Jim Farley said in a statement. “It will be a modern, super-efficient, vertically integrated site for battery and vehicle assembly.” The company plans to spend $1.3…

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Apple has finally joined the rest of the tech industry’s layoff wave, axing a small number of corporate retail jobs. Apple has, so far, been the only major tech company to avoid mass layoffs. The company did not hire as aggressively as many of its rivals during the pandemic and has not had to over-correct as much. While the company is still not engaging in mass layoffs, Bloomberg is reporting that the company is laying off a small number of employees in its corporate retail teams. According to the outlet’s sources, Apple…

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The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is narrowing its focus as it investigates Microsoft’s proposed Activision Blizzard deal. Microsoft has slowly been winning over regulators in its efforts to purchase Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion. A big part of the company’s success has come from signing deals to ensure Call of Duty remains on competing consoles. The EU recently signaled it will allow the deal to proceed, and now the CMA has — provisionally — ruled that Microsoft no longer poses a threat to competition in the console market. The CMA has received…

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T-Mobile and SpaceX’s efforts to join cellular and satellite phone service are getting a bit of help from the FCC. The FCC has unveiled “a new regulatory framework to facilitate innovative collaborations between satellite operators and wireless companies.” The framework will help cellular operators better tap into the growing network of satellites being used for internet service. T-Mobile and SpaceX announced a deal for the nation’s second-largest carrier to use SpaceX’s Starlink satellite constellation to help provide coast-to-coast coverage in the US. “We’ve always thought differently about what it means…

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Google is now giving all Google One plans free VPN access and has unveiled a tool to monitor personal data on the dark web. Google One is the company’s storage plans that give users several tiers to choose from, depending on their needs. The company offered its VPN by Google One for free to its top-tier plans, but is now providing it to all plans, regardless of tier. The company made the announcement in a blog post: VPN by Google One adds more protection to your internet activity no matter what…

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Microsoft is hell-bent on keeping people using its Edge web browser, resorting to overly-aggressive ads to accomplish its goal. Edge is the company’s default browser and successor to Internet Explorer. By all rights, Edge is a very capable browser, but Microsoft seems intent on pushing it as much as possible, even resorting to ads within Windows. According to Windows Latest, the company is displaying a popup whenever a user visits the Google Chrome website from within Edge. Interestingly, the popup seems to engage in a bit of false advertising. “By continuing,…

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