Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Government & Policy

X is blocking links to Signal, a secure messaging platform used by federal workers

Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) is blocking links to Signal.me, a URL shortener used by the private messaging app Signal that allows users...

South Korea blocks downloads of DeepSeek from local app stores

South Korean officials on Saturday temporarily restricted Chinese AI Lab DeepSeek’s app from being downloaded from app stores in the country pending an...

xAIs Colossus supercomputer raises health questions in Memphis

Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI plans to continue using 15 gas turbines to power its “Colossus” supercomputer in Memphis, Tennessee, according to an...

North Carolina Amazon workers vote against unionizing

Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Garner, North Carolina voted against unionizing in election results announced today. According to Carolina Amazonians United...

What is an encryption backdoor?

Talk of backdoors in encrypted services is once again doing the rounds after reports emerged that the U.K. government is seeking to force...

DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng is reportedly set to meet with Chinas Xi Jinping

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng is reportedly set to meet with China’s top politicians, including Chinese leader Xi Jinping, during a...

OpenAI scrubs diversity commitment web page from its site

OpenAI has eliminated a page on its website that used to express its commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. The URL “https://openai.com/commitment-to-dei/” now...

Google changed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on Maps

Google Maps officially updated the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on Monday. Among many other executive...

AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li says AI policy must be based on science, not science fiction

Fei-Fei Li, the Stanford computer scientist and startup founder sometimes known as “the Godmother of AI,” has outlined “three fundamental principles for the...

Trump ends legal battle over Twitter ban

President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the company formerly known as Twitter appears to be over. Trump sued the social media platform for...

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