Category Archives: Business

Elizabeth Warren Calls for Crackdown on Crypto’s Role in Child Sexual Abuse

US senators have called for fresh scrutiny of crypto’s role in paying for child sexual abuse imagery online, a problem that they say has worsened.

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TikTok’s Creator Economy Stares Into the Abyss

The US Senate voted to pass a bill that could see TikTok banned within a year, pitching creators and businesses dependent on the platform into an uncertain future.

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Ads for Explicit ‘AI Girlfriends’ Are Swarming Facebook and Instagram

WIRED found thousands of ads running on Meta’s social platforms promoting sexually explicit “AI girlfriend” apps. Some human sex workers say the platform unfairly polices their own posts more harshly.

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Senate Vote Leaves TikTok’s Creator Economy Staring Into the Abyss

The US Senate voted to pass a bill that could see TikTok banned within a year, pitching creators and businesses dependent on the platform into an uncertain future.

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The Showdown Over Who Gets to Build the Next DeLorean

Decades after her dad’s iconic sports car time-traveled into movie history, Kat DeLorean wants to build a modern remake. There’s just one problem: Someone else owns the trademark on her name.

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Noncompetes Are Dead—and Tech Workers Are Free to Roam

A new rule from the US Federal Trade Commission invalidates most noncompete agreements, frequently used to bind tech workers. It could unlock higher wages and more entrepreneurship and innovation.

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Tesla Promises ‘More Affordable Models’ and a ‘Cybercab’

Elon Musk’s automaker told investors Tuesday that sales and revenue are down but that new “more affordable models” will launch before mid-2025, sooner than originally planned.

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A National Security Insider Does the Math on the Dangers of AI

Jason Matheny, CEO of the influential think tank Rand Corporation, says advances in AI are making it easier to learn how to build biological weapons and other tools of destruction.

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Semiconductor Giant ASML Has a New Boss, and a Big Problem

European chip machine-maker ASML is at the center of US-China trade tensions. Its new chief executive now faces a daunting political juggling act.

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The Biggest Deepfake Porn Website Is Now Blocked in the UK

The world’s most-visited deepfake website and another large competing site are stopping people in the UK from accessing them, days after the UK government announced a crackdown.

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