Lina Khan, the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, was criticized and ridiculed by Republicans for more than three hours during a hearing in the… Read More »FTC Chair Lina Khan Faces Criticism at Congressional Hearing
Dear Mark … Are you really going to fight a mixed martial arts cage match with Elon Musk? It sounds like the plot of a… Read More »Dear Mark Zuckerberg: Don’t fight Elon Musk in the Las Vegas Octagon
Enlarge / Artistic depiction of Bungie hitting Comer with nearly half a million dollars in damages for harassing their employee. Bungie A Washington state judge… Read More »Bungie wins $489K from player for racist employee harassment
The news JPMorgan Chase, the largest lender in the United States, made $14.5 billion in profit last quarter, a big jump from the same period… Read More »JPMorgan’s earnings jump, but interest rates remain a threat
Listen and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Stitcher | Amazon | Google This week we answer more of your questions, such as: What is… Read More »Staff! My boss won’t stop using ChatGPT
Word that Uruguay was seeking a trade deal with China sparked elation at the El Álamo ranch, a lush lawn punctuated by cacti and herds… Read More »Uruguay saw opportunities in China. It was schooled in the dangers of trade.
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a birth control pill that can be sold without a prescription for the first time in the… Read More »FDA approves first US over-the-counter birth control pill
Enlarge / The fate of a mission to return monsters from Mars hangs in the balance. The U.S. Senate on Thursday cut the budget for… Read More »The Senate just lobbied a tactical nuke to NASA’s Mars Sample Return program
A World Health Organization agency said on Thursday that aspartame, an artificial sweetener commonly used in diet drinks and low-sugar foods, may cause cancer. However,… Read More »Aspartame may be linked to cancer in humans, WHO says
The cryptocurrency industry won an early victory in its lawsuit with US regulators when a federal judge on Thursday ruled that selling a digital asset… Read More »The judge’s ruling on Ripple’s XRP token gives the crypto industry a win
The Hollywood actors’ union on Thursday approved a $134 billion strike for the first time in 43 years US film and television business shut down… Read More »Hollywood actors join writers on strike, bringing the industry to a standstill
For most IT professionals, moving to the cloud has been a godsend. Instead of protecting your data yourself, you can have it protected by the… Read More »How a cloud flaw gave Chinese spies a key to Microsoft’s kingdom
Like the standout writers, leaders of SAG-AFTRA, the actors’ union, have described their labor dispute in stark terms, calling the present moment “existential” for their… Read More »Hollywood actors vote for strike: live updates
A ban on TikTok on state devices and networks in Texas was challenged Thursday by First Amendment lawyers, who said the law violated the Constitution… Read More »Texas TikTok ban challenged over ‘academic freedom’ threat
The Federal Trade Commission has opened an investigation into OpenAI, the artificial intelligence start-up that creates ChatGPT, over whether the chatbot harmed consumers by collecting… Read More »FTC is investigating ChatGPT Maker
