Staff writer at TechEchelon covering technology, markets, and policy. Jay reports on the deals, regulations, and breaking news that move the publication's core desks.
Opening arguments begin Tuesday in Oakland as California Attorney General Rob Bonta co-leads a 29-state coalition against Meta, with New Mexico's AG warning of "astronomical" consequences following his state's nearly $1 billion judgment against the company.
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China's July economic data came in broadly below expectations, with retail sales rising just 0.6% year on year, urban fixed-asset investment contracting 6.7%, and the urban unemployment rate climbing to 5.2%, intensifying calls for additional policy support from Beijing.
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Flock Safety announced changes to its privacy and data retention policies Thursday as the AI-powered license plate reader company faces a growing wave of privacy lawsuits, terminated contracts, and civil liberties criticism across the country.
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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei rejected claims that his risk-focused AI warnings have fueled public backlash, arguing instead that skepticism toward AI reflects a decades-long erosion of trust in corporations and the tech industry broadly.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said she has been saving up to freeze her eggs, spotlighting a procedure that can cost up to $47,000 for some women and remains largely uncovered by health insurance.
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OpenAI revenue chief Denise Dresser and operating chief Brad Lightcap have both departed within days of each other, amplifying investor concerns about C-suite stability as the company pursues an IPO at an $852 billion valuation.
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President Trump signed an order imposing tariffs of up to 100% on foreign-made drones and components, citing national security. Shares of Unusual Machines, Red Cat, Aerovironment, and Kratos all climbed on the news.
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The price gap between U.S. COMEX copper futures and London Metal Exchange prices has become a real-time market gauge of Section 232 tariff risk, with Societe Generale estimating a 37% probability of a 30% duty on refined copper by January 2028.
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The Kennedy Center's board of trustees voted Thursday to re-inscribe President Trump's name on the building's facade and rename its exterior plaza, despite a federal court order in May requiring his name be removed.
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The Trump administration finalized a rule on Tuesday ending federal Medicaid and CHIP funding for gender-affirming care for minors, including puberty blockers, hormones, and surgeries, with the policy set to take effect on October 13.
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U.S. federal agencies and South Korea's National Police Agency have jointly warned that the Gunra ransomware group — a Conti-derived operation with ties to North Korea's Lazarus Group — is actively targeting government and critical infrastructure sectors worldwide.
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Nvidia has partnered with Apollo, Blackstone, BlackRock, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs, and KKR on a $500 billion financing push aimed at treating AI compute infrastructure as a bankable asset class, CEO Jensen Huang said Monday.
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Trump Media & Technology Group reported a net loss of more than $238 million in its fiscal second quarter, with more than $190 million of that tied to declines in digital assets, while quarterly revenue came in at just $1.7 million.
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Shares of CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks each rose more than 5% to record highs on Monday after the Black Hat cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas spotlighted AI agents as the dominant and growing attack threat facing enterprises.
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Jeff Dean is leaving Google after 27 years to co-found Discovery Loop alongside Sanjay Ghemawat, Oriol Vinyals, and Quoc Le, extending a string of senior AI researcher departures even as Google Cloud reported 82% revenue growth in the second quarter.
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SoftBank beat first-quarter profit expectations with $2.2 billion in net income, fueled by a $8.2 billion gain on its Intel stake, while its OpenAI investment contributed zero gain or loss for the period.
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The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division announced that OpenAI and former subsidiary Statsig signed a $3.2 million settlement covering alleged immigration law violations, placing both companies under three years of federal oversight of their green-card hiring practices.
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Google announced a sweeping AI leadership shake-up on Wednesday, with chief scientist Jeff Dean departing after 27 years to start a new company and Demis Hassabis stepping back from the CEO role at Google DeepMind to become its chairman and Alphabet's new chief scientist.
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