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Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg adopted President Trump's preferred "super intelligence" terminology on their latest earnings calls, while the CEOs of Microsoft, Amazon, and Alphabet continued using "AI" despite the White House push to retire the term.
Sara Montes de Oca · 3 DAYS AGO
The Department of Justice filed an amended complaint in Anchorage federal court Thursday, escalating its lawsuit over Alaska's Senate race amid allegations that Democrat Mary Peltola's campaign recruited a retired schoolteacher named Dan J. Sullivan to confuse voters.
Jay Goldberg · 5 DAYS AGO
U.K. Chancellor John Healey unveiled his first Autumn Budget on Wednesday, pairing £2.6 billion in household energy relief with new AI investment, £10 billion for Ukraine, and a higher bank surcharge to fund the package.
Jay Goldberg · 7 DAYS AGO
Israel held its first national election since 2022 on Tuesday, with polls showing a razor-thin race between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and challenger Gadi Eisenkot. As many as 80,000 Israelis living abroad are expected to fly home to cast their ballots.
Sara Montes de Oca · 8 DAYS AGO
Mary Peltola's Senate campaign and the DSCC asked a federal judge to dismiss a DOJ lawsuit before Election Day on November 3, warning the suit could be used to block certification of Alaska's Senate race results if Peltola wins.
Sara Montes de Oca · 9 DAYS AGO
A Ukrainian defense technology adviser says geographic and speed limitations on Starlink's civilian system made Elon Musk's terms-of-service allegation physically impossible, as Ukraine and its allies accelerate efforts to build sovereign satellite alternatives.
Sara Montes de Oca · 10 DAYS AGO
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a memo banning all Defense Department personnel from using nonpublic information to bet on prediction markets, warning that such activity could give enemy nations intelligence about U.S. military operations.
Sara Montes de Oca · 11 DAYS AGO
Ukraine's Ministry of Defense signed a letter of intent with Nokia and satellite maker ICEYE to develop alternative satellite communications, as SpaceX's Starlink speed restrictions continue to disrupt drone operations on the front lines.
Sara Montes de Oca · 12 DAYS AGO
SpaceX's Starshield terminals in Ukraine remained speed-limited as of Friday, Oct. 23, with President Zelenskyy and other officials contradicting President Trump's claims that service had been restored since Oct. 14.
Marc Sabatini · 12 DAYS AGO
Silicon Valley Democrats demanded a government-wide investigation into interruptions of SpaceX's Starshield service in Ukraine, pressing the White House to identify who ordered the restrictions that Ukrainian officials say hampered their military operations.
TechEchelon Staff · 12 DAYS AGO
The Treasury Department has proposed expanding the Outbound Investment Security Program to restrict U.S. investments in AI, quantum technologies, and high-performance computing flowing to China, Russia, and North Korea.
Marc Sabatini · 12 DAYS AGO
Ukraine's dispute with SpaceX over restricted Starshield service has intensified calls for satellite internet alternatives, but competing constellations from Amazon, Eutelsat, and sovereign programs remain years behind SpaceX's 11,000-satellite network.
Jay Goldberg · 13 DAYS AGO
The House Select Committee on China has released 2021 internal messages it says show a Webull employee in China had access to U.S. customer account data, contradicting the investing platform's claims that such access is limited to U.S.-based staff.
Jay Goldberg · 14 DAYS AGO
The Department of Homeland Security has made public a July 24 order banning DeepSeek-related technology from federal civilian agency IT systems, citing risks of data exposure to China and potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the company's AI models.
Jay Goldberg · 15 DAYS AGO
TikTok has permanently suspended the promotional account for Alex Gibney's Elon Musk documentary, a step beyond the platform's earlier refusal to carry paid ads for the film. Distributor Bleecker Street was informed of the ban on Friday afternoon.
Jay Goldberg · 17 DAYS AGO
Elon Musk has settled two Austin, Texas lawsuits alleging his 2024 $1 million-per-day voter sweepstakes was fraudulent, with settlement terms kept confidential. The suits claimed winners were not chosen randomly and that the promotion was designed to harvest personal data.
Marc Sabatini · 18 DAYS AGO
President Trump denied that he or Elon Musk caused a Starlink outage in Ukraine, even as he clashed with President Zelensky over resumed Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries.
TechEchelon Staff · 19 DAYS AGO
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