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Europe Just Gutted Its Own AI Law. Industry Called It 'Not Enough.'
The EU delayed its flagship AI regulations by 18 months, exempted industrial AI entirely, and banned nudification apps. Tech lobbyists and US officials wanted more. Centrist lawmakers agreed.
Europe Blinks on AI
The EU delayed its flagship AI law's core rules by 18 months and exempted industrial AI entirely, handing industry a win critics say undermines the whole point.
Google, Microsoft, and xAI Volunteered to Let the Government Watch Them
The three biggest players in frontier AI agreed to pre-release government review just as Washington debates making it mandatory. The companies that stayed out are the ones who already got excluded.
New Mexico Wants to Redesign Instagram. Meta Wants to Leave the State Instead.
Phase two of the landmark child safety trial isn't about money. It's about whether a state judge can restructure a global platform's core product.
Meta Threatens to Shut Down in New Mexico Rather Than Protect Kids
The trial starting Monday isn't about a fine. It's about whether a state court can order structural changes to a platform used by 2 billion people.
Trump to Britain: Protect Apple or Pay Tariffs
The UK's digital services tax is not a trade dispute. It is a test of whether any US ally can tax American tech companies without US retaliation.
Apple's Hardware Engineer Will Now Run the World's Most Valuable Company
Tim Cook steps down September 1. John Ternus, who has never run a company and has almost no public profile, becomes CEO of a $4 trillion corporation at the worst possible time for Apple to experiment.