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  1. Internet providers that won FCC grants try to escape broadband commitments

    "Coalition of RDOF Winners" lobbies FCC but won't reveal its full member list.

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  2. Embarrassed about paying Musk for Twitter Blue? You can hide the checkmark now

    From verification symbol to source of shame: Paying users can hide blue checks.

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  3. IRS vows to digitize all taxpayer documents by 2025 [Updated]

    All documents will be digitized as soon as they arrive at the IRS.

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  4. Meta loses battle in EU, will ask for consent to show personalized ads [Updated]

    Changes will impact Facebook, Instagram users in Europe as early as this fall.

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  5. X sues hate speech researchers whose “scare campaign” spooked Twitter advertisers

    Lawsuit comes as Musk and Yaccarino seize control of X's trust and safety team.

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  6. Reddit beats film industry, won’t have to identify users who admitted torrenting

    Court quashes subpoena for names of users who talked torrenting in 2011 thread.

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  7. Facebook to unmask anonymous Dutch user accused of repeated defamatory posts

    Court decides the posts can stay up, but the user's identity must be revealed.

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  8. “Blaze your glory!”—Twitter’s “X” becomes first one-letter iPhone app

    Previously, Apple required a minimum of two characters in iPhone app names.

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  9. Arizona law school embraces ChatGPT use in student applications

    School's embrace of AI comes as others clamp down on tech-assisted applications.

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  10. Musk and building inspectors in standoff over giant neon X sign [Updated]

    There are currently two active investigations into Twitter's HQ signage changes.

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  11. Instead of obtaining a warrant, the NSA would like to keep buying your data

    The agency opposes an amendment that prevents it from using data brokers.

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  12. Reddit calls for “a few new mods” after axing, polarizing some of its best

    Will Reddit get quality replacements? "Not a snowball's chance in hell."

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  1. Most of the 100 million people who signed up for Threads stopped using it

    "We're seeing more people coming back daily than I'd expected," Zuckerberg said.

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  2. Did Facebook fuel political polarization during the 2020 election? It’s complicated.

    There's strong ideological segregation, but proposed interventions didn't change attitudes.

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  3. Tesla exaggerated EV range so much that drivers thought cars were broken

    Inundated with complaints, Tesla created "Diversion Team" to cancel appointments.

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  4. Microsoft Teams + Office bundle leads to official EU antitrust probe

    It's Microsoft's first formal EU antitrust investigation in over a decade.

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  5. Twitter commandeers @X username from man who had it since 2007

    Twitter took Gene X Hwang's username and only offered him "some merch."

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  6. FCC chair: Speed standard of 25Mbps down, 3Mbps up isn’t good enough anymore

    Chair proposes 100Mbps national standard and an evaluation of broadband prices.

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  7. Musk plans Supreme Court appeal after losing bid to terminate SEC settlement

    Supreme Court is Musk's last option as judges uphold limits on his Tesla tweets.

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  8. Jury orders Google to pay $339M for patent-infringing Chromecast 

    Google plans to appeal.

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  9. Musk rushes out new Twitter logo—it’s just an X that someone tweeted at him

    X logo looks like a Unicode symbol and the lower-case x from a Monotype font.

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  10. Ready for your eye scan? Worldcoin launches—but not quite worldwide

    "The US does not make or break a project like this," says OpenAI chief.

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  11. OpenAI, Google will watermark AI-generated content to hinder deepfakes, misinfo

    Seven companies promised Biden they would take concrete steps to enhance AI safety.

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  12. Fed’s new instant payment system could be trouble for PayPal, Venmo

    The Fed's goal is to connect 9,000 financial institutions nationwide.

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  1. No apologies as Reddit halfheartedly tries to repair ties with moderators

    Disenchanted mods Ars spoke with want change, not more communication.

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  2. Musk subpoenas Elizabeth Warren days after she called for Tesla investigation

    Warren urged SEC to examine Musk's actions while running Twitter and Tesla.

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  3. Microsoft to stop locking vital security logs behind $57-per-user monthly plan

    US agency urged Microsoft to expand access to logs that can identify cyberattacks.

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  4. TSMC delays US chip fab opening, says US talent is insufficient [Updated]

    Arizona chip factory won't be operational until 2025, TSMC said.

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  5. Meta tells news publishers to talk to the hand

    Growing rift with publishers has Meta downgrading news on Threads, Facebook.

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  6. FTC rewrites rules on Big Tech mergers with aim to ease monopoly-busting

    Merger rules currently stacked in favor of monopolists, critics say.

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  7. AT&T says lead cables in Lake Tahoe “pose no danger” and should stay in place

    AT&T may have nearly 200,000 miles of lead-covered phone cables across US.

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  8. Fear, loathing, and excitement as Threads adopts open standard used by Mastodon

    Meta promised to make Threads compatible with W3C open standard for social media.

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  9. Musk, Tesla board to return $735M after being sued for overpaying themselves

    Shareholder lawsuit said Tesla board pay "grossly exceeds" corporate norms.

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  10. Norway has had it with Meta, threatens $100K fines for data violations

    "It is so clear that this is illegal," Norwegian regulator said.

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  11. Typo leaks millions of US military emails to Mali web operator

    Spelling error misdirected sensitive Pentagon messages to company running Mali’s TLD.

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  12. AT&T stock fell to 29-year low on Friday and sank another 6.7% today

    AT&T, Verizon, Frontier, and Lumen all get hammered after lead-cable reports.

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