For more than six decades, the Peace Corps has presented itself as an agency focused on helping underserved communities around the world. But a new initiative called “Tech Corps” threatens to destroy the agency’s original mission by hiring de facto Silicon Valley businessmen to promote the biggest names in AI — many of whom have … Read more
Brian Boland spent over a decade figuring out how to build a system that would make Meta money. He told a California jury on Thursday that he was fueling the draw of more users, including teenagers, to Facebook and Instagram — despite the risks. Boland’s testimony came a day after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg took … Read more
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg entered the courthouse in downtown Los Angeles in much the same way as all the lawyers, reporters and advocates who had come to watch him testify in the landmark trial, but with one notable difference: He was accompanied by an entourage who appeared to be wearing Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses. To … Read more
A set of cases alleging that social media platforms are harming the safety and mental health of teenagers will be heard this year, pitting executives such as Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to answer questions about what they did or didn’t do to protect children. Unlike many previous legal challenges against social media companies, these cases … Read more
For years, Alphabet-owned Waymo has tried to differentiate itself from other self-driving startups by emphasizing a culture of caution and safety. Now, just before a planned nationwide rollout, it faces repeated failure in one of the most sensitive places imaginable: school zones. In December, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) opened an investigation into … Read more
After a federal judge ruled that Meta was not an illegal monopolist in a strike against the Federal Trade Commission, the agency issued what was in part a typical statement of disappointment. The next part of the statement was anything but: a political attack on the judge himself. “The table has always been stacked against … Read more
Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos was dropped amid a culture war in Congress on Tuesday as he testified before a Senate subcommittee about the company’s attempt to buy a large chunk of Warner Bros. Discovery. The hearing before the Senate Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee highlighted a number of traditional concerns about mergers on both sides of the … Read more