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November 7, 2024

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Top technology leaders celebrate President Trump's victory

Leaders of the world's largest technology companies congratulated President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday for securing a second term in office. Despite President Trump's rocky relationship with tech leaders, the messages quickly poured in Wednesday morning. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who had frequent feuds with Trump during his first administration, said he was “congratulating the president-elect on an extraordinary political comeback.”

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Musk credits Trump's victory to podcast appearance: 'He was just a normal guy'

Tech billionaire Elon Musk said President-elect Trump's election victory was at least in part due to lengthy podcast interviews he gave during the campaign. Musk said in an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson late Tuesday that Trump's podcast appearance showed Americans that Trump was a normal human being. “I think the departure of President Trump and soon-to-be Vice President Vance has made a huge difference…

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Anthropic, AWS, and Palantir collaborate to serve defense customers

Anthropic is collaborating with Palantir and Amazon Web Services (AWS) to bring artificial intelligence (AI) models to sensitive environments. U.S. intelligence and defense agencies, TechCrunch reported.

Australia proposes ban on social media for young people

Australia to consider legislation to ban social media aimed at children Under 16 years oldciting risks to mental and physical health; Reuters reported.

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Supreme Court hears Facebook's bid to block Cambridge Analytica shareholder lawsuit

The Supreme Court on Wednesday considered Facebook's bid to block shareholder lawsuits over the Cambridge Analytica data scandal from proceeding. After the scandal became widely known in 2018, shareholders on social media accused Facebook of misleading investors by not mentioning Cambridge Analytica's misuse of user data in previous securities filings. sued the company. Even though we have the technology…

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Sanders ignites Democratic battle over election loss

Democrats are blaming and scrambling for answers about what went wrong with their economic messaging after the vice president's blowout loss… read more

2 Democrats speak out against transgender athletes after Trump's victory

Two House Democrats say they oppose transgender athletes competing in women's sports on the heels of President-elect Trump's decisive policy. read more