Arkansas on Wednesday became the second state to restrict social media use by children, as Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders approved legislation requiring minors to get their parents' permission to create a new account. read more >
The spark rushing them to market was the popularity of ChatGPT, launched late last year by Microsoft's partner OpenAI and now helping to power a new version of the Bing search engine. read more >
The report from the Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration says the current app store model — dominated by Apple and Google — is "harmful to consumers and developers" by inflating prices and reducing innovation. read more >
Google's chatbot is supposed to be able to explain complex subjects such as outer space discoveries in terms simple enough for a child to understand. read more >
Even with all of the layoffs announced in recent weeks, most tech companies are still vastly larger than they were three years ago. read more >
The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments next month over the extent to which federal law protects the tech industry from such claims when social media algorithms push potentially harmful content. read more >
Arkansas will be the first state government to use CiviForm, a tool that could benefit employment, education and training programs. read more >
A multi-state lawsuit accused Google of continuing to track people's location data even after they opted out. read more >
Parent company Alphabet's shares declined nearly 7% in extended trading after the numbers came out. read more >
In the cases the court agreed to hear, relatives of people killed in terrorist attacks in France and Turkey had sued Google, Twitter, and Facebook. read more >
The company says new regulatory requirements and privacy concerns are an opportunity to establish a "dominant" market position. read more >
Many of the companies are still making billions, but expectations for their continued growth look more shaky. read more >
Arvest Bank’s hiring last year of a former Google executive signaled the start of a digital transformation. read more >
The case that could limit the Biden administration's plans to combat climate change. read more >
Larger U.S. businesses now won't have to decide whether to require their employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Doing so is now federal policy. read more >
A growing number of large employers are imposing rules to make it more onerous for employees to refuse vaccines, from outright mandates to requiring the unvaccinated to undergo regular testing. read more >
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell says it will work with autonomous driving company Waymo to test driverless freight delivery in Texas. read more >
The pushback against new voting bills and laws in numerous states is growing with dozens of nation's largest corporations and business leaders signing a new statement objecting to “any discriminatory legislation." read more >
I am no constitutional scholar, but the deadly insurrection against Congress for doing its constitutional duty and subsequent fallout proves that even the president of the United States didn’t understand the constitutional process by which he was elected (and then sent packing). read more >
Ten states on Wednesday brought a lawsuit against Google, accusing the search giant of “anti-competitive conduct" in the online advertising industry, including a deal to manipulate sales with rival Facebook. read more >
