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Justice Department sues to block $14 billion Juniper buyout by Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Jan. 30, 2025 14:32 PM EST

The Justice Department sued to block Hewlett Packard Enterprise's $14 billion acquisition of rival Juniper Networks on Thursday, the first attempt to stop a merger by a new Trump administration that is expected to take a softer approach to mergers. The Justice complaint alleges that...

Amazon sues state agency to block release of company records to Bezos-owned Washington Post

Jan. 30, 2025 14:23 PM EST

Amazon is suing a Washington state agency to prevent the release of some company materials to The Washington Post, the newspaper which is owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. In a lawsuit filed this week in King County Superior Court, the Seattle-based company asked the court to step...

US cybersecurity agency's future role in elections remains murky under the Trump administration

Jan. 30, 2025 12:25 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s cybersecurity agency has played a critical role in helping states shore up the defenses of their voting systems, but its election mission appears uncertain amid sustained criticism from Republicans and key figures in the Trump administration. ...

Tesla Q4 results fall short of forecasts. Musk sees unsupervised full self-driving in Texas in June

Jan. 29, 2025 19:40 PM EST

Tesla’s fourth-quarter adjusted profits rose slightly amid a big push to sell its electric vehicles with offers of zero financing and other incentives, but the results still fell short of Wall Street forecasts. The electric vehicle, battery and robotics company run by Elon Musk...

Meta posts sharply higher Q4 profit, revenue, topping Wall Street's expectations

Jan. 29, 2025 19:11 PM EST

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Meta Platforms Inc. posted sharply higher profit and revenue for its fourth quarter on Wednesday, thanks to higher ad revenue on its social media properties, sending its shares up in after-hours trading even as it forecast increasing expenses on its artificial intelligence...

Microsoft reports 10% quarterly profit growth as it works to show AI investments paying off

Jan. 29, 2025 18:54 PM EST

Microsoft said Wednesday that its profit for the October-December quarter grew 10% as it works to capitalize on the huge amounts of money it has spent to advance its artificial intelligence technology. But while its overall profits and revenue beat Wall Street expectations, it...

Meta agrees to pay $25 million to settle lawsuit from Trump after Jan. 6 suspension

Jan. 29, 2025 18:37 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Meta has agreed to pay $25 million to settle a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump against the company after it suspended his accounts following the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, according to three people familiar with the matter. It's the latest...

Meta to pay $25M to settle lawsuit from Trump over company suspending his accounts after Capitol attack, AP sources say

Jan. 29, 2025 17:47 PM EST
WASHINGTON (AP) — Meta to pay $25M to settle lawsuit from Trump over company suspending his accounts after Capitol attack, AP sources say.

AI-assisted works can get copyright with enough human creativity, says US copyright office

Jan. 29, 2025 17:45 PM EST

Artists can copyright works they made with the help of artificial intelligence, according to a new report by the U.S. Copyright Office that could further clear the way for the use of AI tools in Hollywood, the music industry and other creative fields. The nation's copyright office,...

Did DeepSeek copy ChatGPT to make new AI chatbot? Trump adviser thinks so

Jan. 29, 2025 14:19 PM EST

Did the upstart Chinese tech company DeepSeek copy ChatGPT to make the artificial intelligence technology that shook Wall Street this week? That's what ChatGPT maker OpenAI is suggesting, along with U.S. President Donald Trump's top AI adviser. Neither has disclosed specific evidence...