Culture
Microsoft director warned the public would see AI training as ‘astonishing theft,’ unsealed filing shows(Daily Caller News Foundation) – OpenAI and Microsoft employees privately acknowledged their artificial intelligence products compete with the news outlets whose articles trained them, an unsealed court filing alleges. Read More
Government
Energy Department loans $1.9B to restart Iowa nuclear plant(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Dominance Financing announced a $1.9 billion loan Friday to NextEra Energy to fund the restart of the… Read More
Culture
Minecraft celebrates pride festival by letting you turn bees gay(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Gay bees are more productive in Minecraft during a promotional event celebrating Pride. Players can buy a free add-on on Minecraft’s online marketplace… Read More
Culture
Microsoft stops discriminating against conservatives(The Daily Signal) – Microsoft has stopped systematically excluding conservative nonprofits from its corporate generosity program, the Daily Signal has learned. The tech giant—the fourth-largest company in the world… Read More
Courts
Google loses another antitrust case as latest trial over its search monopoly gets underwayA federal district judge ruled on Thursday against technology giant Google in a major antitrust case involving its ad business. The case may have major implications for the… Read More
Culture
Tech giant Microsoft offers high school students race- and gender-based scholarships(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Several Microsoft scholarship programs intended to help students pursue careers in technology are limited to applicants on the basis of race and sex, according… Read More