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Netflix’s subscriber and earnings growth gather more momentum as password-sharing crackdown pays off

Netflix’s subscriber and earnings growth accelerated in its latest quarter as the video streaming service benefits from a crackdown on freeloading viewers, an expansion into advertising and an acclaimed programming lineup. The results announced Thursday painted a portrait of a company still gathering momentum after a jarring decrease in subscribers during the first half of

Artists are taking things into their own hands to protect their work from generative AI

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The oil painting depicts a woman standing on a podium, her arm aloft as she grasps a laurel crown in her hand. A scarlet cloak drapes across her chest as she stares at the viewer. To the naked eye, the painting looks like a normal piece in an online portfolio. But

European Union court says TikTok owner can’t avoid bloc’s law cracking down on digital giants

LONDON (AP) — TikTok owner ByteDance can’t avoid the bloc’s crackdown on digital giants, a European Union court said Wednesday in a decision that found the video sharing platform falls under a new law that also covers Apple, Google and Microsoft. The EU’s General Court rejected ByteDance’s legal challenge against being classed as an online

Elon Musk says he’s moving SpaceX, X headquarters from California to Texas

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Billionaire Elon Musk says he’s moving the headquarters of SpaceX and social media company X to Texas from California. Musk posted on X Tuesday that he plans on moving SpaceX from Hawthorne, California to the company’s rocket launch site dubbed Starbase in Texas. X will move to Austin from San Francisco.

Amazon Prime Day is a major cause of injuries for warehouse workers, Senate review says

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon’s popular Prime Day sales event has been “a major cause of injuries” for warehouse workers who pick and pack customer orders at the e-commerce giant’s facilities across the United States, according to a report released Tuesday by Sen. Bernie Sanders. The report, which draws information from a year-long Senate committee

Kaspersky will shutter US operations after software is banned by Commerce Department, citing risk

NEW YORK (AP) — Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky says it’s shutting down all of its operations in the United States, just weeks after the Commerce Department banned the use of the company’s software in the country. Kaspersky will “gradually wind down” its U.S. operations starting July 20, according to a statement from the Moscow company. Positions

Microsoft faces UK competition investigation over hiring of AI startup’s founder and key staff

LONDON (AP) — British regulators opened a preliminary investigation on Tuesday into Microsoft’s hiring of an AI startup’s key staff over concerns that it could thwart competition in the booming artificial intelligence market. The Competition and Markets Authority said its review of the hirings from Inflection AI, including its co-founder and CEO Mustafa Suleyman, turned

An Australian computer scientist who claimed to invent bitcoin referred to prosecutors for perjury

LONDON (AP) — An Australian computer scientist found to have falsely claimed to be the mysterious creator of the bitcoin cryptocurrency will be referred to British prosecutors for “wholescale perjury and forgery of documents,” a London judge said Tuesday. Judge James Mellor, who ruled after a civil trial in March that Craig Wright was not

Hong Kong is testing out its own ChatGPT-style tool as OpenAI planned extra steps to block access

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s government is testing the city’s own ChatGPT -style tool for its employees, with plans to eventually make it available to the public, its innovation minister said after OpenAI took extra steps to block access from the city and other unsupported regions. Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Sun Dong

OpenAI whistleblowers ask SEC to investigate the company’s non-disclosure agreements with employees

NEW YORK (AP) — OpenAI whistleblowers have filed a complaint with the Securities and Exchange Commission and asked the agency to investigate whether the ChatGPT maker illegally restricted workers from speaking out about the risks of its artificial intelligence technology. A letter to SEC Chair Gary Gensler representing “one or more anonymous and confidential” whistleblowers

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Netflix’s subscriber and earnings growth gather more momentum as password-sharing crackdown pays off

Artists are taking things into their own hands to protect their work from generative AI

European Union court says TikTok owner can’t avoid bloc’s law cracking down on digital giants

Elon Musk says he’s moving SpaceX, X headquarters from California to Texas

Amazon Prime Day is a major cause of injuries for warehouse workers, Senate review says

Kaspersky will shutter US operations after software is banned by Commerce Department, citing risk

Microsoft faces UK competition investigation over hiring of AI startup’s founder and key staff

An Australian computer scientist who claimed to invent bitcoin referred to prosecutors for perjury

Hong Kong is testing out its own ChatGPT-style tool as OpenAI planned extra steps to block access

OpenAI whistleblowers ask SEC to investigate the company’s non-disclosure agreements with employees