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Qualcomm has informally approached Intel about a takeover, in what would be the largest tech merger of all time, according to multiple reports.

Why its matters: This could reshape the U.S. tech industry, and become the next president's first major antitrust case.

A new app that gives each user a private, Twitter-like social network populated exclusively by chatbots has stoked a wider debate about the purpose and value of online communication.

The big picture: At first blush, SocialAI, the all-bot platform, might sound like "pure artifice" or an "AI void" — but its 28-year old creator pitches it as an antidote to the toxicity of today's "real" social media.

California will, starting in 2027, prohibit social media platforms from deliberately delivering addictive feeds to minors without parental consent as part of a new law.

The big picture: States and cities have been grappling with how to limit what health experts deem to be harmful effects of social media on children and teens.