TikTok asked the Supreme Court on Monday to temporarily block a law that would effectively ban the social media app in the U.S.
Why it matters: This is TikTok's last resort as the request follows a denial by a U.S. Appeals Court to grant an injunction on the ban law until the Supreme Court decides whether or not to take up the case.
Meta on Thursday named longtime executive John Hegemanas its new chief revenue officer, a role that was not directly filled after the company's former CRO David Fischer departed in 2021.
Why it matters: The new leadership restructure is meant to bring Meta's business and product organizations closer together, according to an internal note to staff from Meta chief operating officer Javier Olivan.
A new report out from the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), led by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), accuses Amazon of manipulating data on worker injuries and ignoring safety concerns.
SoftBank is back in the Donald Trump flattery business, pledging to invest $100 billion into U.S. companies over the next four years and to create 100,000 jobs.
Driving the news: SoftBank founder and CEO Masayoshi Son is expected meet with the president-elect later today at Mar-a-Lago, where he'll announce his firm's plans at a press conference.
Apple has designed Apple Intelligence to make significant use of personal information, but the company promises that it keeps that information private — even from Apple — and doesn't use your data to train its AI models.
Why it matters: In order to deliver the highly personalized results Apple promises, it needs the trust of users and the policies designed to earn it.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Sunday that he's "working to pass a bill" to give local law enforcement "more tools for drone detection" following a spate of mysterious sightings in Northeastern U.S. states.
The big picture: Schumer in online statements urged Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to send "special drone-detection tech" to New York and New Jersey to tackle the unidentified flying objects problem that saw N.Y. Stewart International Airport shut down Friday.
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt warned that when a computer system reaches a point where it can self-improve, "we seriously need to think about unplugging it."
Why it matters: The multi-faceted artificial intelligence race is far from the finish line — but in just a few short years, the boundaries of the field have been pushed exponentially, sparking both awe and concern.
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) has become a voice of bipartisanship, making moves that he tells Axios are "responsible and completely appropriate" — but that are putting him on an island, apart from other Democrats.
As the vast majority of Democrats on Capitol Hill fume over many of Donald Trump's Cabinet picks and his plans for a second term, Fetterman is showing a rare willingness to engage with parts of MAGA world.
Why it matters: It's easy to think Fetterman could be a new version of Democrat-turned-independent Joe Manchin, a West Virginian who occasionally has frustrated Democrats and the Biden administration with his legislative demands.
