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• Donald Trump and Alphabet reached an agreement in his lawsuit against YouTube.
• Alphabet, which owns YouTube, will pay a total of $24.5 million to settle the post-January 6-related case.
• Trump has directed that part of his money will finance the construction of the White House ballroom.

Alphabet is the final major tech company to pay President

Amazon agreed to a whopping $2.5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last week over allegedly "deceptive" practices in signing up users to its paid Amazon Prime subscription service.

Out of that settlement, Amazon will pay a $1 billion civil penalty to the U.S. government. The other $1.5 billion? That's the Consumer Fund, and it's going to be used to refund Amazon Prime

• Electronic Arts will soon go private in a $55 billion deal, the largest leveraged buyout in history.
• Andrew Wilson, who joined the company in 2000, will remain CEO.
• The deal relieves Wilson of Wall Street pressure, but EA's new owners may have their own demands.

Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson will soon no longer have to answer to

Electronic Arts just announced that it is going to be acquired and taken private in a massive $55 billion deal led by an investor group composed of Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners. The deal, expected to close in Q1 of EA's 2027 fiscal year (which takes place from April 1st to June 30th, 2026), isn't just a huge amount of money involving one

• US Navy techs are having to cannibalize parts of F/A-18 Super Hornets and Virginia-class submarines.
• A new GAO report documents data rights issues that cause repair issues and delays.
• The other programs included in the report are the F-35, LCS, and Stryker.

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Meta is training its AI chatbots to more effectively address child sexual exploitation after a series of high-profile blunders around the sensitive topic, according to guidelines obtained by Business Insider.

The guidelines that contractors are reportedly using to train its AI chatbots have recently been updated, Business Insider reported. These guidelines state that content that "enables

Tomorrow, Amazon will host an event in New York City to unveil some new hardware. The showcase kicks off on September 30 at 10AM ET. Based on what we can see in the invitation and the most common cadence of product news, we are expecting to hear about developments to the Echo line of smart speakers, at least one new addition to the Kindle collection and an update for the Fire TV. 

Normally this is

Amazon never rests. With Prime Big Deal Days (aka October Prime Day) and the holiday shopping season fast approaching, the retail juggernaut is gearing up for some big announcements on Tuesday. The retail giant's Devices & Services team is hosting a NYC-based press conference on Sept. 30, where several new devices will likely make their debut.

While Amazon has yet to publicly announce any concrete

It’s been 30 years since the original PlayStation was released in North America and Europe after first debuting in Japan nine months earlier. To mark the occasion, Sony has announced a “large-format photography book” featuring 400 pages filled with photos of prototypes of controllers and

In a development that should surprise no one, OpenAI is preparing to release a standalone social app powered by its upcoming Sora 2 video model, Wired reports. The app reportedly "closely resembles" TikTok, with a vertical video feed and swipe-to-scroll navigation. The catch? It will only feature AI-generated content; there's apparently no option for the user to upload photos or videos from their