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Microsoft Corp. will conduct another round of major layoffs in its Xbox division next week as part of a company-wide reorganization, Bloomberg reported. Managers within Xbox are expecting substantial cuts across the entire group, according to people familiar with the plans who asked not to be identified discussing nonpublic information. The company declined to comment. This will be the fourth
DeepSeek, a Chinese AI firm, is accused by a senior U.S. official of supporting China’s military and intelligence services, sharing user data with Beijing, and using Southeast Asian shell companies to bypass U.S. export controls on advanced AI chips. Despite public claims of limited resources, the company reportedly accessed large volumes of restricted Nvidia H100 chips and appears in over
The U.S. House’s chief administrative officer informed congressional staffers Monday that messaging app WhatsApp is banned on their government devices, Axios reported. The ban, which centers on the vulnerability of staffers’ data, comes as Congress is also taking steps to limit the use of AI programs it deems similarly risky. The chief administrative officer has in recent years set at
Starting September 1, fully automated cars will require a permit to operate in Texas. This new restriction comes after the state’s governor, Greg Abbottt, signed into law the SB 2807 bill that requires authorization from the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles for self-driving cars on public streets without human interaction, Engadget reported. The signing of the new law coincides with
To comply with a Trump executive order, Microsoft recently helped suspend the email account of an International Criminal Court prosecutor in the Netherlands who was investigating Israel for war crimes, The New York Times reported. When President Trump issued an executive order in February against the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court for investigating Israel for war crimes, Microsoft
President Donald Trump has extended the deadline for the sale of TikTok in the U.S. by 90 days, delaying the enforcement of a law mandating its sale or ban due to national security concerns. Despite bipartisan criticism, Trump cited TikTok's role in his success in the 2024 campaign. ByteDance now has until September 17 to finalize a deal, pending approval
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to keep TikTok running in the U.S. for another 90 days to give his administration more time to broker a deal to bring the social media platform under American ownership, The Associated Press reported. “As he has said many times, President Trump does not want TikTok to go dark. This extension