Trump’s Energy Department forbids staff from saying ‘climate change’ or ‘green’
A Trump appointee emailed Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy employees last week with a long list of banned words.
Government & Policy
Bluesky rolls out age verification for users in Ohio
Users in Ohio will have to verify their age to use Bluesky’s social network as of Monday.
UK government bails out Jaguar Land Rover with £1.5B loan after hack disrupts vehicle production for weeks
The Indian-owned carmaking giant will be bailed out after a cyberattack stalled car production and its downstream supply chain. Critics argue that the bailout sends the wrong message to hackers and crime groups.
X says will fight Indian court ruling on content takedown system
X said last week’s Indian court ruling allows millions of police officers to issue “arbitrary” content takedown orders.
DJI loses lawsuit over classification as Chinese military company
A federal judge has rejected drone maker DJI’s efforts to get off a Department of Defense list of Chinese military companies.
Trump demands Microsoft fire global affairs head Lisa Monaco
“It is my opinion that Microsoft should immediately terminate the employment of Lisa Monaco,” Trump said of a former Biden administration official.
How South Korea plans to best OpenAI, Google, others with homegrown AI
South Korea has launched its most ambitious sovereign AI initiative yet, as the nation’s major tech players like LG and SK Telecom develop their own LLMs.
The Trump administration is going after semiconductor imports
The Trump administration wants the industry to reach a 1:1 ratio of domestically produced and imported chips.
Here’s what’s happening right now with the US TikTok deal
A number of investors are competing for the opportunity to purchase the app, and if a deal were to go through, the platform’s U.S. business could have its valuation soar to upward of $60 billion.
Trump signs executive order to approve TikTok deal
Vice President JD Vance said that the deal would value TikTok US at “around $14 billion.”