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Prince Harry and Meghan call out the harmful effects of social media on today’s youth

Media & Entertainment /

The guests sipped prosecco and chattered away while dessert was served at the third annual Project Health Minds Gala on Thursday.   The evening was winding down, but there was still one big award to give out: Humanitarian of the Year, which this year would be honoring Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, for creating The Parents Network through […]

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Tim Cook, Sam Altman, and more attend Trump’s UK state banquet

Government & Policy /

Top tech names were on the guest list for the banquet thrown for President Trump during his second state visit to the UK on Wednesday.  The banquet seating chart included NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang; Apple CEO Tim Cook; venture capitalist and White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks; Alphabet and Google president Ruth Porat;

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Here are all the tech companies rolling back DEI or still committed to it — so far

Government & Policy /

Companies around America have started cutting DEI programs and eliminating DEI commitments from public documents in response to legal and political threats from the Trump administration. Just a few weeks ago, Attorney General Pam Bondi instructed the Department of Justice to “investigate, eliminate, and penalize,” DEI programs deemed illegal in private sector companies that receive

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Here are all the tech companies rolling back DEI or still committed to it — so far

Government & Policy /

Companies around America have started cutting DEI programs and eliminating DEI commitments from public documents in response to legal and political threats from the Trump administration. Just a few weeks ago, Attorney General Pam Bondi instructed the Department of Justice to “investigate, eliminate, and penalize,” DEI programs deemed illegal in private sector companies that receive

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Report: Majority of U.S. teens have lost trust in Big Tech

AI /

American teens have lost their faith in Big Tech, according to a new report from Common Sense Media, a nonprofit offering reviews and ratings for media and technology, which more recently includes AI products. In the study released Wednesday, the organization surveyed over 1,000 teens on whether major technology companies like Google, Apple, Meta, TikTok,

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Big Tech expands its reach with new startup acquisitions and investments

Venture /

Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. This week’s newsletter is about startups, but it is also about Big Tech companies expanding their reach, both through acquisitions and through investments. Most interesting startup stories

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DEI backlash: Stay up-to-date on the latest legal and corporate challenges

Venture /

The Great Rollback is here. The phrase refers to Big Tech starting to slash some of the diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs that were implemented shortly after the murder of George Floyd. Most recently, Zoom announced that it laid off its DEI team. Google and Meta have started to defund their DEI programs, and

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FTC Chair Lina Khan says the agency is going after the ‘mob bosses’ in Big Tech

Government & Policy /

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is focusing its efforts on going after Big Tech, according to FTC Chair Lina Khan, who spoke at TechCrunch’s Strictly VC event in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.  Khan said the agency is focused on going after the players that are doing the biggest harm, as opposed to just increasing the

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DEI backlash: Stay up-to-date on the latest legal and corporate challenges

Startups /

The Great Rollback is here. The phrase refers to Big Tech starting to slash some of the diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs that were implemented shortly after the murder of George Floyd. Most recently, Zoom announced that it laid off its DEI team. Google and Meta have started to defund their DEI programs, and

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