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ABC News

66 articles decelerating

$333.5M in reported bitcoin-ATM scam losses anchors ABC News’ recent coverage at the intersection of consumer harm, cyber risk, AI, and U.S. technology policy.

Who they are

ABC News appears in this coverage as a U.S. news publisher reporting on technology’s public-policy, security, and consumer consequences, while also featuring in the broader media ecosystem alongside outlets such as CNN, the New York Times, Bloomberg, CNET, and TechCrunch.

The recent arc

The latest coverage concentrates on technology-enabled threats and the state’s response: ABC News reported that the FBI put bitcoin-ATM scam losses at $333.5 million for January through November 2025, and then reported the State Department’s launch of a Bureau of Emerging Threats focused on cyberattacks and AI weaponization. That places its newest stories closer to public safety and national-security infrastructure than to product coverage.

The surrounding recent news cycle has also been shaped by Washington’s leverage over major platforms and hardware makers, including Trump’s proposed Apple tariff and repeated extensions of the TikTok ban deadline. Earlier high-attention coverage around the CrowdStrike-linked Windows outage and AT&T phone-record breach similarly kept operational resilience and data exposure central to the technology news agenda.

The tension

The coverage circles a tension between the reach of large technology platforms and the institutions trying to constrain their risks: U.S. policy bears on Apple and TikTok, cyber incidents affect essential businesses and consumers, and AI is framed as both a tool and a potential weapon. In media distribution, ABC News has also been linked to Facebook’s publisher partnerships, illustrating how news organizations must navigate dependence on the same platforms they cover.

Why it matters

If this trajectory continues, ABC News’ technology coverage will matter increasingly as a bridge between technical developments and their real-world governance consequences, from fraud prevention to cyber preparedness and AI security. The open question is whether policy institutions and platforms can reduce those harms without turning technology regulation and distribution into still more concentrated sources of power.

ABC News has appeared in 66 articles since 2014-12. Coverage peaked in 2025Q2 with 3 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Apple, Facebook, CNET, New York Times.

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Coverage Timeline

2026-03-24
ABC News 2 related

The US State Department launches the Bureau of Emerging Threats to tackle current and future threats, including cyberattacks and AI weaponization by adversaries

Officials detailed the Bureau of Emerging Threats exclusively to ABC News.  —  Cyber attacks on the riseOne group of cyber experts …

2026-01-01
ABC News 4 related

The FBI says fraudsters bilked Americans out of $333.5M via bitcoin ATM scams from January through November 2025, up from roughly $250M in 2024

Lucien Bruggeman / ABC News :

2025-06-20
Associated Press 72 related

Trump extends the TikTok ban deadline for a third time; there is no legal basis for the extensions, and it's unclear how many times the deadline can be extended

Again NZ Herald : Trump gives TikTok 90 more days to find buyer, again delayed ban Joe DePaolo / Mediaite : ‘Brazenly Illegal’: Conservatives Lash Out at Trump for Executive Order Sidestepping TikTok ...

2025-05-24
CNBC 149 related

Trump says a 25%+ tariff “must be paid by Apple” on iPhones not made in the US, and he told Tim Cook long ago that iPhones sold in the US must be made in the US

will other tech companies face the heat? Here's what the US President said The Economic Times : Trump threatens 25% tariff on iPhones not made in US, targets India production Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, ...

2025-04-06
Reuters 40 related

Sources: a TikTok US deal, which was largely finalized by April 2, was put on hold after China indicated it would reject the deal over President Trump's tariffs

Donald Trump has given TikTok a 75-day extension for the second time … M. Faiz Zaki / Tempo : ByteDance Still Negotiating with US Over TikTok's Fate Jacob Burg / Santa Clarita Valley Signal : Trump ex...

2025-01-08
Associated Press 25 related

Las Vegas police say the man who exploded a Cybertruck outside the Trump hotel used ChatGPT to help plan the attack, including to seek info on explosive targets

police release details on prompts used to decide crucial details Elizabeth Urban / International Business Times : Cybertruck Attack on Trump Hotel Was Planned Using ChatGPT in Disturbing ‘Game Changer...

2024-11-12
Financial Times 41 related

Bitcoin passed $89K for the first time, Tesla closed up 8.96%, Coinbase closed up 19.76%, and Robinhood closed up 7.4%, as investors pile into “Trump trades”

It Just Had Its Best One Ever Steven Walgenbach / Inside Bitcoins : BlackRock Bitcoin ETF Hits New Record As Polymarket Odds Of Bitcoin Hitting $100K This Year Soar Vladimir Popescu / Watcher Guru : T...

2024-07-20
The Verge 121 related

BSODs hit thousands of Windows PCs due to “a defect” in an update from CrowdStrike, taking banks, airlines, and more businesses offline; Microsoft is aware

or CrowdStrike Microsoft : HELPFUL LINKS  —  Get notified of outages that impact you  —  Building reliable applications on Azure The Record : IT teams scramble to recover from CrowdStrike incident as ...

2024-07-13
TechCrunch 91 related

AT&T says it will begin notifying consumers about a data breach where cybercriminals stole phone records of “nearly all” of its cellular and landline customers

Item 1.05 Material Cybersecurity Incidents.  On April 19, 2024, AT&T Inc. … AT&T : AT&T Addresses Illegal Download of Customer Data CNN : Nearly all AT&T cell customers' call and text records exposed ...

2024-05-27
Washington Post 27 related

Two lawsuits filed on behalf of the Uvalde shooting victims allege Activision, Meta, and the gunmaker, Daniel Defense, are responsible for “grooming” the gunman

makers of the AR-15 The suit alleges the companies partnered to market the weapon to underage boys on social media and in #CallOfDuty They also say COD is “the most prolific and [image] @washingtonpos...

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