Trump says that Microsoft will “ensure” Americans don't have higher power bills due to data centers and Big Tech must “pay their own way” for their data centers
- President Donald Trump asks tech companies to “pay their own way” for their data centers.
OpenAI says 40M+ Americans turn to ChatGPT daily for health information, per an analysis of anonymized interactions, seeing it as an “ally” for health care
More than 40 million Americans turn to ChatGPT daily for health information, according to a report OpenAI has shared exclusively with Axios
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
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A look at the rift in the Democratic party over AI and data centers, as pro-business Democrats oppose the fiery, anti-AI politics of the progressive wing
www.politico.com/news/magazin... Brendan Nyhan / @brendannyhan : See also: social media. In both cases, lots of people promising quick fixes with no tradeoffs. [embedded post] Max Berger / @maxberge...
A US judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from detaining CCDH CEO Imran Ahmed, one of the Europeans the US barred on claims of promoting censorship
A bit of real cheer for us all! — 🎅🎄🤶🌲 Norm Eisen / @normeisen : And... TRO granted! — A sweet Christmas present for @imranahmed.bsky.social, @counterhate.com—& for their mission of fighting antis...
The EU warns of possible action after the US imposes travel bans on five Europeans, saying it will defend its “regulatory autonomy against unjustified measures”
What You Need to Know for Your Next Trip Mohd Haider / Benzinga : Elon Musk Reacts To US Travel Ban On Former EU Commissioner: ‘...Gets His Dessert’ Sky News : EU warns of possible action after US bar...
Amazon CSO Stephen Schmidt says subtle keystroke data lag, measuring 110ms instead of the expected tens of milliseconds, helped catch a North Korean IT worker
110ms keystroke input raises red flags over true location Ken Underhill / eSecurity Planet : Amazon Detects North Korean IT Infiltrator via Latency Clues Deeba Ahmed / Hackread : Keyboard Lag Leads Am...
President Trump signs an executive order aimed at preempting a growing number of state AI laws, saying “we want to have one central source of approval”
Transformer Weekly: Trump signs EO, Hochul guts the RAISE Act, and GPT-5.2 launches Michael Kan / PCMag : Trump Signs Executive Order to Go After ‘Burdensome’ State AI Laws Poligirlsayswhat / Baller A...
Sources: at a November meeting in the Oval Office, Jensen Huang told President Trump that a flurry of state AI laws could cause the US to lose the AI race
passed at the state level with bipartisan support.” Senator Amy Klobuchar / @klobuchar.senate.gov : AI holds immense promise, but it also enables scams and deepfakes that harm Americans. States are l...
The US CFTC launches a pilot program that allows bitcoin, ether, USDC, or other payment stablecoins to be used as margin collateral in US derivatives markets
So Why's BTC Stuck At $90,000? Ronaldo Marquez / Bitcoinist.com : New CFTC Crypto Initiative: Bitcoin, Ethereum, To Serve As Collateral In Derivatives Trading Oluwapelumi Adejumo / CryptoSlate : The C...