Similarweb: Google's AI tools are significantly cutting organic search traffic to news publishers; traffic to BI, HuffPost, and WaPo is down ~50% in three years
Chatbots are replacing Google's traditional search, devastating traffic for some publishers — The AI armageddon is here for online news publishers.
Internal messages show how during trade negotiations, the US State Department pushed nations facing tariffs to clear regulatory hurdles for SpaceX's Starlink
Two plus two equals four. There are twenty-four hours in a day. Gustaf Kilander / The Independent : US is pushing Starlink on nations facing tariffs as Musk stands to benefit from trade deals: report...
Palantir's stock fell 10% on February 19 after the WaPo reported US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth plans to cut military spending; PLTR is up 50%+ in 2025
- Spending shift would affect 8% of US defense spending — AI-focused Palantir has become major government contractor
Sources outline negotiations between the Biden administration and TikTok ahead of the ban, as company insiders refute claims that a blackout helped their case
When TikTok pleaded with outgoing Biden officials and threatened to go offline, the White House pushed back, declaring it all a “stunt.” Bluesky: @karaswisher and @drewharwell.com . Threads: @drewharw...
Sam Altman, Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, Michael Dell, Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai, Mark Zuckerberg, and other tech leaders congratulate Trump on his election victory
RE: https://www.threads.net/... Anil Dash / @anildash : Absolutely pathetic behavior. He said he was going to throw you in prison and you still can't help sucking up to a fascist. Matt Navarra / @mat...
A look at the Harris campaign's outreach to the tech sector, as it tries to convince companies that she'll chart her own course while avoiding policy specifics
they are not convincing independents with their current strategy Scott Kupor / @skupor : “Being more specific could test the party's cohesion. Replacing enforcement officials whom big donors don't lik...
Politico, the NYT, the WaPo, and others say they received hacked Trump campaign materials, but gave few details, a marked contrast to Clinton's emails in 2016
At least three news outlets were leaked confidential material from inside the Donald Trump campaign, including its report vetting JD Vance as a vice presidential candidate.
US DOJ and state AGs sue to break up Ticketmaster parent Live Nation over alleged antitrust violations, following a DOJ probe and Taylor Swift fan complaints
Here's a Detailed Look at the 124-Page Filing Alexander Mallin / ABC News : Justice Department and 30 states seek breakup of Live Nation-Ticketmaster through major antitrust suit Business Insider : Th...
A backlash against data centers has triggered laws in Arizona, Georgia, and other parts of the US to restrain the rapidly growing, energy-intensive industry
Antonio Olivo / Washington Post : X: @postlocal , @paula_in_pwc , @montroseva , @jessefelder , @postlocal , and @postlocal X: @postlocal : Despite being a major source of tax revenue, there are conce...
Sources: SpaceX's accounting is more “art than a science”, often omitting costs of putting Starlink satellites in orbit to make numbers look better to investors
at... Ken Kirtland IV / @kenkirtland17 : @Cosmic_Andrew1 Either way, the article ends with: Yeah Starlink is improving and is consistently profitble. And SpaceX revenue is >3X YoY. Couple that with Wa...