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Kids’ online safety measure easily clears key Senate hurdle in 86-1 vote

Landmark legislation aimed at keeping kids safer online cleared a major hurdle Thursday, when the Senate voted 86-1 to advance…

Britain will soon lay out new plans to regulate ‘buy now, pay later’ firms like Klarna after delays

Britain’s new Labour government will soon set out updated plans to regulate the “buy now, pay later” industry, a government…

Chinese EV startups are spending more on research than Tesla is

BEIJING – U.S.-listed Chinese electric car companies are spending more on research as a ratio to sales than Tesla, according…

Biden says he put ‘personal ambition’ aside to ‘pass the torch’ to Harris for Trump battle

President Joe Biden on Wednesday night told the American public that “the defense of democracy is more important than any…

Kamala Harris’ tech allies on track to raise over $100 million as they work to win over Silicon Valley skeptics

Vice President Kamala Harris’ allies in the tech community have launched a behind-the-scenes lobbying campaign to convince wealthy donors to…

Warren sounds alarm on T-Mobile, U.S. Cellular deal with Justice Department, FCC

WASHINGTON — A group of Democratic senators are sounding the alarm over T-Mobile’s proposal to acquire most of US Cellular,…

Microsoft’s hiring of staff from AI startup Inflection referred for UK merger probe

LONDON — Microsoft’s hiring of certain former employees from artificial intelligence startup Inflection has been referred for an initial merger…

Man who claimed to be inventor of bitcoin referred to UK prosecutors for alleged perjury

LONDON — Craig Wright, an Australian man who claimed to be the inventor of bitcoin, was on Tuesday referred to…

Elon Musk plans to give $45 million a month to pro-Trump super PAC, WSJ reports

Elon Musk has said he is planning to pledge about $45 million a month to a newly formed super PAC…

Democratic megadonor Ron Conway took his concerns about Biden directly to Pelosi

Venture capitalist and Democratic megadonor Ron Conway has spoken directly with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi about President Joe Biden’s…