Former OpenAI worker accused of bugging conference room planned travel to Saudi Arabia: Prosecutors

The Hill - Oct 20, 2026

A former OpenAI employee accused of bugging the company’s offices was planning to leave the U.S. for Saudi Arabia when he was arrested earlier this month, according to federal prosecutors. Abdulrahman Alfozan, a 35-year-old Saudi national who worked as an engineer at OpenAI, was arrested in early October for allegedly hiding a recording device in...

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NSA warns organizations to patch security flaws identified by AI

Oct 21, 2026

NSA warns organizations to patch security flaws identified by AI

The National Security Agency (NSA) warned organizations Wednesday to immediately patch a pair of security flaws or take their systems offline after artificial intelligence discovered vulnerabilities in a key programming language. "Effective Immediately, all organizations using PHP for their systems are advised to be prepared for an update addressing two critical vulnerabilities," the NSA's cyber...

Judge orders Meta to pay New Mexico $25B in Cambridge Analytica case

Oct 21, 2026

Judge orders Meta to pay New Mexico $25B in Cambridge Analytica case

A judge in New Mexico ordered the technology giant Meta to pay $25 billion after a jury found the company liable for misleading users about its privacy and content policies. New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez (D) announced the judge's order Wednesday, calling it "one of the single largest — if not the largest —...

China expresses 'firm opposition' to Trump administration sanctions tied to former Google engineer

Oct 21, 2026

China expresses 'firm opposition' to Trump administration sanctions tied to former Google engineer

China slammed the Trump administration's move to sanction five Chinese companies linked to a former Google engineer accused of intellectual property theft, calling it "egregious." The State Department announced the sanctions on Monday, stating the firms are connected to Chinese national Linwei Ding, who was convicted earlier this year of stealing AI-related trade secrets from...

Musk: SpaceX, Tesla merger a 'good idea'

Oct 21, 2026

Musk: SpaceX, Tesla merger a 'good idea'

Elon Musk said Tuesday that his two companies, SpaceX and Tesla, have formed independent special committees to discuss the potential merger, calling it "a good idea." "I think it would be a good ​idea, but it's really up to the special committees of both companies," Musk told investors on a conference call, according to a...

GOP rep: 'We got to investigate' Starlink slowdown report

Oct 21, 2026

GOP rep: 'We got to investigate' Starlink slowdown report

Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (Pa.) is calling for a congressional investigation into the Starlink slowdown in Ukraine after a report that SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk personally ordered it. “We got to call the witnesses, got to bring them in, put them under oath, and get to the bottom of it,” Fitzpatrick told CNN’s...

Polymarket blocks wagers on fate of Cornell students accused of sexual assault

Oct 21, 2026

Polymarket blocks wagers on fate of Cornell students accused of sexual assault

After facing public backlash, Polymarket has removed a market that allowed users to wager on the fate of the seven Cornell University students accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a fraternity house in 2024. The prediction market archived the market, which asked whether any of the so-called Cornell 7 would be charged with a...

Investors 'almost certainly' in midst of AI bubble: Ken Griffin

Oct 21, 2026

Investors 'almost certainly' in midst of AI bubble: Ken Griffin

Billionaire investor Ken Griffin said Tuesday that investors are dealing with an artificial intelligence bubble, as companies rack up debt to satisfy the demand for data centers and models. “There’s almost certainly bubbles within this moment in time. And any radical transformation of our economy is generally intertwined with a bubble,” Griffin, the founder of...

Warren warns of ‘enormous risk’ if Musk is ‘dictating our foreign policy’

Oct 21, 2026

Warren warns of ‘enormous risk’ if Musk is ‘dictating our foreign policy’

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said there needs to be an investigation of who ordered the limit on Ukraine’s access to the Starshield satellite-based internet network and warned there is an “enormous risk” if Elon Musk is “dictating our foreign policy” by deciding what tools Ukraine has on the battlefield. “We’d like to know exactly who...

Americans likely to associate tech CEOs, even fake ones, with GOP: Poll

Oct 20, 2026

Americans likely to associate tech CEOs, even fake ones, with GOP: Poll

Americans are more likely to assume the executives heading up the largest technology firms are Republican, marking a drastic shift in perception of what was once known as a liberal Silicon Valley, according to a new poll.  In a new poll published by Politico on Monday, American respondents were asked about eight current or former...

Trump bets existing laws can police AI. Will they be enough?

Oct 20, 2026

Trump bets existing laws can police AI. Will they be enough?

The Trump administration is taking the position that existing criminal and civil laws will be enough to hold artificial intelligence developers accountable in an age of unpredictable AI agents, even as legal experts question whether this will suffice. President Trump’s so-called Super Intelligence (SI) Force argues it can create standards for AI firms with laws...

Musk endorses Paxton in Texas Senate race

Oct 20, 2026

Musk endorses Paxton in Texas Senate race

Tech mogul Elon Musk has formally endorsed Republican Ken Paxton in the Texas Senate race after bankrolling his campaign for several weeks. The tech billionaire and one-time trillionaire has spent more than $150 million on Paxton’s candidacy as the lone donor to Texas PAC, a political action committee supporting Paxton. In a post to the...

Musk ordered Starlink slowdown in Ukraine: Wall Street Journal

Oct 20, 2026

Musk ordered Starlink slowdown in Ukraine: Wall Street Journal

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk ordered the slowdown of Starshield, the military version of Starlink internet, which Ukraine said hampered its ability to respond to Russian attacks, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing U.S. officials and people familiar with the matter. The disruption has impacted Ukraine’s drones, airplanes and helicopters, a source familiar with...

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