Italy fines Meta $887M for accessing users' photos without specific consent

The Hill - Nov 14, 2026

Italy announced Saturday it is handing Meta an $887 million fine for using photos and videos from Android users’ Facebook galleries without specific consent. Investigators found Facebook had enabled a “get suggestions from gallery when browsing” feature by default and requested access to users' personal photo library through a single permission notice, according to a...

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New York sued over 'warning label' law for social media applications

Nov 14, 2026

New York sued over 'warning label' law for social media applications

An internet trade group, representing 30 members including Google, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram, has sued the state of New York challenging its law that requires social media platforms ​to provide state-approved warning labels ‌for users. NetChoice's complaint said the state law violates the free-speech protections or First Amendment rights, Reuters reported. The law, that was signed...

Musk: 'Critical deals will be lost' at Nvidia without Huang

Nov 14, 2026

Musk: 'Critical deals will be lost' at Nvidia without Huang

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wrote on Saturday that Nvidia will lose “critical deals” after CEO Jensen Huang’s exit from the company following reports of his extramarital affairs, including one with an alleged Chinese spy. “Jensen drove supply chain brilliantly at Nvidia, but many of those deals were a handshake with Jensen, not a written contract,”...

Senate Democrats prepare to flex new oversight powers against Musk

Nov 14, 2026

Senate Democrats prepare to flex new oversight powers against Musk

Democrats have spent the first half of the second Trump presidency openly questioning how Elon Musk has wielded influence over the federal government. Soon, they will have the chance to ask him directly. Fresh off a sweeping victory in the midterm elections, Senate Democrats are keen to use their new majority to investigate Musk and...

AI company behind FAA's SMART tool denies link to ground stop, Duffy confirms

Nov 14, 2026

AI company behind FAA's SMART tool denies link to ground stop, Duffy confirms

Air Space Intelligence (ASI), the company behind a recently deployed Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) AI tool, denied any link to the nationwide ground stop issued Friday afternoon. “The current ground stop is not based on or a result of the SMART system, any product of ASI or our integration with FAA and ATC,” the company...

Duffy, Mullin call for $50B air travel 'overhaul' in fiery ground stop briefing

Nov 14, 2026

Duffy, Mullin call for $50B air travel 'overhaul' in fiery ground stop briefing

Trump administration officials reupped their calls for a multi-billion-dollar investment into updating the U.S.'s "incredibly old" air traffic control systems, calling out Congress for "[kicking] the can down the road" on improvements they argued could have prevented Friday night's nationwide ground stop. “What we have is an incredibly old air traffic control system,” Transportation Secretary...

Live updates: FAA lifts nationwide ground stoppage

Nov 13, 2026

Live updates: FAA lifts nationwide ground stoppage

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Uber reports US driver's license information stolen during data breach 

Nov 13, 2026

Uber reports US driver's license information stolen during data breach 

Uber disclosed this week an unauthorized third party improperly accessed the ride-hailing platform's data, according to a notice shared by the California attorney general’s office. In the notice, dated Nov. 10, the company said a service provider notified them of the incident a month prior. The platform then conducted an investigation, which found the unauthorized...

Trump 'gaslighting' over Huang controversy: Kara Swisher

Nov 13, 2026

Trump 'gaslighting' over Huang controversy: Kara Swisher

Left-leaning journalist Kara Swisher criticized President Trump’s response to former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s scandal involving an extramarital affair with a suspected Chinese spy, saying the president is downplaying the seriousness of the allegations. “He has to say nothing's going on here … because if there were, he's in real trouble,” Swisher told CNN’s Kaitlan...

Bessent: Treasury pushed to blacklist Megaspeed, but 'Commerce has the pen'

Nov 13, 2026

Bessent: Treasury pushed to blacklist Megaspeed, but 'Commerce has the pen'

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is pointing the finger at Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick over the Trump administration's failure to place Nvidia customer Megaspeed on a U.S. trade blacklist for national security concerns. When pressed Friday over who was behind the decision, Bessent told CNBC, "Treasury, War, USTR [U.S. Trade Representative] and State … were in...

White House sends CFTC, SEC nominations to Senate

Nov 13, 2026

White House sends CFTC, SEC nominations to Senate

President Trump on Thursday nominated two officials each to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Trump nominated Democrat Kristin Johnson and Republican Steven Levine to the SEC, with their respective terms set to expire in 2029 and 2030. Johnson previously served as a commissioner at the CFTC, after...

Lutnick agrees to testify before Congress amid bipartisan concerns

Nov 13, 2026

Lutnick agrees to testify before Congress amid bipartisan concerns

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has agreed to testify before Congress amid bipartisan concerns about the Nvidia spy scandal and the agency's enforcement of chip export controls. Lutnick has "proactively agreed to appear voluntarily" before the Senate Banking Committee, spokesperson Kristen Eichamer said in a statement. Senate Banking Chair Tim Scott (R-S.C.) sent letters to both...

Microsoft 'seeing encouraging recovery progress' in global Outlook, Teams outage

Nov 13, 2026

Microsoft 'seeing encouraging recovery progress' in global Outlook, Teams outage

Microsoft is still working to restore access to its services after a massive global outage impacted dozens of its services on Thursday. The company said early Friday that it is “seeing encouraging recovery progress,” according to a statement shared on social media.  “Some users may still experience intermittent issues as recovery actions continue,” it reads....

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