Bo Hines, a White Home’s crypto adviser, introduced on Saturday that he shall be departing President Trump’s administration and going again to the non-public sector.  “Serving in President Trump’s administration and working alongside our brilliant AI & Crypto Czar @DavidSacks as Executive Director of the White House Crypto Council has been the honor of a lifetime,” Hines wrote in a publish on the social media platform X.  “Together, we have positioned America as the crypto capital of the...

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Friday urged Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to finish its new map function on Instagram. In a letter, first obtained by NBC Information, the bipartisan lawmakers argued that the brand new instrument, which shares Instagram customers’ final energetic location with followers, may endanger youngsters. “For years, we have sounded the alarm regarding real time location sharing on social media platforms — specifically...

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan stated Thursday he had “always operated within the highest legal and ethical standards” after President Trump demanded he resign, seemingly over Tan’s alleged ties to China. “We are engaging with the Administration to address the matters that have been raised and ensure they have the facts,” the Intel chief stated in a press release, including that he had the backing of the corporate’s board. “I fully share the President’s commitment to advancing U.S. national and...

A judicial department company tasked with supporting federal courts introduced Thursday the federal judiciary’s digital case submitting system has confronted escalating cyberattacks, prompting efforts to boost safety. The Administrative Workplace of the U.S. Courts, which manages the system, mentioned in a information launch a collection of “sophisticated and persistent” assaults have led to elevated efforts to strengthen protections for delicate case paperwork and block...

President Trump is ready to signal an govt order on Thursday to permit 401(okay) traders to entry cryptocurrencies, non-public fairness, actual property and different digital and various belongings. The order directs the Securities and Change Fee (SEC) to revise laws so as to facilitate entry to various belongings for participant-directed defined-contribution retirement financial savings plans, together with 401(okay)s. Trump, via the order, would direct Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer...

ChatGPT will inform 13-year-olds tips on how to get drunk and excessive, instruct them on tips on how to conceal consuming issues and even compose a heartbreaking suicide letter to their dad and mom if requested, in response to new analysis from a watchdog group. The Related Press reviewed greater than three hours of interactions between ChatGPT and researchers posing as weak teenagers. The chatbot sometimes offered warnings in opposition to dangerous exercise however went on to ship...

President Trump on Thursday referred to as for Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan to resign, arguing he’s “highly conflicted.”  “The CEO of INTEL is highly CONFLICTED and must resign, immediately,” he wrote on Fact Social. “There is no other solution to this problem. Thank you for your attention to this problem!”  Whereas he provided few particulars about his name for Tan to step apart, Trump’s put up comes after Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) wrote to the semiconductor agency on Tuesday about...

Katie Miller, the spouse of prime White Home aide Stephen Miller, is launching a podcast geared toward conservative ladies. Miller, who beforehand labored for tech billionaire Elon Musk and the Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE), advised Axios she would launch the “The Katie Miller Show,” that includes visitor interviews and commentary on present occasions and issues of politics. “For MAGA and President Trump’s legacy to grow long-term, we must talk to...

President Trump mentioned Wednesday his administration was planning to impose a 100% tariff on all semiconductor imports. “We’re going to be putting a very large tariff on chips and semiconductors,” Trump mentioned alongside Apple CEO Tim Prepare dinner. “But the good news, for companies like Apple, is if you’re building in the United States or have committed to build in the United States, there will be no charge,” Trump added. Trump has already imposed tariffs on cars, copper, metal...

Meta took down 6.8 million WhatsApp accounts tied to rip-off operations on Tuesday after victims reported monetary fraud schemes.  The corporate mentioned lots of the rip-off sources had been based mostly in Southeast Asia at prison rip-off facilities. “Based on our investigative insights into the latest enforcement efforts, we proactively detected and took down accounts before scam centers were able to operationalize them,” Meta mentioned in a Tuesday launch. “These scam centers...

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) on Tuesday pressed the chair of Intel’s board about its CEO’s ties to China, voicing considerations in regards to the integrity of the semiconductor agency and U.S. nationwide safety.  In a letter to Intel board Chair Frank Yeary, Cotton pointed to current reporting on Lip-Bu Tan’s investments in a whole lot of Chinese language tech companies, not less than eight of which have ties to the Chinese language army, in line with Reuters.  Tan was tapped to...

OpenAI mentioned Tuesday it would provide ChatGPT to federal companies for $1 a 12 months as a part of a brand new partnership with the Basic Providers Administration (GSA).  The announcement comes someday after the company added OpenAI’s synthetic intelligence (AI) mannequin to its authorities buying system, alongside Google’s Gemini and Anthropic’s Claude. “One of the best ways to make sure AI works for everyone is to put it in the hands of the people serving the country,” OpenAI CEO...

President Trump is ready to announce that Apple will make investments $100 billion in manufacturing in the USA in an effort to extend home manufacturing and keep away from tariffs, a White Home official informed The Hill. The president will make the announcement at 4:30 p.m. EDT within the Oval Workplace. The announcement consists of the launch of the American Manufacturing Program, which might be devoted to bringing extra of Apple’s provide chain to the U.S. and includes the tech big...

Two Chinese language nationals have been charged with illegally delivery to China tens of thousands and thousands of {dollars}’ price of delicate microchips utilized in synthetic intelligence (AI) purposes, the Division of Justice (DOJ) introduced Tuesday. Chuan Geng and Shiwei Yang are accused of “knowingly and willfully” exporting chips, together with Nvidia H100s, to China with out acquiring the required licensing from the Division of Commerce, from October 2022 to July 2025. The...

Transportation Secretary and interim NASA Administrator Sean Duffy outlined the house company’s fast-track plan to construct a nuclear reactor on the moon on Tuesday. “We’re in a race to the moon, in a race with China to the moon. And to have a base on the moon, we need energy. And some of the key locations on the moon, we’re going to get solar power, but this fission technology is critically important, and so we’ve spent hundreds of million [of] dollars studying,”...

Former X CEO Linda Yaccarino mentioned Tuesday she has taken on a brand new function main a digital well being platform, lower than a month after saying her departure from Elon Musk’s social media platform.  Yaccarino is becoming a member of eMed Inhabitants Well being, which gives assist for sufferers on GLP-1 drugs, as CEO.  “Our mission is revolutionizing how people receive safe, effective care for chronic condition management through GLP-1 therapies, while building the programs...