A utility promised to stop burning coal. Then Google and Meta came to town.
Google and Meta targeted Omaha as a digital frontier. But their plans to push the energy transition forward there are not working out. A coal plant is filling the void.
By Evan Halper
White House forms emergency team to deal with China espionage hack
The serious breach of telecommunications companies has now affected “about 10 or 12” firms, two people familiar with the investigation said.
By Ellen Nakashima
TikTok knew depth of app’s risks to children, court document alleges
Internal communications of app employees were revealed in a version of a state lawsuit where redacted portions were visible.
By Cristiano Lima-Strong, Drew Harwell and Julian Mark
The fight over Lina Khan’s future at the FTC is heating up
The Washington Post’s essential guide to tech policy news.
By Cristiano Lima-Strong
Biden’s Big Tech antitrust cases march ahead
Here’s where the FTC and Justice Department lawsuits against Google, Amazon, Meta and Apple stand now.
By Will Oremus and Eva Dou
AI disclaimers in political ads backfire on candidates, study finds
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By Cristiano Lima-Strong
Officials face antisemitic attacks over Hurricane Helene response
Report finds Elon Musk’s platform is fueling falsehoods and conspiracy theories that risk undermining rescue efforts — and preparations for Hurricane Milton.
By Will Oremus and Maxine Joselow
China hacked major U.S. telecom firms in apparent counterspy operation
AT&T, Verizon and Lumen are among the companies breached by Chinese hackers in a sophisticated intrusion by the group dubbed Salt Typhoon, officials say.
By Ellen Nakashima
Why conservatives get suspended more than liberals on social media
It doesn’t mean content moderation is biased, a new study finds.
By Will Oremus
Three Mile Island owner seeks taxpayer backing for Microsoft AI deal
The Department of Energy is weighing a $1.6 billion loan guarantee for a plan to reopen the Three Mile Island nuclear plant with Microsoft as its sole customer.
By Evan Halper and Lisa Rein
Why Threads is opening up to other social networks
Meta is dipping its toes into an idealistic vision for social media, known as the “fediverse.”
By Will Oremus
All the major tech bills California’s governor signed and vetoed
The Washington Post’s essential guide to tech policy news.
By Cristiano Lima-Strong
Epic Games says Google found a new way to violate antitrust law
The company behind the Fortnite video games won an antitrust lawsuit against Google last year. Now Epic Games is suing again.
By Shira Ovide
France plans for a very different kind of AI summit
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By Cat Zakrzewski
Hollywood A-listers are joining the fight over a California AI bill
Pressure is mounting as the deadline approaches for Gov. Newsom to sign or veto the pivotal legislation.
By Gerrit De Vynck, Cat Zakrzewski and Will Oremus
Congress grills CrowdStrike about multibillion-dollar July outage
CrowdStrike senior vice president Adam Meyers apologized for the disaster, laying out the technical missteps that allowed a faulty configuration update to balloon into a “Blue Screen of Death” on more than 8 million Windows devices running CrowdStrike’s antivirus sensors.
By Joseph Menn
More states are passing privacy laws. Few tackle civil rights.
The Washington Post’s essential guide to tech policy news.
By Cristiano Lima-Strong
House panel advances child safety bills but roadblocks pile up
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By Cristiano Lima-Strong
U.S. and allies seize control of massive Chinese tech spying network
FBI Director hails successful action but calls it “just one round in a much longer fight.”
By Joseph Menn and Ellen NakashimaZuckerberg shrinks from politics as Musk goes all-in for Trump
The two social media executives are following very different political playbooks.
By Will Oremus and Cristiano Lima-Strong