Google Ads: “A judge queried lawyers about whether a breakup made sense during closing arguments on how to fix the tech giant’s dominance in online advertising” (NYT). #tech #smle2026 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/t...

“Critics from both political parties — as well as civil liberties and consumer rights groups — worry that banning state regulation would amount to a favor for big #AI companies who enjoy little to no oversight” (AP). #tech #smle2026 apnews.com/article/trum...

“In a tacit admission that U.S. food production requires foreign labor, the Trump administration is making it easier for farmers to employ guest workers from other countries” (NE Examiner). nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/11/21/r...

“France’s government is taking action against billionaire Elon Musk ‘s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok after it generated French-language posts that questioned the use of gas chambers at Auschwitz, officials said” (AP). #smle2026 #smprofs apnews.com/article/fran...

Bluesky trails most major social media sites (Pew). #data #smprofs #smle2026 #smc2027 www.pewresearch.org/internet/202...

Meta “…began sending thousands of young Australians a two-week warning to downland their digital histories and delete their accounts from Facebook, Instagram and Threads before a world-first social media ban on accounts of children younger than 16…” (AP). #smle2026 apnews.com/article/meta...

“Meta has prevailed over an existential challenge to its business that could have forced the tech giant to spin off Instagram and WhatsApp after a judge ruled that the company does not hold a monopoly in social networking” (AP). #smprofs #law #smle2026 #smc2027 apnews.com/article/meta...

“Internet infrastructure provider Cloudflare says it is deploying a fix for an issue that caused global outages for ChatGPT, social media platform X, transit infrastructure and other prominent internet services” (AP). #AI #tech apnews.com/article/clou...

“Called Project Prometheus, the company is focusing on artificial intelligence for the engineering and manufacturing of computers, automobiles and spacecraft” (NYT). #AI #tech www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/t...

“Wearing an orange whistle around his neck, the activist broadcasts his plans on Facebook” (AP). #smle2026 apnews.com/article/chic...

“New court cases seek to define content created by artificial intelligence as defamatory — a novel concept that has captivated some legal experts” ( @nytimes ). #defamation #law #smle2026 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/b...

“European Union regulators said Thursday they’re investigating whether Google is unfairly demoting some content from media publishers in search results under a policy the company says is aimed at combating scammers” (AP). #tech #smle2026 apnews.com/article/goog...

“Contributing to this mounting pile of debt are projects led by OpenAI. Even though the company is pulling in billions of dollars in annual revenue, its chief executive, Sam Altman, has said it will not be profitable until 2029” (NYT). #AI #tech #debt www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/t...

“Armed men in Mali killed a TikTok influencer who had posted videos in support of the West African nation’s military, authorities said Monday” (AP). apnews.com/article/mali...

“The ruling Communist Party has made global leadership in advanced technologies a top priority, paying massive government subsidies to support research and development of areas such as artificial intelligence, semiconductors and robotics” (AP). #AI #tech apnews.com/article/chin...

“Faculty at some Florida public universities argue the new policy is less about transparency for students and more about chilling academic freedom” (InsideHigherEd). #education #highered www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

“OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide and harmful delusions even when they had no prior mental health issues” (AP). #AI #tech #smle2026 #smprofs #prprofs apnews.com/article/open...

“Also playing a role is explosive demand from data centers, bitcoin miners and a drive to revive domestic manufacturing, as well as rising natural gas prices, analysts say” (AP). #AI #tech #power apnews.com/article/2026...

“Denmark’s government …announced an agreement to ban access to social media for anyone under 15, ratcheting up pressure on Big Tech platforms as concerns grow that kids are getting too swept up in a digitized world of harmful content and commercial interests” (AP). apnews.com/article/denm...

Warren #Buffett warns that fake #AI videos of him are spreading like viruses. (CNBC) #tech #brk #smle2026 youtu.be/1TYuuPGUHks?...

“…Chan and her husband Mark Zuckerberg have focused part of their philanthropy on a lofty goal — ‘to cure, prevent or manage all disease’ — …they also funded underprivileged schools, immigration reform and efforts around diversity, equity and inclusion” (AP). #tech apnews.com/article/chan...

“The Motion Picture Association is asking Meta to stop referring to content shown to teen accounts on Instagram as ‘guided by PG-13 ratings,’ saying it is misleading and could erode trust in its movie ratings system” (AP). #tech #smle2026 apnews.com/article/meta...

“The hands-free experience is meant to turn Google Maps into something more like an insightful passenger able to direct a driver to a destination while also providing nearby recommendations on places to eat, shop or sightsee, when asked for the advice” ( @AP ). #AI apnews.com/article/goog...

“Australia has added message board Reddit and livestreaming service Kick to its list of social media platforms that must ban children younger than 16 from holding accounts” (AP). #law #smle2026 apnews.com/article/aust...

“A UPS cargo plane crashed and exploded in a massive fireball Tuesday while taking off from the company’s global aviation hub in Louisville, Kentucky, killing at least four people and injuring 11, authorities said” (AP). apnews.com/article/kent...

“Artificial intelligence company Stability AI mostly prevailed against Getty Images Tuesday in a British court battle over intellectual property” (AP). #AI #tech #law #smle2026 apnews.com/article/gett...

“Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at age 84” (AP. apnews.com/article/dick...

“Microsoft said Monday it will be shipping Nvidia’s most advanced artificial intelligence chips to the United Arab Emirates as part of a deal approved by the U.S. Commerce Department” (AP). #AI #tech apnews.com/article/micr...

“Many of the deals OpenAI has struck — with chipmakers, cloud computing companies and others — are strangely circular” (NYT). #AI #tech www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

“President Donald Trump’s meeting Thursday with China’s top leader Xi Jinping produced a raft of decisions to help dial back trade tensions, but no agreement on TikTok’s ownership” (AP). #smle2026 apnews.com/article/chin...

“The profits of Warren Buffett’s company improved 17% thanks to a relatively mild hurricane season and more paper investment gains … as Berkshire Hathaway continues to prepare for the legendary 95-year-old investor to relinquish the CEO title in January” (AP). #brk apnews.com/article/berk...

“YouTube TV viewers can no longer see Disney channels including ABC and ESPN after the two sides failed to agree on a new content distribution deal” (AP). #smprofs #media #smle2026 apnews.com/article/disn...

“As teachers, accountants and marketing professionals begin engaging with #AI chatbots and assistants to generate ideas and improve productivity, they’re also discovering the programs can make mistakes” (AP). #tech #smle2026 #smprofs #prprofs apnews.com/article/arti...

“… Udio immediately stopped allowing people to download songs they’ve created, which sparked a backlash and apparent exodus among paying users”(AP) #smle2026 apnews.com/article/udio...

“President Donald Trump’s meeting Thursday with China’s top leader Xi Jinping produced a raft of decisions to help dial back trade tensions, but no agreement on TikTok’s ownership” (AP). #smle2026 #smprofs apnews.com/article/chin...

“OpenAI said Tuesday it has reorganized its ownership structure and converted its business into a public benefit corporation after two crucial regulators, the Delaware and California attorneys general, said they would not oppose the plan” (AP). #smle2026 #smprofs apnews.com/article/open...

“The kingdom is pouring money into data centers and working with U.S. and Chinese tech giants, landing its A.I. ambitions in the middle of a geopolitical tussle for tech power” (NYT). www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/t...

“Hurricane #Melissa was set to pummel Jamaica on Tuesday as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, the strongest to lash the island since recordkeeping began 174 years ago” (AP). apnews.com/article/hurr...

“45% of all AI answers had at least one significant issue” (BBC). #AI #research #smle2026 www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...

#Melissa strengthens to a Category 5 #hurricane — “Some areas in eastern Jamaica could see up to 40 inches (1 meter) of rain while western Haiti could get 16 inches (40 centimeters), according to the hurricane center” (AP). apnews.com/article/hurr...

“Guards that people have up when talking with other people — be reasonable, civil, careful — are often missing” (AP). #text #smle2026 apnews.com/article/text...

“President Trump is embarking on a six-day diplomatic tour of Asia, testing his role as a statesman and negotiator as he pursues a trade deal with Beijing” (NYT). www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...

“Trump’s tax cuts law gave the White House a vast new allotment of federal funding for its priority projects, separate from the regular appropriations process in Congress” (AP). apnews.com/article/trum...

“The European Union on Friday said Meta and TitTok had breached their transparency obligations after an investigation that could result in billions of dollars in fines” ( @AP ). #smle2026 #smc2027 #smprofs apnews.com/article/eu-d...

Reddit sues AI company Perplexity: “But the lawsuit filed Wednesday is different in the way that it confronts not just an AI company but the lesser-known services the AI industry relies on to acquire online writings needed to train AI chatbots” (AP). #tech #smle2026 apnews.com/article/redd...

“Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier have been arrested in connection with a federal investigation into sports betting and illegal gambling, people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Thursday” (AP). apnews.com/article/miam...

“OpenAI introduced its own web browser, Atlas, on Tuesday, putting the ChatGPT maker in direct competition with Google as more internet users rely on artificial intelligence to answer their questions” (AP). #AI #tech apnews.com/article/open...

“Amazon is the leading provider of cloud infrastructure and platform services, constituting over 41% of the market, according to market research group Gartner. Google and Microsoft are the next biggest competitors” (AP). #tech apnews.com/article/amaz...

“On DownDetector, a website that tracks online outages, users reported issues with Snapchat, Roblox, Fortnite, online broker Robinhood, the McDonald’s app and many other services” (AP). #tech apnews.com/article/amaz...

“Marc Benioff, the chief executive of Salesforce, said he no longer believed that National Guard troops were needed in the city” (NYT). www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...