Gerrit De Vynck

16 hours ago | washingtonpost.com | Elizabeth Dwoskin |Gerrit De Vynck

Why these tech titans joined Trump in Saudi Arabia (washingtonpost.com) Why these tech titans joined Trump in Saudi Arabia By Elizabeth Dwoskin; Gerrit De Vynck 2025051402040500 In perhaps the largest single assemblage of America's tech leaders since they prominently graced the stage at President Donald Trump's inauguration, Silicon Valley's powerful decamped to the Saudi capital of Riyadh on Tuesday to join Trump and a coterie of top advisers to solicit investment from the oil-rich kingdom....

4 days ago | washingtonpost.com | Gerrit De Vynck

Google to pay $1.4 billion to settle Texas data privacy lawsuit (washingtonpost.com) Google to pay $1.4 billion to settle Texas data privacy lawsuit By Gerrit De Vynck 2025051000341000 SAN FRANCISCO — Google agreed to pay $1.4 billion to settle claims brought by the Texas attorney general that the tech giant allegedly broke the law by deceptively tracking user data including locations, biometrics and web searches.

5 days ago | washingtonpost.com | Gerrit De Vynck |Nitasha Tiku

AI execs used to beg for regulation. Not anymore. (washingtonpost.com) AI execs used to beg for regulation. Not anymore. By Gerrit De Vynck; Nitasha Tiku 2025050821384300 Sam Altman, CEO of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, warned at a Senate hearing Thursday that requiring government approval to release powerful artificial intelligence software would be "disastrous" for the United States' lead in the technology.

5 days ago | flipboard.com | Gerrit De Vynck |Nitasha Tiku

1 hour agoMicrosoft employees aren’t allowed to use DeepSeek due to data security and propaganda concerns, Microsoft vice chairman and president Brad Smith said in a Senate hearing today. “At Microsoft we don’t allow our employees to use the DeepSeek app,” Smith said, referring to DeepSeek’s application …

1 week ago | post-gazette.com | Gerrit De Vynck |Jimmy Cloutier

The U.S. Justice Department is doubling down on its attempt to break up Google by asking a federal judge to force the company to part with some of the technology powering the company's digital ad network. The proposed dismantling coincides with an ongoing federal effort to separate Google's Chrome browser from its dominant search engine.