Julia Shapero

1 week ago | thehill.com | Julia Shapero |Miranda Nazzaro

The fight over a key internet protection for children is ramping up in Washington, where Big Tech companies are pinning the responsibility on each other as lawmakers push for stricter requirements. After months of action in the states, age verification legislation made its way to Congress last week, when Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Rep. John James (R-Mich.) introduced a bill that would put the onus on app stores run by Apple and Google to verify all users’ ages.

1 week ago | thehill.com | Miranda Nazzaro |Julia Shapero

Elon Musk’s first 100 days in the White House were filled with twists and turns as the world’s richest person became one of the most influential and contentious figures in Washington in a matter of weeks. The tech billionaire wasted no time jumping into the political fray upon President Trump’s return to the White House, moving at breakneck speed to carry out the president’s government cost-cutting initiative, dubbed the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

1 week ago | wate.com | Julia Shapero

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1 week ago | thehill.com | Julia Shapero |Miranda Nazzaro

The tech billionaire told a small group of reporters in a briefing that he spent almost seven days a week at the White House — where he occasionally slept in the Lincoln Bedroom — in the early days of the Trump administration. “It’s just been a very intense 100 days, where at times I was here full-time. So, at the beginning, I was here in D.C. seven days a week for some of the weeks in the beginning, or close to seven days a week,” Musk said.

1 week ago | thehill.com | Julia Shapero

Trump Media and Technology Group, Truth Social’s parent company, announced Thursday that it has moved its incorporation to Florida, becoming the latest firm to leave the popular corporate home of Delaware. The move was approved by Trump Media’s shareholders at its annual meeting Wednesday, according to a press release. “We’re thrilled to reincorporate our Company in Florida,” Trump Media CEO and Chair Devin Nunes said in a statement.