• Neowin

    Microsoft has launched a new spy AI service for US intelligence organizations

    Microsoft has revealed it has launched a new generative AI service specifically made for being used by US intelligence groups. This unnamed service is not connected to the internet.

    • Neowin

    TikTok has filed a lawsuit against the US goverment to fight its possible ban in the country

    As expected, TikTok has filed a lawsuit against the US government, stating that its recently passed law that could lead to a ban of the social networking app is “unconstitutional.”

  • US Police Banned by Microsoft from Using Azure's AI Facial Recognition Technology

    Microsoft says US Police Departments cannot use Azure's AI-powered facial recognition technology.

  • Microsoft bans US police departments from using enterprise AI tool for facial recognition

    Microsoft has reaffirmed its ban on U.S. police departments from using generative AI for facial recognition through Azure OpenAI Service, the company’s fully managed, enterprise-focused wrapper around OpenAI tech. Language added Wednesday to the terms of service for Azure OpenAI Service more obviously prohibits integrations with Azure OpenAI Service from being used “by or for” […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

  • TikTok could be banned in Europe as well as the US

    Hugely popular video app TikTok could be banned in Europe as well as the US, according to remarks made by the president of the European Commission. TikTok is also under two separate EU investigations, and President Biden last week signed a bill which would see the app banned in the US within nine months unless it is sold to an American company more

  • TikTok’s US ban explained

    You’ve probably heard word of the United States’ pending TikTok ban, but why is it happening and how did we get here?  According to data published by Business of Apps, TikTok was the second most downloaded app of 2023 with 654 million downloads globally. This marks the first year that TikTok has dropped below Instagram in the rankings in three years.  This might not be the case for much longer as US President Biden signed off on a bill that effectively bans TikTok in the States unless...

  • TikTok Sues US Government Over Potential Ban

    TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, have taken legal action against the U.S. government following Congress and President Biden’s enactment of a recent law. This law mandates TikTok to sell its operations within nine months or face expulsion from U.S. app stores. TikTok argues that this legislation infringes upon its constitutional rights, particularly the First […] The post TikTok Sues US Government Over Potential Ban first appeared on The Source.

    • KLFY

    TikTok sues to block potential US ban

    TikTok sued to block the law that would force the application to be divested from its Chinese-based parent company ByteDance or be banned from the U.S.

  • TikTok sues to block potential US ban

    TikTok sued to block the law that would force the application to be divested from its Chinese-based parent company ByteDance or be banned from the U.S.

  • Why TikTok Will Likely Be Banned — And Not Sold — In The US

    The United States is giving ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, a stark choice — divest the popular video app

    • Yahoo

    Harris calls Florida's new 6-week abortion ban 'the new reality under a Trump abortion ban'

    Vice President Kamala Harris spoke in Florida, where a six-week abortion ban took effect on Wednesday. Delivering her remarks in Jacksonville, Harris blamed former President Donald Trump for the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022 and said the state’s new, more restrictive law is “the new reality under a Trump abortion ban.”

  • TikTok sues US government over forced sale or ban

    TikTok has sued the U.S. government over a new law that would force the company to sell the popular social media app or be blocked in the U.S. TikTok’s lawyers have stressed in their complaint that the U.S. government’s bill constitutes excessive interference with free speech rights and a clear violation of the First Amendment. […]