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Epstein Paid Reputation Firms To Bury Coverage Of Child Sex Offences
- Saturday February 14, 2026
- World News | Olivia Solon, Bloomberg
Jeffrey Epstein tapped online reputation management firms to bury negative coverage of his 2008 sex offense conviction and flood the internet with favorable content in a years-long effort to rehabilitate his public image.
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www.ndtv.com
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AI Chatbots Will Be Banned for Teenagers With Mandatory Age Verification, Says Proposed US Law
- Wednesday October 29, 2025
- Written by Akash Dutta, Edited by Ketan Pratap
A new bipartisan bill in the US, called the GUARD Act, seeks to ban AI chatbots for users under 18. It mandates strict age verification and introduces penalties for AI firms whose bots generate sexual or violent content. If passed, it could make popular tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude inaccessible to teenagers.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Satellite Startup Spacecoin Sends Data Through Space In Bid To Rival Starlink
- Wednesday October 1, 2025
- Science | Reuters
US startup Spacecoin said it had successfully sent secured information through space in what it said was a first for the industry as the firm tries to show it can offer an alternative to Starlink's satellite internet service.
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www.ndtv.com
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Are AI Chatbots Safe for Your Kids? FTC Launches Probe Into OpenAI, Google, Meta, and Others
- Friday September 12, 2025
- Written by Akash Dutta, Edited by Ketan Pratap
Google, OpenAI, Meta, and several other artificial intelligence (AI) companies are now facing an inquiry over how they handle safety and mitigate risks associated with their chatbots. The order was passed by the US Federal Trade Commission, primarily to understand the potentially negative impacts of this technology on children and teens.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Grok for Government Announced as Elon Musk’s xAI Wins $200 Million US Defense Department Contract
- Tuesday July 15, 2025
- Written by Akash Dutta, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
Grok for Government, a new initiative by Elon Musk-owned xAI, was announced on Monday. The initiative will build “frontier artificial intelligence (AI) products” for the US government agencies and create agentic workflows for them. The AI firm also won a contract with a ceiling of $200 million (roughly Rs. 1,716 crores) from the US Department o...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Google’s Plan to Buy Security Firm Wiz Gets Antitrust Review
- Monday June 16, 2025
- Josh Sisco, Bloomberg News
The Justice Department's antitrust officials are examining whether Google's proposed $32 billion (roughly Rs. 2,75,441 crore) purchase of cybersecurity firm Wiz could unlawfully restrict market competition. The review, which is in its early stages, could last months more. It will ultimately determine whether US officials let the deal proceed.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Musk-Trump Breakup Puts $22 Billion of SpaceX Contracts at Risk, Jolting US Space Program
- Friday June 6, 2025
- Reuters
About $22 billion (roughly Rs. 1,88,626 crore) of SpaceX's government contracts are at risk amid the ongoing feud between Donald Trump and Elon Musk. The disagreement, rooted in Musk's criticism of Trump's tax-cut and spending legislation that began last week, quickly spiraled out of control.
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www.gadgets360.com
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US FTC Backs DOJ Proposal in Google Search Antitrust Case
- Saturday May 10, 2025
- Reuters
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) stated on Friday that the Department of Justice's (DOJ) proposal requiring Alphabet's Google to share search data with competitors includes sufficient safeguards to protect user privacy. This assessment comes as the DOJ pursues measures to boost competition, following a ruling in August that Google holds an ill...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Google to Appeal Against Part of US Court's Decision in Monopoly Case
- Friday April 18, 2025
- Reuters
Alphabet's Google plans to appeal against the "adverse" portion of the court decision in DoJ's monopoly case. On Thursday U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema found Google liable for "willfully acquiring and maintaining monopoly power" in markets for publisher ad servers and ad exchanges.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Epstein Paid Reputation Firms To Bury Coverage Of Child Sex Offences
- Saturday February 14, 2026
- World News | Olivia Solon, Bloomberg
Jeffrey Epstein tapped online reputation management firms to bury negative coverage of his 2008 sex offense conviction and flood the internet with favorable content in a years-long effort to rehabilitate his public image.
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www.ndtv.com
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AI Chatbots Will Be Banned for Teenagers With Mandatory Age Verification, Says Proposed US Law
- Wednesday October 29, 2025
- Written by Akash Dutta, Edited by Ketan Pratap
A new bipartisan bill in the US, called the GUARD Act, seeks to ban AI chatbots for users under 18. It mandates strict age verification and introduces penalties for AI firms whose bots generate sexual or violent content. If passed, it could make popular tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude inaccessible to teenagers.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Satellite Startup Spacecoin Sends Data Through Space In Bid To Rival Starlink
- Wednesday October 1, 2025
- Science | Reuters
US startup Spacecoin said it had successfully sent secured information through space in what it said was a first for the industry as the firm tries to show it can offer an alternative to Starlink's satellite internet service.
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www.ndtv.com
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Are AI Chatbots Safe for Your Kids? FTC Launches Probe Into OpenAI, Google, Meta, and Others
- Friday September 12, 2025
- Written by Akash Dutta, Edited by Ketan Pratap
Google, OpenAI, Meta, and several other artificial intelligence (AI) companies are now facing an inquiry over how they handle safety and mitigate risks associated with their chatbots. The order was passed by the US Federal Trade Commission, primarily to understand the potentially negative impacts of this technology on children and teens.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Grok for Government Announced as Elon Musk’s xAI Wins $200 Million US Defense Department Contract
- Tuesday July 15, 2025
- Written by Akash Dutta, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
Grok for Government, a new initiative by Elon Musk-owned xAI, was announced on Monday. The initiative will build “frontier artificial intelligence (AI) products” for the US government agencies and create agentic workflows for them. The AI firm also won a contract with a ceiling of $200 million (roughly Rs. 1,716 crores) from the US Department o...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Google’s Plan to Buy Security Firm Wiz Gets Antitrust Review
- Monday June 16, 2025
- Josh Sisco, Bloomberg News
The Justice Department's antitrust officials are examining whether Google's proposed $32 billion (roughly Rs. 2,75,441 crore) purchase of cybersecurity firm Wiz could unlawfully restrict market competition. The review, which is in its early stages, could last months more. It will ultimately determine whether US officials let the deal proceed.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Musk-Trump Breakup Puts $22 Billion of SpaceX Contracts at Risk, Jolting US Space Program
- Friday June 6, 2025
- Reuters
About $22 billion (roughly Rs. 1,88,626 crore) of SpaceX's government contracts are at risk amid the ongoing feud between Donald Trump and Elon Musk. The disagreement, rooted in Musk's criticism of Trump's tax-cut and spending legislation that began last week, quickly spiraled out of control.
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www.gadgets360.com
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US FTC Backs DOJ Proposal in Google Search Antitrust Case
- Saturday May 10, 2025
- Reuters
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) stated on Friday that the Department of Justice's (DOJ) proposal requiring Alphabet's Google to share search data with competitors includes sufficient safeguards to protect user privacy. This assessment comes as the DOJ pursues measures to boost competition, following a ruling in August that Google holds an ill...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Google to Appeal Against Part of US Court's Decision in Monopoly Case
- Friday April 18, 2025
- Reuters
Alphabet's Google plans to appeal against the "adverse" portion of the court decision in DoJ's monopoly case. On Thursday U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema found Google liable for "willfully acquiring and maintaining monopoly power" in markets for publisher ad servers and ad exchanges.
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www.gadgets360.com