Twitter’s former Trust & Safety head details the challenges facing decentralized social platforms

Yoel Roth shares concerns about the open social web's ability to combat misinformation, spam, and other illegal content.

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Your public ChatGPT queries are getting indexed by Google and other search engines

Search engines are indexing links to ChatGPT conversations that have been made sharable with a link.

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Google proposes to open Play Store to more real-money games in India

The developers are also required to submit proof that an authoritative third-party body has declared the app to be a "game of skill," the company proposed.

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Trump's Qatari Airplane Bribe Faces Federal Lawsuit

With preparations to refit a Qatari jet to be used as Air Force One "underway," a press freedom group sued the U.S. Department of Justice in federal court on Monday for failing to release the DOJ memorandum about the legality of President Donald Trump accepting the $400 million "flying palace."

The Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF), represented by nonpartisan watchdog American Oversight, filed the lawsuit seeking the memo, which was reportedly approved by the Office of Legal Counsel and signed by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, who previously lobbied on behalf of the Qatari government.

FPF had submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for the memo on May 15, and the DOJ told the group that fulfilling it would take over 600 days.

"How many flights could Trump have taken on his new plane in the same amount of time it would have taken the DOJ to release this one document?"

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Big Tech to work with Trump administration to build digital health ecosystem

The efforts will focus on two areas: creating a framework for patients and providers to easily share information, and creating more personal tools so patients can access resources needed to stay informed about their health.

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Luma and Runway expect robotics to eventually be a big revenue driver for them

Both Luma and Runway have reportedly held conversations with self-driving car and robotics companies as they look toward the future.

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Anthropic reportedly nears $170B valuation with potential $5B round

The new round is being led by Iconiq Capital, with the possibility of a co-lead investor joining.

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