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MapQuest tops Apple, Google Maps in downloads after refusing Trump's 'Lake America' change

The Hill - Sep 1, 2026

MapQuest has surged in popularity on the app charts after the mapping service said it would not rename Lake Ontario to "Lake America" after President Trump signed an executive order changing its name. The company said its mobile app received hundreds of thousands of downloads after it announced Thursday that the name Lake Ontario would...

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OpenAI users in Russia, Iran used models to push political agenda online, in media

Oct 8, 2026

OpenAI users in Russia, Iran used models to push political agenda online, in media

OpenAI banned several accounts associated with two propaganda operations based in Iran and Russia, respectively, it confirmed Thursday — the latter of which the tech company said had the greatest reach it has recorded since it began reporting on and disrupting such schemes. The influence operations used OpenAI models alongside "more traditional techniques and technologies...

Lawmakers concerned over Google's plan to acquire AI models from Spirit Airlines data

Oct 8, 2026

Lawmakers concerned over Google's plan to acquire AI models from Spirit Airlines data

A bipartisan group of dozens of lawmakers led by Rep. Steven Horsford (D-Nev.) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is concerned over Google’s plan to acquire Spirit Airlines data to train its AI models. A letter from the group, sent to Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Spirit CEO Dave Davis, took issue with a proposed $10...

Trump's rekindled alliance with Elon Musk on display at medal ceremony

Oct 8, 2026

Trump's rekindled alliance with Elon Musk on display at medal ceremony

President Trump heaped praise on Elon Musk on Thursday as he awarded the tech leader with the National Medal of Science, just a little more than a year after the high-profile relationship between the pair turned into an explosive public feud. Trump presented the SpaceX and Tesla CEO with the nation’s highest form of recognition...

Watch live: Trump to honor Elon Musk, tech leaders at science summit

Oct 8, 2026

Watch live: Trump to honor Elon Musk, tech leaders at science summit

President Trump is set to recognize some of the biggest names in technology Thursday at the Science: A New Golden Age summit in Washington. Trump will award the National Medal of Science to Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and AMD CEO Lisa Su. Microsoft CEO Satya...

Vance says foreign workers at Microsoft will no longer be able to apply for permanent status

Oct 8, 2026

Vance says foreign workers at Microsoft will no longer be able to apply for permanent status

Vice President Vance said Thursday that foreign workers at Microsoft will no longer be able to apply for permanent resident status in the U.S. through an employer-based program, after he accused the company of abusing the process. The tech giant has been suspended from the permanent labor certification program, referred to as PERM, which allows...

NFL urges Supreme Court to take up prediction market dispute

Oct 8, 2026

NFL urges Supreme Court to take up prediction market dispute

The NFL urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to take up a case over who has the authority to regulate prediction markets, arguing that wagers on the platforms should fall under state gambling laws. The league filed an amicus brief as part of a dispute between Kalshi and the state of New Jersey, which has...

Support for businesses taking public stances on issues drops: Gallup

Oct 8, 2026

Support for businesses taking public stances on issues drops: Gallup

Americans’ support for businesses taking public stances has dipped, according to a new poll, as many companies have curried favor with President Trump during his second term.  Forty-seven percent of 3,270 respondents to a Gallup survey said businesses should take a stance on current events, down from 51 percent in 2025 but up from 38...

Majority of states urge Supreme Court to consider prediction market regulation 

Oct 8, 2026

Majority of states urge Supreme Court to consider prediction market regulation 

A bipartisan group of states is backing New Jersey’s request for the Supreme Court to declare that states can regulate prediction markets, warning that lower judges are “hopelessly confused and divided.”  Last month, New Jersey petitioned the justices to decide the issue that has been bubbling up in the lower courts. The justices turn away...

Trump to award National Medal of Science to Elon Musk

Oct 8, 2026

Trump to award National Medal of Science to Elon Musk

President Trump will award the National Medal of Science to Elon Musk and other prominent tech executives Thursday, a White House official confirmed to The Hill’s broadcast partner, NewsNation.  Musk, the head of SpaceX and Tesla, will receive this high honor at the White House’s “Science: A New Golden Age” summit. Three other tech leaders...

Cantwell unveils new AI framework

Oct 7, 2026

Cantwell unveils new AI framework

Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), the top Democrat on the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, unveiled a framework Wednesday for regulating artificial intelligence amid growing pressure on lawmakers to address the technology's risks. Cantwell laid out a set of principles for how Congress and the executive branch should approach AI, arguing that to "manage risks...

IMF chief urges countries to do more to curb debt and regulate AI

Oct 7, 2026

IMF chief urges countries to do more to curb debt and regulate AI

Countries both rich and poor must take faster action to cut debt and counter growing inequality as their economies weather a triple whammy from the artificial intelligence boom, heavy borrowing and shocks from wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, the head of the IMF said Wednesday. “Some very tough political choices stare us in...

Most say Trump, Congress not taking AI risk seriously: Survey

Oct 7, 2026

Most say Trump, Congress not taking AI risk seriously: Survey

Most U.S. voters want more safeguards on artificial intelligence and think the federal government has fallen short in confronting the powerful technology’s risks, according to a new poll. In a Reuters/Ipsos survey released Wednesday, 57 percent of respondents said they believe the Trump administration is not taking the risks posed by AI seriously enough, while...

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