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May 8, 2026
ABC refuses to capitulate to Trump admin, fights FCC probe into The View
FCC chair hasn't been able to bully ABC and owner Disney into submission.
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May 8, 2026
Elon Musk faces criminal probe in France after ignoring summons in X case
France threatens criminal charges if Musk doesn't appear for questioning.
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May 6, 2026
Court strikes down FCC anti-discrimination rule opposed by Internet providers
Chairman Brendan Carr celebrates FCC court loss in case over Biden-era rule.
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May 6, 2026
Report: SpaceX IPO gives Musk unchecked power and forbids investor lawsuits
Anyone who buys into SpaceX IPO must waive right to sue the firm, report says.
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May 5, 2026
Character.AI sued over chatbot that claims to be a real doctor with a license
State says chatbot claimed to practice medicine, gave invalid license number.
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May 5, 2026
Trump SEC lets Musk settle $150 million Twitter lawsuit for $1.5 million
SEC alleged Musk's late disclosure cheated Twitter investors out of $150 million.
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May 4, 2026
GameStop offers $56 billion for eBay, struggles to explain how it'll pay for it
Amid falling revenue and store closures, GameStop wants to buy the much larger eBay.
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May 1, 2026
Senators ban themselves from prediction markets after candidates bet on own races
Senator decries "blatant, brazen corruption," wants to target Trump admin next.
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April 29, 2026
ABC can beat Trump FCC's license threat if owner Disney is willing to fight
Broadcast license renewals are "all but automatic" due to 1996 change in US law.
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April 28, 2026
FCC orders review of ABC licenses after Kimmel joke offends Trump and first lady
Kimmel joke calling Melania an "expectant widow" followed quickly by FCC order.
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April 24, 2026
FCC: Router ban includes portable hotspots, but not phones with hotspot features
FCC defines consumer routers expansively, updates FAQ to include Wi-Fi hotspots.
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April 24, 2026
Soldier won $410K in Polymarket bets on timing of Maduro capture, US alleges
It's like "Pete Rose betting on his own team," Trump says of arrested soldier.
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April 22, 2026
Lawsuit: Nintendo is getting tariff refunds—its customers should get them instead
Lawsuit demands Nintendo pass Trump tariff refunds on to its customers.
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April 21, 2026
Supreme Court arguments make it clear that FCC fines are "nonbinding"
FCC tells Supreme Court its fines are nonbinding unless a jury upholds penalty.
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April 20, 2026
US opens refund portal to start paying back Trump's illegal tariffs
Importers can now request refunds, two months after Trump's Supreme Court loss.
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April 17, 2026
Man with @ihackedthegovernment Instagram account tells judge, “I made a mistake"
Probation for man who used stolen logins and posted private info on social media.
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April 16, 2026
Ad firms settle with Trump FTC over claims they boycotted conservative media
FTC aims to stamp out brand-safety standards that hurt Breitbart and Musk's X.
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April 15, 2026
Jury finds Live Nation/Ticketmaster is illegal monopoly that overcharged fans
Trump administration dropped out of the trial, but 33 states kept fighting.
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April 15, 2026
FCC exempts Netgear from ban on foreign routers, doesn't explain why
Trump FCC starts handing out exemptions to its ban on foreign-made routers.
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April 14, 2026
Apple chooses Amazon satellites for iPhone, years after rejecting Starlink offer
Amazon announces $11.6B merger with Globalstar and satellite deal with Apple.
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April 13, 2026
IBM folds to Trump anti-DEI push, admits no misconduct but pays $17M penalty
IBM is first firm to pay penalty under Trump's "Civil Rights Fraud Initiative."
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April 10, 2026
Report: US demands Reddit unmask ICE critic, summons firm to grand jury
Trump admin reportedly gets grand jury involved in attempt to identify Redditor.
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April 9, 2026
Trump-appointed judges refuse to block Trump blacklisting of Anthropic AI tech
Appeals court denies Anthropic's emergency motion for a stay.
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April 8, 2026
LinkedIn scanning users' browser extensions sparks controversy and two lawsuits
LinkedIn says claims fabricated by extension maker suspended for scraping data.
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April 7, 2026
SCOTUS overturns 5th Circuit ruling that told ISP to kick pirates off Internet
Supreme Court's precedent-setting Cox ruling helps Grande beat music piracy claims.
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April 6, 2026
Sports bets on prediction markets ruled to be "swaps," exempt from state laws
Court rules US preempts states from applying gambling laws to prediction markets.
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April 3, 2026
Elon Musk insists banks working on SpaceX IPO must buy Grok subscriptions
Some banks "agreed to spend tens of millions on the chatbot," NYT reports.
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April 2, 2026
SpaceX tries to convince FCC that Amazon put satellites into wrong altitude
Amazon denies violation, says SpaceX caused conflict by lowering Starlink satellites.
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April 1, 2026
Trump defunding of NPR and PBS blocked by judge, but damage is already done
Judge invalidates Trump executive order, but Congress also cut off all funding.
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March 31, 2026
Starlink satellite breaks apart into "tens of objects"; SpaceX confirms "anomaly"
Satellite failure cause is unexplained after second "fragment creation event."
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