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Google returned to federal court to navigate a vital shift towards artificial intelligence (AI) that could undermine its power, while dodging the US Department of Justice’s attempt to defeat the Internet empire. The legal and technical threats facing Google on Friday were one of the key issues being analyzed during discussions on the closing of legal proceedings determining changes imposed on the company as the dominant search engine declared illegal monopoly by US District Judge Amit Mehta last year. Justice Department lawyers are trying to convince Mehta to order a radical shakeup that includes a ban for Google to lock…

The Department of Energy announced today it would pull back $3.7 billion worth of awards held under the Biden administration for clean energy and manufacturing. Large companies and growing startups have been caught up in the decision. Energy secretary Chris Wright said the move was “due diligence” on the part of the Trump administration. His statement did not cite any specific reasons for the project being cancelled, but pointed to a memorandum issued on May 15th. In total, 24 projects will be affected by the move, including projects developed by oil and gas giant ExxonMobil, food manufacturer Kraft Heinz, industrial…

Israel is expanding its occupied West Bank illegal settlements while its war on Gaza.Israel says it plans to build 22 new illegal settlements on the occupied West Bank. Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich says the settlement is intended to prevent the creation of a Palestinian state. Meanwhile, Israeli forces continue their attacks, destroying houses, roads and facilities such as waterways and hospitals, leaving essentially occupied areas on the West Bank unmanned. And according to the United Nations, the UN has seen the highest violence by settlers against civilians, including crop destruction and uprooted trees. Europe opposed the move to build…

The ruling means that people in Venezuela, Cuba, Haiti and Nicaraguan can be targeted for deportation as the lawsuit continues.The conservative US Supreme Court handed another big victory to President Donald Trump, allowing his administration to revoke temporary legal status from more than half a million immigrants as legal agenda continues in the lower courts. Friday’s decision applies to hundreds of thousands of people in Venezuelan, Cuba, Haiti and Nicaraguan who were given humanitarian parole under former President Joe Biden. That parole status allowed them to enter the United States for emergencies and emergency humanitarian reasons: instability in their own…

Pakistan has become the fourth country to appoint an ambassador to Kabul after China, the United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistan.Pakistan has announced that the Taliban will re-enter Kabul in 2021, and designate the first Afghan ambassador to capture Kabul in a move aimed at improving relations between its neighbouring countries. In a statement on Friday, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishak Dar said Pakistan-Afghanistan relations have improved since his visit to Kabul in April. “We are pleased to announce that the Pakistani government’s decision will be upgraded to the level of Kabul’s Accusations Bureau to the level of ambassadors,” he said. The…

WordPress.com parent company Automattic is changing direction… again. In a blog post released Thursday evening entitled “Returning to Core,” Automattic announced it would pause its contributions to the WordPress project. This is despite only saying last month that the 6.8 WordPress release will be the final major release of all 2025. “After pausing our contributions to reorganizing, rethinking and strategically planning, we’re ready to press play again and get back to our WordPress project completely,” the new blog post says. “Look to contribute to all of our biggest hits, including WordPress Core, Gutenberg, Playground, Openiverse, WordPress.org. Automattic says he has…

MASAPEQUA, NY (AP) – New York discriminates against school districts that refuse to remove state orders Native American Chief MascotAn education official for President Donald Trump said Friday.U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon said that a few weeks of investigations by her agency determined that state education officials were violating federal civil rights laws and could face a Department of Justice investigation or risk losing federal funds.McMahon did not elaborate on the finding, but said her department voluntarily signed a resolution apologizing to Massapequa and asked the state to allow other districts in the state to continue using the mascot of…

Earlier this week, we published an article titled “From SEO to Generation Engine Optimization (GEO), in which we explored how SEO slowly loses grip on digital visibility and enters a new era defined by AI-Native discoveries. This article unravels deeper changes in the way we search, discover, and engage content online. For over 20 years, Google has decided on the rules. Enter keywords, scroll through the blue links and click a few. The model built an empire that weighed over $20 billion. But today, the system feels more and more outdated. Users have not searched since 2024. Whether it’s ChatGpt,…

Less well-known patent infringement lawsuits can have a major impact on Uber. Carma Technology, a company founded in 2007 by serial entrepreneur and SOSV founder Sean O’Sullivan, filed a lawsuit against Uber earlier this year, alleging that the company was infringed on five patents related to a system of riders (or packages) with the capacity of the vehicle. In other words, Ridesharing – Business Karma operated in some form for ten years, before changing its business model and applying the technology to road pricing services such as GPS tolls and HOV verification. Carma is requesting a ju trial and forces…

The White House reportedly has one or more people reportedly access contact information from the White House Chief Chief Susie Wills’ personal phone calls and contact other top officials to impersonate her. Wills reportedly told people that her phone was being hacked. The Wall Street Journal was the first to report a hack on Wiles’ phone. CBS News also confirmed the report. The hacker or hacker is said to have accessed Wiles’ phone contacts, including telephone numbers of other US officials and influential personals. The WSJ reports that some contacts received calls impersonating Wiles. White House spokesman Anna Kelly, when…