WorldPingTechCrunch
TikTok lays off 250 employees, shutters its Nashville office
The social media giant is shuttering an office that housed some members of TikTok’s content-moderation team.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by TechCrunch
Hacker News
Nashville uses eminent domain to block data center near zoo
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The Verge
SoftBank donated $50 million to Trump’s library months before federal data center deal
SoftBank contributed $50 million to the Trump Presidential Library in January, just months before announcing that it's leasing land from the federal government to build a sprawling data center in Ohio.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by The Verge
WorldPingGizmodo
The Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Is Running Out of Roadblocks
WBD executives are "confident" the merger will happen as UK regulators step back.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Gizmodo
The Verge
The left and right agree on one thing: no data centers
Today, I’m talking with Gaby Del Valle, a policy reporter here at The Verge, about the growing backlash against AI data centers.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by The Verge
CNBC World
Trump wins last-minute reprieve temporarily blocking BBC access to his business records
Trump sued the BBC for $10 billion, alleging its 2024 “Panorama” documentary about the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack defamed him.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by CNBC World
CNBC World
Iran's Hormuz Strait plan reportedly blocks U.S., Israeli ships; U.S. rejects any 'impediments'
The U.S. appeared to quickly reject the terms of an Iranian draft plan that would open the Strait of Hormuz to ships except those from the U.S. and Israel.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by CNBC World