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WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of miles from https://apnews.com/hub/elon-musk office in the White House complex, a federal worker based in the Pacific Northwest is wondering whether to quit. Musk, one of [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s plan to push out federal workers by offering them financial incentives, the latest twist in a chaotic [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of miles from https://apnews.com/hub/elon-musk office in the White House complex, a federal worker based in the Pacific Northwest is wondering whether to quit. Musk, one of [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The website of the Chinese artificial intelligence company https://apnews.com/article/deepseek-ai-china-f4908eaca221d601e31e7e3368778030, whose chatbot became the most downloaded app in the United States, has computer code that could send some [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) — For the many people https://apnews.com/article/trump-revenge-retribution-bolton-enemies-milley-fauci-2c467fe2253cb6b65d9436b0b9a5c552 by President Donald Trump, his return to the White House has sparked anxiety about how much power he has to upend their [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s not just criminal prosecutions that worry those who have crossed President Donald Trump. There are more prosaic kinds of retaliation: having difficulty renewing passports, getting audited [...]

U.S. intelligence agencies, the military, and local police departments have gained access to vast amounts of personal data through arrangements with commercial data brokers. This data includes biographical information, consumer preferences, and geolocation data, among other things. While it is legal for the government to use this data in intelligence programs, concerns have been raised about the lack of transparency and oversight. Foreign governments can also access this data, prompting President Biden to sign an executive order to prevent certain adversary countries from buying bulk commercial data sets about Americans. The issue of government use of commercial data is now before Congress as lawmakers consider reauthorizing a key surveillance law. [Extracted from the article]

Keywords: wsjcorp; kwexclusive; Computer Services; Cloud Computing; Business/Consumer Services; Data Services; Online Service Providers; Media/Entertainment; Social Media Platforms/Tools; Technology EN wsjcorp kwexclusive Computer Services Cloud Computing Business/Consumer Services Data Services Online Service Providers Media/Entertainment Social Media Platforms/Tools Technology N.PAG N.PAG 1 05/09/23 20230506 NES 230506 Company logged categories of content and users on app in effort to boost engagement; spokeswoman says TikTok has restricted access to that data For at least a year, some employees at TikTok were able to find what they described internally as a list of users who watch gay content on the popular app, a collection of information that sparked worker complaints, according to former TikTok employees. Internally, some employees had argued that the data was safe to collect, because it didn't indicate whether users really were members of a particular group, some of the former employees of TikTok said. [Extracted from the article]