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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — When President Donald Trump addressed Congress earlier this year, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was there holding an American flag and wearing a red baseball cap that said “Trump was right about everything.” After the speech, he gave her a kiss and she beamed. Trump was back in power and Greene was positioned to be one of his most ardent political foot soldiers with Republicans controlling all levers of power in Washington.Their alliance didn’t last the year. Now it has fractured in an explosive feud that could foreshadow more rifts within Trump’s “Make America Great…

Bitcoin’s latest downturn has caused considerable speculation about whether Strategy’s (formerly known as MicroStrategy) massive holdings are playing a role in the market’s weakness. The concerns escalated sharply when wallet-monitoring platforms flagged large Bitcoin transfers linked to the company, sparking widespread claims that a major sell-off had begun.  The conversation gained even more traction when a widely circulated report alleged that Strategy had slashed its Bitcoin holdings by tens of thousands of tokens. Michael Saylor moved quickly to address the rumor, but the back-and-forth between on-chain interpretations and official statements raises questions of what is really happening behind the scenes.…

In a longstanding and complicated legal battle between Apple and Masimo, a recent ruling from a California jury may be the first step towards a certain conclusion. As reported by Reuters, a federal jury sided with Masimo, a medical tech company known for its patient monitoring devices, when it said that Apple infringed on the company’s patent for technology that tracks blood-oxygen levels.The case revolves around whether Apple violated Masimo’s patent related to blood-oxygen sensors, which the jury claimed can be seen with the Apple Watch’s Workout and Heart Rate apps. According to Reuters, Apple disagreed with the verdict, adding…

Google may have to fork over 572 million euros, or nearly $665 million, to two German companies for “market abuse,” according to a recent ruling from a Berlin court. First reported by Reuters, the tech giant was ordered to pay approximately 465 million euros, or approximately $540 million, to Idealo and another 107 million euros, or roughly $124 million, to Producto, both of which are price comparison platforms based in Germany. According to the ruling, Google abused its dominant market position by favoring Google Shopping in its own search results.Idealo pursued legal action against Google, claiming that the Alphabet subsidiary…

The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, recently posted a picture of a Shiba Inu, Dogecoin’s mascot. However, the Dogecoin price failed to react positively to the post, as it has most times done in the past when Musk made similar posts.  Dogecoin Price Fails To React to Elon Musk’s Shiba Inu Post The Dogecoin price failed to surge on the back of Elon Musk’s X post, in which he posted a meme of a Shiba Inu playing a banjo. DOGE has in the past rallied on the back of such posts because the Japanese dog breed is the meme coin’s…

A federal judge has ruled that Elon Musk’s X Corp. and xAI can move forward with their lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI over anticompetitive practices in the AI industry. Bloomberg reports that U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman denied a motion this week by Apple and OpenAI to dismiss a lawsuit brought against them by Elon Musk’s X Corp. and xAI. The lawsuit, originally filed in August, accuses Apple and OpenAI of conspiring to stifle competition and innovation in the rapidly evolving AI sector. Breitbart News previously reported on the lawsuit, which Musk’s complaint describes as “a tale of two monopolists:” According…

According to the Financial Times, Tim Cook may be ready to leave his position as soon as next year, and Apple’s board and senior executives have ramped up their preparations to secure his replacement.Cook, who has been at the helm of Apple for more than 14 years, succeeded Steve Jobs and led the company to a market cap of more than $4 trillion. Cook’s tenure since 2011 has overseen the introduction of hardware, including Apple Watch, AirPods and Vision Pro, but also services like Apple Arcade and Apple TV+. According to the Financial Times’s sources, Apple’s senior vice president of…

Robot vacuums can be a huge help, keeping your floors clean regularly without much extra work on your part. Black Friday deals often include some of our favorite robovacs, and this year is shaping up to be no different. iRobot’s entry-level Roomba 104 Vac robot vacuum is available for 40 percent off right now, bringing it down to a record low of $150. A number of other Roombas are on sale for Black Friday, too.In iRobot’s lineup of robot vacuums, the Roomba 104 sits on the low end, adept at vacuuming up dust and hair, but without the mopping ability…

Defending champion Jannik Sinner stormed to a 7-5, 6-2 victory over Alex de Minaur in the last four of the ATP Finals on Saturday, as the Australian suffered his 13th straight loss to the four-time Grand Slam winner despite a fighting start. World number two Sinner had to dig deep to get his first break of the match, which tipped the first set in his favour. The Italian took the first four games of the second set to ensure victory, backed by a supportive crowd at Turin’s Palasport Olimpico. “It was a very tough match, especially at the beginning of…

Chinese state-sponsored hackers have tricked Anthropic’s AI technology to help create highly automated break-ins targeting major corporations and foreign governments, according to the Artificial intelligence company. The Wall Street Journal reports that Anthropic, a leading artificial intelligence company, has revealed that China’s state-backed hackers leveraged its AI technology to automate cyberattacks on an unprecedented scale during a hacking campaign in September. The hackers managed to sidestep Anthropic’s safeguards by posing as security auditors working on behalf of the targeted entities, allowing them to conduct the attacks with minimal human intervention. According to Jacob Klein, Anthropic’s head of threat intelligence, the…