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According to Nielsen data, broadcast and cable television made up less than half of TV viewing for the first time ever in July of 2023.

Broadcast, cable television viewing drops to historic low in July

Zoom and Amazon are just two of the companies attempting to navigate a business landscape that is growing in its reliance on AI.

Zoom changes plan to use private data for AI; Amazon pushes new feature

An encouraging step takes place in a plan to get detained Americans home from Iran.

Detained Americans on house arrest in planned Iran prisoner swap: The Rundown Aug. 11, 2023

Smith's search warrant for Trump's Twitter account was revealed in court documents released Wednesday, Aug. 9.

Docs: Jack Smith got secret search warrant for Trump Twitter account

The death toll rises after wildfires tear through parts of Hawaii.

Death toll rises as wildfires tear through Hawaii: The Rundown Aug. 10, 2023

TikTok will be banned throughout Montana from being downloaded on any device unless legal challenges prevent the law from taking effect.

TikTok challenges Montana ban as more Americans worry about app’s threat

A deadly storm system along much of the east coast caused Washington D.C. government buildings to close as tornadoes, damaging winds and hail threatened the area.

Deadly storms leave more than 1 million without power: The Rundown Aug. 8, 2023

Elon Musk’s X Corp. is suing a nonprofit that fights hate speech for asserting false claims and encouraging advertisers to stop investing.

Musk sues anti-hate speech nonprofit for alleged false claims, illegal site scraping

Trump donors have already spent $40 million on his legal fees. They have also donated millions to his campaign.

Trump team creating legal defense fund, reports say: The Rundown July 31

To ease the burden on electric vehicle charging infrastructure, a startup called Ample has been exploring battery swapping methods.

Could EV battery swapping be a solution to charging station shortages?

Former President Donald Trump faces additional charges in the classified document case.

Trump accused of attempting to have video deleted: The Rundown July 28

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5 things to know about WeChat, the super app Musk wants X to emulate

In an effort to compete with Tesla in the EV marketplace, a group of seven major automakers announced they are forming a new company.

Automakers form EV group; Tesla’s ‘Diversion Team’ revealed

Lawmakers have raised another potential danger of artificial intelligence - the possibility of AI being used to create a biological attack.

Expert warns AI could be used to help commit a biological attack

North Korea gives Russia a tour of the North's weaponry that includes the country's banned ballistic missiles.

North Korea shows Russia its banned ballistic missiles: The Rundown July 27

The personal chef of former President Barack Obama drowned at Martha's Vineyard, police confirmed.

Obama’s personal chef drowns at Martha’s Vineyard: The Rundown July 25

X , the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, is making its own preparations ahead of the election cycle.

Elon Musk unveils Twitter logo redesign, with ‘X’ replacing blue bird

Russian authorities accused Ukraine of launching another drone attack on Moscow on Monday, July 24. This is the second attack in a month.

Russia accuses Ukraine of drone attack on Moscow: The Rundown July 24

Representatives from Amazon, Anthropic, Google, Inflection, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI met at the White House for an announcement about AI.

OpenAI, Amazon and other AI companies commit to responsible development

FTX filed a lawsuit against Sam Bankman-Fried and other former company executives, looking to recoup more than $1 billion the company lost.

Bankman-Fried faces FTX lawsuit, witness tampering accusation

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is in a race to produce fully self-driving vehicles and he’s spending at least $1 billion to do it.

Tesla cuts EV prices, spends $1 billion on a supercomputer

In launching Threads, Meta promised fediverse implementation. What does that mean? Here's a primer on the decentralized social media protocol.

Instagram’s Threads to join fediverse alongside Mastodon. What’s it mean?

An Arizona state lawmaker said artificial intelligence (AI) system ChatGPT helped draft a new deepfake legislation that was signed into law this week.

FTC looking into ChatGPT’s consumer protections: July 14 rundown

Microsoft email accounts belonging to top government officials and agencies have been breached by Chinese hackers.

Chinese hackers target government officials: July 13 rundown