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Fb used to be a Huge Tech large — now Meta is just not even in the prime 20 most useful U.S. providers
Mark Zuckerberg for the duration of Metaverse conversation on CNBC Supply: CNBC Sixteen months after Facebook crossed $1 trillion in marketplace cap, signing up for an distinctive club consisting of Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet and Amazon, its guardian enterprise Meta is really worth significantly less than Household Depot and scarcely additional than Pfizer and Coca-Cola. Far […]
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How Google’s former CEO Eric Schmidt helped write A.I. laws in Washington without publicly disclosing investments in A.I. startups
About four years ago, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was appointed to the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence by the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. It was powerful perch. Congress tasked the new group with a broad mandate: to advise the US government on how to advance the development of artificial intelligence […]
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Silicon Valley billionaires square off about aid for Trump and the MAGA motion
Supporters of US President Donald Trump take part in the Million MAGA March to protest the final result of the 2020 presidential election, in front of the US Capitol on December 12, 2020 in Washington, DC. Olivier Douliery | AFP | Getty Images Two Silicon Valley billionaires are holding dueling political fundraisers this week that […]
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Previous senior Obama advisor guides lobbying and policy approach of London cryptocurrency company
Jim Messina participates in a panel dialogue all through the annual Milken Institute World Convention at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on April 29, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California. Michael Kovac | Getty Pictures Jim Messina, former President Barack Obama’s deputy main of team, is bringing some hefty lobbying direction to a London-based cryptocurrency buying and […]
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John Podesta to be part of Biden’s local climate staff as major advisor Gina McCarthy departs
John Podesta, Founder and Director, Center for American Progress, talking at The Center for American Development CAP 2019 Ideas Conference. Michael Brochstein | SOPA Photographs | Lightrocket | Getty Visuals John Podesta is becoming a member of President Joe Biden’s team as a senior advisor overseeing the implementation of $370 billion in cleanse vitality initiatives […]
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Biden senior advisor Anita Dunn has to divest investment portfolio worth between $16.8 million and $48.2 million to avoid conflicts
White House senior advisor Anita Dunn is being forced to divest an investment portfolio worth an estimated $16.8 million to $48.2 million that ethics attorneys say poses significant conflicts of interest in her new role. The political and communication’s strategist will also have to recuse herself from a myriad of domestic and international issues that […]
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Former Obama White House aide Seth Andrew sentenced to year in prison for charter school theft scheme
Seth Andrew Wikimedia Commons Former Obama White House education advisor Seth Andrew was sentenced Thursday to a year-and-one-day in federal prison for a scheme to steal $218,000 from a New York charter school network he founded. Andrew, 43, also was fined $5,000 at his sentencing in U.S. District Court in Manhattan. He was arrested in […]
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Amazon’s PR and policy chief Jay Carney leaves to join Airbnb
Senior Vice-President of Worldwide Corporate Affairs at Amazon James Carney speaks with EU officials on February 1, 2018 in Brussels, Belgium. Thierry Monasse | Corbis News | Getty Images Airbnb has tapped Jay Carney, Amazon’s top spokesperson, to serve as its new head of policy and communications. Carney will start at Airbnb in September, and […]
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Trump takes credit for end of Roe v. Wade after his 3 Supreme Court justice picks vote to void abortion rights
President Donald Trump speaks during the 47th annual “March for Life” in Washington, DC, on January 24, 2020. Nicholas Kamm | AFP | Getty Images Former President Donald Trump called Friday’s Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade “the biggest WIN for LIFE in a generation” — and gave himself credit for the outcome in […]
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Obama boasted about opposing federal gas tax holiday before 2008 election — Biden now wants one
U.S. President Joe Biden stands with former President Barack Obama during an event on the Affordable Care Act, the former president’s top legislative accomplishment, in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 5, 2022. Leah Millis | Reuters Former President Barack Obama called opposing a federal gas tax holiday “one of […]
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