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Social media companies may try to ban RT, the Russian state media broadcaster. But the network has proved in the past to be a wily adversary when confronted with efforts to silence it.

Five years after leaving Apple, the iPhone designer is forging a new life in San Francisco, one imaginative building at a time.

The week of their debate, Kamala Harris outspent Donald Trump by 20 to 1 on Facebook and Instagram. It was just one sign of how uneven their online advertising battle has become.

As the government wraps up its case, it has built a picture of how Google has become dominant among companies that buy and sell ads online.

Elon Musk’s social network used a technical maneuver to restore service for many Brazilians after a court blocked it. Regulators expected to restore the block soon.

New devices from Motorola and Google prove that phones with bendable screens keep getting better — and some are even becoming cheaper.

The app, which is popular with teenagers, introduced new settings and features aimed at addressing inappropriate online contact and content, and improving sleep for users under 18.

After a delay of several months, General Motors said owners of its battery-powered models would now be able to use Tesla charging stations with adapters.

The state joins dozens of others in regulating the A.I. fakery in ways that could impact this year’s presidential race.

Ms. Ellison, Sam Bankman-Fried’s former girlfriend and a top executive in his empire, is set to be sentenced on Sept. 24 for her role in the collapse of the crypto exchange.

The owner of Facebook and Instagram said it would bar Russian media outlets including RT, while YouTube is removing channels it had already blocked.

In a livestream, Donald Trump formally introduced World Liberty Financial, a crypto venture led by two digital currency entrepreneurs with little experience running high-profile businesses.

The social media app says new privacy settings and features will create more age-appropriate experiences for youth under 18.

The chipmaker, which has been struggling, said on Monday that it obtained a new government grant, signed a contract with Amazon and would pause some initiatives.

TikTok on Monday pushed back against a law that would force the popular video app to sell to a non-Chinese owner or be banned, in what is shaping up to be a landmark case.

The internet giant told employees on Monday that it expected them to return to the office full-time in January.

Kicking off the second week of an antitrust trial, Neal Mohan testified that Google did what was best for consumers and the ad industry.

TikTok will be in federal court on Monday, aiming to block a new law that will ban the popular video app in the United States early next year.

Scientists from the United States, China and other nations called for an international authority to oversee artificial intelligence.

Efforts by the Beijing-backed Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, or SMIC, to break through innovation barriers have landed it in a geopolitical tech battle.

Mr. Bankman-Fried, the founder of the collapsed FTX cryptocurrency exchange, was convicted last fall and is serving a 25-year sentence in prison.

Mr. Trump said he would introduce the project on Monday, continuing his embrace of the crypto industry, a major source of political donations.