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Intuit beats FTC in court, ending restrictions on "free" TurboTax ads | Biden-era punishment tossed; Intuit now has more friendly regulators under U.S President.

U.S President FCC lets Nexstar buy Tegna and blow way past 39% TV ownership cap | Brendan Carr lets U.S President-favorite Nexstar exceed national station ownership limit.

Government Registers Aliens.Gov Domain | There is no associated website yet, but the move comes after U.S President ordered the release of files related to UFOs.

FDA contradicts U.S President admin, declines to approve generic drug for autism | In the end, the FDA only approved the drug for a rare genetic condition with clearer data.

U.S blindsides states with surprise settlement in Live Nation/Ticketmaster trial | States seek mistrial, saying “sudden disappearance” of U.S will influence jury.

An iPhone-hacking toolkit used by Russian spies likely came from US military contractor

Satellite firm pauses imagery after revealing Iran's attacks on U.S bases | Planet Labs wants to prevent “adversarial actors” from using images for “Battle Damage Assessment” purposes.

Apple users in the U.S can no longer download ByteDance's Chinese apps | Move comes in the wake of TikTok’s transfer of U.S operations.

Charter Communications, operator of the Spectrum cable brand, gets FCC permission to buy Cox and become largest ISP in the U.S | FCC rejects protests because Charter and Cox don’t compete directly in most places.

Stop Killing Games is launching NGOs in the European Union and the U.S: "This will also signal that we're not just going away on this issue."

WHO slams U.S-funded newborn vaccine trial as "unethical" | CDC awarded $1.6 million for study birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine in Guinea-Bissau.

U.S gov’t: House sysadmin stole 200 phones, caught by House IT desk | Scheme allegedly cost taxpayers $150,000.

More than 40 U.S Democrats call for a "thorough investigation" of EA's Saudi-led buyout over risks of layoffs, studio closures, and "coordinated anti-labor practices"

U.S set to lose measles elimination status: The imminent deadline isn’t as important when “we can already say the d--- house is on fire,” according to Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota

Ukrainians sue U.S chip firms for powering Russian drones, missiles | Lawsuits may force Intel, AMD, and Texas Instruments to do more to control chip supply chains.

Xbox hardware was outsold by a little-known Kinect-style console during Black Friday week in the U.S, coming fourth | The Nex Playground crashed the Black Friday hardware chart in the U.S

Data centers to account for 9% of electricity demand in the U.S by 2035 — Nuclear power could help sate AI demand

New York to Build One of First U.S. Nuclear-Power Plants in Generation

Alarming amount of Texas Instrument chips found in Russian-based weapons in Ukraine — Russian military using third parties to purchase U.S-made chips | The U.S., and Texas Instruments, are struggling to crack down on slippery Russian-bound shipments.

China responds to U.S chip sanctions with a ban on these key materials