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Jason Abbruzzese

Jason Abbruzzese

Senior Technology Editor at NBC News Online - New York Office

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Jason Abbruzzese
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Sam Altman returns as OpenAI CEO after infighting at AI startup - NBC News

Sam Altman is back as the chief executive of OpenAI. The hot tech startup behind ChatGPT said late Tuesday that Altman and the board of the nonprofit group that oversees the company came to an agreement in principle for Altman to return as CEO with a new board to replace the one that ousted him Friday. Altman’s return should quell what was an all-out revolt by OpenAI employees against his removal and mark the beginning of the end of one of the most-watched corporate sagas in tech history. The…
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On Instagram, Palestinian journalists and digital creators document...

Before early October, Motaz Azaiza’s Instagram account documented life in Gaza to about 25,000 followers with a mix of daily life and the ongoing hostilities between Israel and Hamas. That began to change in the days after Hamas’ terrorist attack on Israel and the retaliation on Gaza. Since then, more than 12.5 million people have begun following Azaiza’s feed, which has become a daily chronicle of Israeli strikes. Many other journalists, digital creators and people active on social media based…
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Amazon used market power to warp ecommerce prices, FTC antitrust la...

The Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. government’s primary business regulator, sued Amazon on Tuesday, alleging it has used its market power to warp e-commerce across the internet. The allegations, which focus on the company’s primary marketplace, Amazon.com, paint a picture of a company able to use its size and power to pressure sellers to agree to its terms and warp the prices of goods. “There is immediate harm that is ongoing here,” FTC Chair Lina Khan said at a news conference ahead of the…
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Smear campaign targets nominee who would be FCC’s first openly gay ...

The nomination of Gigi Sohn, who would be the FCC’s first openly gay commissioner, languished in a Senate committee. Now, she’s the subject of articles from The Daily Mail and Fox News that even her some of her rivals say are out of bounds.
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Twitter bans promotion of accounts on other social media sites - NB...

CEO Elon Musk posted poll asking, “Should I step down as head of Twitter?” and says he’ll abide by the results.
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Twitter inundated with sexually explicit spam drowning out discussi...

A flood of sexually explicit images followed the outbreak of protests, internet researchers say, in what appears to be a coordinated campaign.
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Twitter’s first full day under Elon Musk is here, and the mood has ...

Expectations for change were almost everywhere, with many conservative influencers already celebrating what they saw as a tectonic shift.

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Russia-Ukraine war live updates: Moscow’s eastern offensive suffers...

Russia is struggling to make gains in its combat operation in the east of Ukraine amid poor morale and logistical challenges, the U.K.’s Ministry of Defense
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Russia-Ukraine war live updates: Kyiv rocked by missile strikes, Mo...

Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, was hit by Russian missile strikes just after the head of the United Nations met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, while Moscow’s Donbas offensive made limited progress.
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Elon Musk reaches deal to buy Twitter for $44 billion

The deal brings arguably the internet’s most influential platform under the control of one of the world’s richest people.
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‘This could be the last appeal of our lives’: Mariupol commander is...

Maj. Serhiy Volyna said there were about 500 wounded troops and many civilians with them at the Azovstal steel plant, which has become the last stand for Ukrainians in the port city.