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Making tech work for the workers’ movement

The tech giant has long sought access to a priceless trove of veterans’ skin samples, tumor biopsies and slices of organs. DOD staffers have pushed back, raising ethical and legal concerns, but Google might win anyway.

Lawmakers have tried to introduce legislation seeking to advance antitrust reform. Google, Amazon, and Meta have spent millions fighting it.

A lackadaisical approach led to failure for numerous bipartisan bills, and kept alive Republican goals to take the debt limit hostage in 2023.

DIY AI, more on Musk, and the NYT strike

Hell of a week for Big Tech

The right-wing media empire, and other reports on the private and public uses of tech power

Snowflake, Los Espookys, and other media breakthroughs you should know about

Journalists pay the price when they report the truth

Tolkien fans see red over casting choices, and more hot flashes from babble-on media