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House Democrats and Republicans sparred Thursday over how Twitter handles government requests for Twitter to review posts, in the second House committee showdown over reports known as the “Twitter Files” released by several journalists on the platform. Republicans called in Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger, two of the journalists who released threads of the files, as witnesses in a hearing for the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Weaponization of the Federal Government. The hearing ramped up House GOP leaders’…

Earlier this week, a study made headlines claiming that the mysterious “dark energy” cosmologists believe is accelerating the expansion of the universe could arise from supermassive black holes at the hearts of galaxies. If true, the connection would link two of the most mind-bending concepts in physics--black holes and dark energy--and suggest that the source of the latter has been under theorists’ noses for decades. However, some leading theorists are deeply…

India and Silicon Valley will indulge in a tough battle for control over the world’s 2nd largest Digital Market Big-tech companies! They seem like carrying a savior-like air with them but not until you understand what havoc they are wrecking on people’s lives. Governments the world over have realized how they are playing the governments themselves wielding unimaginable power in more ways than one. Following the trend set by countries like USA and the EU, India has recently initiated the much-awaited steps in checking the…

Attorneys for the airlines defended their arrangement, arguing that working together has allowed them to more vigorously challenge rivals in New York and Boston, enhancing competition in markets where American and JetBlue would have otherwise struggled to grow. American, the world’s largest airline, and JetBlue agreed to their Northeast Alliance in 2020, working together at three New York-area airports and in Boston. They sell seats on one another’s’ flights along certain routes, coordinate schedules and share revenue…

Twitter Inc. TWTR -0.14% and Elon Musk continue to jockey for preliminary legal advantage ahead of a trial on their soured $44 billion marriage, as the presiding judge has signaled she wants to keep the case focused on the contractual agreement between the two sides.With an Oct. 17 trial date in Delaware court approaching, both sides’ legal teams are building their cases through expert reports and sworn testimony. Twitter’s co-founder and…

Twitter Inc. TWTR 0.43% and Elon Musk continue to jockey for preliminary legal advantage ahead of a trial on their soured $44 billion marriage, as the presiding judge has signaled she wants to keep the case focused on the contractual agreement between the two sides.With an Oct. 17 trial date in Delaware court approaching, both sides’ legal teams are building their cases through expert reports and sworn testimony. Twitter’s co-founder and…

Travelers wait to board a plane at Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida, on April 22, 2022.Daniel Slim | AFP | Getty ImagesAirlines and the Federal Aviation Administration are pointing the finger at each other over a rising rate of flight cancellations and delays, just as millions prepare to travel on the July Fourth weekend that officials expect to be among the busiest in three years.On Friday, Airlines for America, which represents the country's largest airlines, including Delta, American, United and Southwest,…