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Rapper Tay-K convicted of murder for second time in Texas

A Texas rapper has been convicted of murder for a second time after a jury found him guilty of fatally shooting a San Antonio man in 2017

ABC News - 2d

Horrified Texas lawmakers demand crackdown on body broker industry

An NBC News investigation that exposed how corpses were used for research without consent prompted Texas legislators to push new limits on the body trade.

NBC News - 10h

Texas measles outbreak includes multiple cases at a day care in Lubbock

Public health officials say a day care facility in a Texas county that’s part of the measles outbreak has multiple cases, including children too young to be fully vaccinated

ABC News - Apr. 8

What to Know About Trump’s Antitrust Efforts Against Tech Giants

The Trump administration will take Meta to court this week, continuing an aggressive effort to rein in the power of the biggest tech companies. Here’s what to know.

The New York Times - 4d

How Geo Group’s Surveillance Tech Is Aiding Trump’s Immigration Agenda

Geo Group, a private prison firm that makes digital tools to track immigrants, becomes one of the Trump administration’s big business winners as its tech is increasingly used in deportations.

The New York Times - 1d

Stocks Fall on Jerome Powell’s Concern About Tariffs and Tech’s Pullback

Semiconductor stocks fell after the Trump administration blocked companies from selling certain chips to China without a license.

The New York Times - 13h

OpenAI slashes prices for GPT-4.1, igniting AI price war among tech giants

OpenAI slashes GPT-4.1 API prices by up to 75% while offering superior coding performance and million-token context windows, triggering an industry-wide AI pricing war with Anthropic, Google, and xAI.

VentureBeat - 2d

Tech stocks drop as Nvidia, AMD warn of higher costs from China export controls

The chipmaking sector signaled that President Donald Trump's sweeping tariff plans could hamper demand.

CNBC - 13h

Trump Adds Tariff Exemptions for Smartphones, Computers and Other Electronics

A long list of electronic products got a reprieve for now from at least some of the levies on China, which had been expected to take a toll on tech giants like Apple.

The New York Times - 4d

Meta faces antitrust trial that could force it to break off Instagram, WhatsApp

Meta Platforms Inc. faces a historic antitrust trial Monday that could force the tech giant to break off Instagram and WhatsApp, startups it bought more than a decade ago that have since grown into ...