As the 2024 presidential race entered its final stretch, the nation’s richest tech leaders gravitated toward Trump’s side.

President Joe Biden used his farewell speech Wednesday to call out what he referred to as a nascent oligarchy in the United States. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Google Analytics appears to show that a lot of Americans had no idea what he was talking about.

After the president warned about various threats to democracy, Seth Meyers said: “I agree, but why are you giving us a to-do list on your way out?”

Some U.S. lawmakers are advocating for an extension on the deadline for TikTok's Beijing parent company to sell U.S. assets before a ban takes effect.

The Biden administration is proposing a new framework for the exporting of the advanced computer chips used to develop artificial intelligence, an attempt to balance national security concerns about the technology with the economic interests of producers and other countries.

Former US president Joe Biden and former US vice president Kamala Harris listen as US President Donald Trump (L) delivers remarks after being sworn in as the president of the United States in an inauguration ceremony in the rotunda of the United States Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, January 20, 2025. —Reuters/Shawn Thew

TikTok is reportedly prepared to shut down its app on Sunday, when the ban is scheduled to take effect, though the actual language of the law technically only mandates that the platform be taken off app stores to prevent new users from downloading it.

A TikTok ban Sunday would implicate tech giants like Google, Apple and Oracle, who risk enormous fines if they keep the app operational.

Biden's farewell speech warning that oligarchs pose a threat to democracy has echoed a growing problem in the world, economic and historical experts say.

Donald Trump made a symbolic mark on the future of artificial intelligence by repealing Joe Biden’s guardrails.

Online users shared this untrue rumor about the pair in the days before U.S. President Donald Trump's January 2025 inauguration.

Donald Trump issued executive orders targeting immigrants, transgender Americans, the climate, and the Constitution.