What the Musk-Altman courtroom clash reveals about two of the most powerful men in Silicon Valley – Business Insider

President Trump ordered the release of 172 million barrels of oil from the United States’ Strategic Petroleum Reserve on Wednesday, after oil prices rocketed to their highest levels in years amid the U.S.’s war with Iran. The releases will start next week and take about 120 days, Energy Secretary Christopher Wright said Wednesday in a…

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U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the McDonald’s Impact Summit at the Westin Hotel in Washington, D.C., U.S., Nov. 17, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters President Donald Trump on Monday said that California Gov. Gavin Newsom is “laying siege on the minimum wage.” Trump’s comments at the McDonald’s Impact Summit likely referred to California’s…

A Delaware Chancery Court judge ruled today that Paramount has not identified any “irreparable harm” to itself as a Warner Bros. Discovery shareholder that would justify expedited disclosure as it pursues a hostile tender offer for the media giant. “Paramount as a stockholder must suffer cognizable, irreparable harm. It has not identified any,” Chancellor Morgant…

With the change in TikTok ownership, TikTok users in the U.S. are collectively freaking out over the company’s updated privacy policy after being alerted to the changes through an in-app message. The revised document details the U.S. joint venture’s conditions for using its service, including the specific location information it may collect. Many users are…