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President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting of his Competition Council in the State Dining Room of the White House, Tuesday, July 19, 2023 in Washington, as Lael Brainard, director of the National Economic Council, listens. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Biden’s White House is taking on corporate mergers, landlord junk fees and food prices

The Biden administration is proposing new guidelines for corporate mergers, taking steps to disclose junk fees charged by landlords and launching a crackdown on price-gouging in the food industry.

TikTok needs to do more to comply with Europe’s new digital rules, official says

FILE - Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition, March 9, 2020, in Washington. Musk is finally starting to talk about the artificial intelligence company he founded to compete with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI. The startup, xAI, had its formal launch Wednesday, July 12, 2023, and says its goal “is to understand the true nature of the universe.” (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Twitter seeks end to US oversight of data use as FTC’s Lina Kahn goes before House committee

Clone or competitor? Users and lawyers compare Twitter and Threads

This photo, taken in New York, Thursday, July 6, 2023, shows Meta's new app Threads. Meta unveiled the app to rival Twitter, targeting users looking for an alternative to the social media platform owned — and frequently changed — by Elon Musk. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Twitter threatens legal action against Meta over its new rival app Threads

Business Highlights: Twitter unveils new logo; IRS ends surprise visits to taxpayers

Business Highlights: A summary of the day’s top stories in the business world.

Musk says Twitter to change logo to “X” from the bird. Changes could come as early as Monday.

Elon Musk plans to change the logo of Twitter to an “X” from the famous blue bird, marking what would be the latest big change since he bought the social media platform for $44 billion last year.

Business Highlights: Twitter rival signs up millions on first day; France boosts tourism amid chaos

Business Highlights: A summary of the day’s top stories in the business world.

This photo, taken in New York, Thursday, July 6, 2023, shows Meta's new app Threads. Meta unveiled the app to rival Twitter, targeting users looking for an alternative to the social media platform owned — and frequently changed — by Elon Musk. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

What is Threads? All your questions about Meta’s new Twitter rival, answered

The app, billed as the text version of Meta’s photo-sharing platform Instagram, became available Wednesday night to users in more than 100 countries and millions signed up within its first hours.

This photo, taken in New York, Thursday, July 6, 2023, shows Meta's new app Threads. Meta has unveiled an app called Threads to rival Twitter, targeting users looking for an alternative to the social media platform owned — and frequently changed — by Elon Musk. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Meta’s new Twitter rival app Threads gets tens of millions of sign-ups in its first day

Tens of millions of people have quickly signed up to Meta’s new app, Threads, as it aims to compete with Twitter.

FILE - Twitter logos hang outside the company's offices in San Francisco, on Dec. 19, 2022. Australia's online safety watchdog has on Thursday, June 22, 2023, issued a legal notice to Twitter demanding an explanation of what the social media giant is doing to tackle a surge in online hate since Tesla CEO Elon Musk bought the platform. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Australian online safety watchdog demands answers from Twitter on how it tackles online hate

Australia’s online safety watchdog has issued a legal notice to Twitter demanding an explanation of what the social media giant is doing to tackle a surge in online hate since Tesla CEO Elon Musk bought the platform.

Twitter employees sue social media company over bonuses they say weren’t paid despite promises

Current and former employees are suing Twitter over bonuses they say the social media company failed to pay despite promises it would.

FILE - Twitter logos hang outside the company's offices in San Francisco, Monday, Dec. 19, 2022. Ella Irwin, a top Twitter executive responsible for safety and content moderation, has left the company. Her departure came after owner Elon Musk publicly complained about the platform’s handling of posts about transgender topics. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Twitter executive responsible for content safety resigns after Elon Musk criticism

A top Twitter executive responsible for safety and content moderation is leaving the company. The executive quit Friday, shortly after Twitter owner Elon Musk publicly complained about the platform’s handling of posts about transgender topics.

FILE - The Twitter splash page is seen on a digital device, Monday, April 25, 2022, in San Diego. By hiring Linda Yaccarino as Twitter’s new CEO, Friday, May 12, 2023, Elon Musk is welcoming a veteran ad executive to the helm of the social media site. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

What you need to know about a glass cliff and why it could put Twitter’s new CEO in danger

Less than two months into his $44 billion purchase of Twitter, Elon Musk declared that whoever took over as the company’s CEO “must like pain a lot.”

FILE - Twitter CEO Elon Musk, center, speaks with Linda Yaccarino, chairman of global advertising and partnerships for NBC, at the POSSIBLE marketing conference, Tuesday, April 18, 2023, in Miami Beach, Fla. Musk announced Friday, May 12, 2023, that he's hiring Yaccarino to be the new CEO of San Francisco-based Twitter, which is now called X Corp. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Before Musk picked Yaccarino as Twitter CEO, she challenged him on policies, and his own tweets

Elon Musk sat down in April for an on-stage interview with Linda Yaccarino, the advertising executive he named as Twitter’s new chief executive on Friday.

FILE - Twitter CEO Elon Musk, center, speaks with Linda Yaccarino, chairman of global advertising and partnerships for NBC, at the POSSIBLE marketing conference, Tuesday, April 18, 2023, in Miami Beach, Fla. Musk announced Friday, May 12, 2023, that he's hiring Yaccarino to be the new CEO of San Francisco-based Twitter, which is now called X Corp. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

What to know about Twitter’s new CEO Linda Yaccarino

Elon Musk is welcoming a veteran ad executive to the helm of Twitter. He says he has hired Linda Yaccarino as the social media site’s new CEO.

FILE - The headquarters for National Public Radio (NPR) stands on North Capitol Street on April 15, 2013, in Washington. Elon Musk threatened to reassign NPR’s Twitter account to “another company,” according to the non-profit news organization, in an ongoing spat between Musk and media groups since his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter last year. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Elon Musk threatens to reassign NPR’s Twitter account

Elon Musk threatened to reassign NPR’s Twitter account to “another company,” according to the non-profit news organization.

FILE - A subway approaches an above ground station in the Brooklyn borough of New York with the New York City skyline in the background, June 21, 2017. The transit authority that runs subways, commuter trains and buses in New York City is giving up on a system that sent automated alerts about service disruptions through Twitter. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority decided to stop using Twitter for service alerts Thursday, April 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

New reversal by Twitter after move sparked MTA withdrawal

In an about-face, Twitter says it has restored free access to a key tool for verified government and “publicly owned” services so they can tweet weather, transit and other alerts.

FILE - The Twitter app icon is displayed on a smartphone, Feb. 28, 2023, in Marple Township, Pa. The transit authority that runs subways, commuter trains and buses in New York City is giving up on a system that sent automated alerts about service disruptions through Twitter. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority decided to stop using Twitter for service alerts Thursday, April 27. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

NYC transit agency pulls the brake on Twitter service alerts

The transit authority that runs subways, commuter trains and buses in New York City is giving up on a system that sent automated alerts about service disruptions through Twitter.

FILE - The Twitter splash page is seen on a digital device, on April 25, 2022, in San Diego. After several false starts, Twitter began making good on its promise Thursday, April 20, 2023, to remove the blue checks from accounts that don't pay a monthly fee to keep them. Twitter had about 300,000 verified users under the original blue-check system — many of them journalists, athletes and public figures. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Confusion as Musk’s Twitter yanks blue checks from agencies

Twitter has been a way for people to keep track of tornado watches, train delays, news alerts or the latest crime warnings from their local police department.

FILE - The headquarters for National Public Radio (NPR) stands on North Capitol Street on April 15, 2013, in Washington. NPR is quitting Twitter, according to a statement Wednesday, April 12, 2023, after the social media platform owned by Elon Musk stamped NPR's account with labels the news organization says undermine its credibility. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

NPR quits Elon Musk’s Twitter over ‘government-funded’ label

National Public Radio is quitting Twitter over the social media company’s recent actions under owner Elon Musk to stamp it with labels that NPR says undermine its credibility.

FILE - The headquarters for National Public Radio (NPR) stands on North Capitol Street on April 15, 2013, in Washington. Twitter has labeled National Public Radio (NPR) as “state-affiliated media” on the social media site Wednesday, April 5, 2023, a move some worried could undermine public confidence in the news organization. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

NPR protests as Twitter calls it ‘state-affiliated media’

Twitter labeled National Public Radio as “state-affiliated media,” a move that some worried Wednesday could undermine public confidence in the news organization.

The Twitter splash page is seen on a digital device, Monday, April 25, 2022, in San Diego. Twitter users were greeted early Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023 with an ultimatum from the social media app: Subscribe to the platform's new premium service or lose a popular account security feature. A pop-up message warned users they will lose the ability to secure access to their account via text message two-factor authentication unless they pay $8 a month to subscribe to Twitter Blue. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

How to keep your Twitter account secure — without paying

Twitter has given users an ultimatum. If they don’t subscribe to a new premium service, they’ll lose a popular account security feature.

FILE - Members of a search and rescue team work on a collapsed structure after the earthquake in Antakya, southeastern Turkey, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023. Starting Monday, a crucial Twitter tool known as Application Developer Interface, used by software developers to comb the platform for calls for help from earthquake victims, may be accessible only by paying a $100 monthly fee. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)

Twitter’s plan to charge for crucial tool prompts outcry

In the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria, thousands of volunteer software developers have been using a crucial Twitter tool to comb the platform for calls for help — including people posting their location inside collapsed buildings — and connect people with rescue organiza

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., center, talks with House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., and House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, during a House Committee on Oversight and Accountability hearing titled "Protecting Speech from Government Interference and Social Media Bias, Part 1: Twitter's Role in Suppressing the Biden Laptop Story" on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Ex-Twitter execs deny pressure to block Hunter Biden story

Former Twitter executives conceded to Congress that they made a mistake by blocking a story about Hunter Biden, the president’s son, from the social media platform in the run-up to the 2020 election.

FILE - Text from the ChatGPT page of the OpenAI website is shown in this photo, in New York, Feb. 2, 2023. State of the Union speeches could be crafted on autopilot, so formulaic are they. To shake things up before President Joe Biden's speech to Congress on Tuesday night, The Associated Press asked the computer program ChatGPT to channel some of history's great thinkers, like Aristotle, and some decidedly not great ones, like the Three Stooges, and produce 300-word versions. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

AP to ChatGPT: Do the State of the Union, as Shakespeare

A president’s State of the Union address has a predictable formula. But what if a computer program were to write it?

Ex-aide says Elon Musk had ‘handshake deal’ for Tesla buyout

Elon Musk’s former chief of staff has testified that the billionaire believed he had a “handshake deal” to take Tesla private in 2018.

FILE - People walk outside Twitter headquarters in San Francisco, Friday, Nov. 4, 2022. San Francisco building inspectors, on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023, have given Twitter's construction contractor two weeks to submit corrected building use paperwork if the social media company wants to keep using two conference rooms as bedrooms at its headquarters. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Updated permit required to legalize bedrooms at Twitter HQ

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco building inspectors have given Twitter’s construction contractor two weeks to submit a corrected building use permit if the social media company wants to keep using two conference rooms as bedrooms at its headquarters.

Elon Musk departs the Phillip Burton Federal Building and United States Court House in San Francisco, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/ Benjamin Fanjoy)

EU official pushes Musk for Twitter’s progress on new rules

A top European Union official has told Elon Musk that Twitter needs to make progress in preparing for new digital regulations aimed at curbing hate speech, misinformation and other harmful content.

FILE - A sign at Twitter headquarters is shown in San Francisco, Dec. 8, 2022. The House Oversight Committee is set to hear testimony from former Twitter employees involved in the social media platform’s handling of reporting on President Joe Biden’s son Hunter. The committee confirmed Monday that the former Twitter employees will testify at a hearing next week. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Ex-Twitter execs to testify on block of Hunter Biden story

The House Oversight Committee is set to hear testimony from former Twitter employees involved in the social media platform’s handling of reporting on President Joe Biden’s son Hunter.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi waits for the arrival of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi at Hyderabad house, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. Days after India blocked a BBC documentary that examines Modi’s role during 2002 anti-Muslim riots and banned people from sharing it online, authorities are scrambling to halt screenings of the film in colleges and universities and restricting its clips on social media, a move that has been decried by critics as an assault on press freedom. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

BBC film on Indian PM Modi, 2002 riots draws government ire

Days after India banned a BBC documentary that examines Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s role during 2002 anti-Muslim riots, authorities are scrambling to halt screenings of the program in colleges and universities and restricting clips of it on social media.

Elon Musk leaves the Phillip Burton Federal Building and United States Court House in San Francisco, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. Musk returned to federal court to defend himself against a class-action lawsuit that alleges he misled Tesla shareholders with a tweet about an aborted buyout that the billionaire defiantly insisted Tuesday he could have pulled off, had he wanted. (AP Photo/ Benjamin Fanjoy)

Elon Musk defiantly defends himself in Tesla tweet trial

Elon Musk has concluded his testimony in a federal trial over a class-action lawsuit that alleges he misled Tesla shareholders with a tweet about an aborted buyout.

FILE - Twitter headquarters is shown in San Francisco on Nov. 4, 2022. More landlords are taking Twitter to court over unpaid rent at the social media company’s headquarters in San Francisco and its British offices. It's the latest legal headache for billionaire owner Elon Musk, who has been trying to slash expenses and faces a separate lawsuit over Tesla. California court documents show that Twitter is facing a lawsuit over allegations it failed to pay rent for its head office. The owner of its premises in central London, meanwhile, said it’s taking the company to court over rental debt. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Twitter faces lawsuits over unpaid rent for US HQ, UK office

More landlords are taking Twitter to court over unpaid rent, this time at the social media company’s headquarters in San Francisco and its British offices.

In this courtroom sketch is Elon Musk, left, with shareholder attorney Nicholas Porritt appears in federal court in San Francisco, Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. Musk returned to court Monday, testifying that he believed he had locked up financial backing to take Tesla private during 2018 meetings with representatives from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund — although no specific funding amount or price was discussed. (Vicki Behringer via AP)

Elon Musk: Tweets about taking Tesla private weren’t fraud

Elon Musk has returned to federal court in San Francisco to testify in a class action lawsuit filed by Tesla investors alleging he misled them with a tweet.

FILE - Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., talks to reporters as he walks to the House chamber, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

GOP investigations of Biden to test Chairman Comer’s power

Rep. James Comer has a balancing act ahead of him as the new chairman of the powerful House Oversight and Accountability Committee.