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A federal judge said the ‘paternalistic’ law violated Montanans’ rights. https://wapo.st/47CQ2Lx

At a launch event in Austin, Tesla CEO Elon Musk began delivering the futuristic vehicles to the first of thousands of buyers who have patiently waited through years of delays. https://wapo.st/3QV4iYQ

The federal government has stopped warning Meta about foreign influence campaigns amid legal threats over the Biden administration’s communication with tech firms. https://wapo.st/4a2S8pU

After being reinstated as CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman issued a letter highlighting next steps at the artificial intelligence company. https://wapo.st/3sZpd5h

Musk told advertisers he doesn’t want their money — in no uncertain terms. https://wapo.st/46CVD3j

Substack’s new video creation and editing tools put it in competition for creators with video-centric platforms like TikTok and Instagram. https://wapo.st/49XsjXY

Google is deleting accounts that haven’t been used in two years, from Gmail to Google Drive and more. Here’s how to back it up and avoid panic in the future. https://wapo.st/3BJb3Gc

Accused of antisemitism, the billionaire is cloaking himself in Zionism. https://wapo.st/46DAndN

Amazon has increasingly come to rely on postal carriers to make “last-mile” deliveries in harder-to-reach rural locations. https://wapo.st/49UB0m0

Local police have been warning about the safety of the NameDrop feature in iPhones to wirelessly share contact information. Don’t worry. They’re wrong. https://wapo.st/47vwOHS

The SpaceX founder said he found it “troubling” to see the joy on the faces of Hamas militants as they killed innocent people. https://wapo.st/3t244XY

Want to snag a partner? Treat them kindly right from the start. https://wapo.st/47NYtDy

Amazon’s safety record is under unprecedented scrutiny, but state and federal regulators often have limited ability to enforce policies. https://wapo.st/3N1OTFa

Long-time Silicon Valley investor Sam Altman helped start OpenAI as a research project in 2015. Now, it's one of the most powerful AI companies in tech. https://wapo.st/41JIRxe

The artificial intelligence company board says it no longer has confidence in Altman’s ability to lead. https://wapo.st/49KtY31

Online enthusiasm for the University of Colorado football team hasn’t flagged, despite its losing record. https://wapo.st/3SHVoAJ

Tech leaders are cheering the thaw in relations between the U.S. and China, hoping that less tension between the two economies means less risk to the money companies make from Chinese consumers. https://wapo.st/3G4Isx6

The billionaire’s latest controversial tweets come amid reports of major brands’ ads appearing next to pro-Nazi content. https://wapo.st/3Gntenj

A federal judge in San Francisco said he did not have the authority to overturn an FTC administrative judge’s orders. https://wapo.st/3MJndok

Videos citing bin Laden’s genocidal letter justifying the 9/11 attacks had been viewed relatively infrequently till a journalist posted a compilation on X. https://wapo.st/3QLnMzi

Teens have used ChatGPT, even if their parents have not. Here are three key lessons for families about the uses and abuses of AI. https://wapo.st/3G26gBN

SpaceX said the test launch is scheduled for a two-hour window that opens at 8 a.m. EST Friday. https://wapo.st/479N9BI

The Federal Trade Commission said food and sugar industry trade groups and nutrition influencers failed to disclose who was behind paid advertising https://wapo.st/3MOJ11R

Meta is pushing for rival tech giants such as Google and Apple to play a bigger role in keeping teens off potentially harmful sites. https://wapo.st/46eFVv8

OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT, started as a nonprofit. Now it’s walking and talking like Big Tech. https://wapo.st/3R18Vlm

Accountants for Trump’s media start-up say it “has suffered negative cash flows and recurring losses from operations that raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue.” https://wapo.st/3QWnjeT

“Free” or discounted combinations of streaming subscriptions can be a good deal. Or you might pay for entertainment you don’t really want — just like cable TV. https://wapo.st/3ufJzHF

Apple’s iMessage is synonymous with iPhones, but an Android phone maker and a New York start-up are changing that. https://wapo.st/40EyY55

A two-year effort to find the missing passcode for a crypto wallet containing $100,000 led to the discovery that millions of wallets may be vulnerable to attack. https://wapo.st/3QVlOO3

U.S.-based platforms Facebook and Instagram show a remarkably similar gap, undercutting Republican arguments that China is influencing what appears on TikTok. https://wapo.st/46aGTID

Who gets there first could set precedents for the next phase of lunar expeditions — where countries would mine resources such as water and establish settlements. https://wapo.st/46bFKjV

We’ll help you prepare for, capture, edit and share a group photo you can feel proud of during this holiday season. https://wapo.st/3SEpwN7

Republican tech elites like Peter Thiel were once enticed by the prospect that Trump would usher in a new, ultra-capitalist era of Republican politics. Now they’re adrift. https://wapo.st/3sEBxHM

Internet speeds have come a long way since the days of the dial-up modem, but sometimes you can’t beat the millennia-old method of carrier pigeon. https://wapo.st/40B6lWo

In a dispute over a repair law they don’t like, Subaru and Kia crippled their own wireless car features. Maine could be next. https://wapo.st/475Peyp

The FAA still has to issue a launch license, but indications are that could happen soon. https://wapo.st/3ucfRTZ

At NASA, he commanded Apollo 8, the first manned mission to orbit the Moon and return safely to Earth. https://wapo.st/3stPRTA

Omegle was founded in 2009 to connect strangers online over video chat. Its founder, Leif K-Brooks, acknowledged it was used for “unspeakably heinous crimes.” https://wapo.st/3SxxkQK

A growing group of venture capitalists, CEOs and others say artificial intelligence regulation will snuff out competition. https://wapo.st/46WO7RL

Tips, tricks and hacks to help you navigate, use and organize your email on Microsoft Outlook. https://wapo.st/3MYPQyb

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg “ignored” top executives who called for bolder actions and more resources to protect users, especially kids and teens, even as the company faced mounting scrutiny over its safety practices, a newly unredacted legal complaint alleges. https://wapo.st/3QuVkBE

Cruise issues a recall of all 950 of its driverless cars after one of the cars failed to detect a pedestrian underneath it and dragged her for 20 feet. https://wapo.st/3Sy2ozN

The new policy goes into effect in 2024. https://wapo.st/3SqpMPU

Amazon will offer cheaper health care to Prime members via One Medical, a long-expected integration that could significantly expand its health care footprint. https://wapo.st/49tMk8e

Google goes to great lengths to be your default search engine and keep you from switching. Here’s why you should make your own choice. https://wapo.st/3SwsDqD

Two dangerous cases of mistaken identity using the Find My app showed that location-tracking technology can be useful — but it cannot be trusted. https://wapo.st/3FLezSu

Meta’s quest to recruit younger users has clashed with pressure to keep children and teens safe on social networks including Instagram and Facebook. https://wapo.st/3MzmRR3

Becoming a full-time content creator has become one of the most-mentioned career goals for younger generations. https://wapo.st/3QvLOyd

Scrubbed from the flight because of exposure to measles, Mr. Mattingly helped devise a plan to return the astronauts safely after an explosion aboard the spacecraft. https://wapo.st/47jyljv

At OpenAI’s developers’ conference, the start-up showed it isn’t content with just being a back-end provider of artificial intelligence technology to other tech firms. https://wapo.st/40raXym