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Musk recently asked for ideas on where to donate his wealth — of which he has promised to give away half but has barely made a dent so far.

Leah Millis/Reuters; Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Biden picked Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Jessica Rosenworcel as acting FTC and FCC directors. The two Democrats have been more aggressive regulating big tech in the past than Trump's appointees. They also favor many of Biden's stances on issues like internet access, net neutrality, and privacy. President Joe Biden made two key agency appointments on Thursday that offer an early window into how his administration could approach regulating the tech and telecom industries. Biden selected Democrat Rebecca Kelly Slaug...

Erin Schaff/Getty Images AT&T and Cigna gave money to groups run by the GOP election objectors they pledged to stop supporting, Popular Information reported. Some companies paused certain PAC contributions after GOP efforts to overturn Biden's victory led to violence. Here's how much each S&P 500 corporate PAC had given — and if they've paused or resumed contributions. AT&T and Cigna both gave money last month to groups overseen by Republican lawmakers who sought to overturn the US presidential election results in January, despite earlier promises to pause supp...

David Barrett Barrett told Insider that defending free markets requires first defending democracy. He also told Protocol most CEOs are "cowards" for refusing to take those stands. As more companies publicly condemn the violent attacks on the US Capitol and pause their financial support for the lawmakers who helped fuel an attempted insurrection, Expensify CEO David Barrett has harsh words for the holdouts. "Most CEOs, it's not that they're bad people, they're just cowards. They're like, 'yeah, I would like to take a stand, but I can't because of investors, custom...

The move comes one day after Google banned the fast-growing app from its app store for similar reasons.