Barbara Ortutay

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  • Trump, LutnickLaw

    Trump’s $100k fee on the H-1B visa was so sudden that people don’t even know how to pay it

    By Paul Wiseman, Barbara Ortutay, and others
  • TrumpNorth America

    Trump’s shock $100k gambit ‘inserts total chaos in existing H-1B process with basically a day’s notice,’ immigration lawyer says

    By Barbara Ortutay, Seung Min Kim, and others
  • President Donald Trump speaks as Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick listens in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Sept. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)North America

    Trump imposes $100,000 annual fee for H-1B visas and unveils $1 million ‘gold card’ as pathway to U.S. citizenship

    By Barbara Ortutay, Seung Min Kim, and others
  • Mark Zuckerberg, Donald TrumpLaw

    Facebook, TikTok and even LinkedIn are censoring abortion content even when it’s just medical information, rights groups say

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • FTCAI

    FTC launches inquiry into the great teenage chatbot companion problem

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • Sam Altman testifies in courtNews

    Parents suing OpenAI and Sam AItman allege ChatGPT coached their 16-year-old into taking his own life

    By Matt O'Brien, Barbara Ortutay, and others
  • Grow a GardenTech

    Video game created by a 16-year-old in a few days shatters records, humiliates professional games designed with mega-budgets

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at LlamaCon 2025, an AI developer conference, in Menlo Park, Calif., Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, file)Tech

    Mark Zuckerberg hoped the Supreme Court would dismiss an $8 billion privacy lawsuit. Now he’s taking the stand

    By Maryclaire Dale, Barbara Ortutay, and others
  • Linda YaccarinoTech

    What analysts are saying about Linda Yaccarino’s X tenure: ‘It was clear from the start that she was being set up to fail’

    By Matt O'Brien, Barbara Ortutay, and others
  • FILE – The TikTok app logo is shown on an iPhone on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)Politics

    Trump extends TikTok divestment deadline for another 90 days without clear legal basis—or legal challenges

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • First lady Melania Trump listens as President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as she and the President depart on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, April 25, 2025, in Washington. The President and first lady will be traveling to Rome and the Vatican to attend the funeral for Pope Francis. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)Politics

    Trump signs bipartisan Take It Down Act to fight ‘revenge porn’ and deepfakes. Here’s what’s in it

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • FILE – A student uses their cell phone after unlocking the pouch that secures it from use during the school day at Bayside Academy, Friday, Aug. 16, 2024, in San Mateo, Calif. (Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, File)Tech

    Meta will now use AI to ‘proactively’ search for kids who are lying about their age to have adult Instagram accounts

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., center, arrives following a break during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024. Congress has increasingly scrutinized social media platforms as growing evidence suggests that excessive use and the proliferation of harmful content may be damaging young people's mental health.Tech

    Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg grilled on the witness stand — ‘I don’t have the full timeline of Instagram’s development in my head’

    By Brian Witte, Barbara Ortutay, and others
  • WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 31: Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on January 31, 2024 in Washington, DC. The committee heard testimony from the heads of the largest tech firms on the dangers of child sexual exploitation on social media. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)Tech

    Historic Meta antitrust trial begins and Mark Zuckerberg could be forced to sell Instagram and WhatsApp: ‘It is better to buy than compete’

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • Sarah Wynn-Williams, Facebook’s former director of Global Public Policy, arrives to testify before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)Tech

    Meta whistleblower claims tech giant built $18 billion business by aiding China in AI race and undermining U.S. national security

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press