Filings: Meta spent the most on US lobbying in Q3, spending $5.8M, followed by Amazon, Google, Apple; Anthropic, Nvidia, and a16z hit $1M for the first time (Ashley Gold/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/21/tech-lobbying-insights-q3
Falcons QB Penix 'feeling good,' plans to play https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46688232/falcons-qb-penix-feeling-good-plans-play-dolphins
For Trump, Who Has 'Strong Feelings' About Autism, the Issue Is Personal (Sheryl Gay Stolberg/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/us/politics/autism-vaccines-trump-personal.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250923/p7#a250923p7
Trump Dismisses Another Inspector General,
Fueling Oversight Concerns
With the firing of Parisa Salehi,
the Export-Import Bank’s inspector general,
the president has sidelined around two dozen of the watchdogs who seek out fraud and mismanagement in federal agencies.
Even among Republicans on Capitol Hill, Ms. Salehi’s firing is prompting some backlash.
Senator Charles E. Grassley,
Republican of Iowa, raised concerns that the termination was illegal, …
Last-minute attempt by the Trump regime to stop 700 MW of offshore wind power from flowing into the US grid. Denmark's Ørsted in the crosshairs.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/climate
Canada's financial crime watchdog fines crypto exchange Cryptomus a record ~$126M for infractions including failing to flag suspicious transactions (Canadian Press)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/cryptomus-fined-177-million-fintrac-9.6948338
Disney Says 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' to Return After Backlash (Thomas Buckley/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-22/disney-says-jimmy-kimmel-live-to-return-following-backlash
http://www.memeorandum.com/250922/p101#a250922p101
Filing: Airbnb says CTO Ari Balogh, who joined seven years ago from Google, plans to step down in December (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-21/airbnb-says-chief-technology-officer-balogh-to-depar…
A look at Amazon's Sparrow, Cardinal, Proteus, and other warehouse robots, taking over roles like selecting and picking items, carrying shipping carts, and more (Karen Weise/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/technology/amazon-robotics-automa…