Musk reignites conspiracy theory; Apple gives Tata iPhone repair business; OpenAI appeals data preservation order
Musk reignites conspiracy theory
With one tweet linking U.S. President Donald Trump with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, Elon Musk reignites a long-running conspiracy theory of the U.S. President's far right supporters. The tech billionaire — who exited his role as a top White House advisor just last week — alleged on Thursday that the Republican leader is featured in secret government files on rich and powerful former Epstein associates.
The Trump administration has acknowledged it is reviewing tens of thousands of documents, videos, and investigative material that his 'MAGA' movement says will unmask public figures complicit in Epstein's crimes. 'Time to drop the really big bomb: (Trump) is in the Epstein files,' Musk posted on X, as a growing feud with the president boiled over into a vicious public spat. Supporters on the conspiratorial end of Mr. Trump's base allege that Epstein's associates had their roles in his crimes covered up by government officials and others.
Apple gives Tata iPhone repair business
Apple has brought in Tata Group to handle repairs for iPhones and MacBook devices in Indian market, signalling the Indian conglomerate's deepening role in the U.S. tech giant's supply chain, two people familiar with the matter said. As Apple looks beyond China for manufacturing, Tata has fast emerged as its key supplier and already assembles iPhones for local and foreign markets at three facilities in south India, with one of them also making some iPhone components.
Tata is taking over the mandate from an Indian unit of Taiwan's Wistron, ICT Service Management Solutions, and will carry out such after-sales repairs from its Karnataka iPhone assembly campus, sources said. The market for repairs is only going to boom in India, the world's second-biggest smartphone market, as iPhone sales skyrocket. Counterpoint estimates around 11 million iPhones were sold in India last year, giving Apple a 7% market share, compared to just 1% in 2020.
OpenAI appeals data preservation order
OpenAI is appealing an order in a copyright case brought by the New York Times that requires it to preserve ChatGPT output data indefinitely, arguing that the order conflicts with privacy commitments it has made with users. Last month, a court said OpenAI had to preserve and segregate all output log data after the Times asked for the data to be preserved. 'We will fight any demand that compromises our users' privacy; this is a core principle,' OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in a post on X on Thursday.
U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein was asked to vacate the May data preservation order on June 3, a court filing showed. The New York Times did not immediately respond to a request for comment outside regular business hours. The newspaper sued OpenAI and Microsoft in 2023, accusing them of using millions of its articles without permission to train the large language model.
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