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Jon Keegan1/14/25

Texas AG: Allstate violated the privacy of 45 million Americans

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed suit against auto-insurance company Allstate yesterday, alleging that the company and its subsidiary vehicle-data unit Arity “conspired to secretly collect and sell ‘trillions of miles’ of consumers ‘driving behavior’ data from mobile devices, in-car devices, and vehicles.”

The complaint alleges that Allstate compiled the “world’s largest driving behavior database,” which it used to justify insurance-premium increases based on a driver’s history.

Arity allegedly paid developers “millions” to include its software in their apps, which would collect driving behavior, precise location, and trip details in many popular apps like family-tracker app Life360, GasBuddy, and Fuel Rewards (which is owned by Shell).

The lawsuit also alleges that Arity supplemented this driving data by purchasing connected vehicle data from car manufacturers such as Toyota, Mazda, and Stellantis brands Dodge, Jeep, Chrysler, Fiat, and Ram.

Texas sues Allstate, alleging it violated data privacy rights of 45 million Americans

Texas sues Allstate, alleging it violated data privacy rights of 45 million Americans

The complaint alleges that Allstate compiled the “world’s largest driving behavior database,” which it used to justify insurance-premium increases based on a driver’s history.

Arity allegedly paid developers “millions” to include its software in their apps, which would collect driving behavior, precise location, and trip details in many popular apps like family-tracker app Life360, GasBuddy, and Fuel Rewards (which is owned by Shell).

The lawsuit also alleges that Arity supplemented this driving data by purchasing connected vehicle data from car manufacturers such as Toyota, Mazda, and Stellantis brands Dodge, Jeep, Chrysler, Fiat, and Ram.

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Max Knoblauch11/4/25

Big four airlines sink as Transportation Secretary Duffy says parts of US airspace could close if shutdown continues

The US may close parts of its airspace as early as next week if the government shutdown continues, according to comments made by Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Tuesday.

“If you bring us to a week from today, Democrats, you will see mass chaos. You will see mass flight delays. You’ll see mass cancellations, and you may see us close certain parts of the airspace, because we just cannot manage it,” Duffy said at a news briefing on Tuesday.

The shutdown, which entered its 35th day on Tuesday, has fueled already problematic shortages of air traffic controllers. This week, airlines said 3.2 million passengers have faced delays or cancellations because of the shortages. Last week, about 13,000 air traffic controllers and 50,000 TSA agents received their first $0 paycheck amid the shutdown.

Shares of the big four US airlines all sank on Duffy’s comments, with United Airlines, American Airlines, and Delta Air Lines all down more than 5%.

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Jon Keegan11/3/25

Trump’s deal offering top Nvidia chips to China was nixed at last minute, the WSJ reports

Nvidia’s CEO, Jensen Huang, really wants to sell the chipmaker’s most powerful Blackwell GPUs to China. He almost had his way.

According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, President Trump was ready to put Blackwell chips on the negotiating table for his meeting with Chinese President Xi to seek relief from China’s decision to block crucial rare earth exports to the US.

But according to the report, Trump advisers presented a unified front and were able to dissuade him from giving up the most powerful chips to China at the last minute. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer were among those opposed to the chip deal. After the meeting, Trump said he did not talk with Xi about Nvidia’s “super duper” chips.

Reportedly those opposed to the deal cited national security concerns, as well as wanting to keep a competitive edge as China seeks to challenge the US’s current dominance of the AI industry.

Exclusive | Trump Officials Torpedoed Nvidia’s Push to Export AI Chips to China

Exclusive | Trump Officials Torpedoed Nvidia’s Push to Export AI Chips to China

But according to the report, Trump advisers presented a unified front and were able to dissuade him from giving up the most powerful chips to China at the last minute. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer were among those opposed to the chip deal. After the meeting, Trump said he did not talk with Xi about Nvidia’s “super duper” chips.

Reportedly those opposed to the deal cited national security concerns, as well as wanting to keep a competitive edge as China seeks to challenge the US’s current dominance of the AI industry.

Traders are getting more and more pessimistic about the government shutdown ending any time soon

The market expects the shutdown to last well into November.

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OpenAI’s internal Slack messages could cost it billions in copyright suit

Authors and publishers suing OpenAI over copyright infringement were granted access to internal OpenAI communications about the deletion of a pirated books dataset, and now want to review attorney communications.

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US corporate spending on private flights for executives has ballooned in recent years

The median expense spent by America’s largest companies on air travel jumped 66% from 2020 to 2024.

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