Arianna Huffington: Apple's Tech Addiction Tools a 'Real Milestone'
Apple's new tools that help users manage how much time they spend with their devices is a positive and necessary step, the Huffington Post founder said in an interview with Cheddar's Hope King. The technology giant also [unveiled](https://cheddar.com/videos/apple-focuses-on-ar-and-user-experience) new AR capabilities and an upgraded version of Siri.
The CEOs of three popular tech companies have been subpoenaed by the Senate Judiciary Committee, which ordered the heads of Discord, Snap and X to testify at a hearing on protecting children online.
Advertisers are fleeing social media platform X over concerns about their ads showing up next to pro-Nazi content, hate speech on the site in general or billionaire owner Elon Musk’s own posts endorsing an antisemitic conspiracy theory.
The Energy Department is making a push to strengthen the U.S. battery supply chain, announcing up to $3.5 billion for companies that produce batteries and the critical minerals that go into them.