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Trump admin planning to use AI to write federal regs, people are uninstalling TikTok, and Google agreed to a settlement in voice assistant privacy lawsuit

Published: January 27, 2026

Duration: 7:29

-The Trump administration is planning on using Google Gemini to draft important federal regulations starting with the Department of Transportation.

-TikTok's newly formed US entity is off to a very bumpy start. As the app continues to face technical issues affecting the recommendation algorithm, view counts and other features, TikTok is also seeing a wave of frustrated users uninstalling it.

-Google has agreed to a $68 million settlement regarding claims that its voice assistant inappropriately spied on smartphone users. Plaintiffs claimed that the company’s Google Assistant platform began listening to them after it misheard conversations th...