Memo: the TikTok US deal is set to close on Jan. 22; terms include retraining the recommendation algorithm on US user data and Oracle overseeing data protection
Revamped ‘TikTok USA’ Expected Next Month Wesley Hilliard / AppleInsider : US investors to close deal on 50% ownership of TikTok January 22 Sports Business Journal : TikTok sale becomes official, with...
Some Biden-era officials say access to Nvidia chips could help China's AI companies buy time while China's chip makers improve their chips' performance
Meaghan Tobin / New York Times :
The FCC votes along party lines to repeal a Biden-era cybersecurity rule aimed at preventing intrusions like Salt Typhoon, calling it an ineffective measure
Kelcee Griffis / Bloomberg :
Sources: ByteDance will maintain ownership of TikTok US' revenue-generating business operations such as e-commerce and advertising
to me this new app sounds like “official federal government brainwashing app” (derogatory) based on how much they are talking about the government controlling the algorithm and how they will directly ...
US procurement records show the Trump administration jettisoned a Biden-era order and reactivated an ICE contract for Tel Aviv-based Paragon's spyware
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is on track to gain access to controversial spyware designed to hack phones and read private messages …
Some lawyers and bankers say the Intel deal may face legal challenges as the CHIPS Act may not allow the US government to convert grants into equity
and every American should be [video] Kelsey Piper / @kelseytuoc : @recurseparadox Congress can repeal the CHIPS act if they want to. (I think they shouldn't, but they could). But ‘Congress authorized ...
Sources: Chinese officials have urged the Trump administration to relax HBM chip export controls during trade talks, after the Biden administration ban in 2024
Experts warn dropping restrictions would give Beijing a competitive advantage in artificial intelligence
Sources: Trump administration is reconsidering plans to replace the Biden-era AI export rules as part of a broader softening on chip controls targeting China
The Trump administration is easing off its tough-on-China approach to technology export controls as it searches for leverage …
President Trump's AI Action Plan, which has 90+ policy recommendations, explicitly seeks to roll back Biden-era measures on AI bias and cybersecurity threats
The Trump administration's new AI policy blueprint calls for limited regulation and lots of leeway for Big Tech to grow even bigger.
Sources: in a Trump meeting last week, Jensen Huang argued US chips should be the global standard and was backed by David Sacks, who disliked Biden's chip rules
With help from a longtime Silicon Valley investor turned White House insider, Mr. Huang got the administration to reverse course on restrictions.