How Jensen Huang successfully lobbied Trump to resume Nvidia's H20 sales to China; US officials hadn't vetted the 20% pay-to-play proposal when Trump offered it
Amrith Ramkumar and Robbie Whelan, reporting for The Wall Street Journal (gift link): Emma Roth / The Verge : US demands cut of Nvidia sales in order to ship AI chips to China Arjun Kharpal / CNBC : T...
Kamala Harris is courting crypto investors and pro-crypto Democrats in Congress, as some prominent Democrats temper their initial skepticism of crypto assets
For Now Yves Smith / naked capitalism : Progressives Sound Alarm as Harris Courts Crypto Industry David Dayen / American Prospect : Not Enjoying the Mark Cuban for President Campaign Jasper Goodman / ...
The FTC proposes a rule banning non-compete clauses, saying the contracts harm healthy competition in the labor and product markets and block entrepreneurship
the latest move in Lina Khan's ambitious reform agenda. https://www.nytimes.com/... Elizabeth Warren / @ewarren : Imagine you hate your job. The pay is low. The benefits are crummy. But your boss made...
Biden EO will encourage the FCC to bring back net neutrality and enforce clearer pricing labels for ISPs, asks FTC to draft right-to-repair rules, more
but it can't until he picks a third Democrat Pia Singh / CNBC : IAC CEO says Apple is ‘worse’ than Google and will be next target in U.S. antitrust crackdown Tyler Lee / Ubergizmo : President Joe Bide...
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is tying the fate of $2,000 stimulus checks to the repeal of Section 230
in a Bill That Would Also Eliminate Section 230 Dell Cameron / Gizmodo : McConnell Doesn't Care About Section 230 or the Election—Just Keeping Your Relief Check Small Tweets: Donald J. Trump / @realdo...
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is tying the fate of $2,000 stimulus checks to the repeal of Section 230
in a Bill That Would Also Eliminate Section 230 Dell Cameron / Gizmodo : McConnell Doesn't Care About Section 230 or the Election—Just Keeping Your Relief Check Small Ted Johnson / Deadline : Mitch Mc...
A look at how tech's lobbying efforts in the US are quietly pushing for long-held goals in the frantic political and economic environment amid COVID-19 outbreak
David McCabe / New York Times : Tweets: @ddayen , @mawnikr , @nytimesbusiness , @nytimesbusiness , @veenadubal , and @opensecretsdc Tweets: David Dayen / @ddayen : This idea that tech is “snapping to...
Google's limits on microtargeting of political ads for state and federal candidates shakes up ad plans and frustrates both Democrats and Republicans
but it's a secret April Glaser / Slate : Will Google's Changes to Political Ads Hurt Democrats or Republicans More? Washington Post : Google's new political ad rules unite Democratic and Republican ca...