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 ...
Trump signs an EO to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and a Digital Asset Stockpile using BTC and other digital assets forfeited in criminal or civil cases
Now, Trump wants to create a crypto “strategic reserve.” (1/2) @theangrydonkey : Earlier this week, Trump announced the names of five digital assets he expects to include in this reserve, spiking the...
TikTok users with stigmatized interests or marginalized identities express anxiety over its potential ban, as rebuilding their communities elsewhere may be hard
This week's TikTok news came with a strong feeling of déjà vu. Ayomide Sadiq / TalkAndroid.com : TikTok Has 9 Months To Be Reborn As A Separate US Entity Nadeem Sarwar / Digital Trends : Forget about ...
AT&T, Charter, Comcast, and Verizon quietly lobby to weaken a $42.5B program to improve US internet access, aiming to block new rules on poor customers' bills
As Washington readies the largest burst of broadband funding in U.S. history, AT&T, Verizon and their allies are lobbying hard against lower prices for consumers Mastodon: @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social ...
After the House vote, Chinese officials say the US has shown “robber's logic” toward TikTok, and Washington must “stop unfairly suppressing foreign companies”
TIKTOK IS LESS OF A DANGER TO THE USA THAN META (FACEBOOK!), WHICH IS A TRUE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE. Jessica Kwong / Metro.co.uk : Trump's ex-treasury secretary is trying to buy TikTok amid ban threat Mo...
Source: TikTok is paying dozens of creators to visit DC next week and lobby lawmakers against a forced sale, ahead of CEO Shou Zi Chew's testimony on March 23
TikTok's planning to flood the nation's capital with “dozens” … The Economic Times : US justice department investigating TikTok's owner for ‘spying’ on journos: report Rebecca Falconer / Axios : TikTo...
In a letter, Ukraine's vice prime minister Mykhailo Fedorov urges Tim Cook to halt Apple's product sales in Russia and shut down its App Store in the country
everyone? https://www.bloomberg.com/... https://twitter.com/... Jeff Moss / @thedarktangent : I've been talking about “app diplomacy” the past year or so where India bans Chinese apps from in retaliat...
Australia says Facebook agreed to reinstate news content in Australia in the coming days after the government promised amendments to its proposed media bill
but what was lost along the way? Micky : Facebook versus Australia: the government hands Facebook a free pass Max Willens / Digiday : Cheat sheet: Facebook brings news back to platform in Australia - ...
Facebook's Australia news ban shows tech giants don't mind giving up money to appease regulators and business, but will not give up control over platforms
and letting the stations set the price” - Facebook's Nick Clegg comes out punching on Australia's media law. https://about.fb.com/... Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis : True: “The money is not and has never ...
News Corp announces a multi-year, global partnership with Google to provide content from its news sites “in return for significant payments by Google”
In the face of proposed regulation in Australia that would require tech giants … Jared Newman / Fast Company : Facebook has banned Australian news, but there's a workaround Financial Times : Big Tech ...