President Trump signs an executive order aimed at preempting a growing number of state AI laws, saying “we want to have one central source of approval”
Transformer Weekly: Trump signs EO, Hochul guts the RAISE Act, and GPT-5.2 launches Michael Kan / PCMag : Trump Signs Executive Order to Go After ‘Burdensome’ State AI Laws Poligirlsayswhat / Baller A...
Tether partners with Chainalysis to identify risky crypto addresses that could be used for bypassing sanctions or illicit activities, like terrorist financing
Stablecoins offer immense value to emerging markets...some things we take for granted here in the States. … Forums: r/CryptoCurrency : Tether Enters Transaction Surveillance Partnership with Chainalys...
Fairphone and Murena partner to launch the user-repairable, modular Fairphone 4 in the US for $599+, unlocked and running the Google-free /e/ OS, not Android
the repairable, sustainable smartphone—is coming to the US Jay Bonggolto / Android Police : Fairphone 4 arrives in the US without Google apps on board Dan Avery / CNET : Fairphone 4: A Phone for Peopl...
A look at how the $42.5B US broadband infrastructure plan will be allocated: Texas leads with $3.3B+, California gets $1.8B+, Missouri gets $1.7B+, and more
find out how much your state will get Kris Holt / Engadget : The Biden administration's $42 billion broadband program is finally getting underway Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware : U.S. to Invest $42 Bil...
A look at the vote for secretary general of the UN's International Telecommunications Union between a US and a Russian candidate, and its open web implications
or whether autocratic countries like Russia and China get to set the rules. https://www.wired.com/... Margrethe Vestager / @vestager : .@ITU is here to ensure that #DigitalConnectivity benefits us all...
How Facebook, Apple, Google, Amazon, and others increasingly rival states for geopolitical influence and are reshaping the global order as we know it
After rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, some of the United States' most powerful institutions sprang into action to punish the leaders of the failed insurrection. Tweets: @ianbremmer , @m...
Ahead of House hearing, Mark Zuckerberg calls for Section 230 reform that makes protections conditional on platforms' ability to identify and remove content
Want this newsletter delievered to your inbox? — Good evening, Aaron Mackey / Electronic Frontier Foundation : Facebook's Pitch to Congress: Section 230 for Me, But not for Thee Russell Brandom / Th...
FTC and state AG antitrust complaints use dramatic language, bolstered by emails, to portray Zuckerberg as a villain who vowed to “crush” the competition
and requesting divestitures/breakups, among other forms of relief. Hopeful that it marks yet another step forward in the growing efforts to rehabilitate antitrust laws & recover antimonopoly. Alec Sta...
UK parliament's report on fake news and disinformation says “digital gangster” Facebook deliberately broke laws, calls for antitrust, data abuse investigations
for the UK Shona Ghosh / Business Insider : Facebook was destroyed by British lawmakers for its disastrous year, but new laws should not … Adam Satariano / New York Times : Facebook Targeted in Scathi...
SCOTUS to review 1992 Quill decision that states can collect sales tax only if retailer has physical presence in the state; Quill is used in taxing online sales
South Dakota says 1992 ban on many tax collections is obsolete — States could have collected $13 billion more in 2017: GAO