The NHTSA asks Waymo about its self-driving vehicles illegally passing school buses, including 19 times in Texas this year, as part of a probe opened in October
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Coinbase plans to move its incorporation from Delaware to Texas, saying Delaware “once provided companies with consistency” but now has “unpredictable outcomes”
Coinbase is following Tesla out of Delaware and into Texas. — Paul Grewal, Coinbase's chief legal officer …
Apple plans to update its Declared Age Range API and launch new APIs “later this year” to verify the ages of Apple Account users in Texas from January 1, 2026
Today, Apple and Google notified all developers about next year's requirements under the App Store Accountability Act (ASAA), now law in Utah, Texas, and Louisiana. … Bluesky: Tyler King / @tyleraking...
Apple plans to update its Declared Age Range API and launch new APIs “later this year” to verify the ages of Apple Account users in Texas from January 1, 2026
Starting next year in Texas, new rules will go into effect. … Starting next year, Texas will require companies …
Trump extends ByteDance's deadline to divest TikTok's US operations until December 16, the fourth such extension; a deal is expected to be finalized this week
nothing screams “protecting America” like Michelin-starred foreign spyware by proxy. Trump cheerfully extended ByteDance's deadline to December 16 so that Oracle, Silver Lake, [image] @americanfreedom...
A Texas law enacted in June, inspired by the 2021 winter storm in which 200+ died, lets the state's grid operator cut electricity to data centers in emergencies
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Sources: Samsung plans to produce iPhone 18 image sensors in Austin, Texas; an expert says Apple chose Samsung as a supplier because Sony doesn't have US plants
Deal suggests South Korean company's US investments are paying off as Trump dials up his tariff policies
Sources: TSMC delays the construction of its second plant in Japan, initially slated for early 2025, to invest in US expansion ahead of potential Trump tariffs
TSMC says US investments won't impact other regions Skye Jacobs / TechSpot : TSMC shifts focus to US, postpones new chip plant in Japan Focus Taiwan : TSMC says U.S. investment won't impact projects e...
The latest version of the Senate's OBBB has a provision that removes the 6 GHz band's protection from spectrum auctions; Wi-Fi 6E and Wi-Fi 7 use the 6 GHz band
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/ ... [image] Corey Quinn / @quinnypig.com : I bet companies can't WAIT to bid on spectrum that currently has millions of devices using it, most of which will never see a f...
Texas becomes the third US state to approve a public crypto reserve, which can buy assets with a $500B+ market cap over 24 months, limiting it to BTC for now
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