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| Jun 6, 2026 | Federal AI Regulation Bill Freezes State Consumer Protections for Three Years, Sparks Revolt | By Shannon Harwood
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| Mar 5, 2026 | CNBC Daily Open: China sets lowest growth target in decades | China sets lowest growth target on record at 4.5% to 5%.
War powers vote fails in the U.S. Senate.
Iran targets Amazon’s Bahrain data center.
Global 15% tariffs will kick in this week.
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| Mar 5, 2026 | Defense experts back Anthropic in letter to Congress, slam DOD for setting ‘dangerous precedent’ | A group of former defense officials and policy experts sent a letter to Congress calling for an investigation into the Pentagon’s decision to designate Anthropic a supply chain risk.
“Blacklisting one of America’s leading AI companies — and... |
| Mar 5, 2026 | Big Tech group tells Pentagon's Hegseth they are 'concerned' about Anthropic supply-chain risk designation | March 4 : A Big Tech industry group on Wednesday expressed concern to U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth about his declaring AI company Anthropic a supply-chain risk, saying such a designation creates uncertainty for companies that coul... |
| Mar 5, 2026 | CNBC Daily Open: Tremors spread globally as Middle East conflict rages on | A vote to force President Donald Trump to pull back.
A prolonged conflict in the Middle East will dent India’s remittance flows.
Amazon’s Bahrain data center was targeted by Iran.
China on Thursday set its GDP growth target for 2026 at 4.5%... |
| Mar 5, 2026 | Exclusive-Big tech group supports Anthropic in Pentagon fight as investors push to de-escalate clash over AI safeguards | SAN FRANCISCO, March 4 : A big tech industry group consisting of major Anthropic backers Amazon and Nvidia on Wednesday expressed concern over the Pentagon's decision to declare the artificial intelligence company a supply-chain risk as oth... |
| Mar 4, 2026 | Tech industry group expresses ‘concern’ to Pete Hegseth over Anthropic supply chain risk label | The Information Technology Industry Council sent a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth expressing concern over his imposition of a supply chain risk designation.
The letter doesn’t name Anthropic, but comes days after President Donald ... |
| Dec 23, 2024 | Biden launches new US trade probe into legacy Chinese chips | WASHINGTON: The Biden administration announced on Monday (Dec 23) a last-minute trade investigation into older Chinese-made "legacy" semiconductors that could heap more US tariffs on chips from China that power everyday goods from... |
| Dec 14, 2024 | Exclusive: Major cloud providers could get key role in AI chip access outside the US, sources say | Exclusive: Major cloud providers could get key role in AI chip access outside the US, sources say
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| Jun 11, 2024 | Lenovo unveils ThinkSystem V4 to make AI more accessible | Lenovo has unveiled its new ThinkSystem V4 portfolio, which is engineered to make artificial intelligence (AI) more accessible to businesses of all sizes. Powered by Intel Xeon 6 processors, the updated portfolio aims to cater to the divers... |
| Apr 20, 2024 | Lawmakers vote to reauthorize US spying law that critics say expands government surveillance | Lawmakers passed legislation early Saturday reauthorizing and expanding a controversial U.S. surveillance law shortly after the powers expired at midnight, rejecting opposition by privacy advocates and lawmakers.
The bill, which passed on a... |
| Jun 1, 2023 | Two Visions of Digital Sovereignty | If bipartisan agreement in the United States is rare, in at least one area, it is increasingly clear: “economic security is national security.” As global events have pushed Europe and the United States closer together, the convergence of th... |
| Jan 10, 2023 | Gentlemen’s Rules for Reading Each Other’s Mail: The New OECD Principles on Government Access to Personal Data Held by Private Sector Entities | In 1928, U.S. Secretary of State Henry Stimson famously shut down an intelligence program that deciphered encrypted international cables, indignantly proclaiming that “a gentleman doesn’t read somebody else’s mail.” Nearly a century later, ... |
| Jan 20, 2022 | Mimecast : Biden Aims to Drive Zero-Trust Architecture Nationwide | The Biden administration has begun defining a zero-trust architecture for the U.S. government's cybersecurity systems and day-to-day operations. Its ambitions for zero trust as a cyber defense reach beyond this already bold goal, deep into ... |
| Dec 20, 2021 | Towards OECD Principles for Government Access to Data | In December 2020, governments belonging to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) quietly embarked on an unprecedented exercise to formulate common principles governing their access, for national security and law e... |
| Dec 1, 2021 | US government agencies bought Chinese surveillance tech despite federal ban | This story was reported in partnership with video surveillance news site IPVM.
At least three U.S. federal agencies, including the military, have purchased China-made video surveillance equipment banned from use in the federal government.
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| Nov 1, 2021 | The Pros and Cons of Mandating Reporting From Ransomware Victims | On Oct. 5, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Deborah Ross introduced the bicameral Ransom Disclosure Act (RDA). This is the third bill, proposed over the past four months, meant to address an increasing threat of ransomware attacks. The number... |
| Oct 15, 2021 | Tech giants say gov cyber incident intervention powers 'unworkable' | A coalition of global technology companies have expressed their concern about planned ‘last resort’ powers that would allow the federal government to intervene to contain a cyber attack on critical infrastructure.
A letter [pdf] from three ... |
| Jul 23, 2021 | App and Web Accessibility Standards: From Compliance To Belonging | Building accessible web and mobile applications and creating digital content that meets web accessibility standards is bigger than an equality issue; the practice makes good (and profitable) business sense.
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| Nov 6, 2020 | Ad agencies worry they could lose big federal contracts due to Trump's executive order banning some diversity training, even if he leaves office | Advertising Ad agencies worry they could lose big federal contracts due to Trump's executive order banning some diversity training, even if he leaves office
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| Aug 14, 2020 | After Schrems II: A Proposal to Meet the Individual Redress Challenge | In the aftermath of the July 16 Schrems II judgment by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) invalidating a principal legal method for transferring personal data from EU territory to the United States, the future of data flows f... |
| Jun 23, 2020 | Apple, Google, Tesla CEOs slam Trump’s move to suspend immigrant visas | Join the New York Post and Mansion Global for a live conversation on how COVID-19 has affected top real estate markets in the US, Friday, 6/26 @ 12 p.m. EST. Register here.
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| Jun 23, 2020 | Apple, Google, Tesla CEOs slam Trump’s move to suspend immigrant visas | Join the New York Post and Mansion Global for a live conversation on how COVID-19 has affected top real estate markets in the US, Friday, 6/26 @ 12 p.m. EST. Register here.
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Texas mayor: Influx of illegal immigrants open... |
| Mar 5, 2020 | The EU’s White Paper on AI: A Thoughtful and Balanced Way Forward | On Feb. 19, the European Commission released a White Paper on Artificial Intelligence outlining its wide-ranging plan to develop artificial intelligence (AI) in Europe. The commission also released a companion European data strategy, aiming... |
| Jan 26, 2019 | Has the fight over privacy changed at all in 2019? | Few issues divide the tech community quite like privacy. Much of Silicon Valley’s wealth has been built on data-driven advertising platforms, and yet, there remain constant concerns about the invasiveness of those platforms.
Such concerns h... |
| Jan 11, 2019 | Will This New Congress be the One to Pass Data Privacy Legislation? | A Congress that begins with a government shutdown carrying over and a raft of subpoenas to the executive branch issued by incoming House committee chairs promises to be at least as polarized and partisan as its predecessor. Even so, legisla... |
| Oct 23, 2018 | A Lobby Group Representing Apple & Other Tech Companies Establish a Privacy Framework that Protects their Interests
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Search | Yesterday a leading tech lobbying group in Washington known as "The Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) that represents Apple, Adobe, Amazon, Dell, Intel, Google, Microsoft and others published their "Framework to Advanc... |
| May 11, 2018 | Silicon Valley to Trump: Write checks and a gameplan for AI but not regulations | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| May 11, 2018 | Silicon Valley to Trump: Write checks and a gameplan for AI but not regulations | Sometimes you’ve got to admire the shamelessness of Libertarian-loving Silicon Valley — a region that does its best to keep the government at bay and avoid paying taxes yet doesn’t hesitate for a second to ask that same government for help ... |
| Feb 19, 2018 | Workforce programs will need to be overhauled in the age of artificial intelligence | Not all researchers agree that artificial intelligence is as important a development as electricity or fire, or that hundreds of millions of jobs will be automated in the next decade. But it is clear that an increasing array of tasks will s... |
| Feb 19, 2018 | Workforce programs will need to be overhauled in the age of artificial intelligence | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Not all researchers agree that artificial intelli... |
| Aug 24, 2017 | Supreme Court Has Another Chance To Help Take Down The Patent Trolls | The Supreme Court has a chance to help banish patent trolls back under the bridge where they belong. In the fall session, the Court will hear Oil States Energy Service v. Greene’s Energy Group – a case that has massive implications for the ... |
| Dec 15, 2016 | California adopts first energy-efficiency standards for PCs in US | reader comments 134 with 89 posters participating
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| Jun 29, 2016 | Why Google’s murky lobbying in the US is making Apple look good | By John Barrick and Jennifer Brown
Tech giant Apple last week told Politico it would withhold support for the Republican National Convention due to comments made by Donald Trump. Apple competitors Google and Facebook are still supporters th... |
| Feb 17, 2016 | Why Apple is right to reject the order to unlock a killer's phone | Apple has been ordered by the US courts to help the FBI gain access to data on an iPhone belonging to San Bernardino gunman Syed Rizwan Farook. Farook and his wife killed 14 people in the California city late last year before being shot dea... |
| Nov 23, 2015 | Encryption Debate Erupts Post-Paris Attacks But Don't Expect Any Change Soon | Quinten Plummer, Tech Times 23 November 2015, 04:11 am
Despite the lack of evidence, the Obama Administration has revived the encryption debate, pointing to encryption as an aid to the terrorists behind the Nov. 13 Paris attacks.
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| Nov 22, 2015 | Apple, Google, Facebook and Microsoft warn weaker encryption makes the bad guys stronger | In the wake of last week’s deadly terror attacks in Paris, prominent politicians and senior law-enforcement officials have said that western governments have to rethink their stance on encrypted Internet-connected products and services.
But... |
| May 11, 2015 | Tech Giants Pile On In Support Of The NSA-Curtailing USA FREEDOM Act | Following previous gestures of support, a grip of technology trade groups representing the industry’s largest players signed and released a letter expressing support for the House’s USA FREEDOM Act, a bill that would curtail the government’... |
| Jul 30, 2014 | Who Is Saying What About the Leahy Surveillance Bill | Below you'll find a compilation of public statements on Senator Patrick Leahy's new and improved USA Freedom Act, which he unveiled yesterday.
Suffice it to say: the reviews are generally positive, give or take some rather qualified, less c... |
| Jun 20, 2014 | New House Majority Leader Opposes Net Neutrality, Just Like His Predecessor | Yesterday, Rep. Kevin McCarthy won the Republican Party election to become the new House Majority Leader. Outgoing Rep. Eric Cantor, who held the position previously, unexpectedly lost his primary earlier this month, and announced that he w... |
| Feb 12, 2014 | White House Unveils Cybersecurity Plan For Big Firms, Looks To Silicon Valley Next | The Obama administration unveiled Wednesday a long-awaited plan for bolstering the cybersecurity of critical-infrastructure providers — including big information technology and communications companies — and is gearing up to try to enlist s... |
| Jun 20, 2013 | Over 100 tech business leaders — including Google, Facebook, & Yahoo execs — ask Senate to pass immigration reform | A group of over a hundred business leaders in the technology industry have asked the U.S. Senate for broad immigration reform in a new letter posted by the Information Technology Industry Council today.
The letter itself, which is directly ... |
| Aug 21, 2010 | New industry meetings over net neutrality being hosted by lobbyists | While much of the focus has been on Google and Verizon when it comes to net neutrality as of late, the Wall Street Journal has reported that lobbyists began a new set of talks among a much wider group on Wednesday.
The Information Technolog... |
| Обеспечение доступности веб-контента: стандарты, критерии, пример реализации | Привет, меня зовут Павел. Я занимаюсь изучением и тестированием доступности.
Когда начинал изучать этот вопрос, я понимал, что это делается с заботой о людях с нарушением зрения, слуха, моторики, но я не имел представления как именно это де... |
| Apple, Google, Facebook and Microsoft warn weaker encryption makes the bad guys stronger | In the wake of last week’s deadly terror attacks in Paris, prominent politicians and senior law-enforcement officials have said that western governments have to rethink their stance on encrypted Internet-connected products and services.
But... |
