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Kalshi is pushing back against the state of Nevada’s claims that the prediction market operator failed to comply with geofencing requirements, accusing the state’s gaming regulator of violating federal law. In a motion filed in state court on Friday evening, state prosecutors argued that the firm failed to implement a geofencing solution by Aug. 12...
A crypto firm partially owned by President Trump’s family received preliminary conditional approval for a bank charter on Friday. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) granted conditional approval for an application from World Liberty Trust Co. for a national trust bank, according to a letter posted on the OCC’s website. The OCC...
A bipartisan pair of senators launched an investigation this week into the gaming platform Roblox, citing concerns about explicit content and its alleged "connection to real world child abuse." Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) sent a letter Wednesday informing Roblox CEO David Baszucki that the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism...
President Trump on Thursday announced new tariffs on drone imports in an effort to curb U.S. reliance on foreign supply chains amid possible national security threats. Under a proclamation signed by Trump, larger drones with certain sensitive capabilities, including thermal imaging, are subject to a 100 percent tariff, along with other critical parts. Smaller drones...
Environmental and community groups sued the Trump administration on Friday over its approval of two chemicals for use in semiconductors despite posing health risks. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently approved the two unnamed chemicals for use in the semiconductor industry even though it also found potential risks to workers and the general public. The...
A top Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee is pressing major U.S. airlines over whether they use artificial intelligence to set ticket prices based on travelers’ personal information, raising concerns that it determines what fares consumers see. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.), the ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, sent...
President Trump is laying the groundwork for private sector firms to take a larger role in the U.S.'s cybersecurity offense against transnational cyber crimes in what could be one of the largest ever changes in U.S. cyber policy. In a memo signed Wednesday, Trump called on the National Coordination Center to create a program for...
Flock Safety will implement new privacy and data retention policies as pressure grows on the automated license plate operator to prevent its technology from being abused or used to conduct mass surveillance. The company announced Thursday it will shorten the recommended default data retention window from 30 to seven days to cut the amount of...
The latest kids online safety trial against Meta kicked off Wednesday in a California federal court, where the technology giant is accused of designing its platforms to be addictive for young users. Jury selection began Wednesday morning in the U.S. District Court in Oakland, Calif., for the case, which consolidates lawsuits from attorneys general across the country....
The New York City Council announced Wednesday it is investigating four prediction markets for alleged “predatory marketing practices” targeting young people. Council Speaker Julie Menin sent letters to Polymarket, Kalshi, Coinbase and Gemini Titan on Monday, requesting more information about their advertising in New York City. In a statement shared by her office on Wednesday,...
Artificial intelligence is reshaping the campaign trail, as candidates up and down the ballot turn to the technology for deepfake attack ads, viral social media posts and self-promotion. The embrace of AI as a political tool varies across political lines and races, drawing debate over whether deepfake content — particularly realistic videos or audio —...
Hunter Biden, the son of former President Joe Biden, took a swipe at President Trump Monday, describing him as an “existential threat” to the U.S. During an interview with conservative media personality Tucker Carlson, the former president's son blamed wealthy tech leaders for the country’s current divide. He said Trump's cordial relationships with people like...
A group of House Democrats are pushing two top artificial intelligence companies to disclose more information about reported incidents in which their AI models escaped containment and hacked into other companies during cybersecurity tests. The lawmakers cited the “serious risk that frontier AI models can pose” in separate letters to the top executives at Anthropic...
Is your phone getting lots of random calls lately? You're not alone. Americans received an estimated 4.4 billion robocalls in July — the highest robocall volume in a year, according to tracking by YouMail.
Democratic Sens. Adam Schiff (Calif.) and Amy Klobuchar (Minn.) unveiled a new cybersecurity bill dubbed the Water Cyber Shield Act on Monday in an effort to prevent attacks on water infrastructure. The legislation would increase the drinking water and clean water state revolving funds by $300 million annually for cybersecurity improvements, and it would allow...
The Trump administration's decision to keep its new framework on government AI testing out of public view has blindsided the tech policy community, who waited months to see the controversial process ironed out. The framework was expected to detail the process and benchmarks for government testing of private AI models ahead of their public release....
The Senate left town for August recess over the weekend without voting on a cryptocurrency regulation bill, markedly dimming the measure’s chances of passing before the midterm elections. The crypto industry is remaining hopeful that the Clarity Act, which would create a regulatory framework for the sector, can clear the Senate when lawmakers return for a brief three-week session...
Flock Safety, a surveillance equipment company, says it partners with more than 5,000 law enforcement agency partners across 6,000 communities. Is your city one of them?
President Trump is touting the benefits of AI data centers after Texas moved to more strictly regulate the industry, which has rapidly become a political lightning rod across the political spectrum. Trump waded into the debate during an interview last week, saying it would be a mistake to push back on data centers following Texas...
Scientists have used artificial intelligence to design complete, functioning viruses with genomes never seen before in nature — a breakthrough that could open new avenues for fighting drug-resistant bacterial infections. A Stanford University-led research team used generative AI models trained on millions of genomes to design viruses, known as bacteriophages, that can kill bacteria like...
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