Tag: Politics & Government

Trump administration is paying more companies to abandon offshore wind projects

The Trump Administration has signed deals with two major energy companies to abandon their respective offshore wind...

Google and the Pentagon sign classified deal to give the Department of Defense unfettered access to its AI models

Google has signed a deal that allows the US Department of Defense to use its AI models...

Maine governor vetoes bill temporarily banning large data centers in the state

The governor of Maine, Janet Mills, has vetoed a bill that halts the construction of large data...

The DOJ is backing xAI in its lawsuit against Colorado

The Department of Justice has announced that it's intervening on the behalf of xAI in the company's...

Monterey Park, California has banned any data centers within its city limits

Monterey Park's city council has moved to ban construction of any data centers within its borders. The...

Homeland Security reportedly wants to develop smart glasses for ICE

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is reportedly developing smart glasses that could be used to collect...

The NSA is reportedly using Anthropic’s new model Mythos

Despite the months-long feud between Anthropic and the Pentagon, the National Security Agency is using the AI...

Palantir posted a manifesto that reads like the ramblings of a comic book villain

In case you haven't gotten around to reading Palantir CEO Alex Karp and Nicholas W. Zamiska's 2025...

Judge sides with creators of banned ICE trackers who allege DHS and DOJ violated their First Amendment rights

A judge has granted the makers of the "ICE Sightings - Chicagoland" Facebook group and the Eyes...

NAACP sues xAI over data center pollution

The NAACP is suing xAI and a subsidiary called MZX Tech for allegedly operating unpermitted methane gas...

The US government wants Reddit to snitch on one of its users through a grand jury

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has a certain Redditor in its crosshairs and it's now strong-arming the social...

French government says au revoir Windows, bienvenue Linux

America's Big Tech companies may soon learn that saddling up with Donald Trump doesn't tend to work...

Greece will ban all kids under 15 from using social media

Greece will ban children under the age 15 from using social media starting next year. Prime Minister...

New Jersey has no right to ban Kalshi’s prediction market, US appeals court rules

Kalshi can't be stopped in New Jersey. A 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled on...

Ireland is testing out a digital wallet that conducts age verification for social media users

Before it's publicly available later this year, the Irish government is trialing its Government Digital Wallet, which...

CFTC sues three states for trying to regulate prediction markets

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission is suing Illinois, Arizona and Connecticut for attempting to outlaw or...

Iran threatens imminent attacks on US tech companies in the Middle East

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a branch of Iran's armed forces, has threatened to target US...

Austria is pursuing a social media ban for kids under 14

Austria is the latest country to prepare a social media ban for its children, but it's going...

Verizon waives late fees for federal workers affected by partial DHS shutdown

Verizon will waive late fees and offer flexible payment arrangements for workers affected by the partial government...

Court temporarily blocks US government from labeling Anthropic as a ‘supply chain risk’

The court has granted Anthropic’s request for a preliminary injunction, preventing the government from banning its products...

Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez introduce a bill to pause US data center construction

File this one under "things that might have a shot after the midterms." On Wednesday, Senator Bernie...

Mark Zuckerberg, Jensen Huang and Sergey Brin join Trump’s tech advisory panel

The leaders of several major tech companies will offer the White House their opinions on tech and...

The US bans all new foreign-made network routers

The Federal Communications Commission has released a notice today designating any consumer routers manufactured outside the US...

The White House proposes new AI policy framework that supersedes state laws

The White House has announced a new AI policy framework that calls for Congress to craft federal...

States are suing the EPA for relinquishing its role as a greenhouse gas emissions regulator

California, Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York are leading a group of 20 other states in suing the...

Senator Blackburn introduces the first draft of a federal AI bill

The White House has been promising a set of national rules to guide artificial intelligence since late...

The FBI confirms it’s buying Americans’ location data

During a Senate hearing, FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed that his agency has bought information that could...

The Defense Department reportedly plans to train AI models on classified military data

The Pentagon is making plans to have AI companies train versions of their models specifically for military...

Defense Department says Anthropic poses ‘unacceptable risk’ to national security

The Department of Defense said giving Anthropic continued access to its warfighting infrastructure would “introduce unacceptable risk”...

Trump administration will reportedly get $10 billion for brokering the TikTok deal

There may have been some extra incentive for the Trump administration to get the TikTok US deal...

BallotGuessr is Geoguessr for budding political pundits

Fancy yourself as one of those folks who stands in front of an expensive touchscreen display on...

Social Security watchdog investigating claims that DOGE engineer copied its databases

The inspector general's office of the Social Security Administration is investigating allegations of a security breach by...