EQT and CPP Investments acquire Neogov, a maker of HR and compliance software for North American public sector agencies, for $3B from Warburg Pincus and Carlyle
This marks a new chapter in our mission to serve the people who serve the people. …
Leaked letter: Ed Martin, the interim US Attorney for DC, accused Wikipedia of allowing foreign manipulation and propaganda, threatening its tax-exempt status
Wikipedia Bluesky: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse / @whitehouse.senate.gov : Where is the referral from IRS? I've been told for years that DOJ does not investigate IRS matters without a referral. More w...
How H-1B workers from India and other countries help the US remain dominant in tech, as some on the new “Tech Right” discover MAGA's racial-nationalist bigotry
Can't say I did not see this coming, tbh. — x.com/LauraLoomer/... @thetnholler : In-fighting : “The new MAGA coalition has officially had its first internal debate - over H-1b visas. It started whe...
A US appeals court blocks the FCC's reinstatement of net neutrality rules, saying broadband providers are likely to succeed in a legal challenge
again Ananya Gairola / Benzinga : US Appeals Court Halts President Biden's Net Neutrality Rules: ‘The Commission Has Failed To Satisfy The High Bar For Imposing Such Regulations’ Iain Thomson / The Re...
Reuters/Ipsos poll: 58% agree with the statement that the Chinese government uses TikTok to “influence American public opinion”; 50% support a TikTok ban
- A majority of Americans believe that China uses TikTok to shape U.S. public opinion, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted …
FBI: in 2023, Americans reported $12.5B+ in losses to online fraud, up 22% YoY; losses to investment fraud grew 38% YoY to $4.57B, with $3.94B related to crypto
More than $12.5 billion was lost in 2023 to online fraud in cases reported by the American public, according …
Social media “war rooms” that are set up to fight misinformation and reported on by the media ahead of the US midterms are nothing more than theater
and ones that speak the same language they post in — you're probably not going to make much of a dent in this stuff” https://www.garbageday.email/ ... Ryan Broderick / @broderick : “Our platform may h...
In a speech on disinformation, Obama said social media firms' design choices contribute to polarization, and called for more transparency and Section 230 reform
including over the First Amendment—I didn't expect to find much to agree with in this speech. But it's actually very good, and worth reading, even if I don't agree with all of it. THREAD https://techp...
The US Senate Judiciary Committee approves the Open App Markets Act, which would allow app sideloading and let developers use their own in-app payment systems
in the face of millions in Big Tech lobbying and assaults from all the think tanks they pay — would have been unimaginable three years ago. Probably even two years ago. You love to see it. Alex Harman...
Crypto tokens allow venture capitalists to dump their investments on an enthusiastic public without regulation, in the midst of a speculative mania
These days I read a lot of cross-disciplinary commentary on the crypto asset bubble, and what strikes me as particularly strange is the sheer level … Tweets: @smdiehl , @carnage4life , @techwontsaveus...