US AG Pam Bondi says that Meta complied with the DOJ's request to take down a Facebook Page that the agency said was being used to harass ICE agents in Chicago
and we're ready to push back if something like this happens again.” Secretary Kristi Noem / @sec_noem : Anti-ICE radicals are using social media apps to dox, threaten, and terrorize the brave men and ...
How Jensen Huang successfully lobbied Trump to resume Nvidia's H20 sales to China; US officials hadn't vetted the 20% pay-to-play proposal when Trump offered it
Amrith Ramkumar and Robbie Whelan, reporting for The Wall Street Journal (gift link): Emma Roth / The Verge : US demands cut of Nvidia sales in order to ship AI chips to China Arjun Kharpal / CNBC : T...
FOIA docs: the Trump administration claimed broad authority to nullify laws in letters to tech firms releasing them of legal liability related to the TikTok ban
The implications are breathtaking. the line between a normal legal state and exceptions/prerogative state can be shifted at will. Dean Baker / @deanbaker13 : Trump says he can claim extraordinary powe...
Kamala Harris is courting crypto investors and pro-crypto Democrats in Congress, as some prominent Democrats temper their initial skepticism of crypto assets
For Now Yves Smith / naked capitalism : Progressives Sound Alarm as Harris Courts Crypto Industry David Dayen / American Prospect : Not Enjoying the Mark Cuban for President Campaign Jasper Goodman / ...
A look at the many lawsuits against RealPage, the rent-fixing software company accused of artificially inflating the real estate rental prices across the US
RealPage, the rent-fixing software company currently under FBI investigation, also has apps for bogus fees, monetizing vacant apartments and inflating toxic property bubbles. Mastodon: @carnage4life@m...
Amazon plans to remove Just Walk Out from most of its grocery stores and add more grocery stores with Dash Carts, which let shoppers scan items while they shop
and want you to scan all your groceries instead Gintaras Radauskas / Cybernews.com : Amazon phasing out “Just Walk Out” at its Fresh grocery stores Jak Connor / TweakTown : Amazon walks out of its ‘Ju...
A profile of FTC Chair Lina Khan, who on a trip to Silicon Valley in November aimed to convince a skeptical tech sector that the government was there to help
if they come to fruition. TODAY'S TOP READ: https://www.politico.com/... Zephyr Teachout / @zephyrteachout : I love this article because it actually gets how Lina is one of the best listeners in gover...
A profile of FTC Chair Lina Khan, who on a trip to Silicon Valley in November aimed to convince a skeptical tech sector that the government was there to help
FTC Chair Lina Khan's vast ambitions to cut back on corporate power could be a huge part of Biden's legacy — if they come to fruition. X: @chase_sutton99 , @caffar3cristina , @joshua_sisco , @matthews...
Chainalysis says some recent media reports about the supposed use of crypto by terrorist organizations might be overstating metrics and using “flawed analyses”
But It's Deadly Hannah Lang / Reuters : US lawmakers urge White House crack down on Hamas use of crypto after Israel attack Assad Jafri / CryptoSlate : Chainalysis says crypto usage for terror financi...
The FTC proposes a rule banning non-compete clauses, saying the contracts harm healthy competition in the labor and product markets and block entrepreneurship
the latest move in Lina Khan's ambitious reform agenda. https://www.nytimes.com/... Elizabeth Warren / @ewarren : Imagine you hate your job. The pay is low. The benefits are crummy. But your boss made...