How some US midterms candidates are using social media posts and niche buzzwords on their websites to signal to crypto and AI super PACs they want their cash
The A.I. and crypto industries entered this year with nearly $250 million combined to spend on politics, and a battle plan to shape the regulatory landscape in their favor.
Leading the Future, a pro-AI PAC backed by Palantir-cofounder Joe Lonsdale, hit pro-regulation Democrat Alex Bores with attack ads over Bores' work for Palantir
and building a strategy that other politicians will have to contend with. https://www.politico.com/...Katie Fossett /@katelynfossett:“Leading the Future's goal is not actually to k...
Leading the Future, a pro-AI PAC backed by Palantir-cofounder Joe Lonsdale, hit pro-regulation Democrat Alex Bores with attack ads over Bores' work for Palantir
NEW YORK CITY — Alex Bores had known for a while that a political operation called Leading the Future, funded …
Leading the Future, a pro-AI PAC backed by Palantir-cofounder Joe Lonsdale, hit pro-regulation Democrat Alex Bores with attack ads over Bores' work for Palantir
NEW YORK CITY — Alex Bores had known for a while that a political operation called Leading the Future, funded …
As the Pentagon races to deploy AI into its weapons systems, some experts fear humans can't keep up with models that prefer to escalate aggressively in a crisis
Jacquelyn Schneider saw a disturbing pattern, and she didn't know what to make of it. — Last year Schneider …
Examining Biden's tech legacy and the CHIPS Act, as the White House says $446B has been announced for chips and electronics manufacturing since he took office
at least $561 billion — has yet to be obligated or is not yet available for agencies to spend.” www.politico.com/news/2024/12... [images] X: @politico : Biden had just a single te...
ISD: top officials in NC and at FEMA responding to Hurricane Helene face antisemitic attacks largely on X, where 10 of the posts collectively drew 17.1M views
Report finds Elon Musk's X is fueling conspiracy theories that risk undermining rescue efforts and preparations for Hurricane Milton.
Mark Zuckerberg apologizes to parents in the audience of a US Senate hearing who say that Meta's apps contributed to their children's suicide or exploitation
Microsoft and X say they support the Kids Online Safety Act; Meta, Discord, and TikTok demur, citing criticism from groups or supporting only some parts of KOSA
how much they care & the promises—are empty. It is the voices & stories of the advocates who joined me today that will create real change. We will win this fight for the Kids Onlin...
Tests show that Twitter, which resumed political ads in 2023, offers incomplete data on ads via its “disclosure” tool, missing some promoted fundraising tweets
but so far political advertising on the platform has been anything but forthcoming. https://www.politico.com/... See also Mediagazer
Sources: five days after seizing SVB, the FDIC has conducted a stop-and-start auction process, failing so far to find a willing buyer for all of SVB's assets
Big rivals are thus far shying away from scooping up the bank's assets. — Five days after seizing control of Silicon Valley Bank …
Worried that cloud giants offer concentrated targets, the US plans to regulate the security practices of cloud providers like Amazon, Microsoft, and Google
Governments and businesses have spent two decades rushing to the cloud — trusting some of their most sensitive data to tech giants …
Tech industry groups representing Meta and Google ask SCOTUS to overturn the Texas social media content moderation law, arguing it violates the First Amendment
arguing that a Texas law banning “censorship” of viewpoints is unconstitutional. https://www.politico.com/... @netchoice : NEW: Today, NetChoice and co-plaintiff @ccianet asked the...
Sources: the FTC plans to file an antitrust lawsuit to block Microsoft's $69B Activision Blizzard deal, as FTC staff are skeptical of the companies' arguments
The Federal Trade Commission is likely to file an antitrust lawsuit to block Microsoft's $69 billion takeover …
Wedbush: Apple, Google, Meta, and Netflix combined would lose 1%-2% of their revenue if they exited Russia; Amazon's presence in Russia involves limited AWS use
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Pro-Trump social network GETTR is awash with Islamic State propaganda, including graphic videos of beheadings and memes of a militant executing Trump
GETTR, the new platform started by members of the former president's inner circle, is awash with beheading videos and extremist content.
US announces anti-ransomware measures, including rewards of up to $10M for information about foreign state-sanctioned hackers targeting critical infrastructure
BOSTON (AP) — The State Department will offer rewards up to $10 million for information leading to the identification …
Biden signs an EO calling on regulators to enact reforms such as increasing scrutiny of tech mergers and focusing more on moves like “killer acquisitions”
- President Joe Biden signed a new executive order aimed at cracking down on anti-competitive practices in Big Tech, labor and numerous other sectors.
As part of a previously undisclosed probe, DC AG subpoenas Facebook for docs on its handling of COVID misinfo, including an internal study on vaccine hesitancy
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Interview with Rep. Cicilline on his bipartisan package taking on Big Tech, Apple's DOJ subpoena, Facebook's platform lock-in, and acquisition and merger reform
Representative David Cicilline's bipartisan package takes aim at tech companies and would be the biggest antitrust reform in decades.