Biden’s Cyber Ambassador Urges Trump Not to Cede Ground to Russia and China in Global Tech Fight
European governments wonder if Trump will continue US support of Ukraine and NATO in a conflict with Russia that has partly played […]
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A New Jam-Packed Biden Executive Order Tackles Cybersecurity, AI, and More
Four days before he leaves office, US president Joe Biden has issued a sweeping cybersecurity directive ordering improvements to the way the […]
How the US TikTok Ban Would Actually Work
The law says it will be “unlawful” for entities to “distribute, maintain or update” the app including its source code, or by […]
Californians Say X Blocked Them From Viewing Amber Alert About Missing 14-Year-Old
People in Missouri reported encountering a similar issue in July 2023, when the Missouri Highway Patrol sent out an Amber Alert push […]
FTC Says Data Brokers Unlawfully Tracked Protesters and US Military Personnel
The United States Federal Trade Commission is taking action against two American data brokers accused of unlawfully trafficking in people’s sensitive location […]
Top US Consumer Watchdog Has a Plan to Fight Predatory Data Brokers
The CFPB’s idea of using existing US law to regulate data brokers is not novel. In February 2023, a group of consumer-focused […]
Anyone Can Buy Data Tracking US Soldiers and Spies to Nuclear Vaults and Brothels in Germany
Nearly every weekday morning, a device leaves a two-story home near Wiesbaden, Germany, and makes a 15-minute commute along a major autobahn. […]
Immigration Police Can Already Sidestep US Sanctuary City Laws Using Data-Sharing Fusion Centers
On the campaign trail and in recent days, Donald Trump has detailed extensive plans for immigration crackdowns and mass deportations during his […]
More Spyware, Fewer Rules: What Trump’s Return Means for US Cybersecurity
Trump is also unlikely to continue the Biden administration’s campaign to limit the proliferation of commercial spyware technologies, which authoritarian governments have […]
A Trump Win Could Unleash Dangerous AI
The reporting requirements are essential for alerting the government to potentially dangerous new capabilities in increasingly powerful AI models, says a US […]