Government & Policy

AI data center boom could be bad news for other infrastructure projects

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Improvements to roads, bridges, and other infrastructure could take a hit as data center construction accelerates, according to Bloomberg. In 2025, state and local governments reportedly sold a record amount of debt for the second year in a row, with strategists predicting another $600 billion in sales next year. Most of that money is expected […]

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Trump’s AI executive order promises ‘one rulebook.’ Startups may get legal limbo instead.

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday evening that directs federal agencies to take aim at state AI laws, arguing startups need relief from a “patchwork” of rules. But legal experts and startups say the order could prolong uncertainty, sparking court battles that leave young companies navigating shifting state requirements while waiting to see

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Reddit argues it isn’t like other social platforms in case against Australia’s social media ban

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In a move worthy of a post on the Not Like Other Girls subreddit, Reddit, one of the world’s largest social platforms, is arguing that it isn’t like other, actual social media sites, as the company seeks to overturn Australia’s law banning children under 16 years of age from social media. In a lawsuit filed

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Epic Games’s Fortnite is back in US Google Play Store, as court partially reverses restrictions it won on iOS

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Epic Games’ popular battle royale, Fortnite, has returned to the U.S. Google Play Store following a court order. The game maker had recently settled its five-year legal battle with the tech giant, which stemmed from a dispute around the percentage of in-app purchase sales that app developers had to share with the platforms. However, the

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Nvidia is reportedly testing tracking software as chip smuggling rumors swirl

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Nvidia is allegedly testing software that can track the location of its AI chips as reports of its chips being smuggled into China are on the rise. Nvidia has built location verification technology that would allow it to track which country a chip is located in, Reuters originally reported, citing anonymous sources. This software tracks

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Marco Rubio bans Calibri font at State Department for being too DEI 

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The Calibri font is the latest government worker to be fired from the Trump Administration for its association with diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility.  In an action that reads like a story from The Onion (and will certainly be fodder for Saturday Night Live or South Park), U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has banned

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EU launches antitrust probe into Google’s AI search tools

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Even as Big Tech and American tech elites criticize how the European Union is implementing rules to regulate tech and AI on the continent, the bloc isn’t letting competition concerns slide. The European Commission has launched an investigation into whether Google may have breached EU’s competition laws by using content from websites without compensating owners

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‘ONE RULE’: Trump says he’ll sign an executive order blocking state AI laws despite bipartisan pushback

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President Donald Trump said on Monday he plans to ink an executive order this week that would limit states from enacting their own regulation of AI technology. “I will be doing a ONE RULE Executive Order this week,” Trump posted on social media. “You can’t expect a company to get 50 Approvals every time they

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EU investigating Meta over policy change that bans rival AI chatbots from WhatsApp

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Meta’s decision to serve only its AI chatbot, Meta AI, to WhatsApp users isn’t sitting well with the competition regulators in Europe. The European Commission on Thursday said it is launching an antitrust investigation into Meta’s move to ban other AI companies from using WhatsApp’s business tools to offer their own AI chatbots to users

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New report examines how David Sacks might profit from Trump administration role

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David Sacks’ role as President Donald Trump’s artificial intelligence and crypto czar could work out very well for his investments, as well as his friends, according to a new report The New York Times. However, Sacks fired back in a post on X, in which he described a five-month reporting process in which accusations were

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