Government & Policy

Trump administration wants 10% stake in American lithium miner that sells to GM

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The Trump administration might be fond of calling the energy transition the “green new scam,” but that isn’t stopping it from seeking a significant stake in what promises to be the largest lithium mine in the Western Hemisphere. In exchange for renegotiating the repayment period of a $2.26 billion Department of Energy loan, the Trump […]

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Meta launches super PAC to fight AI regulation as state policies mount 

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Meta has raised the stakes in Big Tech’s fight against AI regulation. The Facebook-maker is investing “tens of millions” of dollars into a new super PAC to fight state-level tech policy proposals that could stifle AI advancement, reports Axios. Meta’s pro-AI PAC, called the American Technology Excellence Project, is the company’s latest effort to combat

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Amazon, Google, Microsoft reportedly warn H-1B employees to stay in the US

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Large tech companies have responded to President Donald Trump’s dramatic changes to H-1B visa applications by telling employees with those visas to remain in the United States, according to multiple media reports. The White House announced Friday that Trump had signed a proclamation requiring employers to pay a $100,000 fee for H-1B visa applications. In

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Trump hits H-1B visas with $100,000 fee, targeting the program that launched Elon Musk and Instagram

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President Trump just made it a lot more expensive for companies to hire foreign workers through the H-1B program. The White House announced Friday that Trump signed a proclamation requiring employers to pay a hefty $100,000 fee for new H-1B visa applications, an enormous jump from the current $215 lottery registration fee. H-1B visas allow

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Amazon, Google, Microsoft reportedly warn H-1B employees to stay in the US

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Large tech companies have responded to President Donald Trump’s dramatic changes to H-1B visa applications by telling employees with those visas to remain in the United States, according to multiple media reports. The White House announced Friday that Trump had signed a proclamation requiring employers to pay a $100,000 fee for H-1B visa applications. In

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Trump hits H-1B visas with $100,000 fee, targeting the program that launched Elon Musk and Instagram

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President Trump just made it a lot more expensive for companies to hire foreign workers through the H-1B program. The White House announced Friday that Trump signed a proclamation requiring employers to pay a hefty $100,000 fee for new H-1B visa applications, an enormous jump from the current $215 lottery registration fee. H-1B visas allow

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Tim Cook, Sam Altman, and more attend Trump’s UK state banquet

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Top tech names were on the guest list for the banquet thrown for President Trump during his second state visit to the UK on Wednesday.  The banquet seating chart included NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang; Apple CEO Tim Cook; venture capitalist and White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks; Alphabet and Google president Ruth Porat;

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US House committee summons CEOs of Discord, Twitch, Reddit to testify on online radicalization

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The House Oversight Committee has requested that the CEOs of Discord, Twitch, Reddit, and gaming platform Steam testify on October 8th about their platforms’ alleged involvement in any online “radicalization” and the “incitement to commit politically motivated acts,” according to letters sent from the House committee to the four tech CEOs.  In a statement, Rep.

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US House Oversight Committee summons CEOs of Discord, Twitch, Reddit to testify on online radicalization

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The House Oversight Committee has requested that the CEOs of Discord, Twitch, Reddit, and gaming platform Steam testify on October 8 about their platforms’ alleged involvement in any online “radicalization” and the “incitement to commit politically motivated acts,” according to letters sent from the House committee to the four tech CEOs.  In a statement, Rep.

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China tells its tech companies they can’t buy AI chips from Nivida 

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Nvidia just got shut out of the Chinese market — this time by the Chinese government instead of the US.   China’s internet regulator, the Cyberspace Administration of China, has banned domestic tech companies from buying Nvidia AI chips on Wednesday, as first reported by the Financial Times.   The agency also told tech companies including ByteDance and Alibaba to stop testing

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