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The Trump administration has released its national legislative framework for AI technology. If enacted, it could pre-empt state regulations in certain areas but maintain some authority elsewhere. -
Plus, new legislation would revive the FCC’s equity council if enacted, a report reveals connectivity gaps in tribal communities, some municipal broadband networks outperform their competitors, and more.
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The legislation, proposed Wednesday by Sen. Marsha Blackburn, would compel AI chatbot developers to “exercise reasonable care” in designing and operating systems to prevent “reasonably foreseeable” harm to users.
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A recent survey found that 69 percent of respondents believed access to broadband was critical, and 60 percent of respondents in rural areas felt access to broadband was a problem in their communities.
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Apple, Twitter and other tech companies were able to unilaterally shut down much of Trump's communication infrastructure. That's a lot of power.
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Republican leaders in the state Legislature have rejected Gov. Tony Evers call for a special session next week to discuss more than $5.3 million in updates to the state's outdated unemployment system.
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The bill, which has been introduced in the state Legislature, would provide sales and use tax exemptions on personal property and electricity used in commercial mining of cryptocurrency with incentives focused on energy.
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A new tool for hosting public meetings is the result of an integration between the nonprofit Open.Media and the public engagement platform People Speak, itself a product of a private-public partnership.
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The online banishment of President Trump and his supporters has spread from Facebook and Twitter to lesser-known companies that operate the infrastructure of the Internet, threatening his reach.
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The ERP cloud software provider makes its first foray into cannabis licensing by partnering with Fyllo, a Chicago company that specializes in compliance software, to automate parts of the process.
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is now proposing changes that he says would give patients in the state more telehealth options and the ability to more quickly investigate complaints about doctors.
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Republicans and Democrats in the Iowa Legislature say they plan to pay special focus on bridging the state's so-called digital divide, a tech discrepancy gap that has been accentuated by the outbreak of COVID-19.
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Following a deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol at the hands of Trump supporters Wednesday, the president’s preferred platform has banned him, citing the risk of “further incitement of violence.”
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Cybersecurity thought leaders, including experts and U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, sat down to discuss the impact of the recent SolarWinds cyberattack and the ripple effect it caused to government and the private sector.
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Working on their first full day of the 2021 legislative session, Missouri senators decided to axe an ongoing bid to reduce the amount of paper used in the Legislature, doing so in part to uphold traditions.
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Applauded by IT and cybersecurity officials, new legislation shifts responsibility for .gov domains from GSA to CISA and mandates outreach and support services for governments to make the transition.
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The bills range from requiring verification of absentee ballot signatures to establishing full online voting. These proposals follow a historic election that saw record levels of voter participation and baseless claims of fraud.
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California's proposition to halt the sale of gasoline-powered engines may be extreme. But could it work?
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The idea for the fee has been prompted by concerns that revenue from gasoline taxes will drop if electric vehicles made by Tesla and other manufacturers become more popular.
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The social media company’s new position regarding liability regulations for content posted through its platform has concerned smaller websites without the same legal firepower and deep pockets.
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The bill, sponsored by Assemblywoman Monica P. Wallace, would require the Lockport City School District to turn off the 300 digital cameras it installed to feed images to facial recognition software in its buildings.
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