Senate risks midnight lapse in FISA spy law over privacy concerns

The Senate is flirting with a temporary lapse in a controversial spy law as a bipartisan…

Pennsylvania innovation needs to overcome ‘valley of death’

(The Center Square) — For economic growth in Pennsylvania, legislators want to figure out ways to…

Stop watching the skies: The UFO craze has its downsides in a culture bereft of meaning

In this age of rampant divisiveness, distrust, and dissent, it should come as a relief when…

French regulators fine Google $272 million in dispute with news publishers

France’s competition watchdog hit Google on Wednesday with another big fine tied to a long-running dispute over…

The TikTok bill proves Congress can get serious about national security

It is undeniably good news that the House of Representatives passed an anti-TikTok bill last week…

Gallagher introduces bipartisan legislation empowering president to crack down on TikTok

One of the leading congressional critics of China has introduced legislation that would give the president…

Musk updates X policy on ‘misgendering’ following backlash

X owner Elon Musk significantly rolled back a newly reinstated policy preventing users from “misgendering” other…

Science creep is a menace

Holden Thorp, the editor-in-chief of the prestigious journal Science, described on Substack a discussion that occurred during the recent…

Biden administration seeks input on rules for open-source artificial intelligence

The Biden administration is seeking input from experts on what sorts of guardrails are recommended for open-source artificial intelligence models. The National Telecommunications…

200-plus tech companies join consortium to assist with AI Safety Institute

More than 200 companies and entities have agreed to form a new consortium designed to enable…

House weaponization panel subpoenas National Science Foundation over misinformation research

The House Judiciary Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government subpoenaed the National Science…

Recent cyberattacks draw legislative attention

(The Center Square) – Pennsylvania lawmakers focused this week on protecting municipal governments from cyberattacks that…

FBI thwarts Chinese effort to plant sleeper malware on US routers to ‘wreak havoc’

‘CHINA … THE DEFINING THREAT OF OUR GENERATION’: The Justice Department and the FBI revealed yesterday…

Biden to announce $53 billion in funding from CHIPS Act for US semiconductor companies

The Biden administration is expected to award billions of dollars to some of the leading semiconductor…