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Tag: Policy
UN says we’re going to blow past 1.5º warming, offers a “now what?” answer
Best case is now an overshoot to 1.8º C, accompanied by massive carbon removal. In 2015, all but two countries […]
FCC chair warns media not to run the “fake polls” Trump keeps complaining about
“Despite having no history, formal credentials, or real data behind the vast majority of our releases, Wedgewood Polling was added […]
Report: Musk ordered Starlink slowdown in Ukraine, then blamed it on Trump
Starlink’s dominance of the market for low-Earth orbit satellite broadband, and the technology’s usefulness for military operations, has given Musk […]
Judge rejects Trump’s wild claim EPA can dismiss data center pollution lawsuits
Trump’s EPA can’t unilaterally dismiss SpaceXAI pollution lawsuit, court rules. Thermal imaging of xAI’s Memphis facility prompted allegations that more […]
Meta drops the word “train” from its commercial TOS after AI backlash
What would help—as University of Wisconsin law professor Benjamin Sobel told Nieman Lab—would be if Meta added specific language to […]
TP-Link tries to appease Trump admin with pledge to assemble routers in US
Router makers that received exemptions so far include Netgear, Asus, Adtran, Amazon and its Eero subsidiary, Calix, Nokia, SpaceX’s Starlink […]
Meta tries to scapegoat staff who downloaded torrents to spare execs
Going further, Meta accused Entrepreneur Media of “speculation,” claiming there is “no basis” for suspecting that “someone at Meta must […]
Accused OpenAI spy had folder called “Saudi Gov Docs,” FBI says
“Every incentive to flee” US fears Saudi government will help ex-OpenAI engineer flee spying charges. On Monday, a court granted […]
Huge DMV data breach impacted current and former Florida residents
Mitigations included “blocking unauthorized access, resetting relevant user credentials, engaging cybersecurity professionals, and implementing additional safeguards to protect sensitive information,” […]