California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Friday that would have required a human safety operator to be present any time a self-driving truck operated on public roads […]
Intel (re)fined $400M by EU for ‘naked restrictions’ dating back to the noughties
Talk about old news: The European Union has reimposed a fine (totalling €376.36 million) on Intel for antitrust violations dating back decades. Veteran tech watchers may recall the […]
GGV splits off China business following congressional panel probe
GGV, the 23-year-old U.S. venture capital firm with a storied track record in China, is splitting into two branches as escalating geopolitical tensions continue to push for decoupling […]
Meta targeted for fresh UK gov’t warning against E2E encryption for Messenger, Instagram
Buckle up for another encryption fight: Hot on the heels of securing parliament’s approval for its Online Safety Bill yesterday, the UK government is amping up pressure on […]
Will the American Climate Corps program be enough to meet the wave of jobs coming up in climate tech?
The White House is launching a training program that promises to prepare 20,000 people for a range of jobs across climate tech and ecosystem restoration. The new American […]
DOJ investigates Elon Musk perks at Tesla
The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating the personal benefits that Tesla may have provided its CEO Elon Musk since 2017 as part of a criminal probe that […]
UK’s competition watchdog drafts principles for ‘responsible’ generative AI
An initial review of generative AI by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) which was announced back in May has concluded with a report containing seven proposed […]
California hits Google for $93M over deceptive location data options
A lawsuit filed against Google by California’s Attorney General over the company’s deceptive and misleading options for managing location data has resulted in a $93 million settlement — […]
Ask Sophie: Can I get an O-1A visa to bypass the H-1B process?
Sophie Alcorn Contributor Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California […]
EU to let ‘responsible’ AI startups train models on its supercomputers
The European Union has signalled a plan to expand access to its high performance computing (HPC) supercomputers by letting startups use the resource to train AI models. However […]