Government Stories for 2022

Tim Wu, Architect of Biden Antitrust Push, To Leave White House 20
NYC Could Lose 10,000 Airbnb Listings Because of New Short-Term Rental Law 114
US To Require COVID Tests For Travelers Coming From China 85
No More TikTok On House of Representatives' Smartphones 78
America's FTC Demands End to Mastercard's 'Illegal' Blocking of Competing Debit Card Payment Networks 16
Zimbabwe Has Banned the Export of Raw Lithium 147
A Modest Robot Levy Could Help Combat Effects of Automation On Income Inequality In US, Study Suggests 187
Even the FBI Says You Should Use An Ad Blocker 87
Chris Inglis, Biden's Top Cyber Adviser, Plans To Leave Government 27
UK Govt: Netflix Password Sharing Is Illegal and Potentially Criminal Fraud 70
Sam Bankman-Fried Agrees To US Extradition 37
Lobbyists Have Held Up Nation's First Right-To-Repair Bill In New York 32
US Senate Banking Committee's Chairman Says 'Maybe' to Banning Cryptocurrency 88
America's Workplace Safety Agency Announces Ongoing Investigations at Six Amazon Warehouses 26
America Now Requires Drone Manufacturers to Include 'Remote ID' Transmitting 186
Senator Wyden Urges FTC Probe of Neustar Over Possible Selling of User Data to Government 25
Pentagon Has Received 'Several Hundreds' of New UFO Reports 53
Democrats Plan To Return Over $1 Million From FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried 69
Rules On Liquids and Laptops To Be Eased At UK Airports From June 2024 80
US Senators Introduce Digital Assets Anti-Money Laundering Bill 33
Forbes Publishes Transcript of SBF's Planned Testimony 84
China Readying $143 Billion Package For Its Chip Firms In Face of US Curbs 26
New Zealand Passes World-First Tobacco Law To Ban Smoking For Next Generation 241
WSJ: Europe, US Need Grand Bargain on Chips and EVs to Counter China 61
Will USB-C Charging Standard Bring Fewer Other Proprietary Parts and Less e-Waste? 116
Swiss Data Protection Commissioner Orders Government To Publicly Release Surveillance Tech Export Licenses 5
FBI Calls Apple's Expansion of End-To-End Encryption 'Deeply Concerning' 138
Pentagon Splits $9 Billion Cloud Contract Between 4 Firms 49
A New Global Plastics Treaty Is Coming For Your Bags and Bottles 166
GOP-Led States Ban TikTok On Government Devices 84
Real-ID Requirement Pushed Back To 2025 145
FTC Probes 'Possible Misconduct' In Cryptocurrency Advertising 12
Sam Bankman-Fried Says He Will Testify Before Congress On FTX Collapse 39
America's TSA Begins Quietly Testing Facial Recognition Tech at 16 Airports 87
Australia Says Law Making Facebook and Google Pay For News Has Worked 13
UK Ditches Ban On 'Legal But Harmful' Online Content In Favor of Free Speech 80
US Goverment Investigating Real-Estate Tech Company Accused of Helping Landlords Collude 132
'How Washington Chased Huawei Out of Europe' 102
Meta Claims US Military Linked to Online Propaganda Campaign 74
The US Bans Huawei, ZTE Telecommunications Equipment Sales Over Chinese Spying Fears 74
Feds Likely To Challenge Microsoft's $69 Billion Activision Takeover 26
iFixit Put Up a Right To Repair Billboard Along New York Governor's Drive To Work 32
China Announces New Social Credit Law 172
US Grants $1.1 Billion To Keep Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant Open 133
Z-Library Responds to US Crackdown, Asks Authors for Forgiveness 24
Chinese Takeover of UK's Largest Chip Plant Blocked on National Security Grounds 45
As US Investigates Ticketmaster, Botched Sale of Taylor Swift Tickets Fuels Monopoly Criticisms 94
FBI, Air Force Agents Mysteriously Raid House of Guy Who Runs Area 51 Blog 107
Iranian Hackers Breached Federal Agency Using Log4Shell Exploit 27
Everyone Is Bullying the UK Government In Its Own Discord Server 46
FTX's Failure Is Sparking a Massive Regulatory Response 66
The Climate Issue Government Leaders Aren't Addressing: Livestock Farming 445
Why California's EV-Rebate Proposition Lost 122
How Close Was America's FBI to Deploying Pegasus Spyware? 47
NSA Urges Organizations To Shift To Memory Safe Programming Languages 196
US Launches Carbon Offset Program To Help Developing Countries Speed Clean Energy Transition 59
America's Slow-Moving, Confused Crypto Regulation Is Driving Industry Out of US 74
New York City Finally Proposes Strict New Regulations for Airbnb Rentals 137
Why Hasn't the US Ended Daylight Saving Time? 290
US May Soon Push Ambitious Antitrust Crackdown on Big Tech in Congress 44
Is Iran Tracking and Controlling Its Protesters' Phones? 67
US Govt Employees Exposed To Mobile Attacks From Outdated Android, iOS 18
New EU Law Could Force Apple To Allow Other App Stores, Sideloading, and iMessage Interoperability 209
Leaked Documents Outline DHS's Plans To Police Disinformation 329
White House Invites Dozens of Nations For Ransomware Summit 19
Rishi Sunak Is the First Crypto Enthusiast To Serve In UK's Top Office 37
Google's Eric Schmidt Helped Write AI Laws Without Disclosing Investments In AI Startups 25
Facebook Warns It Could Block News in Canada Over Proposed Legislation 93
Plans to Ban Solar Energy on England's Farmland Criticized by Landowners 193
France Becomes Latest Country To Leave Controversial Energy Charter Treaty 50
US To Launch 'Labeling' Rating Program For Internet-Connected Devices In 2023 36
US Officials are Discussing How to Regulate Cryptocurrencies and Stablecoins 57
New 'Council for Responsible Social Media' Seeks Bipartisan Reforms 30
Hollywood and Netflix Report Top Piracy Threats To US Government 103
Protestors Hack Iran's State-Run TV 53
'How California's Bullet Train Went Off the Rails' 289
Pro-Russian 'Hacktivists' Temporarily Disrupted Some US State Government Web Sites 20
Are Single-Use Plastics Also Contributing to Climate Change? 143
Why Hurricane Ian Killed So Many People 174
FCC Threatens To Block Calls From Carriers For Letting Robocalls Run Rampant 78
Pentagon Is Far Too Tight With Its Security Bug Bounties 23
In a First, US Appoints a Diplomat For Plants and Animals 119
Covert CIA Websites Could Have Been Found By an 'Amateur,' Research Finds 22
UN Elects First Female Tech Agency Secretary-General 32
EU Proposes Rules Making It Easier To Sue Drone Makers, AI Systems 66
All 50 States Get Green Light To Build EV Charging Stations 133
Stock Trade Ban For Congress Is Being Readied For Release In US House 107
TikTok Inching Toward US Security Deal To Avoid Sale 31
Richard Nixon Exposed To Radiation On Moscow Trip In 1959, Documents Reveal 88
Newsom Vetoes 'Premature' Crypto Oversight Bill For California 33
Senators Introduce a Bill To Protect Open-Source Software 35
CIA Launches First Podcast, 'The Langley Files' 50
San Francisco Passes Controversial Surveillance Plan 46
China Claims NSA Infiltrated Country's Telecommunications Networks 66
Adobe-Figma Deal Likely To Attract Antitrust Scrutiny 20
The US Treasury Recommends Exploring Creation of a 'Digital Dollar' 168
California Governor Signs Law Requiring Social Networks To Post Moderation Rules 101
How A Tiny Toad Could Upend a US Geothermal Project 101
US Announces Space-Companies Coalition to Prepare Skilled Tech Workforce for Space Jobs 16
Navy Says All UFO Videos Classified, Releasing Them 'Will Harm National Security' 111
Australia Passes Dramatic Climate Change Bill, Pledges Net Zero Carbon Emissions By 2050 94
White House Unveils Principles For Big Tech Reform 38
IRS Moves Toward Free E-Filing 152
India Is Planning To Tax Winners In Online Gaming 30
Big Tech's $95 Million Spending Spree Leaves Antitrust Bill On Brink of Defeat 46
IRS Says It Exposed Some Confidential Taxpayer Data On Website 12
New York State Bill Would Require Speed Limiting Tech In New Cars 155
California To Ban the Sale of New Gasoline Cars 385
Congress Admits UFOs Not 'Man-Made,' Says 'Threats' Increasing 'Exponentially' 286
After Signing US Climate Bill, Biden Plans More Executive Actions to Cut Emissions 90
Drought-Stricken States To Get Less From Colorado River 156
FDA Clears Path For Hearing Aids To Be Sold Over the Counter 143
US Bans Export of Tech Used In 3nm Chip Production On Security Grounds 73
Ransomware Causes 'Major', Long-Lasting Outage for UK Health Service's Patient Notes 26
California's Governor Proposes Extending the Life of Its Last Nuclear Plant 176
IRS Seeks SFOX Customer Information in Cryptocurrency Tax Push 13
As Satellites and Space Junk Proliferate, US to Revise Rules 46
US Senate Finally Passes Its Massive Climate Bill 401
Why Bill Gates Supports America's Climate Legislation 128
India Withdraws Personal Data Protection Bill That Alarmed Tech Giants 6
US Authorities Threaten Alibaba With NYSE Delisting 10
US CHIPS Act Funds Are Not For 'Stock Buybacks' 62
Anonymous Hacktivists Breach Russian Databases, Leak 'Massive' Amounts of Data 80
Amazon's Ring and Google Can Share Footage With Police Without Warrants (or Your Consent) 70
Boosters of US Climate Bill Included Clean Energy Companies, Nuclear Developers - and Bill Gates 42
America's 'Transformative' Climate Bill Would Fund EV Purchases - While Penalizing China 141
Prior to Invasion, Russian Agents May Have Infilitrated Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster Site 211
Twitter Warns of 'Record Highs' In Account Data Requests 7
Senate Moves Forward With EV Tax Credit Reform 220
Justice Department Investigating Data Breach of Federal Court System 18
$79B to Boost US Semiconductor Production Opposed by 31 Republican Senators - and Bernie Sanders 129
Chinese-Made Huawei Equipment Could Disrupt US Nuclear Arsenal Communications, FBI Determines 84
America's Defense Department Creates a New Office for Tracking and Analyzing UFOs 43
Two Senators Propose Ban On Data Caps, Blasting ISPs For 'Predatory' Limits 80
Pegasus Spyware Used Against Thailand's Pro-Democracy Movement 6
Russia Hits Google With Fine For 'Illegal Content' 189
Was the Pentagon's UFO Study Led by a Crackpot? 121
Two US Lawmakers Urge Immediate Action Curtailing Deceptive Data Practices in VPN Industry 48
Ukraine Says Big Tech has Dropped the Ball on Russian Propaganda 150
Putin Signs Ban On Crypto Payments In Russia 93
UK's Online Safety Bill On Pause Pending New PM 24
Efforts to Acquire Pegasus Spyware's Company Backed by US Spies, Says Stingray Maker 23
'Hit the Kill Switch': How Uber Used Covert Tech to Thwart Government Raids 85
Mexico's President Plans to End Daylight Saving Time 79
UFO Whistleblowers Would Get Immunity Under New Amendment 59
Most Government Websites Serve Tracking Cookies Without Consent, Report Finds 27
Government Policies Will Not Get UK To Net Zero, Warns Damning Report 96
As TikTok Promises US Servers, FCC Commissioner Remains Critical of Data Privacy 28
Is El Salvador's Bitcoin Experiment Authoritarian Propaganda? 73
After Reports of Mid-Air Emergencies, US Will Audit Boeing's Oversight of 737 Max 119
Countries Form New NATO-Like 'Mineral Security' Alliance to Ensure EV Supplies 53
What Happened After Massachusetts Voters Approved a Right-to-Repair Law? 48
Citing Climate Concerns, New York Denies Permit to Bitcoin Mining Plant 27
What Happened After Amazon's $71M Tax Break in Central New York? 62
US Proposes New Rules to Curb 'Meme Stock' Rallies 53
Russia's Cyberattacks Thwarted by Ukraine, Microsoft, Google, and Western Intelligence 37
Juul E-Cigarettes To Be Ordered Off US Shelves 227
CBDCs, Not Crypto, Will Be Cornerstone of Future Monetary System, BIS Says 71
US Probes How American Electronics Wound Up in Russian Military Equipment in Ukraine 174
Biden To Require EV Charging Stations Every 50 Miles On Federal Highways 334
US: Chinese Government Hackers Breached Telcos To Snoop On Network Traffic 29
Biden Waives Solar Panel Tariffs, Seeks To Boost Production 219
Supreme Court Seeks Biden Views on WhatsApp 'Pegasus' Spyware Dispute 30
Is Insider Trading 'Common' in NFTs? (And is It Really Insider Trading?) 44
New York State Passes First-Ever 'Right To Repair' Law For Electronics 38
Farm Equipment Dealers Block 'Right to Repair' Provision in North Carolina 61
California Fails to Pass Right to Repair Bill 130
Ford Pays Millions Over False Claims About Its 2013 Hybrid's Fuel Economy 32
Analysis: Russia Prepares To Seize Western Firms Looking To Leave 191
Avoiding Sanctions with Cryptocurrency? US Govt Files First Criminal Charges 30
Deadlocked FCC Could Derail Biden's Digital Equity Plans 155
Court Rules SEC's Internal Judges Are Unconstitutional 100
Fed Chair Says Interest Rates Should Have Gone Up Sooner 97
White House Slams Bezos Criticism of Biden Tax Comments 306
America's FAA Shifts Gears Slightly on Certifying Future 'Flying Taxi' Pilots 20
House of Representatives To Give Staff Free Peloton Memberships 102
Report: 'Carbon Bombs' Are Poised To Screw Us Over Big Time 269
FBI Told Israel It Wanted Pegasus Hacking Tool For Investigations 7
DEA Investigating Breach of Law Enforcement Data Portal 31
Senate Confirms Bedoya To FTC, Establishing Democratic Majority 55
Lawmakers Offer Bill To Regulate Volume of Commercials On Streaming Services 103
Pentagon's China Warning Prompts Calls To Vet US Funding of Startups 20
Russia Hit With 'Unprecedented' Breaches By Pro-Ukrainian Cyberattackers 40
The UK Government's Plan to Rein in Big Tech 24
New York Closes In On Bitcoin Mining Crackdown 97
Biden Administration Begins $3 Billion Plan for Electric Car Batteries 143
On Chernobyl's 36th Anniversary, a Ukrainian Reflects 38
The First US City Government to Mine Bitcoin? Fort Worth, Texas 63
US Seeks to Steal Putin's Top Scientists by Loosening Their Visa Requirements 170
16 States, Several Environmental Groups Sue USPS Over Purchase of Gas-Guzzling Mail Trucks 209
New York Bill Would Force Amazon To Limit Grueling Warehouse Quotas 22
US, Over 55 Other Countries Commit To Democratic Internet Governance 72
Crypto Firms Seek Clearer US Rules on Their Interest-Bearing Products 12
Open-Source Intelligence: How Bellingcat Uses Data Gathered by Authoritarian Governments 52
How US Billionaires Can Avoid Paying Income Taxes 229
Spyware and Pegasus: How Democracies Spy on Their Citizens 55
US Invests $6 Billion to Save 'Financially Distressed' Nuclear Reactors 188
No 10 Suspected of Being Target of NSO Spyware Attack, Boris Johnson 'Told' 23
Another Pentagon Official Exits, Saying US Is at Risk of Losing Tech Edge 46
Social Media Made Us Stupid - and How to Fix It 141
Inside the Bitcoin Bust of the Web's Biggest Child Abuse Site 73
In California, an Army of Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes Awaits Release 55
El Salvador's 'Bitcoin President' Pressured, Accused of Attacking Civil Liberties 42
Crypto Use Is More Prevalent in Corrupt Countries, IMF Study Finds 70
Has the Era of Fixing Your Own Phone Nearly Arrived? 62
Secret Government Info Confirms First Known Interstellar Object On Earth, Scientists Say 53
Canada Considers Law Requiring Online Giants To Compensate News Outlets 71
Google Cloud Security Exec: Government Reliance on Microsoft Is a Security Vulnerability 64
How to Defeat Putin and Save the Planet 219
US President Invokes Emergency Authority Prioritizing Pursuit of EV Battery Minerals 199
Proposal To Sanction Russian Cybersecurity Firm Over Ukraine Invasion Splits Biden Administration 62
Crypto Platforms Ask for Rules But Have a Favorite Watchdog 20
Senators Question School Surveillance Startups on Data, Civil Rights 38
FTC Sues TurboTax Owner Intuit for Advertising Tax Software as 'Free' 78
US Lawmakers Introduce 'ECASH' Bill in New Push to Create a Digital Dollar 88
Creative Commons Opposes Piracy-Combatting 'SMART' Copyright Act 54
Kaspersky Named First Russian Company on Security Risk List 62
The EPA Plans To Sunset Its Online Archive 30
Bipartisan Proposed Legislation To Curtail Secretive Email Seizure 23
Tech Execs Could Face Jail Time Under Revised UK Online Safety Bill 60
Sen. Warren Announces Sanctions Compliance Bill For Crypto Companies 26
Proposed Law In Minnesota Would Ban Algorithms To Protect the Children 112
Congressional Bills Would Ban Tech Mergers Over $5 Billion 100
Lawmakers Probe Early Release of Top RU Cybercrook 21
Senate Passes Bill To Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent 307
Elizabeth Warren's Anti-crypto Crusade Splits the Left 123
How Putin's Pre-War Moves Against Google and Apple Prepared His Clampdown on Free Speech 91
Critical US Companies Will Soon Be Required to Report All Breaches and Ransomware to the DHS 16
Lawmakers Urge Congress To Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent 188
Bill Targeting NDAs Used By Tech Companies Passes In Washington State 26
The White House is Briefing TikTok Stars About the War in Ukraine 91
Georgia Senate Passes Bill Seeking To Regulate Social Media 389
The US Gets Some More Tuition-Free College Programs 70
New NSA Report: This is How You Should Be Securing Your Network 62
'Open Web Advocacy' Group Battles Apple's WebKit-Based Walled Garden 78
States Launch Probe Into TikTok's Effect On Kids' Health 24
Ukrainian Government Calls For Game Companies To Cut Off Russia During Invasion 128
Even In the Metaverse, You Can't Escape the Taxman 47
Russian Government Sites Facing 'Unprecedented' Cyberattacks from Thousands in Pro-Ukranian 'IT Army' 116
How Vulnerable is the US Power Grid? 127
Australia's Standoff Against Google and Facebook Worked - Sort Of 48
Ukraine Official Urges 'IT Army' of World's Digital Talent To Attack Russian Energy and Financial Firms 149
Elon Musk Says SpaceX's Starlink Service is Now Active Over Ukraine 105
US, UK and Top EU Allies Begin Cutting Russia Out Of International Financial System SWIFT 337
USPS Finalizes Plans To Buy Gas-Powered Delivery Fleet, Defying the EPA and White House 419
Missouri Governor's Office Responsible For Teacher Data Leak 30
IRS To Adopt Login.gov As User Authentication Tool 27
Bipartisan Senate Proposal Raises Alarm Over El Salvador's Bitcoin Adoption 114
FCC Bans Deals That Block Competition In Apartments 59
Russia Could Hit U.S. Chip Industry, White House Warns 115

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