United States Stories for 2022

Suddenly Everyone Is Hunting for Alternatives To the US Dollar 221
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
Department of Homeland Security Can't Even Secure Its Buildings Against People It Fired 49
New York Breaks the Right To Repair Bill as It's Signed Into Law 78
Group Shaping US Nutrition Receives Millions from Big Food Industry 33
US To Require COVID Tests For Travelers Coming From China 85
Misleading Ads Fueled Rapid Growth of Online Mental Health Companies 50
US Charges Fraud in Mango Crypto Manipulation Case 6
Police, Prosecutors Used Junk Science To Decide 911 Callers Were Liars 95
US House Administration Arm Bans TikTok on Official Devices 23
Southwest Canceled 5,400 Flights In Less Than 48 Hours 50
Hackers Stole Data From Multiple Electric Utilities in Recent Ransomware Attack 16
US Copyright Office Finds 'Deep Disagreement' on Anti-Piracy Measures 63
Americans Duped Into Losing $10 Billion By Illegal Indian Call Centres in 2022 159
Big Nonprofit Hospitals Expand in Wealthier Areas, Shun Poorer Ones 216
Washington State Power-Station Attacks Are Latest Assault on Grid 116
FCC Can Finally Hammer Predatory Prison Phone Call Companies 89
TikTok Banned on Government Devices Under Spending Bill Passed by Congress 52
'Classifying Aging as a Disease Could Speed FDA Drug Approvals' 125
IRS Delays Gig-Tax Filing Rule for Side Hustles of More Than $600 125
EPA Tightens Rules on Pollution From Vans, Buses and Trucks 63
No Free PACER as US Lawmakers Exclude Proposal from Spending Bill 27
Friday Flight Cancellations Top 3,500, Disrupting Holiday Travel 39
Some Universities Are Now Restricting TikTok Access on Campus 36
FTX Founder Bankman-Fried To Be Released on a $250 Million Bond Package While He Awaits Trial 46
Chris Inglis, Biden's Top Cyber Adviser, Plans To Leave Government 27
SEC Heightening Scrutiny of Auditors' Crypto Work 19
New IRS Rules Could Affect Venmo, Zelle and CashApp Users 183
Sam Bankman-Fried's Extradition Approved by Judge 27
Digital Dollar Is a Long Way From Reality, US Treasury Official Says 39
Two Men Accused of Hacking Into JFK Airport Cab Dispatch System 21
USPS Expects To Only Buy Electric Delivery Vehicles Starting in 2026 183
Congress Blew Its Last Chance To Curb Big Tech's Power 46
Sam Bankman-Fried Agrees To US Extradition 37
IRS Accidentally Releases 112,000 Taxpayers' Private Data Again 45
Epic Games, Maker of 'Fortnite,' To Pay $520 Million To Resolve FTC Allegations 24
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
Tech Groups Ask Supreme Court To Review Texas Social Media Law 115
Prosecutors Charge 6 People for Allegedly Waging Massive DDoS Attacks 16
New York Financial Regulator Issues Cryptocurrency Guidance for Banks 4
Senate Passes Legislation To Ban TikTok From US Government Devices 50
US Blacklists More Chinese Tech Companies 66
US Is Seizing 48 Websites In Sting of Cyberattack-For-Hire Services 13
US Senators Warren, Marshall Introduce Digital Assets Anti-Money Laundering Bill 68
Secret Software Change Allowed FTX To Use Client Money 62
EU Advances Its Data-Flow Deal After US Makes Surveillance Changes 24
Scientists Achieve Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough With Blast of 192 Lasers 162
Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Seek To Ban TikTok From the US 122
CFTC Sues Bankman-Fried, FTX and Alameda for Law Violations 24
Rise of Open-Source Intelligence Tests US Spies 32
SEC Charges Sam Bankman-Fried With Defrauding Investors in FTX 98
US Air Force Launches First Operational Hypersonic Missile 102
Only a Quarter of US iPhones Are Sold Through Apple 31
US Justice Dept Split Over Charging Binance as Crypto World Falters 41
WSJ: Europe, US Need Grand Bargain on Chips and EVs to Counter China 61
Eight US Power Stations Have Been Attacked Since Mid-November 201
FCC Orders Telecoms To Block Scammers Targeting Student Loan Forgiveness Seekers 20
Spyware Hacks of Federal Workers Could Run Into Hundreds, Lawmaker Says 10
SEC Issues New Guidance Requiring Companies To Disclose Cryptocurrency Risks 8
FTC Sues Microsoft To Block $69 Billion Activision Blizzard Acquisition 43
FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Is Said To Face Market Manipulation Inquiry 23
GOP-Led States Ban TikTok On Government Devices 84
San Francisco Halts 'Killer Robots' Police Policy Following Backlash 106
Amazon Sued by District of Columbia for 'Stealing' Delivery Driver Tips 126
US To Spend $1.5 Billion To Jumpstart Alternatives To Huawei 48
Real-ID Requirement Pushed Back To 2025 145
Chinese Hackers Stole Millions Worth of US COVID Relief Money, Secret Service Says 28
FBI Joins Investigation Into North Carolina Power Outage Caused By 'Intentional' Attacks on Substations 235
Meet DTV's Successor: NextGen TV 135
America's TSA Begins Quietly Testing Facial Recognition Tech at 16 Airports 87
Prime Video Replaces Netflix As No. 1 Streaming Service In US 47
DHS Board Starts Investigating Lapsus$ Teen Hacker Group 9
US Army Planned To Pay Streamers Millions To Reach Gen-Z Through Call of Duty 85
Pentagon Debuts Its New Stealth Bomber, the B-21 Raider 108
US Cable TV Companies Quietly Bled Another 785,000 Paying Customers Last Quarter 104
San Francisco Supervisors Vote To Allow Police To Use Robots To Kill 129
Mauna Loa Volcano In Hawaii Erupts For the First Time In Nearly 40 Years 22
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
Senators Alarmed Over Potential Chinese Drone Spy Threat 64
US Authorities Seize iSpoof, a Call Spoofing Site That Stole Millions 38
US Renewable Energy Will Surge Past Coal and Nuclear by Year's End 115
Congressmembers Tried to Stop the SEC's Inquiry Into FTX 147
Tax Filing Websites Have Been Sending Users' Financial Information To Facebook 48
US Grants $1.1 Billion To Keep Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant Open 133
Z-Library Responds to US Crackdown, Asks Authors for Forgiveness 24
ID.me Lied About Its Facial Recognition Tech, Congress Says 18
TSMC To Bring Its Most Advanced Chip Manufacturing To Arizona 63
Facebook's Fact-checkers Will Stop Checking Trump After Announcement of Presidential Bid 297
Trump Posted Classified Satellite Imagery On Twitter As President 342
China Tops US To Take Research Crown At Global Chip Conference 30
Justice Department Said To Investigate Ticketmaster's Parent Company 63
The Surprising Afterlife of Unwanted Atom Bombs 122
Lab-Grown Meat is OK For Human Consumption, FDA Says 142
Record Number of Parents Miss Work as Respiratory Illnesses Spike in Kids 101
Iranian Hackers Breached Federal Agency Using Log4Shell Exploit 27
US House Committee To Hold Hearing on FTX Collapse and Crypto Fall Out 75
FBI is 'Extremely Concerned' about China's Influence Through TikTok on US Users 97
US Fines Airlines More Than $7 Million for Not Providing Refunds 29
Banking Giants and New York Fed Start 12-week Digital Dollar Pilot 57
Google Agrees To $392 Million Privacy Settlement With 40 States 31
How Close Was America's FBI to Deploying Pegasus Spyware? 47
Carbon Dioxide Emissions Increased in 2022 as Crises Roiled Energy Markets 64
FTC Restores Rigorous Enforcement of Law Banning Unfair Methods of Competition 46
US Launches Carbon Offset Program To Help Developing Countries Speed Clean Energy Transition 59
US Probes FTX Empire Over Handling of Client Funds and Lending 8
America's Slow-Moving, Confused Crypto Regulation Is Driving Industry Out of US 74
California Voters Weigh New Tax On Rich To Boost EV Adoption 133
Chinese Chip Designers Slow Down Processors To Dodge US Sanctions 55
US Attorney Announces $3.36 Billion Crypto Seizure And Conviction In Connection With Silk Road Dark Web Fraud 58
New York City Finally Proposes Strict New Regulations for Airbnb Rentals 137
The Equipment Designed to Cut Methane Emissions is Failing 46
Why Hasn't the US Ended Daylight Saving Time? 290
Domains for Z-Library eBook Site Apparently Seized By US Department of Justice 63
US May Soon Push Ambitious Antitrust Crackdown on Big Tech in Congress 44
Supreme Court To Consider Overseas Reach of US Trademark Law 46
US Govt Employees Exposed To Mobile Attacks From Outdated Android, iOS 18
Latest US Defense-Intelligence Report on UFOs To Be Made Public Soon 58
Vonage Will Pay $100 Million to Settle FTC Allegations of Trapping Consumers in Subscriptions 23
US Pushes Japan and Other Allies To Join China Chip Curbs 58
New Hot Job: State High-Speed Internet Network Director 7
Judge Blocks Penguin Random House-Simon and Schuster Merger 58
Eric Schmidt Warns US Technology Edge Over China Slipping 96
CVS, Walgreens To Pay More Than $10 Billion To Settle Opioid Lawsuits 55
Air Force One Deal Has Cost Boeing Another $766 Million 138
US Banks Spent $1 Billion on Ransomware Payments in 2021, Treasury Says 18
FCC Commissioner Says Government Should Ban TikTok 80
Leaked Documents Outline DHS's Plans To Police Disinformation 329
New York Could Become First State With a 'Right To Repair' Law for Electronic Devices 24
US Workers Have Gotten Way Less Productive 211
TuSimple Fires Its CEO Xiaodi Hou Amid Probe 9
FTC Accuses Ed Tech Firm Chegg of 'Careless' Data Security 20
White House Invites Dozens of Nations for Ransomware Summit 21
Rural Areas To Get $759 Million in Grants for High-Speed Internet 72
Many Military UFO Reports Are Just Foreign Spying or Airborne Trash 52
Americans Eye European Colleges To Save Money On Tuition 168
Google Agrees To Compliance Reforms in DOJ Settlement 9
EPA Awarding Nearly $1 Billion To Schools For Electric Buses 163
The Largest Electric School Bus Fleet In the US Launches In Maryland 70
US Public's Trust in Science Shows Growing Partisan Gap 219
Purdue University Races To Expand Semiconductor Education To Fill Yawning Workforce Gap That Threatens Reshoring Effort 56
Plastic Recycling a 'Failed Concept,' Study Says 207
Math Scores Fell In Nearly Every State, Reading Dipped On National Exam 196
FTC Brings Action Against CEO of Alcohol Delivery Company Over Data Breach 7
Europe's Most Valuable Tech Company Tries To Avoid the Chip War 77
Company That Makes Rent-Setting Software For Apartments Accused of Collusion, Lawsuit Says 116
US Eyes Expanding China Tech Ban To Quantum Computing and AI 47
The $1 Million Amazon Conflict: Washington's Ethics Czars Struggle To Enforce Stock-Trading Laws 26
US To Launch 'Labeling' Rating Program For Internet-Connected Devices In 2023 36
Texas Sues Google for Allegedly Capturing Biometric Data of Millions Without Consent 38
TikTok Deal Likely To Leave US Data Leaking To China 31
The US Just Lost 26 Years' Worth of Progress On Life Expectancy 280
FTC Wants To Add Right To Repair To Existing Energy Saving Rules 34
Visa, Mastercard Draw New Government Scrutiny Over Debit-Card Routing 7
FDA Officially Declares a Shortage of Adderall 66
Biden's Internet Promises in Limbo Amid Long Battle Over FCC Nominee 27
Inflation Sits at 8.2% as Core Prices Hit Four-Decade High 273
TikTok Chases Amazon With Plans For US Fulfillment Centers 30
GM Created a New Energy Business To Sell Batteries, Solar Panels 17
Federal Officials Trade Stock in Companies Their Agencies Oversee 52
SEC Investigating Bored Ape Creator Yuga Labs Over Securities Violations 15
Biden Proposal Could Lead To Employee Status for Gig Workers 169
Russian-Speaking Hackers Knock Multiple US Airport Websites Offline 41
Pro-Russian 'Hacktivists' Temporarily Disrupted Some US State Government Web Sites 20
Biden Order Brings New Transatlantic Data Pact Ever Closer 22
The Biden Administration Issues Sweeping New Rules on Chip-Tech Exports To China 90
Michigan is Becoming the Center of US Battery Manufacturing 41
Americans Are Less Likely To Cancel Amazon Prime, Netflix Than Cut Spending On Food 157
Boston Dynamics Pledges Not To Weaponize Its Robots 89
Biden Pardons All Federal Simple Marijuana Possession Offenses 316
'Princeton Isn't Free - But It Could Be' 73
Election Software Executive Arrested on Suspicion of Theft 220
Fraud, Scam Cases Increasing on P2P Payment Service Zelle, Senate Report Finds 54
White House Unveils AI 'Bill of Rights' 51
New York Hires McKinsey for Containerization Study 48
FCC Threatens To Block Calls From Carriers For Letting Robocalls Run Rampant 78
UN Says Fed, Other Central Banks Risk Pushing Global Economy Into Recession, Requests Halt on Interest-Rate Increases 192
High Court Will Hear Social Media Terrorism Lawsuits 78
SEC Charges Kim Kardashian for Unlawfully Touting Crypto Security 94
Pentagon Is Far Too Tight With Its Security Bug Bounties 23
In a First, US Appoints a Diplomat For Plants and Animals 119
House Democrats Debut New Bill To Limit US Police Use of Facial Recognition 50
What Is a 'Healthy' Food? The FDA. Wants To Change the Definition. 93
FDA Approves ALS Drug Whose Study Was Partly Funded By Ice Bucket Challenge 28
The CIA Just Invested in Woolly Mammoth Resurrection Technology 54
Newsom Signs California Pay Transparency Bill SB 1162 128
All 50 States Get Green Light To Build EV Charging Stations 133
Senators Push To Reform Police's Cellphone Tracking Tools 39
FTC Should Probe Payroll Data Deals By Brokers Like Equifax, Rival Says 13
Fed's Powell Says Real Need for DeFi Regulation Because of 'Significant Structural Issues' 58
Amtrak Aims For Net-Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions By 2045 77
TikTok Inching Toward US Security Deal To Avoid Sale 31
Factory Jobs Are Booming Like It's the 1970s 98
New York City's Empty Offices Reveal a Global Property Dilemma 134
FCC Takes Long-Delayed Step Against Spam Text Surge 30
California First State To Ban Natural Gas Heaters and Furnaces 305
DOT To Map Out Nation's Time Zones After Report Shows No Official Map Exists 38
Is Plant-Based Meat Fizzling In the US? 282
San Francisco Passes Controversial Surveillance Plan 46
New York To Install Surveillance Cameras in Every Subway Car 37
Wildfire Smoke is Unraveling Decades of Air Quality Gains, Exposing Millions of Americans To Extreme Pollution Levels 58
US-China Tensions Fuel Outflow of Chinese Scientists From US Universities 57
CFTC Files Lawsuit Against Decentralized Autonomous Organization 11
China Claims NSA Infiltrated Country's Telecommunications Networks 66
FDA Warns Against Cooking Chicken in NyQuil. For Real. 130
Facebook Could Lift Trump's Suspension in January, Nick Clegg Says 198
T-Mobile 5G Is Linking Wildfire-Detecting AI Cameras To Put Out Fires Faster 31
Revealed: US Military Bought Mass Monitoring Tool That Includes Internet Browsing, Email Data 37
NTSB Wants Alcohol Detection Systems Installed In All New Cars In US 279
Florida Brings Battle Over Social Media Regulation To the Supreme Court 183
46 States Ask Appeals Court To Reinstate Facebook Lawsuit 13
Advocacy Group Asks FCC To Probe Efficacy of Wireless Industry's Voluntary Phone Unlocking Commitments 24
Amazon's $1.7 Billion Proposed Purchase of Roomba Maker Under FTC Investigation 22
Adobe-Figma Deal Likely To Attract Antitrust Scrutiny 20
President Biden Says Covid-19 Pandemic is Over in the US 339
Pentagon Opens Sweeping Review of Clandestine Psychological Operations 29
The US Treasury Recommends Exploring Creation of a 'Digital Dollar' 168
Do America's Free-Speech Protections Protect Code - and Prevent Cryptocurrency Regulation? 65
US SEC's Crypto Guidelines Push Up Costs for Lenders, Disrupting Projects 11
US Launches Program To Boost Floating Wind Turbines 66
Ether's New 'Staking' Model Could Draw SEC Attention 28
California Governor Signs Sweeping Children's Online Safety Bill 112
Customs Officials Have Copied Americans' Phone Data at Massive Scale 75
Buy-Now, Pay-Later Faces Tougher Rules as CFPB Chief Weighs In 39
TikTok Won't Commit To Stopping US Data Flows To China 61
Biden Order Sharpens Foreign Investment Screening Process 19
Treasury Says Sanctions on Tornado Cash Don't Stop People From Sharing Code 19
US Cyber-Defense Agency Urges Companies To Automate Threat Testing 13
America's Successful War on Poverty 304
US Signs Deal With Google To Develop Chips For Researchers 18
US Inflation Tops Forecasts, Cementing Odds of Big Fed Hike 194
Biden To Hit China With Broader Curbs on US Chip and Tool Exports 34
Bezos Rocket Crashes After Liftoff, Only Experiments Aboard 81
Comcast Starts Rolling Out 2-Gigabit Download Speeds to Millions of US Homes 102
Ethanol Plants Are Allowed To Pollute More Than Oil Refineries 119
Google Pays 'Enormous' Sums To Maintain Search-Engine Dominance, DOJ Says 75
Fed's Powell Affirms Need To Act Strongly To Fight Inflation 86
Treasury Will Warn White House That Crypto Needs Major Regulations 18
BlackRock, Which Manages Over $10 Trillion, Strikes Back at ESG Critics 114
Crypto Intermediaries Should Register With US SEC, Agency Chair Says 12
Coinbase Employees and Ethereum Backers Sue US Treasury Over Tornado Cash Sanctions 43
US Plans Shift To Annual COVID Vaccines Akin To Flu Shots 171
ISPs Drop Challenge of Maine's Privacy Law 6
US Wants To Give Global Chipmakers a 25% Tax Credit On New Fabs 44
China Accuses US of 'Tens of Thousands' of Cyberattacks 42

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