No porn for you: seven more states push for ID checks on adult websites
Check out the definition of "harmful material"
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger says semiconductors will become more important than oil in geopolitics
Big quote: It's often said that there are three significant influences on global politics (and wars): oil, land, and religion. According to Intel boss Pat Gelsinger, semiconductors will join that list and become more important than the location of oil reserves for the next five decades.
Senators join calls for US TikTok ban as Biden administration considers deal
Will Oracle help TikTok keep operating in the US?
Elon Musk reinstates Donald Trump's Twitter account following poll results
"The voice of the people is the voice of God"
Senator Ed Markey slams Elon Musk over Twitter verification system, warns of congress intervention
"Fix your companies. Or congress will"
Republicans sue Google for filtering campaign emails as spam
RNC argues bias in actions and algorithms
US-China semiconductor battle: Second and third order consequences
Not so obvious ripple effects
Why it matters: Earlier this month, the US government blocked the sale of specific chips to anyone in China. We see this as an important change by the government in the tactics they are deploying. The United States has gone from blocking specific companies in China, to blocking all companies and focusing on specific products. This is a big change, and opens up the question – what exactly are they hoping to achieve? This matters obviously in that it can help us predict the outcome, but we increasingly hold the view that the government may not have entirely thought through how this will ultimately play out.
White House consults experts, lays down a six-point plan to increase Big Tech accountability
The Biden Administration wants to put large tech platforms on a leash
New US export rules prohibit Nvidia and AMD from selling high-end accelerators to China and Russia
The restrictions could cost Nvidia up to $400 million
TSMC chairman says "nobody can control TSMC by force" as tensions between the US and China escalate
"If they need us, it's not a bad thing"
Commerce secretary warns of deep recession if the US loses access to Taiwan-made chips
A potential scenario if China ever invades Taiwan
Elon Musk and Donald Trump fight over Twitter deal, presidential age limits
Trump says when he was president, Musk would have dropped to his knees and begged for government subsidies
Economist says China must seize TSMC if the US tightens sanctions
Could overreliance on Taiwan's chip industry prove costly?
Taiwan export ban limits Russia and Belarus to chips with frequencies under 25 MHz
And performance must be under 5 GFLOPS
New York Times pulls potentially controversial Wordle answer due to recent events
But not everyone saw a different word
Russia is turning a blind eye to bootleg tech imports, including CPUs, to lessen the impact of trade restrictions
Foreign consumer tech and cars can now be imported and sold in the country without the makers' permission
Lithuania's Defense Ministry advises consumers to toss out their Chinese phones
Due to censorship fears
President Biden appoints AMD's Lisa Su to Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
Joining individuals from Nvidia, Microsoft, Google, and more
Zuckerberg denies telling Trump that Facebook wouldn't fact-check politicians in exchange for less severe regulations
No quid pro quo from Zuckerberg and co.?
Life is Strange: True Colors is being review-bombed because of a flag
Chinese users are not happy
Biden Administration, private tech companies reveal initiatives to boost national cybersecurity in wake of recent attacks
Government is getting the private sector to help in the fight against cybercrime
The U.S. wants Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and others to join them in the fight against cybercrime
Homeland Security says it needs to be a "whole-of-nation effort"
Biden Administration says China is the culprit behind Microsoft Exchange cyberattacks
US, allies and partners have come together to expose China's malicious cyber activities
Biden tells Putin: act on Russian ransomware attacks
The two leaders held an hour-long phone call on Friday