Apple is pausing its planned changes for the Texas App Store after a federal judge blocked the state’s new age verification law. The company had objected to the law on privacy grounds, arguing it forced unnecessary data collection.
The FCC has officially blacklisted DJI and other foreign-made drones, citing national security. Current owners can keep flying, but the future of new models is uncertain. This move reshapes the entire U.S. drone market.
The Trump administration is launching the US Tech Force, a program to hire 1,000 engineers and AI specialists for two-year stints in federal agencies. They’ll work alongside partners including Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Nvidia, with the private firms pledging to consider hiring them afterward.
Ukrainian civilians have filed lawsuits in Texas against major US semiconductor firms. They allege the companies negligently allowed their chips to be diverted into Russian and Iranian weapons used in deadly attacks, including one on a children’s hospital.
Residents in UK apartment blocks are being left behind in the fiber broadband rollout. The issue stems from a legal gap where telecoms need landlord permission to install new infrastructure, and they often can’t even identify who the landlord is. Openreach is now calling for a change in the law to g
Valve’s opaque content moderation system has banned indie developer Santa Ragione’s upcoming horror game Horses from Steam. The studio says this decision could put them out of business entirely. This highlights the precarious position of experimental developers in an industry dominated by gatekeeper
The EU’s NIS2 directive is pushing organizations to completely rethink their Active Directory security. With strict requirements around MFA, password policies, and audit capabilities, many legacy AD environments are facing major compliance challenges that demand immediate attention.
ICANN is defending its $40,000 funding of Smart Africa’s CAIGA framework that proposes giving African governments direct control over internet governance. The plan has been called a “quiet coup” by critics and sparked internal rebellion within ICANN itself. Now the organization is trying to distance
New York’s RAISE Act is facing opposition from a $100M super PAC backed by tech giants including OpenAI and Palantir founders. The bill would require large AI companies to publish safety protocols and disclose serious incidents, sparking a major political fight over state-level AI regulation.
The World Bank’s Mahesh Uttamchandani argues that smaller countries should leverage ‘small AI’ – targeted, potentially offline solutions that don’t compete with major tech powers. However, data center construction faces power, water, and talent constraints across Southeast Asia.
