The Verge

JANUARY 20, 2021

It argues that Netflix and Hulu — along with satellite providers Dish Network and DirecTV, as well as Disney’s entertainment distribution division — violated a 2007 law called the Georgia Consumer Choice for Television Act. Franchise fee claims — all based on different local laws — remain mostly untested in court.

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Engadget

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

In the weeks since that announcement, I've spoken to some of the country's leading corporate law experts to gain a better understanding of OpenAI's plan, and, more importantly, what it might mean for its mission to build safe artificial general intelligence (AGI). In 2013 , Delaware enacted its own version of the law. As of 2022 , 68.2

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The Verge

APRIL 6, 2022

A prototype of SpaceX’s Starship rocket on the launchpad at Starbase in Texas | Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images. SpaceX first purchased land in Boca Chica, Texas, in 2012 , with the intention of creating a facility to launch its Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets. The latest deadline for a decision is now at the end of April.

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The Verge

JUNE 24, 2021

The city of Baltimore’s spy plane program was unconstitutional, violating the Fourth Amendment protection against illegal search, and law enforcement in the city cannot use any of the data it gathered, a court ruled Thursday. The AIR program was run by a company called Persistent Surveillance Systems with funding from two Texas billionaires.

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MARCH 3, 2025

Work to create a fairer judicial environment for nonprofits NIA has been working for several years to help pass common-sense laws in the most problematic states to help level the playing field so that nonprofits are not being held accountable for things over which they have no control. He had never abused before. No concerns were raised.

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The Verge

JUNE 8, 2020

“Renting an electric scooter should not give the government the right to trace your every move — where you start, where you end, and all stops, twists, and turns in between,” the ACLU said in a statement. Renting an electric scooter should not give the government the right to trace your every move”.

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APRIL 17, 2018

It’s a hot, windy, dusty Texas afternoon, and four relatives are playing dominoes in the comfort of their own home. The father-in-law then suggests that the family take a trip to Abilene, a nearby town about sixty miles away. Here’s the abridged history of the Abilene Paradox. Originally published 6.21.2017 —Updated 4.17.2018.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2022

It turned out to be a long conversation because it’s a sea change from what had been done before, and there were people that were a little nervous because, especially in government, nobody likes change.” The license plate is how law enforcement recognizes compliance with your vehicle,” Boston explains.

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JANUARY 5, 2015

government and states like Texas. grant by the Lavelle Fund and with welcome changes to Indian copyright law in effect, we embarked on a new project to increase service and expand the number of accessible books for people who are blind in India. The Lavelle Fund also supports programs benefiting the developing world.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Still, Congress seemed receptive to the idea that it ought to focus on broader system incentives, rather than stunts like the recent efforts in Florida and Texas to force platforms to carry all speech regardless of content. The company should show its hand, if only because soon enough governments will require it to anyway.

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AUGUST 31, 2021

Ayo is majoring in General Engineering – Computer Science at Texas A&M University. Under federal law, a website must be compliant with the Section 508 accessibility standards (which, since 2018, include the internationally-recognized Web Content Accessibility Guidelines ) if the website works with/for the federal government.

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Brown , Vice President, Government Affairs, American Medical Association and. The new Medicare Quality Payment Program (QPP), established by the MACRA law, is intended to streamline the Medicare reporting programs, incentivize movement toward value-based payment, and ideally improve patient care. AAMSE Sessions on the Topic.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Thursday that the company is moving its headquarters from Silicon Valley to Austin, Texas, where it has been building a new factory for a little more than a year. Musk moved to Texas last year, as SpaceX increased its presence there. Photo by Sean O’Kane / The Verge.

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MARCH 4, 2022

From fundraising legal requirements to digital privacy laws, it’s important to understand the rules to which your nonprofit can be held accountable. Regulation #1: The CAN-SPAM Act The CAN-SPAM Act was passed into US law in 2003, and it protects consumers from receiving emails that they never agreed to receive.

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TechCrunch

MAY 8, 2023

These include legal obligations, for example Germany recently passed a new supply chain due diligence law that makes it the responsibility of large companies to track human rights violations and environmental risks through their supply chain. A similar directive is currently being proposed for the broader European Union (EU) too.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

On the regulation point, Spain’s first startup law — which was adopted in draft and presented to parliament in December — has been well received by the local tech community. . So we are going to take this as a base scenario and try to propose different improvements,” says Szpilka.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Four Democratic members of Congress are calling for an investigation into whether an alleged secret 2018 agreement between Google and Facebook concerning digital advertising violated federal antitrust law. Still, the specific allegations in the Texas case have been enough to spark further action.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2022

River has the potential to be a leader in the Indian market, given the government’s plans to push EV sales penetration of two-wheelers up to 80% by 2030. Aurora Innovation announced a multiphase commercial pilot to haul freight for Schneider National’s customers in Texas. . Notable reads and other tidbits. Autonomous vehicles.

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JUNE 30, 2007

million-member political action committee who works on issues from universal health care to climate change, and energy independence to restoring democracy through getting rid of the torture clause that the Bush administration has written into the government charter, and trying to get public funding for elections. We are a 3.5

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MARCH 5, 2025

The controversial App Store Accountability Act , which will now head to the desk of Utah Governor Spencer Cox, has pitted app store giants Google and Apple against social media companies like Meta and is part of a wave of similar proposals that have been introduced in a number of states, including Texas and Alabama.

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MARCH 8, 2007

CODEPINK rejects the Bush administration's fear-based politics that justify violence, and instead calls for policies based on compassion, kindness and a commitment to international law. And their actions caught like wildfire and have spread throughout the country (and world!)

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Engadget

MARCH 10, 2025

Fortunately, companies and governments alike have made it possible to dispose of your old devices responsibly. National chains There is no national electronics recycling law at this time, so you won't find any federal programs to assist you with getting rid of old devices. Heres how to find places that will take your old gadgets.

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

South Korea is the latest governing body to restrict the Chinese company DeepSeek based on the company's data policies. South Korean officials on Saturday announced a temporary suspension of downloading the DeepSeek app until it complies with local data protection laws under the country's Personal Information Protection Act.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed a bill regulating how social media companies moderate content. If platforms are notified of illegal content, the law requires them to evaluate it within 48 hours, a policy that mirrors at least one proposal in US Congress. Photo by Montinique Monroe/Getty Images. unless they’re spam.

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The Verge

JULY 13, 2020

Police departments in Ohio and Texas have refused to enforce statewide mandates, and West Virginia’s mask rule leaves enforcement up to businesses, which are often paralyzed by the bizarre politics of the issue. But while 20 states now have some kind of mask requirement in place, the new rules have been difficult to enforce.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 30, 2021

WA Parish generating station in Thompsons, Texas, U.S., But carbon capture technologies that the Department of Energy has already supported in the name of tackling climate change have mostly fallen flat, according to a recent report by the watchdog Government Accountability Office. Water vapor rises from the NRG Energy Inc.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

The order, which had no lawful basis, was issued after terrorist TdA aliens had already been removed from U.S. “This just incentivizes future courts to be hyper specific in their orders and not give the government any wiggle room,” Vladeck said. They began to file lawsuits to halt the transfers.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

As part of its efforts to reduce the size of the government workforce, the Trump administration has been firing federal employees on probationary status , meaning that they had recently been hired for their positions. The firings affected courts across the United States, with California and Texas losing the most, according to the union.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

“In this line of work, you have to switch tactics,” said a woman named Soary, part of a smuggling network bringing migrants from Ciudad Juarez to El Paso, Texas, who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition that her last name would not be shared out of concern that authorities would track her down.

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JULY 3, 2012

Last Thursday, reported widely in the news, the Supreme Court left standing the basic provisions of the health care overhaul, ruling that the government may use its taxation powers to push people to buy health insurance. (KD Paine and I devoted an entire chapter to this topic in our forthcoming book , Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.).

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 19, 2025

Backers say it’ll modernize the law and maintain balance between corporate officers and shareholders in a state where the courts, for a century, have settled all sorts of business disputes as the legal home of more than two million corporate entities, including two-thirds of Fortune 500 companies. What did Musk and others do?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2023

As you may know, the government has been tightening regulations associated with deep synthesis technologies (DST) and generative AI services, including ChatGPT. Although OpenAI notes it may not grant every request since it must balance privacy requests against freedom of expression “in accordance with applicable laws”.

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Engadget

MARCH 21, 2025

SpaceX could soon have greater control over the recreational activities of South Texas residents. On May 3, voters will decide if Starbase becomes a Texas city, something Elon Musk first proposed in 2021. The bills are possible because of an upcoming election that will almost certainly give SpaceX officials control of the area.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 5, 2025

” asked Aqqaluk Lynge, a former president of the Inuit Circumpolar Council and founder of the Inuit Ataqatigiit party, which governs Greenland. Greenland is massiveabout one-fifth the size of the United States or three times the size of Texas. .” “How can a few words. change the whole world?”

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The Verge

JUNE 5, 2020

Let’s conclude what turned out to be Free Speech Week on The Interface with a look at a case involving the co-chairman of Facebook’s new Oversight Board, a Zoom recording of his law school class, and the N-word. Here’s Nick Anderson in the Washington Post : Stanford University law professor Michael W. Governing. ?

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 13, 2025

Mia Francis, a 22-year-old barista from Boston, filed her taxes on her own this year for the first time, using a free government tax filing program that made it easy because it did most of the work for her. She plans to use it for a trip to Amsterdam this year. Last May, the agency announced that the program would be made permanent.

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The Verge

JANUARY 22, 2022

We have a goal of investing as much as $100B over the next decade, but without federal government support, that goal will be difficult to reach in that time frame,” Intel spokesperson William Moss confirmed to The Verge. But that isn’t a firm commitment — it’s more of a stretch goal if Intel gets federal subsidies. “We Intel wouldn’t say.

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