DOGE's Misplaced War on Software Licenses
Wired
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
DOGE claims that a government agency has nearly three times as many software licenses as employees. Experts say there are plenty of good reasons for that.
India says not to preorder Starlink until it obtains a license
The Verge
NOVEMBER 27, 2021
As the report notes, the Indian government says that the company needs to obtain a license to operate in the country before it starts deploying its services. In other words, Starlink will have to put preorders on hold until it can get approval from the Indian government. DoT India (@DoT_India) November 26, 2021.
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[FREE WEBINAR] Online Fundraising Compliance: How to Stay Compliant While Building Trust and Increasing Giving
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NOVEMBER 21, 2020
Demonstrating commitment to compliance and responsible governance can help solidify your status as a well-run organization with a mission worthy of support. Learn about charitable solicitation registration and reporting, licensing for special fundraising activities, and the positive impact of compliance.
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UK government is now using AI to make life-changing decisions for its citizens
TechSpot
OCTOBER 24, 2023
The Guardian reports that multiple UK government institutions have started utilizing AI in ways that could significantly affect the daily lives of ordinary people. The technology now plays a role in various procedures, ranging from arrests and marriage license, to benefit payments. Read Entire Article
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Apple’s digital driver’s license has been delayed to next year
The Verge
NOVEMBER 23, 2021
Apple’s digital driver’s license / ID feature won’t be coming until “early 2022,” according to an update to Apple’s iOS 15 page that MacRumors noticed. Image: Apple. The change comes after news broke that Apple was looking for strict control over how states roll out the feature, which was previously listed as coming late this year.
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Nvidia shares slump after UK government intervenes in Arm deal
TechSpot
APRIL 19, 2021
Qualcomm, Google, and Microsoft are just some tech giants concerned about what it would mean for Arm's open-licensing model and customer neutrality. Nvidia's acquisition of Arm has been a controversial subject since it was revealed back in September. Even its co-founder, Hermann Hauser, believes the sale would be a disaster.
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Top Ten Data Challenges (And Solutions) for Associations
Association Analytics
JUNE 21, 2023
Start by looking at the various licenses and logins available to your association. 4: Nobody Wants to Own Data Governance Challenge : Do you have a set of rules that nobody seems to follow? Or, did a brave soul volunteer to work on data governance only to find themselves restricted by those in higher positions?
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How L.A. can rebuild after the wildfires without leaving vulnerable residents behind
Fast Company Tech
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Insurers can provide a road map for how to reduce those risks , while state and local governments can provide assistance to retrofit homes and help ensure that insurance premiums remain affordable. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. As seen with the L.A. Read the original article.
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Your Blueprint for governed analytics at scale
Tableau
OCTOBER 26, 2021
This is the final post in a three-part series about data and analytics governance. In case you missed them, read the first to hear from Tableau’s own data governance team , and the second to learn how good governance accelerates your Data Culture. October 26, 2021 - 6:37pm. November 2, 2021.
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Your Blueprint for governed analytics at scale
Tableau
OCTOBER 26, 2021
This is the final post in a three-part series about data and analytics governance. In case you missed them, read the first to hear from Tableau’s own data governance team , and the second to learn how good governance accelerates your Data Culture. October 26, 2021 - 6:37pm. November 2, 2021.
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US to ban sale of hacking tools to authoritarian governments, including China and Russia
TechSpot
OCTOBER 21, 2021
The Commerce Department writes that the export of cybersecurity items to countries of national security or weapons of mass destruction concern will require a license from the department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS). Countries subject to a US arms embargo and those deemed by the US to have a.
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Promise’s flexible payment platform for government debts grows fast, raises $25M to keep growing
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
Promise works with utilities and government agencies to provide flexibility in payments for people who can’t cover their whole water or electricity bill at once. Promise works with government agencies and related organizations that collect anything from utility bills to license fees.
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BOI Reporting 2024: Your Guide to Yet Another Fun Federal Filing Requirement
Blue Fox
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
Just when you thought you had enough government forms to wallpaper your office, the Treasury Department said "Hold my coffee" and introduced BOI reporting. BOI (Beneficial Ownership Information) reporting is the government's latest attempt to make sure businesses aren't secretly run by supervillains or money launderers. Get a new ID #?
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How you can help save declining butterflies
Fast Company Tech
MARCH 13, 2025
The law mandates that the government maintain habitat for listed species. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. In some states, insects arent considered wildlife, so state wildlife agencies have their hands tied when it comes to working on butterfly conservation.
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Android-powered 5G BlackBerry phone with physical keyboard is coming in 2021
TechSpot
AUGUST 19, 2020
OnwardMobility, a startup created to deliver comprehensive, secure mobile device solutions to government, enterprise and business clients has licensed the rights to develop, engineer and bring a new BlackBerry mobile device to market next year. The iconic BlackBerry brand is getting yet another lease on life.
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Agolo’s summary-powered search brings in government work and fresh funding
TechCrunch
MARCH 16, 2022
Search is hard, but even the decent tools developed by Google, Microsoft and others can’t seem to get it right when it comes to navigating the thousands of documents and ideas trapped in enterprise and government databases. government clients today, with a few others pending contract,” said Wohns.
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Ukraine’s vast mineral reserves are key to ceasefire talks with the U.S. Here’s what to know
Fast Company Tech
MARCH 13, 2025
The initial announcement from Ukraines government stated that critical minerals would also offset the cost of American assistance, but that line was removed from the joint statement. None of these had been mined there as of early 2025, though a lithium deposit had been licensed for commercial extraction. Read the original article.
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US bans sale of top Nvidia and AMD AI chips to the Middle East
TechSpot
AUGUST 31, 2023
Nvidia wrote in a regulatory filing that the US government had informed the company of a licensing requirement for a subset of A100 and H100 products destined for certain customers and regions, including some countries in the Middle East. It wasn't specified which countries in the area would be affected. Read Entire Article
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New export ban to China hits ASML's DUV lithography chip manufacturing tools
TechSpot
JANUARY 3, 2024
The Dutch government partially revoked the 2023 shipment license in recent months, affecting a "small number" of customers in China, the company said. ASML recently announced that it will no longer be able to ship its NXT:2050i and NXT:2100i lithography systems to China. Read Entire Article
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ICE just signed a contract with facial recognition company Clearview AI
The Verge
AUGUST 14, 2020
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) signed a contract with facial recognition company Clearview AI this week for “mission support,” government contracting records show (as first spotted by the tech accountability nonprofit Tech Inquiry ).
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Arkansas just passed an age-verification social media law with some confusing exemptions
TechSpot
APRIL 13, 2023
This is done using "any commercially reasonable age verification method" or government-issued IDs such as photo IDs or driver's licenses. The law requires social media companies that earn more than $100 million in annual revenue to work with third-party services to verify new account holders' personal information. Read Entire Article
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Merit grabs $50M Series B to expand digital credentials platform
TechCrunch
JANUARY 12, 2022
When we think about identity in the digital world, it usually involves a username and password, but Merit (originally called Sigma) wants to help governments issue digital credentials that link back to a government license database with the goal of bringing an end to flimsy paper cards.
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SVB contagion: UK arm shuts down, government scrambles and startups brace for the worst
TechCrunch
MARCH 11, 2023
The collapse of the US bank came after it tried to raise $2.25bn to offset losses from the sale of (mainly) US government bonds, leading to a 60% share price collapse, with customers and investors subsequently racing in their droves to empty their accounts. SVB UK was legally and operationally a standalone entity from the US arm.
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The US Department of Defense can't mitigate restrictive conditions in its cloud contracts
TechSpot
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) analyzed the software licenses used by the Department of Defense (DoD), focusing in particular on commercial cloud computing offers. Read Entire Article
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The music industry has taken another step toward a legal fight with Twitch
The Verge
OCTOBER 26, 2020
Amazon received a “blistering” letter last Thursday about copyright infringement and Twitch’s nonexistent licensing deals with major music rights holders, Variety reports. The document accuses Twitch of allowing streamers to play copyrighted music without getting the proper licensing to do so. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.
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Blacklisted Huawei secretly funds million-dollar college research competition
TechSpot
MAY 3, 2024
Huawei was placed on the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Entity List almost five years ago over alleged ties to the Chinese government, ensuring that US companies cannot do business with the tech firm without first securing a license. But this has not stopped it from secretly becoming the. Read Entire Article
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Shanghai raises free license plate threshold for new energy vehicles
TechNode
DECEMBER 17, 2023
Shanghai local authorities have continued their policy of issuing free license plates for battery electric vehicles for another year starting Jan. This information comes from a document released by the Shanghai Municipal Development and Reform Commission, along with four other government departments.
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The US looks to kill Chinese chipmaking ambitions with ASML sales ban
TechSpot
JULY 6, 2022
ASML, the world's largest supplier of lithography machines used in the chipmaking process, is already prohibited from selling its most advanced extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography equipment, which costs about $164 million per unit, to its Chinese customers as it cannot obtain an export license from the Dutch government due to.
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Possible financial dispute between EA and FIFA lies behind video game name change
TechSpot
OCTOBER 13, 2021
In the same post, the company said it was also considering dropping the "FIFA" name from the series, which it licenses from the global soccer governing body of the same name, with exclusive rights. Last week EA celebrated the successful release of its latest FIFA game, FIFA 22. Presumably it.
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What is Tableau Cloud Manager?
Tableau
OCTOBER 1, 2024
Tableau Cloud Manager is an enhancement to Tableau Cloud that allows customers to create and manage multiple Tableau sites with centralized management of licenses and users. Enhance governance with a new Cloud Admin role Tableau Cloud Manager also introduces a new Cloud Admin role, a level above the traditional Site Admin.
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Massachusetts on the verge of becoming first state to ban police use of facial recognition
The Verge
DECEMBER 2, 2020
2963 , marks yet another state government tackling the thorny ethical issue of unregulated facial recognition use in the absence of any federal guidance from Congress. The bill, S.2963 It also includes bans on chokeholds and rubber bullets in addition to restrictions on tear gas and other crowd-control weapons, as reported by TechCrunch.
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Philippines shutters its online gambling industry amid tax evasion, human trafficking concerns
TechSpot
JULY 25, 2024
POGOs, short for Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators, are companies licensed by the government to run online gambling sites for overseas players, especially in mainland China where such activities are illegal. While the POGO business has generated billions in tax revenue, it's also been a hotbed of illicit activity.
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Indonesian government wary of Temu’s entry, citing threats to local sellers
TechNode
JUNE 24, 2024
Indonesias trade officials said Temus business model conflicts with local government regulations, which require a distributor or intermediary to be present in the product’s journey from factory to consumer.
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EA faces another class-action lawsuit over loot boxes
TechSpot
OCTOBER 22, 2020
As per The Patch Notes, the case revolves around an argument many governments and politicians have made previously: that loot boxes constitute a form of gambling. Because EA does not hold a gambling license in the region, a pair of Canadians claim it is operating an unlicensed gambling business.
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Oman blocks Clubhouse for not having a permit, but activists suggest it may be censorship
The Verge
MARCH 14, 2021
According to WAF, Oman “prohibits the use of several encrypted VoIP applications without an official license.”. China blocked access to Clubhouse in February.
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Xiaomi obtains EV production license, prepares for third model
TechNode
JULY 15, 2024
The Chinese government on July 12 announced it had given Xiaomi a production license to independently assemble electric vehicles, meaning the smartphone maker has cleared the official hurdles required to scale up its production independently, without needing its traditional car manufacturer ally BAIC.
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Facebook strikes News Corp deal to license news from Australian media outlets
The Verge
MARCH 15, 2021
Facebook last month shut off the ability for Australian users and media organizations to share news links in the country , and now it seems the company’s extraordinary measure has resulted in a compromise for the most interested parties as media giant News Corp has struck a licensing deal with the social network. In addition to news.com.au
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Americans' Urge to Help Overcomes Lock Down Limitations
VisionLink
APRIL 9, 2020
In the face of the escalating COVID-19 pandemic, National Voluntary Agencies Active in Disaster (NVOAD), Visionlink’s Disaster Technologies Division and Sterling Volunteers are partnering in a public-private pro bono effort to help state governments and non-profit agencies mobilize the desire of Americans to provide help from a safe distance.
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Visit to Qatar
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 1, 2010
The government of Qatar hosted the conference, and underwrote travel and accommodation. that makes Bookshare possible) and open licensing terms, so that people who the market will fail to address get the benefits of our incredibly rich and expanding knowledge base. I’m on the plane heading back to the U.S.
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Peloton will now allow users to identify as nonbinary on its app
The Verge
JUNE 15, 2020
In many ways, tech companies are following states, which have increasingly recognized nonbinary genders in government functions. In 2017, Oregon became the first state to give drivers the option to self-identify as nonbinary on their driver’s license. In the years since, ten other states have adopted the practice.
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In an increasingly hot biotech market, protecting IP is key
TechCrunch
JULY 16, 2021
campuses conducted $79 billion worth of sponsored research, much of it thanks to the federal government. Since 1996 , 14,000 startups have licensed technology out of those universities, and 67% of licenses were taken by startups or small companies. More often than not, the vehicle to do this is a licensing agreement.
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Google’s Wing warns new drone laws ‘may have unintended consequences’ for privacy
The Verge
JANUARY 1, 2021
Most proponents of Remote ID technology, including Wing, like to explain that it’s merely a “license plate” for the skies, perhaps nothing more intrusive than you’d already have on your car. But the thing about license plates is, traditionally, you have to be within eyeshot to see them. Image: Wing.
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Smile Identity expands African footprint with acquisition of Appruve to strengthen ID verification services
TechCrunch
APRIL 26, 2023
On the other hand, Appruve, which provides an API that verifies user identity, fraud detection and digital documentation, primarily focuses on new datasets that enable or complement traditional government data such as international passports and national IDs. We want to add that depth in more markets, and Appruve gives some of that.”
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