TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2022

Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” Thanks to a policy change by U.S. At the Texas Service Center, it can take two to 13 months. Lawsuit prompts big policy changes.

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APRIL 5, 2019

Texas Watch is a nonpartisan citizen advocacy group founded in 1998. They just celebrated over 20 years of advocating for Texas families. Let’s start of with a little bit more background about Texas Watch! Texas Watch works to ensure that insurance companies and other major corporations are accountable to their customers.

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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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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

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

On October 12th, content moderators working for the third-party contracting firm Accenture in Austin, Texas were asked to return to the office. During the pandemic, it relied more heavily on artificial intelligence to detect content that violated its policies. Roughly 63 workers signed the letter to Facebook by name.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2023

Anthony Cimino Contributor Share on Twitter Anthony Cimino , head of policy at Carta , works with policymakers and innovators to drive economic opportunity through expanding equity ownership and private market liquidity. With the failure of Silicon Valley Bank, the U.S. startup ecosystem lost an important business partner.

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MAY 19, 2021

Set clear policies. The foundation leaders need to set clear grantmaking policies. Bivins Foundation in Amarillo, Texas. She is a Master Certified Health Education Specialist and has spent her over 10-year career working for nonprofits in the Texas Panhandle. Be a good partner.

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APRIL 22, 2021

The first Earth Day inspired and brought to life major legislative moments, including the formation of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the passing of laws like the Clean Water Act, OSHA, Clean Air Act, and Endangered Species Act. It was advocating, activism, and creating lasting change.

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The Verge

APRIL 12, 2022

Filed March 4th in the famously patentholder-friendly Western District of Texas court, the four lawsuits claim that techniques fundamental to modern malware detection are based on patented technology — and that the company’s competitors are infringing on intellectual property rights with their implementation of network security software.

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JULY 5, 2017

Shawn Martin , Senior Vice President, Advocacy, Practice Advancement, and Policy, . 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.

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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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MAY 3, 2021

Their ongoing efforts focus on breaking down the direct line from school to prison that forms when students are referred to law enforcement from an early age, and investing funds in resources that improve students’ experience. White students are most likely to attend school in districts with no referrals to law enforcement or arrests.

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MAY 3, 2021

Their ongoing efforts focus on breaking down the direct line from school to prison that forms when students are referred to law enforcement from an early age, and investing funds in resources that improve students’ experience. White students are most likely to attend school in districts with no referrals to law enforcement or arrests.

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The Verge

APRIL 12, 2022

The company employs around 200 people in Texas, where legislators passed the strictest abortion law in the country last September. The law, called SB 8 , outlaws abortions after six weeks, and provides no exception for rape or incest. This new benefit allows our U.S.

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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

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. EsTech seems likely to press that line of argument — although at the time of writing it was still preparing its policy plan.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2022

Now, as state laws shift and abortion bans go into effect across the United States, companies are still trying to find ways to provide care while reimagining what healthcare should include. Nationally, the situation is proving tricky to navigate as each state can begin implementing individualized abortion laws.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2021

However, just in 2021, over 90 abortion restrictions were enacted in the United States, and there are 1,320 restrictions in total, according to The Guttmacher Institute , a nonprofit research and policy organization committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

“The models are not failing,” says Maria De-Arteaga, an assistant professor at the University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business. California recently passed a law requiring AI literacy to be incorporated into K-12 curricula starting this fall.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 6, 2019

Why does an EU law have such a monumental effect on privacy globally? Second, as the strictest privacy law in the world to date, it has become the gold standard for privacy frameworks. Some of them may not apply to your organization, but it’s a good place to begin evaluating how robust your policy is. Register today!

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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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The Verge

APRIL 25, 2021

The resulting case will test the limits of platforms’ legal shields amid ongoing efforts to pare back the law behind them. We actively maintain policies and procedures that don’t just follow the law, but go above and beyond it,” a Reddit spokesperson said in a statement to The Verge. “We Reddit denies that it condoned abuse.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2022

Aurora Innovation announced a multiphase commercial pilot to haul freight for Schneider National’s customers in Texas. . Embark conducted a public demo to show how its autonomous trucks would interact with emergency vehicles and law enforcement in Texas. .

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JUNE 30, 2007

I was a ski bum for a winter, and landed one week in Austin, Texas and got a job waiting tables. When I did a little digging, I realized that aside from threatening our water supply in Austin, Texas, they had sufficiently done that in Indonesia, and the Philippines and pretty much all over the world. That was really me.

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The Verge

APRIL 22, 2021

The request comes in the aftermath of a fatal crash in which two men from Texas were killed after their Tesla Model S crashed with no one in the driver’s seat. We look forward to working with you and the NTSB to implement policy changes that stop these preventable deaths from occurring and save lives.”.

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Have Fun - Do Good

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.

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Engadget

MARCH 10, 2025

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. We've outlined policies from a handful of manufacturers below. You can take your items to a recycling center, drop them off at a store, or even mail them in.

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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.

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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., Altogether, the new infrastructure law marks the largest investment in carbon capture and storage in the history of the technology, according to the think tank Global CCS Institute. Water vapor rises from the NRG Energy Inc. on Thursday, Feb.

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 20, 2025

TL;DR: Unblock Pornhub from Texas with a VPN. states have introduced restrictions for online adult content, including Texas. With the introduction of age verification laws, millions of users in Texas are now unable to access Pornhub. Unblock Pornhub for free in Texas with ExpressVPN.

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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

Roberts Jr. Those on both sides of the issue were glued to the SCOTUS blog and while there were initial reports from CNN that the healthcare law had been overturned, the surprise victory caused many health care advocates to cheer. And we sent our blog post as an email to our entire list.” ” What’s the value?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2023

May 30, 2023 Texas judge orders all AI-generated content must be declared and checked The Texas federal judge has added a requirement that any attorney appearing in his court must attest that “no portion of the filing was drafted by generative artificial intelligence,” or if it was, that it was checked “by a human being.”

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 5, 2025

and to open for business beyond Denmark , which colonized them 300 years ago and still exercises control over foreign and defense policy. Greenland is massiveabout one-fifth the size of the United States or three times the size of Texas. But like other Greenlanders, he wants stronger ties to the U.S. when he recently visited Nuuk.

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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. Facebook says it will abide by the board’s decisions, and will also ask it to issue advisory opinions on emerging policy questions.

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