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. Born and created in Spain.

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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. . Check out other key takeaways from Tesla’s Cyber Roundup. .

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Fast Company Tech

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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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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Recode by Vox

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

In 2023, scientists at the University of Texas used fMRI, coupled with a version of the AI models that power ChatGPT, to decode the gist of unspoken sentences from brain activity. The data support a long-held hypothesis held by neuroscientists and linguists, proposing that we produce speech from the top down.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 7, 2025

But those powerful proponents have struggled to pass a law in the seven legislative sessions since the U.S. Supreme Court in 2018 struck down a federal law that banned commercial sports betting in most states. A proposal to legalize sports betting passed the Texas House in 2023, but the state Senate spurned the proposal.

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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 25, 2025

Amid a barrage of press releases that, on March 12, proposed 31 deregulatory actions, were two that seem designed to significantly weaken enforcement of coal ash regulations, environmental attorneys told Grist. Zeldin is now the administrator of the EPA, and it appears the power companies are getting their wish.

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Engadget

MARCH 10, 2025

The cloud company already hosts TikToks US user data and the company was a key part of TikToks original negotiations to remain operational in the US under a plan called Project Texas. Since then, Perplexity has reportedly tweaked its proposal. Those negotiations abruptly fell apart in 2022.)

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The Verge

JULY 14, 2020

ByteDance is reportedly considering all manner of proposed solutions to keep TikTok alive around the world — it’s expected to generate $500 million in revenue this year , after all. Law enforcement authorities are using a company called Dataminr to help monitor social media related to protests. Stylistically, they’re laws.

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 25, 2025

Age-verification laws have popped up across the United States in the past few years, especially in the South. In January, the Supreme Court heard a case about the constitutionality of age-verification laws, and its decision will likely come down this summer. That case, Free Speech Coalition v. The White House says it's fine.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

In the meantime, for reasons we covered here Monday , Trump is facing increasing pushback from Republican members on the deal as it is currently proposed. In a separate letter to Mnuchin, Texas Senator Ted Cruz also said the deal fell far short. (He was expected to be briefed on Thursday morning.) Makena Kelly / The Verge ).

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The Verge

MAY 20, 2020

At least some state attorneys general—led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican—are likely to file a case, probably in the fall, people familiar with the matter said. Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general who is leading the investigation for the attorneys general, is sending fundraising emails promoting his work.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

You’ll carve away Section 230, the law that says platforms aren’t liable for what users publish, you’ll do algorithmic transparency, you’ll make them audit every content moderation decision they make. And there’s still hookworm epidemics in Alabama and Texas and other places. And do what? Yeah, that’s tough, right?

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