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Utah is about to pass a law making iPhones filter porn — but only if other states pass one, too

The Verge

In theory, Utah’s H.B. 72 mandates active adult content filters on all smartphones and tablets sold in Utah. Bill supporters like the anti-pornography group National Center on Sexual Exploitation argue that the filters are too complicated to activate, “leaving most parents helpless to protect their kids online.”

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Affirm, Airbnb, C3.ai, Roblox, Wish file for tech IPO finale of 2020

TechCrunch

More states have been minting their own unicorns, with Ohio-based Root Insurance recently going public and Utah-based Qualtrics heading (back) that way. Any policies that a Biden administration enacts would have to focus on economic opportunity broadly, and much of the proposed plan from the campaign fulfills that need.

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Next-gen nuclear startup plans 30 reactors to fuel Texas data centers

Fast Company Tech

They could also be a proving ground for an unprecedented legal gambit: in December, the company joined Texas and Utah in filing suit against the U.S. Already the nation’s leader in fossil fuel production, as well as renewables and battery storage, the Lone Star State currently gets only 10% of its electricity form nuclear power.

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Sen. Ed Markey on the politics of technology

The Verge

He has been a proponent of net neutrality, first proposing a bill in 2005. Markey sat down for an interview with Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel and policy reporter Makena Kelly to discuss these issues, his proposed solutions, and. You wrote the National Broadband Plan in 2008. You are a meme, so that’s important.

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How Trump’s proposed funding freeze has impacted childcare providers

Fast Company Tech

The Trump administration later clarified that certain programsincluding Head Startwould be exempt from the freeze, and Trumps proposal was rescinded just days later. The National Head Start Association found that at least 45 providers could not access federal funds, potentially compromising care for nearly 20,000 children and families.

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The antitrust case against Google is becoming just another partisan fight

The Verge

Reuters reported that one email said Texans “‘are put at risk’ by the company, ‘whose executives clearly display anti-conservative and anti-Republican bias, subtly controlling what Americans see when they search for information about national political issues.’”. Utah spent $2.75 Local politicians believe there are more than 100 cases.

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Trump and Musk have huge conflicts of interest. Who’s policing them?

Recode by Vox

And while some conflicts of interest are inevitable and not inherently corrupt, they do increase the risk of corruption, where officials intentionally advance their own personal interests instead of national ones. Every branch of government has ethics standards and conflict of interest rules. Its also not unheard of. Former US Rep.

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