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Congress mandates new car technology to stop drunken driving

Congress has created a new requirement for automakers: Find a high-tech way to keep drunken people from driving cars. It’s one of the mandates along with a burst of new spending aimed at improving auto safety amid escalating road fatalities in the $1 trillion infrastructure package that President Joe Biden is expected to sign soon. […]

U.S. Congress seeks FCC guidance for data protection

Lawful presence takes over as lawmakers assembled on Wednesday to conduct a series of data privacy hearings in an attempt to bolster data protection protocols against social networking platforms. The Senate Commerce Committee’s intentions to address the development of an additional privacy bureau at the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) will set new scales for extensive […]

Climate bid faces tricky path over money for electric cars

The bipartisan compromise on infrastructure cuts in half President Joe Biden’s call for $15 billion to build 500,000 electric vehicle charging outlets, raising the stakes as the administration seeks to win auto industry cooperation on anti-pollution rules to curb climate change. The Senate legislation provides $7.5 billion in federal grants to build a national network […]

Big Tech's outsized influence draws state-level pushback

New York state Sen. Michael Gianaris was ecstatic when Amazon named Long Island City in 2018 as a front-runner for its new headquarters, a project that would bring 25,000 jobs and $2.5 billion in construction spending to his district in Queens. But his support faded quickly when he learned that state and city leaders had […]

Media Giant Gannett Takes on Google's Ad Monopoly 

Google faces lawsuit over ad tech monopoly: Gannett, the largest newspaper publisher in the United States, has filed a lawsuit against Google in a Manhattan federal court, claiming that the tech giant has established a monopoly over the online advertising industry. The lawsuit, announced on Tuesday, accuses Google of monopolizing advertising technology markets and engaging […]

U.S Details Plan to Draw Clean Energy Into Oil, Coal Communities

The Biden administration on Tuesday released final guidance on how clean energy companies can secure additional tax credits when investing in U.S. communities economically tied to fossil fuels like oil and coal. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) passed last year by Democrats extended a 30% tax credit for wind, solar and other green energy projects, […]