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A Right-to-Repair Car Law Makes a Surprising U-Turn in Massachusetts
Who owns the data created by cars: their owners, or the companies that built them? In 2020, Massachusetts voters overwhelmingly…
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Automakers Say They Resolved the Right-to-Repair Fight. Critics Aren’t Ready to Make Peace
Many repair shops, especially those who opt in and pay to be part of those certified networks, say they have…
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The US Senate Wants to Rein In AI. Good Luck With That
While negotiations started with Young and Schumer, they didn’t end there. Rather, the pair heard input from other congressional committees…
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A Fight Over the Right to Repair Cars Takes a Wild Turn
In 2012, Massachusetts voters became the first to bring the concept into the modern age by requiring automakers to add…
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Everyone Wants to Regulate AI. No One Can Agree How
I agree with every single one of those points, which can potentially guide us on the actual boundaries we might…
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The Global Battle to Regulate AI Is Just Beginning | WIRED
By the end of April, the European Parliament had zeroed in on a list of practices to be prohibited: social…
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A US Bill Would Ban Kids Under 13 From Joining Social Media
While all the major Silicon Valley social media firms—from Instagram to TikTok—say they block children from using their apps, these…
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Noah Raford Can Help You Prepare for a Not-So-Nice Future
Archival audioclip (Back to the Future): I’m from the future. Lauren Goode: Alright, I’m gonna ask the question that everyone’s wondering about: What…
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I’m Reddit’s CEO and Think Regulating Social Media Is Tyranny. AITA?
For the first 20 minutes of our conversation, Steve Huffman, CEO of Reddit, the sixth most-visited website in the US,…
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The US Wants to Close an ‘SUV Loophole’ That Supersized Cars
Tough new rules on pollution from vehicles, proposed by the US Environmental Protection Agency this week, could reshape one of…
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