Stories tagged policy & regulation.
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A federal court has ruled that the Department of Energy acted outside the bounds of its legal authority when it forced a coal plant in Michigan to keep running last year — a decision that could undermine the Trump administration’s push to prevent aging and costly fossil-fueled power plants from…
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Amazon recently debuted a new feature for its Ring cameras that the company is calling Throw Away the Key Encryption (TAKE). The idea is to cut back on the amount of video content available to the company, and thus potentially available to law enforcement. But while it might technically add a speed…
EdSurge / EdTech Magazine / Class Central
With the vast selection of educational technology on the market today, it can be difficult for IT leaders to know what is appropriate for their institutions. The organizations at the helm of the EdTech Quality Collaborative — Digital Promise, 1EdTech, CAST, CoSN, ISTE and SETDA — have developed the…
Modern Retail / Digital Commerce 360 / AgFunderNews
Farmers need a way to detect the “invisible” indicators of disease before symptoms are visible, so they can optimize treatments. The post No, imaging won’t help farmers control plant disease appeared first on AgFunderNews.
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Wednesday morning’s keynote session at ILTACON this year opened with a sobering and moving 25th anniversary tribute to 9/11. ILTA showed a 30-minute film it produced with interviews of ILTA members and friends who were in Manhattan that day, followed by an extended moment of silence as the names of…
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Our collection of user-posted analysis, views, and unofficial news, gathered from our networks on LinkedIn, returns for its third outing.
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Using AI in IEP meetings can benefit parents and teachers – if done correctly.
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Plus: Recycling butter into energy The post AgriFood Signals: EIF backs Nordic Foodtech VC, NotCo sells Brazilian business, Agronutris in receivership appeared first on AgFunderNews.
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Bans Like California’s Don’t Fix What’s Wrong With Social Media Companies SAN FRANCISCO - Technology and the laws that regulate it should support and empower young people. California’s AB 1709 - signed into law today by Gov. Gavin Newsom - falls far short of this goal, say the Electronic Frontier…
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"Venture still runs on trust, taste, ambition, and contact with the physical world, and AI raises the price of that judgment." The post How AgFunder is using AI to build a venture firm that remembers appeared first on AgFunderNews.
EdSurge / EdTech Magazine / Class Central
Artificial Intelligence use in schools continues to be hotly debated, but there’s no doubt it’s widely used: About 9 in 10 students, educators and education leaders say they’ve already used AI for school. That comes from Microsoft’s third annual AI in Education Special Report, which examines how…
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ProducePay is bringing in outside capital to fund grower advances while building out data tools that could become the core of the business. The post ProducePay eyes profitability as it shifts from capital to data: ‘We think 2027 will be a breakout year’ appeared first on AgFunderNews.
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Knip is not competing with bulk proteins used in animal feed such as soy and fishmeal, says CEO Caitlin Wege. The post Knip bets on postbiotics, not commodity protein, as it scales biomass fermentation appeared first on AgFunderNews.
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Clean energy scored a rare win in Ohio last month when state regulators unanimously approved a permit for 149 megawatts of solar and 149 MW of battery storage at the Hamden Energy site in Vinton County, located in the southeast quadrant of the state. In contrast to most of the state’s solar…
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American drone pilots are already feeling the impact of Washington’s crackdown on Chinese drones. Thanks to existing restrictions, DJI’s latest Lito series still isn’t officially available in the US. Now, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is considering rules that could affect future…
EFF Deeplinks / noyb / Access Now
Credit Scoring Two weeks ago, noyb sent a cease-and-desist letter to SCHUFA regarding its shadow database. At the same time, we announced that we would bring an injunction should the credit reference agency refuse to comply with the requests set out therein. SCHUFA’s deadline has now expired. In a…
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GDPR Policy For once, EU legislators have an opportunity to deliver genuine simplification for people: a solution to the ongoing issue of misleading cookie banners. As part of its highly controversial Digital Omnibus package, the EU Commission has proposed legally binding automated privacy signals…
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Law enforcement agencies across the country are increasingly relying on spying technologies—automated license plate readers (ALPR), cell-site simulators, and facial recognition, to name a few--causing an outcry in many communities where people are rightly concerned about the threat to civil rights…
EdSurge / EdTech Magazine / Class Central
Managing device repair in a K–12 environment is rarely straightforward, making it harder to identify the best school device repair option. Most districts aren’t dealing with a single, clean fleet. Instead, they are juggling devices at different ages, under different warranties and in varying states…
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The term “digital sovereignty” has become ubiquitous. European officials invoke it in debates about cloud infrastructure, AI, semiconductors, and platform regulation. Governments throughout the global majority use it to argue for greater control over data and communications infrastructure and boost…
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When an artificial intelligence system makes a “bad decision,” most organizations can’t really explain why. They aren’t entirely sure which data trained it, where the error was, which version it was running or which third-party components were involved. This is an ethical and regulatory blind spot…
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EFF is pleased to announce that Access Now, 7amleh – The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media, DeFlock, and New Media Rights have received 2026 EFF Awards for their vital work in ensuring that technology supports freedom, justice, and innovation for all people. The EFF Awards recognize…
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The legal AI company Harvey said today that it has raised another $550 million at a $15.5 billion valuation, co-led by Diffusion and Lightspeed. By my calculations, that puts the total amount Harvey has raised since its 2022 launch at north of $1.5 billion. Other investors participating in this…
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Bridget M. McCormack, the former chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court who joined the American Arbitration Association in 2023 as its president and CEO, helping to spearhead the AAA’s innovation efforts, particularly with regard to its adoption of generative AI, has announced she is stepping…
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Calling it the “intelligence foundation” of its platform, Casepoint today launched Casepoint IQ, a suite of tools within a single AI framework that spans the company’s products for e-discovery, legal holds, FOIA and investigations. The company says that Casepoint IQ pulls together all of its AI…
Modern Retail / Digital Commerce 360 / AgFunderNews
Can in ovo sexing gain meaningful traction in the US and other markets where there is no legislative pressure to act? The post In ovo sexing hits 40% penetration in the EU. What will it take to crack the US? appeared first on AgFunderNews.
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The UK government is moving towards legislation that could require Apple and Google to introduce stronger controls for children using smartphones and tablets. The proposed rules would address the creation, viewing and sharing of nude images, with the government considering protections that work…
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Students asking why learning matters in the age of AI forces two teachers to respond.
EdSurge / EdTech Magazine / Class Central
By grounding our digital strategy in the same values as our ancestors, we can ensure technology serves our school community rather than consuming it.
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EFF sued the government back in March for information about the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) model, a new Medicare program that uses AI to evaluate prior authorization requests for certain medical services. Today, we’re releasing approximately 1,000 pages of records obtained…