Welcome to The Hill’s Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story AI poses new challenges to intellectual property law The rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology is raising concerns about how existing laws protect creators from the booming industry. © Getty The Senate Judiciary subcommittee on intellectual property held a hearing Wednesday…
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Cyber key front in mounting US-China tensions
Welcome to The Hill’s Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Cyberspace plays integral part in rising US-China tensions The growing tensions between the U.S. and China have had a major impact on various sectors, including cyberspace, which is now becoming an integral part of modern warfare. © Getty Images As the two…
Why Meta may pull news content from Facebook in California
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, is inching closer to a faceoff with California over a proposal to require dominant platforms to pay news outlets to distribute their content. The tech giant is using familiar playbook to try and thwart California’s Journalism Preservation Act, which passed the State Assembly on Thursday, by threatening to pull…
Meta threatens to pull news content over legislation
Welcome to The Hill’s Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Meta threatens to pull news content over legislation Meta is ramping up its threats to pull news stories in the face of proposals that would require the tech giant to pay news outlets to distribute their content. © AP Photo/Tony Avelar In…
Amazon to pay $30M to settle FTC privacy allegations over Ring, Alexa
Amazon will pay more than $30 million to settle two separate charges from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over allegations of violating user privacy. Amazon’s Ring will pay $5.8 million to settle allegations that the home security camera company violated customer privacy, the agency said Wednesday. Amazon will pay $25 million in a separate agreement…
Musk kicks off China visit
Welcome to The Hill’s Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Musk kicks off China visit Tesla CEO Elon Musk met with China’s foreign minister on Tuesday as part of his visit to the country amid high tensions between Washington and Beijing. © Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China via…
Musk under scrutiny following DeSantis campaign launch glitch
Welcome to The Hill’s Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Musk under scrutiny after DeSantis campaign launch glitch Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s glitch-filled campaign rollout is raising new questions about Twitter CEO Elon Musk’s ambitions — and his ability to carry them out. © Madeline Monroe/Getty Images/Adobe Stock DeSantis granted Musk exclusive…
Exclusive: Meta faces pressure to support independent audit of risk oversight committee
Meta is facing pressure to support a shareholder proposal calling for an independent assessment of the company’s audit and risk oversight committee. A group of unions and a group of state treasurers sent letters to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg ahead of next week’s annual shareholder meeting, urging the company to reconsider its opposition to a…
Generative AI tools like ChatGPT could test bounds of tech liability shield
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools are testing a provision that protected the tech industry for decades from lawsuits over third-party content. As applications like ChatGPT and rival products rise in popularity, experts and stakeholders are split on whether and how Section 230 of the Communication Decency Act — a liability shield for internet companies over third-party…
Tech keeps liability shield in Supreme Court win
Welcome to The Hill’s Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Tech keeps liability shield in Supreme Court win Twitter and Google were handed wins on Thursday when the Supreme Court punted the issue of if internet companies should keep a controversial liability shield over content posted by third parties. © AP Photo/Gregory…