The Energy Department’s grant of $1.1 billion is the latest step that could keep the reactor in operation beyond its scheduled shutdown in 2025.
Category: Regulation and Deregulation of Industry
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Inside Gary Gensler’s SEC Campaign to Rein In the Crypto Industry
Gary Gensler, the chair of the S.E.C., is at the center of a reckoning over the future of cryptocurrency after the implosion of FTX.
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Why States Were Unprepared for the Sports-Betting Onslaught
Government oversight of sports betting offers scant consumer protections and looks to the industry to police itself, The Times found.
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Why an Aging Casino Company Embraced Barstool’s David Portnoy
David Portnoy, who has a history of misogynistic and racist behavior, is now a public spokesman for the sports-betting industry.
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New York Times Sports Betting Investigation: Key Takeaways
The New York Times examined thousands of pages of documents and interviewed lobbyists, executives, lawmakers, regulators and others to understand how the sports-betting industry grew so big so fast.
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Children’s Groups Want F.T.C. to Ban ‘Unfair’ Online Manipulation of Kids
Children’s privacy and health experts pressed regulators to prohibit video games and social networks from using attention-hacking techniques on youngsters.
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Hemp-Fed Cows Get Buzzed, Study Finds, but Will Humans Who Drink Their Milk?
Hemp with high THC content given to Holsteins leached into their milk, according to a group of German scientists exploring the food chain for dairy production.
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FTX’s In-House Performance Coach Is Just as Surprised as You Are
George K. Lerner, a psychiatrist who has worked at the collapsed crypto exchange FTX since last year, said he had no knowledge of wrongdoing at the firm.
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FTX, Collapsed Crypto Exchange, Could Owe More Than 1 Million Creditors
In a court filing on Monday, the cryptocurrency exchange said it was in touch with “dozens” of regulators across the world.
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Google Agrees to $392 Million Privacy Settlement With 40 States
Under the agreement, which state attorneys general said was the largest U.S. internet privacy settlement, Google must also make its location-tracking practices clearer to users.