The effort by Senators Richard Blumenthal and Josh Hawley is the latest move by lawmakers to catch up with the rapidly evolving technology.
Category: Regulation and Deregulation of Industry
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Huawei Phone Is Latest Shot Fired in the U.S.-China Tech War
The release of a homegrown Chinese smartphone during a visit by the Biden official in charge of regulating such technology shows the U.S.-China tech conflict is alive and well.
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Pork Industry Grapples With Whiplash of Shifting Regulations
Retailers in California, and pig farmers and processors thousands of miles away, are bracing for the impact of a state ban on some sources of the meat.
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Pork Industry Grapples With Whiplash of Shifting Regulations
Retailers in California, and pig farmers and processors thousands of miles away, are bracing for the impact of a state ban on some sources of the meat.
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Federal Officials Propose New Nursing Home Standards to Increase Staffing
Citing worker shortages, nursing home operators said the standard could not be met without additional funding for higher wages.
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Paris Becomes the First European Capital to Ban Rented Electric Scooters
But the city is adding bike lanes, and scooter companies are shifting their focus to electric bikes. E-scooters killed three people and wounded 459 others in Paris last year.
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Labor Department Proposes Vast Expansion of Overtime Eligibility
The Biden administration seeks a threshold of about $55,000 in annual pay under which salaried workers must get overtime, up from $35,500.
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Bitcoin Jumps as Court Ruling Paves Way for Cryptocurrency E.T.F.
A federal appeals court ruled that the Securities and Exchange Commission had wrongfully denied Grayscale Investments’ application to create a cryptocurrency fund that sells on stock exchanges.
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She Rose From Poverty as China Prospered. Then It Made Her Poor Again.
Sun Junli is one of many small-business owners, the backbone of China’s economy, who lost everything to a change in government policy.
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Tech Chiefs to Gather in Washington Next Month on A.I. Regulations
The leaders of Google, OpenAI, Microsoft and others are meeting with lawmakers on Sept. 13 to kick off listening sessions that may shape A.I. rules in the United States.