US House to take up bill aimed at curbing data center-driven electricity costsRepublican lawmakers plan to bring legislation to the House floor next week that seeks to rein in electricity bill increases tied to data center expansion, a spokesperson for Speaker Mike Johnson said on Thursday.Reuters28d agoWhole story →TechnologyEconomyMike JohnsonHR 9340ratepayer protection act vote
US lawmakers call on American government to blacklist three Indian hack-for-hire firmsThree U.S. lawmakers have called on the American government to blacklist a set of Indian IT firms over what they describe as “more than fifteen years of targeted espionage against U.S. citizens, businesses, and the lawyers representing them."Reuters28d agoWhole story →TechnologySecurityus blacklist of indian hack for hire firms
In-house counsel group accuses rival of training AI on its materialsThe Association of Corporate Counsel, a nonprofit bar association for in-house attorneys, sued competitor The L Suite in Delaware federal court on Thursday for allegedly copying its materials to train a lawyer-focused chatbot.Reuters28d agoWhole story →Technology
ABC's Jimmy Kimmel says interview with Senate candidate Talarico will not air on networkABC late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel said an interview with Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico on Thursday will air on YouTube and not during the network broadcast, citing threats from the Federal Communications Commission.Reuters28d agoWhole story →GovernmentTechnologyfcc equal time rule dispute
More US lawmakers call for new AI rules after Anthropic researchers warn of human extinctionGrowing numbers of U.S. lawmakers are calling for new rules to govern AI systems after dire warnings from two Anthropic researchers that rapidly progressing artificial intelligence could lead to the extinction of the human race in the not-too-distant future.Reuters28d agoWhole story →Technologyai regulation calls
