YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Game On For Workers
Plus, cancer-causing chemicals might get banned, landlords can’t use tech to jack up rent, and climate-minded investors win a legal battle.
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YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Good Things Are Yap-pening
Plus, it’s game over for noncompetes, farmers quit spraying around, people get a vote on progressive measures, and climate change measures score big bucks.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Your Phone Could Power Your Car
Plus, landlords finally face consequences, a polluter takes a record-breaking hit, and rural Americans plug in.
Microsoft Pushed Back Against Regulators Before System Crash
“Regulators should carefully avoid any intervention” the company said in response to a federal probe of security and interoperability risks.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Batteries Are So Back
Plus, meddling homeowner associations are put in their place, retirees put up a good fight, and the left wins big across the pond.
Big Tech Wants Your Paycheck
Tech companies and a corporate-funded right-wing bill mill aim to pave the way for app-based payday-lending scams.
The Unknown Toll Of The AI Takeover
As artificial intelligence guzzles water supplies and jacks up consumers’ electricity rates, why isn’t anyone tracking the resources being consumed?
How Your Life Savings Could Digitally Evaporate
A new banking startup lost track of peoples’ life savings and regulators are at a loss to help get it back.
TV’s Big Dark (Money) Secret
As political ads blanket our screens like never before, the broadcast and tech lobbies are reaping the benefits of protecting the secrets of their dark money benefactors.
“The Battle For Global AI Dominance”
A battle is brewing in the U.S. Copyright Office over artificial intelligence’s use of copyrighted material — and Big Tech is spending millions to ensure they win.