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Senate passes GENIUS stablecoin bill in a win for the crypto industry
In a 68-30 vote on Tuesday evening, the Senate overwhelmingly passed the GENIUS Act with bipartisan support. Eighteen Democrats joined the majority of Republicans in passing the bill, which is the first to establish a federal regulatory framework for stablecoins, crypto tokens that are pegged to the value of the US dollar. Its passage had not always been assured. Back…
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Elon Musk calls Trump’s budget bill a ‘disgusting abomination’
Last week, Elon Musk’s media tour included telling CBS Sunday Morning he was “disappointed” by the Republican domestic policy bill backed by President Trump. Now, the former White House employee is calling it a “disgusting abomination” and claiming that Congress is making America bankrupt in posts on X on Tuesday. Elon’s problem isn’t the provisions we noted that would strip…
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The security implications of the Data (Use and Access) Bill
The Data (Use and Access) Bill is the latest data protection legislation currently making its way through parliament and will apply to any organization operating in the UK. This bill aims to update the UK’s data policies, including UK GDPR, Investigatory Powers Act 2016 and Data Protection Act 2018, as well as relaxing the permitted uses of data processing for…
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Apple opposes Texas app store age verification bill
Apple CEO Tim Cook personally intervened in an attempt to stop a Texas age verification bill, The Wall Street Journal reports. SB 2420 — passed by the legislature but awaiting a signature by Governor Greg Abbott — would require app store operators like Apple to verify the age of users accessing their stores. The company’s opposition puts it in conflict…
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Bill Gates is Gifting Everyone With the Company’s Original Source Code
Image: Bill Gates/YouTube Fifty years ago, Bill Gates and his childhood friend Paul Allen founded a company called “Micro-Soft” in a strip mall in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Half a century later, the company has cemented its place among tech giants and ranks as the world’s second-largest company. Currently, the only company with a higher market cap is Apple, maker of…
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MSPs face scrutiny in Cyber Security and Resilience Bill
The UK government has called out managed services providers (MSPs) as critical to the UK’s cyber defenses in its proposed Cyber Security and Resilience Bill. A policy statement released on 1 April contains a section dedicated to the role and regulation of MSPs, stating that as they “play a critical role in the UK economy by offering core IT services…
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Fears Grow Over Delay of UK AI Safety Bill to Appease Trump Camp
Chi Onwurah, chair of the Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee. Image: UK Parliament/Flickr/Creative Commons Legislation that mandates safety testing of artificial intelligence technologies is at risk of being pushed aside by the U.K. government, the head of the tech select committee says. Labour’s Chi Onwurah warned that the delay may reflect political efforts to align more closely with the…
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Your T-Mobile Bill Might Be Going Up
T-Mobile is raising prices on more legacy plans, with some subscribers seeing a $5 increase per line. Some of those plans were advertised as having a ‘Price Lock’ guarantee. T-Mobile is sending a text message to some subscribers explaining, “For the first time in nearly a decade, we’re making an update to the price of some of our older monthly…
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AT&T will let you split your bill with people on your plan
AT&T has introduced SplitPay, a new payment option that lets those sharing a phone plan with others split their payment line-by-line, so no one person has to pay the entire bill. The company says the program is available for “select postpaid wireless plans,” and that those using SplitPay can still get multi-line discounts. It sounds like a nice idea, especially…
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What is the Data Use and Access Bill?
The Data Use and Access Bill is a piece of legislation introduced by the UK government to allow for a greater level of data sharing and data exchange within both public and private sector organizations. Introduced to parliament towards the end of 2024, the government says this bill could save millions of hours for many public sector workers as well…
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