The House Judiciary Committee spent more time on partisan squabbles than urgent questions around Google’s data and privacy practices. https://media.wired.com/photos/5c0fddd5bbcfae2d7b3dea25/master/pass/Business-Pichai_hearing-1071792818-w.jpg
Tag: Congress
Inflation in Venezuela hits 1,300,000%, opposition-led Congress claims
Venezuela’s National Assembly, an opposition-controlled legislative body, said annual inflation has reached 1,300,000 percent in November as the country struggles through its worst economic crisis ever. At the same time, the rate of monthly inflation has gradually decelerated during three months through November. According to the report by the National Assembly, the figure declined to […]
5 Questions Congress Should Ask Google’s Sundar Pichai
Google’s CEO will testify before the House Judiciary Committee in a hearing focused on transparency and search practices. https://media.wired.com/photos/5c0eb2350dc19b43aab5f1d6/master/pass/Sundar-1056109484.jpg
Donald Trump is strong-arming Congress into accepting the new NAFTA
FOR YEARS President Donald Trump has been itching to withdraw from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), a trade deal between America, Canada and Mexico. But as long as negotiations about a revamp continued, he held off. The day after signing a new deal on November 30th, rebranded the USMCA, he announced that he […]
Congress Races to Pass a Self-Driving Car Law By Year’s End
With robo-cars on the road and a new Congress coming in, legislators are trying to finally finish up the AV Start Act. https://media.wired.com/photos/5c0859da5bb9802d7e317044/master/pass/Ford_self-driving_90A4000.jpg
Congress: Amazon didn’t give “sufficient answers” about facial recognition
Enlarge / Jeff Bezos, founder and chief executive of Amazon.com, in May 2018. (credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images) Seven members of the House of Representatives and one United States senator have now sent a second letter to Amazon’s CEO, asking for more clarification about the company’s use of facial-recognition technology. Although two House members in the […]
Midterm Elections Add Ticking Clock Element to Congress’ Self-Driving Car Bill
It looks like Congress’ new self-driving bill might have to wait until a new batch of unmentionables plant their collective rear ends in the seats populating Capitol Hill. Already passed in the House, the SELF DRIVE Act has managed to garner bipartisan support — a true miracle in these troubled times. However, it’ll have to spread wings […]
Congress seeks more information on the Google+ data exposure
Since the Google+ data exposure came to light earlier this week, European regulatory authorities have announced investigations into the matter and a US Senator has called for an FTC probe. Now, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation has sent the company a letter requesting more information about the incident and Google’s decision to […]
Congress Challenges Google on China. Google Falls Short
Google’s chief privacy officer confirmed that Project Dragonfly does, in fact, exist, but not much else. https://media.wired.com/photos/5babc45780ec002859e56acd/master/pass/China-1011025106.jpg
‘Why not?’: Brazilian transsexual volleyball star runs for Congress
Following a prolific career in international men’s volleyball and just six years after completing her gender-reassignment surgery, Tifanny Abreu is hoping to become Brazil’s first transsexual MP. Under a campaign slogan of “Why not?” the 33-year old has faced criticism from the LGBT community in her home country for choosing to run for the center-right […]
