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August 2026 64 events
- Medusa ransomware victim count passes 500, advisory says
- DOJ reportedly examines a16z board seats at rival AI companies
- DOE awards $500 million for U.S. battery supply-chain projects
- New U.S. space policy calls for expanded federal spaceport capacity
- FTC seeks comment on limits for personalized pricing
- DOE lab reportedly examines security risks in Chinese lidar
- Tempest registers shares tied to up to $50 million equity line
- FCC abandons long-term gigabit broadband target
- FTC says personalized pricing must be disclosed
- Trump selects Heidi Overton to lead FDA, pending Senate approval
- Pennsylvania order ties data-center permits to binding GRID commitments
- US charges eight more alleged Mabna Institute hackers
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- White House revises federal critical-technology priorities
- CISA says Medusa ransomware affected more than 500 critical-infrastructure organizations
- Report says AHRQ grants and staffing have been sharply cut
- Pennsylvania order adds local approval requirement for data centers
- DOJ probes Andreessen Horowitz board seats at Databricks and Fivetran
- SEC proposes registration exemptions for some digital-asset offerings
- Researchers detail Windchill-specific web shell linked to Clop attacks
- Appeals court orders new review of DJI Pentagon-list designation
- SEC and CFTC move toward new crypto rules as legislation stalls
- Report links Unitree robot designs to U.S. Army-funded research
- CISA reportedly adds actively exploited Ray flaw to KEV catalog
- Canada announces $10 billion financing for Labrador power projects
- DOJ reportedly examines a16z board roles at competing AI companies
- SEC guidance underpins Nvidia's reported $500 billion AI funding package
- Reuters reports World Liberty Financial collaboration with WorldClaw
- Nvidia enters agreements for 4.25-GW Ohio AI campus
- Reuters report links Trump-backed crypto venture to Chinese AI reseller
- Draft US letter would press allies to choose an AI bloc
- Ray Maple files for proposed Nasdaq IPO
- AMD closes $4.75 billion senior-notes offering
- Active macOS Screen Sharing exploits give attackers root access
- DARPA Lift Challenge recognizes heavy-payload drone teams
- IBM files report on C$2.75 billion debt securities offering
- FTC Solar files to register shares tied to $20 million equity facility
- House Democrats press OpenAI and Anthropic over rogue AI agent test breaches
- Cloudflare for Government achieves FedRAMP Class D High certification
- CoreWeave closes $2.6 billion facility for GPU infrastructure
- CISA adds exploited Progress LoadMaster flaw to KEV catalog
- CyberForge injects validated C/C++ flaws to train defensive security agents
- OpenAI hits the brakes on new AI model development
- FCC moves to ban Lidar-equipped foreign drones from US
- Sila gets conditional $1.4 billion Pentagon loan for silicon-carbon battery plants
- Trump says Congress wants to regulate the AI industry out of business
- Oregon court orders Pentagon to resume legally required wind-project reviews
- The US is mapping how China rents the Nvidia chips it cannot buy
- Trump issues stern warning as battle over AI industry regulation intensifies
- Federal Communications Commission scraps limit on broadcast TV ownership
- Palantir calls on GSA to withdraw draft AI acquisition rule
- Trump's new AI testing framework: Open models spared
- China AI hardware stocks fall as U.S. drafts ban on Chinese data-center components
- U.S. weighs polysilicon price floor and tariffs to counter China, Reuters reports
- Anthropic names Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar first chief global affairs officer
- Trump administration drafting FCC ban on new Chinese data center optical transceivers, Reuters reports
- UK data watchdog monitoring OpenAI and Anthropic after rogue AI agent hacks
- White House finalizes voluntary AI cyber tests; Meta and Anthropic invited to briefings
- Critical CVE issued for hallucinated SQLite vulnerability
- OPM breach victims could get identity protection for life
- Nature: Bipartisan US Senate draft spending bill would temporarily halt White House overhaul of federally funded science
- AFP: Trump EPA approved five pesticides many scientists class as PFAS
- Sikorsky Nomad 100 rotor-blown wing VTOL completes first flight under DARPA EVADE
- Discern raises $10 million Series A to automate multi-state entity filings
- Amazon Finalizes $50 Billion Investment in OpenAI, Secures Nearly 5% Stake Ahead of Planned IPO
July 2026 89 events
- Moonshot has Alibaba deal for about 20,000 Nvidia chips, Bloomberg says
- Rogue AI agent strikes: Anthropic's Claude gains unauthorised access in real-world test
- Investors Flock to AI-Driven Cloud Hosts as Amazon Doubles Down on Data Centers
- Semiconductor Firm Analog Devices Discloses Data Breach
- Faraday Future Believes That the FCC's New Policy on Robotics Strengthens the Company's Position to Accelerate Robotics Ecosystem Deployment; Launches Global Value-Chain ...
- FCC confirms foreign-robot ban also covers future Roombas and robot lawn mowers
- If you planned to buy a Chinese robot in the US, we've got bad news
- Underdog 'spin qubits' leap forward in race to a useful quantum computer
- Over 1,100 tech employees urge U.S. backing for global AI development pacing effort
- FCC bans new Chinese humanoid robots and power inverters over AI supply-chain risk
- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang meets Commerce Secretary Lutnick amid China chip probe
- Greyparrot raises $27M Series B to scale AI waste intelligence
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- AI has no future without credible regulation
- Discovering Cryptographic Weaknesses with Claude
- The FCC's Next Target: Foreign-Made Humanoid Robots and Power Inverters
- Critical OpenWrt DHCPv6 Flaw Could Let Unauthenticated Attackers Run Code as Root
- OpenAI says frontier AI acceleration may require pacing tools led with the U.S. government
- Experts react to FCC limits on U.S. imports of new humanoid and mobile robots
- Who wins and who loses after US bans foreign robots?
- FCC grants Starlink temporary exemption from foreign-made router Covered List ban
- Amazon seeks FCC license for 5,105-satellite mobile network competing with SpaceX
- US core capital goods orders rise as AI-related equipment spending strengthens
- China accuses US of AI hegemonism and threatens countermeasures over model-theft probes
- Nvidia (NVDA) Shares Dip Amid Reports of Massive $250B OpenAI Financing Commitment
- AI's growing role in rulemaking raises new transparency questions
- Nvidia in talks on about $250 billion financing guarantees for OpenAI data center, WSJ says
- US politicians demand kill switch for AI models
- Hannah Fry Wins the Leelavati Prize in 2026 for Mathematics Outreach
- BIS Nominee: Export Controls Must Weigh Both National Security, Economics
- Check Point warns of SmartConsole zero-day exploited in attacks
- Fields Medals 2026
- Trump says nearly 200 firms have signed pledge to protect Americans from costs arising from datacenters
- DOGE alumni launch Cathedral military cyber startup at $1.4 billion valuation, Reuters says
- Google commits $40 million in AI tokens and cloud credits to U.S. Genesis Mission
- U.S. plans $5 billion AI push for health, drugs, and construction research
- Powering America's Genesis Mission: Microsoft's commitment to scientific discovery
- Rep. Torres asks SEC to review Truth Social API for market-access concerns
- Trump's latest AI czar has already resigned
- Meta AI: SAM 3 and DINOv3 cut DOE Genesis Mission 3D volume labeling from ~1 month to ~15 minutes
- Donald Trump taps Big Tech critic as chief of DoJ antitrust division
- The AlleyWatch Startup Daily Funding Report: 7/21/2026
- TSMC to invest $100 billion in Arizona, expanding chip manufacturing in America
- Apple and DOJ Hold Early Settlement Talks in iPhone Antitrust Case
- U.S. awards $86 million for 500-kilowatt laser weapon prototypes
- United States Eases UAE Export Controls for Advanced AI Chips
- Legal experts: Trump AI order mostly 'political theater'
- TSMC pledges another $100bn to expand US production in Arizona
- Global Companies Are Facing a Patchwork of AI Rules
- TSMC to invest another $100 billion in US as Q2 profit blows past forecasts
- CISA Adds Exploited SharePoint RCE Zero-Day CVE-2026-58644 to KEV
- Google's next flagship Gemini model reportedly stuck months behind schedule
- Ransomware Attack Halts Milk Production at Coca-Cola's Fairlife Brand
- arXiv preprint presents live hybrid LLM trading agent that led FinMMEval 2026 TSLA leaderboard
- US says small amount of Nvidia H200 chips sold to China via licence
- The US is advancing AI safety through state and federal action
- DOGE Used AI for Housing Policy. The Government Won't Say How
- Because of export restrictions, Nvidia has repeatedly warned investors that revenue from China would likely remain limited.
- AI companies want to water down Australia's copyright laws. Artists are outraged, Labor is split
- New York becomes the first state to impose a data center moratorium
- U.S.-China Tech Tensions Rise Over Nvidia AI Chip Exports
- Elizabeth Warren Calls UAE Chip Export Rule 'Corrupt' Over Crypto Ties
- BIS Export Control Enforcement Has Improved but Still Falls Short, Kessler Says
- iCagenda and Balbooa Forms Joomla Flaws Reportedly Exploited as Zero-Days
- Expanding Export Control to 'Remote Access' May Backfire on US AI Ambitions
- Micron accelerates U.S. investments, pours first concrete at New York fab
- BLM overhauls grazing rules to expand livestock on 155 million acres, curtail public input
- FCC approves test of space mirror to light night sky
- Supreme Court Ends FTC Independence, Opening US Data Privacy Enforcement Gap
- New milestones hit in MD trial testing treatment to turn off faulty gene
- CitrixBleed-ing Again? NetScaler Vulnerability Under Attack
- Commerce Department faces criticism from China hardliners over AI chip export controls handling
- DOE researchers show microbes can turn hazardous biomass pretreatment waste into valuable chemicals for plastics and other products
- CISA Adds 4 Actively Exploited Adobe, Joomla, and Langflow Flaws to KEV
- OpenAI to Release GPT-5.6 Models Thursday
- China plans limited Nvidia H200 purchases for top AI firms
- Our approach to government and national security partnerships
- SpaceX Requests FCC Approval for 100000 Gen3 Starlink Satellites
- Save Hubble: the race to preserve the space telescope kicks off
- SharePoint CVE-2026-45659 Actively Exploited July 2026
- Governor Pritzker Signs Illinois AI Safety Measures Act
- Summary of Legislation: Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence
- US FTC says AI bias safeguards may run afoul of consumer law
- This humanoid robotics company is going public, but its CEO isn't promising a robot in your home anytime soon
- OpenAI proposes giving the US government a 5% stake in the company, discussing sovereign wealth fund structure with the Trump Administration
- Anthropic redeploys Claude Fable 5 after US lifts export controls, with new cybersecurity safeguards and a jailbreak severity framework
- Bending Spoons defies SaaS slump, surges 40% on first day of trading
- OpenAI proposes US government own 5% stake to address political blowback
- Anthropic says Trump admin has lifted export controls on Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5
- Supreme Court rules Trump can fire FTC members, overturns 90-year precedent on independent agency power
June 2026 31 events
- Nvidia's AI chip sales stall in China as domestic chipmakers led by Huawei overtake global leader in home market
- OpenAI Previews GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna in Limited Preview with Stronger Cyber Safeguards
- US lifts export controls allowing Anthropic to release Mythos 5 model to selected US partners
- Lawsuit: US Can't Block Anthropic Models With Export Controls That 'Don't Exist'
- OpenAI staggers AI model release after Trump administration request
- FTC clears Musk acquisition of SpaceX alumni startup Mesh
- OpenAI previews GPT-5.6 model family, claims new state of the art on Terminal-Bench
- US lawmaker introduces bill to require AI companies to report critical incidents
- Warren Calls for AI Antitrust Scrutiny, Deal Review Revamp
- OpenAI stages GPT-5.6 limited preview at U.S. government request, approving access customer-by-customer
- Anthropic publicly accuses Alibaba of largest known illicit Claude distillation campaign (28.8M+ queries)
- CISA adds actively exploited Cisco Unified CM SSRF CVE-2026-20230 to KEV catalog, federal agencies ordered to patch by Sunday
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- Italy to join US-led Pax Silica AI initiative despite Trump spat
- Compromise Necessary but Not Sufficient for AI Preemption
- Shield AI completes acquisition of Aechelon Technology
- Senate Judiciary Committee advances NO FAKES Act on June 18
- AI Regulation Should Be Rational, Not Retaliatory (Anthropic sanctions)
- OpenAI brings on Noam Shazeer and Dean Ball ahead of IPO
- World leaders want American AI. They just don't want America to be able to turn it off
- Only 16% of Americans see positive AI societal impact per Pew
- Trump Admin Export Ban on Anthropic Models Sparks AI Access Crisis and Open-Source Shift
- Anthropic disabled Fable 5 and Mythos 5 after US Commerce Dept export control directive
- US government orders Anthropic to suspend Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models worldwide over national security export controls
- DOE Approves Xcimer Energy Athena Fusion Power Plant Preconceptual Design
- CISA orders federal agencies to patch exploited Check Point VPN bug (CVE-2026-50751)
- Trump signs memo directing military adoption of most advanced AI models
- Cyber Strategy at the AI Frontier: President Trump Releases Executive Order...
- OpenAI and Anthropic sign letter to prevent AI-developed biological weapons
- Instagram alerts users targeted in ongoing Meta AI chatbot account takeover attacks
- Trump issues executive order promoting advanced AI innovation and security
- Anthropic scales Claude Mythos to critical infrastructure in 15+ countries
May 2026 26 events
- DARPA issues AI Forge RFI on critical national security AI challenges
- Hackers exploit Meta AI support chatbot to hijack Instagram accounts
- Utah governor sets higher bar for data center projects following protests
- NVIDIA bets $150B on Taiwan as Trump's plan to make US an AI hub backfires
- Amazon plans to acquire Apple’s 20% stake in Globalstar
- Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket explodes during testing in Florida
- US law enforcement warns of 'anti-tech extremism' as AI backlash grows
- FTC settles with Cox Media and partners over false claims of phone spying for ads
- Trump administration selects five nuclear startups for plutonium reactor negotiations
- Dutch government blocks US company from acquisition citing risk to public interest
- Mach Industries acquires Exquadrum for $50M in defense tech deal
- US cyber agency CISA exposed reams of passwords and cloud keys to the open web
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- Governor Newsom announces California's new $1 billion rebate program for electric trucks, as Trump cedes global clean vehicle market to China
- Chinese Grey Market Resells Claude API at 90% Discount via Proxy Networks
- Revised GUARD Act Narrows Scope to AI Companions but Keeps Strict Age Verification
- Trump Media Posts $405.9 Million Net Loss on $871,200 in Q1 Sales
- GM agrees to pay $12.75M in California driver privacy settlement
- Airbnb co-founder taps Peter Arnell as first US chief brand architect
- Volkswagen becomes Rivian's top shareholder, displacing Amazon
- Google DeepMind Workers Vote to Unionize Over Military AI Deals
- US government warns of severe CopyFail bug affecting major versions of Linux
- Welcome to the Great American Satellite Age
- Spirit Airlines Shuts Down After Fuel Prices Surge
- FCC Votes to Strip All Chinese Labs of Electronics Certification Authority
- Minnesota passes first-in-nation law banning AI nudification apps
- Attempt to Repeal Colorado's Right-to-Repair Law Fails in Committee
April 2026 100 events
- FTC requires divestiture in 365 Retail Markets acquisition of Cantaloupe
- Elon Musk testifies xAI 'partly' used OpenAI models to train its own
- FCC votes on proposal that would ban 21% of accredited test labs in China and Hong Kong
- SenseTime releases open-source image model that runs on Chinese chips
- ChatGPT growth slows as uninstalls rise ahead of OpenAI IPO plans
- Google Expands Pentagon Access to AI After Anthropic Refusal
- Investigation finds news site tied to OpenAI-backed super PAC used AI bots posing as journalists
- Google employees urge Pichai to reject classified military AI use
- What Tim Cook built: A look at Apple's operations legacy as CEO steps down
- Trump administration dismisses members of National Science Board
- DARPA seeks fast, cheap autonomous underwater drones in Deep Thoughts program
- NASA OIG Details Chinese National's Years-Long Spear-Phishing Scheme for Defense Software
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- Suspected shooter identified after security breach at White House Correspondents' Dinner
- House FISA bill extends warrantless surveillance with cosmetic reforms, critics say
- FCC expands ban on foreign-made WiFi routers to include hotspots and 5G access points
- New Book Details How Project Maven Accelerated Military Targeting with AI
- CISA Discloses FIRESTARTER Backdoor on Federal Cisco Firepower Device
- Apple CEO transition to John Ternus signals hardware-focused future
- China warns US chip export legislation would severely disrupt global semiconductor supply chains
- FCC expands router ban to include portable hotspots and mobile devices
- CISA adds four actively exploited vulnerabilities to catalog, sets May deadline
- FCC clarifies foreign router ban applies to portable Wi-Fi hotspots
- US Space Force Names Companies Developing Golden Dome Orbital Interceptors
- U.S. government's Intel stake surges to $36B after Q1 earnings beat
- Maine governor vetoes data center moratorium bill
- Chained Palo Alto CVEs expose 13,000 devices, revealing gaps in CVSS scoring
- SoftBank and Intel's ZAM memory project wins Japanese government subsidy
- White House Accuses China of Industrial-Scale AI Model Distillation
- US accuses China of industrial-scale AI theft
- Trump's CISA nominee Sean Plankey withdraws from consideration
- Sen. Warren Warns AI Industry Debt Could Trigger Financial Crisis
- Gas-Powered Data Center Projects Could Emit More Greenhouse Gases Than Entire Nations
- Iran Alleges US Exploited Networking Equipment Backdoors During Military Strikes
- Pentagon Requests $53.6 Billion for Drone and Autonomous Warfare Technologies
- Humble emerges with $24M seed for cabless autonomous electric freight truck
- OkCupid shared 3 million user photos with AI company in privacy breach
- Homeland Security developing smart glasses with facial recognition for ICE agents
- Clarifai deletes 3M OkCupid photos after FTC privacy settlement
- European governments struggle to reduce dependence on US technology
- DOJ criticizes Apple's request for Samsung documents in antitrust case
- Tim Cook to remain involved in Apple government relations after CEO transition
- Fusion energy startups face divides over public listings and side businesses amid $1.6B funding boom
- NSA using Anthropic's Mythos AI model despite Pentagon tensions
- Palantir shares controversial 22-point manifesto calling for 'hard power built on software'
- Palantir posts manifesto denouncing 'regressive and harmful' cultures, defends work with ICE
- Trump administration campaigns to preempt state AI regulation as states accelerate legislation
- Lawmakers secure 10-day extension to push for Section 702 surveillance reform
- Anthropic CEO meets senior Trump officials as Pentagon supply-chain fight continues
- DOJ Declines French Request for Assistance in X Criminal Probe
- FAA seeking AI system to predict air traffic conflicts two hours ahead, with Palantir, Thales and startup competing
- Anthropic CEO meets White House officials amid cybersecurity model rollout
- Bluesky social media platform hit by DDoS attack, causing widespread outage
- CISA Warns of Actively Exploited Apache ActiveMQ Vulnerability Undetected for 13 Years
- Japan extracts rare earth elements from 6,000-meter deep Pacific deposit
- NIST narrows vulnerability database focus amid overwhelming surge in reported flaws
- US nationals sentenced to prison for helping North Korean IT workers infiltrate over 100 companies
- Federal jury finds Live Nation operates as monopoly
- Amazon-backed nuclear startup X-energy files for up to $814 million IPO
- Snap cuts 1,000 jobs, citing AI advancements for workforce reduction
- NAACP sues xAI over unpermitted gas turbines at AI data center
- FCC grants Netgear conditional approval exempting it from foreign router ban
- Missouri Town Ousts Council Members Over $6 Billion Data Center Approval
- IBM settles DOJ lawsuit over DEI programs for $17 million
- FTC in settlement talks with ad companies over alleged coordinated boycotts
- White House accelerates AI safety response following Anthropic security concerns
- IBM pays $17 million to settle DOJ allegations over DEI practices
- White House Races to Identify Critical Infrastructure Vulnerabilities Before Next AI Model Releases
- Federal Prosecutors Subpoena Reddit to Unmask Anonymous ICE Critic
- CISA issues urgent alert on Iranian hackers targeting critical infrastructure
- Amazon's Leo satellite internet service scheduled to launch mid-2026
- FCC Bans Foreign-Made Routers Over Cybersecurity Concerns
- White House advances industry-friendly AI policy agenda under David Sacks
- Trump Administration Seeks Medical Records of 8 Million Federal Workers
- DOJ's Top Antitrust Litigators Depart After Ticketmaster Settlement
- DC Appeals Court Denies Anthropic's Bid to Pause Pentagon Supply Chain Blacklisting
- Major tech stocks rally following U.S.-Iran ceasefire announcement
- GoPro to Cut 23% of Workforce in Restructuring
- Anthropic AI Briefs Trump Administration on National Security Risks
- Bain's Bridge Data Centres Removes Client From Malaysia Hub After US Export Probe
- Super Micro Launches Independent Probe Into Export Control Violations
- U.S. weighs new export restrictions on ASML chip equipment to China
- Wisconsin town votes on first anti-data center referendum in U.S.
- US Lawmakers Propose Blocking DUV Chip Equipment Exports to Chinese Semiconductor Firms
- Robotaxi companies decline to disclose remote operator intervention rates
- Anthropic faces U.S.-UK geopolitical squeeze as London courts expansion
- White House AI preemption bill stalls as Democrats reject partisan push
- Anduril and Impulse Space develop orbital interceptors for Golden Dome defense system
- Oracle Files Thousands of H-1B Visa Petitions Amid Mass Layoffs
- Trump's AI Data Center Push Is Failing in Part Because His Own Tariffs Block the Parts Needed to Build Them
- Anthropic Forms AnthroPAC, a Bipartisan Employee-Funded Political Action Committee
- Trump's Partisan AI Pitch Stalls in Congress as Democrats Pull Back from National Framework
- Senate Bill Would Ban US Exports of DUV Chipmaking Equipment to China Under MATCH Act
- Meta and Google Face Legal Challenges as Court Cases Begin to Erode Section 230 Protections
- TSMC Reportedly Planning 12 Fabs and Four Packaging Facilities in Arizona as Part of US Expansion
- Supermicro Co-Founder Pleads Not Guilty to Smuggling Billions in Nvidia Servers to Restricted Parties
- FBI Labels Suspected Chinese Hack of Law Enforcement Data 'a Major Cyber Incident'
- CFTC Sues Arizona, Connecticut, and Illinois for Trying to Regulate Prediction Markets
- FBI Declares Breach of Its Surveillance Network Infrastructure a 'Major Incident'
- California Suspends Enforcement of Law Requiring VCs to Disclose Diversity Data
- Iranian Strike Damages AWS Data Center Operation in Bahrain, Sources Say
March 2026 91 events
- Trump Administration Proposes Expanding Legal Protections for 401(k) Plans Offering Crypto and Alternative Assets
- Meta Faces Thousands More Lawsuits Over Teen Harm After First Major Accountability Ruling
- CISA Orders Federal Agencies to Patch Actively Exploited Citrix NetScaler Flaw by Thursday
- Iranian Hackers Breach FBI Director's Personal Email, Post CV and Photos Online
- Poll: 55% of Americans Say AI Will Do More Harm Than Good, 65% Oppose Data Centers in Their Communities
- Safeguarding cryptocurrency by disclosing quantum vulnerabilities responsibly
- Health data giant CareCloud says hackers accessed patients' medical records
- Q-Day Just Got Closer: Three Papers in Three Months Are Rewriting the Quantum Threat Timeline
- The empty national AI policy framework: Who is in charge of those in charge?
- Match Group Settles FTC Lawsuit Over OkCupid User Data Shared With Facial Recognition Firm Clarifai
- Pentagon's 'Culture War' Strategy Against Anthropic Has Backfired, Report Finds
- BTQ Technologies Provides Full-Year 2025 Corporate Update Highlighting Commercial Progress Across QCIM, QPerfect, QSSN and Bitcoin Quantum
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- CareCloud discloses unauthorized access to electronic health record environment in SEC filing
- Virginia lawmakers pass 15 data center bills on tax, energy and siting
- As Trump rolls back protections, Governor Newsom signs first-of-its-kind executive order to strengthen AI protections and responsible use
- Critical Fortinet FortiClient EMS bug under active attack (CVE-2026-21643)
- Polygraphs Have Major Scientific Flaws. Researchers Are Looking for Better Alternatives
- YouTube CEO Neal Mohan on Platform Dominance, Kids, Trump's Account, and AI Slop
- The Trump Administration Launched an Official White House App
- DHS Clears Seven CISA Staffers While Agency's Former Acting Director Fails Polygraph
- Mark Zuckerberg Texted Elon Musk to Offer Help With DOGE
- Judge Blocks Nexstar-Tegna TV Station Merger With Temporary Restraining Order
- White House issues Executive Order addressing DEI discrimination by federal contractors
- DOE demonstrates AI tools to accelerate nuclear reactor licensing
- Sagewind Capital Announces Sale of Aechelon Technology to Shield AI
- A policy gap is threatening the Pentagon's AI innovation pipeline
- Army reaches conditional agreement with private industry for hyperscaled data centers at Fort Bliss and Dugway
- Intellexa founder hints Greek government behind phone hacks
- S. 4213 Data Center Water and Energy Transparency Act introduced
- H.R. 3447 Chip Security Act endorsements announced
- Senators Warren and Banks Call for Suspension of Nvidia Export Licenses to China and Southeast Asia
- Trump Cyber Strategy Signals Greater Private Sector Role in Offensive Cyber Operations
- State Department Creates Bureau of Emerging Threats to Counter AI and Cyber Risks
- FCC Bans Imports of All Foreign-Made Consumer Routers Over Cybersecurity Risk
- Anthropic and Pentagon Head to Court as AI Firm Seeks End to 'Stigmatizing' Supply Chain Risk Label
- Air AI and its Owners will be Banned from Marketing Business Opportunities to Settle FTC Charges the Company Misled Many Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses
- TP-Link CEO applied for Trump Gold Card visa while company faces US national security probe over China ties
- Blue Origin files FCC application for 52,000 solar-powered satellites as part of Project Sunrise orbital AI data center system
- Senators Warren and Blumenthal Probe Nvidia's $20 Billion Groq Deal Over Antitrust Concerns
- DOE and SoftBank partner to build 10-gigawatt data center with dedicated power in Ohio
- Pentagon officially adopts Palantir Maven AI as program of record across all U.S. military branches
- Anthropic says it cannot manipulate Claude once military deploys it
- Future of Life Institute issues statement on White House AI legislative recommendations
- Faraday Future announces SEC closed four-year investigation with no enforcement action
- Subcommittee Chairman Pfluger Requests GAO Review of Threats Posed by AI-Enabled Terrorism
- Rocket Lab secures $190 million DoD contract for 20 hypersonic test flights
- White House Outlines AI Policy Agenda in New National Framework
- President Donald J. Trump Unveils National AI Legislative Framework
- Trump's AI framework targets state laws, shifts child safety burden to parents
- ACT Welcomes AI Framework from the White House
- Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin enters the space data center game
- NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Launches Real-Time Discovery Machine for Monitoring the Night Sky
- US committee demands Big Tech share private comms with EU officials
- Senator Warren presses Pentagon over xAI classified network access
- Trump opposition kills Florida AI Bill of Rights, splits GOP
- Berkeley Lab and NVIDIA Collaboration Accelerates U.S. Leadership in Hybrid Quantum-Classical Computing
- states move to block federal preemption of AI laws, setting up court fight
- TikTok Investors Paying $10 Billion to Trump Administration for Brokering Deal
- House Subcommittee Announces Hearing on PRC AI, Robotics and Autonomous Tech Risks
- Army awards Anduril $20B contract with an eye toward counter-drone capabilities
- China's New Five-Year Plan Prioritizes Robotics...
- Nvidia halts China-bound H200 production and shifts TSMC capacity
- Reported Draft Rules Signal New Semiconductor Export Controls Framework
- Emory Law launches new AI and the Law concentration for Fall 2026
- Anthropic Sues Trump Administration Over Federal Blacklisting, Says Billions at Stake
- US Senate greenlights ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot for official government work
- Anthropic sues US government over AI blacklisting, says billions at stake
- Stryker suffers cybersecurity attack disrupting global Microsoft environment operations
- State Department Drops Anthropic for OpenAI as Trump Administration Cancels AI Contracts
- Robot Hands So Sensitive They Can Grab a Potato Chip
- IonQ partners with ARLIS on SEQCURE zero-trust security framework for mission-critical quantum architectures
- Anthropic Sues Defense Department Over Supply Chain Risk Designation
- DARPA Publishes Quantum Benchmarking Initiative Stage A Solicitation
- New Report: Challenges to the Monitoring of Deployed AI Systems
- TechCrunch: Will the Pentagon's Anthropic controversy scare startups away from defense work?
- A roadmap for AI, if anyone will listen
- OpenAI hardware exec Caitlin Kalinowski quits in response to Pentagon deal
- White House Issues Executive Order Combating Cybercrime, Fraud, and Predatory Schemes Against American Citizens
- Rep. Watson Coleman Introduces Bill to Study Impact of AI Data Centers on Local Communities
- US regulators consider sweeping new AI chip export controls covering Nvidia and AMD
- Pentagon designates Anthropic national security supply chain risk
- NCD warns Senate committee on danger of importing bias into healthcare through AI
- Obernolte, Khanna, McCormick, Auchincloss Introduce Bipartisan Cloud LAB Act
- Ratepayer Protection Pledge
- President Trump Secures Historic Commitment to Keep Electricity Costs Down Amid Data Center Boom
- President Trump signs Ratepayer Protection Pledge with seven tech companies on data center energy costs
- DOJ reverses course to continue defending law firm sanctions in sudden about-face
- In sudden reversal, Trump DOJ moves to revive retaliation cases against law firms
- MediaTek Demonstrates Emergency Satellite Services for Mobile Devices with Starlink Mobile
- DOE national quantum research centers reach breakthrough towards building scalable quantum computers
- US Government Bars Anthropic AI Tools Over Security Concerns
February 2026 38 events
- Chasing the Chip Smugglers
- SynaXG Proves the Art of the Possible with Fully Software-Defined AI-RAN on NVIDIA AI Aerial
- Ericsson and Intel announce collaboration on AI-native 6G
- Trump administration bans Anthropic from federal use over AI safety dispute
- Trump administration orders federal agencies and contractors to cease business with Anthropic after refusal on AI safeguards
- Pentagon moves to designate Anthropic as a supply-chain risk
- Employees at Google and OpenAI support Anthropic's Pentagon stand in open letter
- CISA replaces acting director after a bumbling year on the job
- Anthropic CEO Stands Firm as Pentagon Deadline Looms Over AI Model Safeguards
- President Trump targets state AI regulations
- Pentagon pressures Anthropic to allow full access to its AI models
- CISA adds CVE-2026-25108 FileZen command injection vulnerability to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
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- In some schools, chatbots interrogate students about their work. But the AI revolution has teachers worried
- As Amazon Ascends To 'Fortune 1,' Call Off The FTC's Antitrust Suit
- President Trump signs executive order invoking Defense Production Act for elemental phosphorus and glyphosate-based herbicides supply
- European Parliament blocks AI on lawmakers' devices, citing security risks
- Anthropic and Pentagon argue over military use of Claude models
- DHS funding lapses triggering partial government shutdown
- Trump administration rescinds EPA endangerment finding on greenhouse gases
- U.S. District Court vacates FTC changes to Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger notification rules
- State Deepfake Laws in 2026: What's Changed and What's Next
- DOJ says Trenchant boss sold exploits to Russian broker capable of accessing millions of computers and devices
- Justice Department Files Action to Enforce Presidential Order on Chinese Company's Divestment from Jupiter Systems
- [News] US Reportedly Mulls Tariff Exemptions for Amazon, Google, Microsoft on TSMC-Made Chips
- Google hands over student journalist data to ICE
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- Fifth Circuit upholds Trump administration's mandatory detention policy
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- White House issues action protecting national security and welfare from criminal actors and public safety threats
- Mississippi House adopts definition of AI
- February 3, 2026 - EX-99.1 - 8-K: Current report (AMD Q4/full year 2025 results)
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- SB24-205 Consumer Protections for Artificial Intelligence
- CDC briefly pauses more than $5 billion in public health grants
- DOE directs grid operators to prepare data center backup generators for winter storm
- SBA Issues Clarifying Guidance That Race-Based Discrimination is Not Tolerated in the 8(a) Program
- FTC Releases Agenda for January 28 Workshop Examining Age Verification Technologies
- Executive Order Targets State AI Regulation Through Federal Preemption
- Trump administration's legal setbacks are good news for offshore wind and the grid
- National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2026