Nationalism has emerged as a potent force shaping global tech policy, nowhere more so than in the United States. With Donald Trump returning to the White House for a second term, his vision for America’s technological future is coming into sharper focus. At home, Trump promises a sweeping deregulatory agenda coupled with industrial policy aimed…
With the recent whirlwind of advances in the development of artificial intelligence (AI), it is natural for businesses and investors to want to leverage its power for future growth. It is also natural to have concerns about misuse and abuse by scammers. As such, the new government policy for “responsible” use of AI at the…
Hong Kong’s government has outlined its first guidelines on the “responsible” use of artificial intelligence (AI) during FinTech Week, as regulators strive to get ahead of the curve of a technological revolution that will almost certainly disrupt banking and financial services. Banks, brokers, asset managers and any other financial institution that want to use AI…
Chinese companies are aggressively developing autonomous vehicles. In August, China announced that it had issued 16,000 test licenses for driverless cars and opened up about 20,000 miles of roads nationwide for autonomous vehicle testing. But Chinese autonomous vehicle companies have also quietly been testing their technology on U.S. streets. Baidu, Didi, WeRide, Pony.ai and AutoX…
When you sign up for any app, you run the risk of your data being used and compromised. But certain dating apps have worse privacy concerns than others, according to a new report from digital e-sim provider Nomad. The report analyzed how much user personal information is available for data hackers to access on the…
Marques Brownlee has responded to backlash against his steeply-priced, subscription-based wallpaper app Panels. The noted tech YouTuber promised to address some of the concerns raised by his followers after his product – an app where users pay a yearly fee of $49.99 to access high-resolution wallpapers – met with overwhelming criticism online. YouTuber Marques Brownlee…
President Joe Biden’s administration has proposed rules that would ban hardware and software made by Chinese and Russian companies for connected vehicles, deepening the US government’s efforts to address concerns that they say could become national security vulnerabilities. After months of meetings with carmakers and industry experts to understand how such a move would affect…