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How Trump's opposition to state-level AI regulation has driven a wedge in GOP, killing Florida's proposed AI Bill of Rights, which was backed by Gov. DeSantis (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/technol

How Trump Drove a Wedge Between Florida Republicans Over A.I.
A Florida bill that would have regulated artificial intelligence, backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, failed to gain traction after President Trump made it clear he did not want states to rein in the technology.

Trump regime wants social media sites to expose anti-ICE accounts.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/technology/dhs-anti-ice-social-media.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

Homeland Security Demands Social Media Sites Reveal Names Behind Anti-ICE Posts
The department has sent Google, Meta and other companies hundreds of subpoenas for information on accounts that track or comment on Immigration and Customs Enforcement, officials and tech workers said.

X still allowing users to post sexualised images generated by Grok AI tool
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/16/x-still-allowing-sexualised-images-grok-ai-nudification

X still allowing users to post sexualised images generated by Grok AI tool
Despite restrictions announced this week, Guardian reporters find standalone app continues to allow posting of nonconsensual content

Kommt der Transrapid in Deutschland doch noch einmal zurück? 🚆 Nach dem Scheitern früherer Prestigepläne will Verkehrsminister Patrick Schnieder die Technologie mit neuem Fokus wieder auf die Agenda setzen.
Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-11211284?wt_mc=sm.re…

GovAI and Brookings: many of the people most at risk if AI transforms work are also the best placed to find new jobs, as researchers disagree over AI's impact (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2026/jobs-mo…

DHS wants to do this when it comes to ICE criticism.
Some people who posted on social media about the protests and other political topics have had their phone SIM cards suspended, while others received warning phone calls and faced banking service interruptions

Iran Turns to Digital Surveillance Tools to Track Down Protesters
As Iranian authorities restore some online services after crushing antigovernment demonstrations, they are using a technological dragnet to target attendees of the protests.

A look at the US tech industry's effort to influence Californian politics: fighting the 5% billionaire tax, super PACs, and seeking a new tech-friendly governor (Dara Kerr/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/15/californ…

The US EPA rules that xAI acted illegally by using dozens of methane gas turbines to power its Colossus 1 and Colossus 2 data centers in the Memphis area (Dara Kerr/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/15/elon-musk-xai-datacenter-m…

Google releases TranslateGemma, a suite of Gemma 3-based open translation models available in 4B, 12B, and 27B parameter sizes with support for 55 languages (The Keyword)
https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/developers-tools/translategemma/

TranslateGemma: A new suite of open translation models
TranslateGemma is a new family of open translation models built on Gemma 3.

Equal1, which was spun out from University College Dublin, raised $60M to deploy its new quantum server for data centers, bringing its total funding to $85M (Ciara O'Brien/The Irish Times)
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/0

Equal1 raises $60m in funding to deploy quantum computing technology
UCD spinout has developed a quantum server for data centres