Joe Biden

Warm embrace of CHIPS Act cash envelopes Polar Semiconductor

Minnow of among government funded whales to double production capacity

Systems24 Sep 2024 | 1

Elon Musk's assassination 'joke' bombs, internet calls for his deportation

'No one is trying' to kill Biden or Harris, mogul says after alleged second attempt on Trump's life

Offbeat16 Sep 2024 | 353

AI giants pinky swear (again) not to help make deepfake smut

Oh look, another voluntary, non-binding agreement to do better

AI + ML13 Sep 2024 | 17

Biden tries to cut through fog of confusion caused by deliberately deceptive customer service tricks

Targets impossible unsubscribes, elusive human assistance, and other wallet-draining time sinks

Public Sector13 Aug 2024 | 46

Kamala Harris has a long history with Silicon Valley that could help – or hurt

Analysis The presumptive Democratic nominee has gone back and forth with Big Tech

Public Sector23 Jul 2024 | 51

Semiconductor shares slump – possibly thanks to Biden and Trump

More sanctions and weaker support for Taiwan are bad news … except for Intel?

On-Prem18 Jul 2024 | 13

Biden throws $1.7B at automakers to prepare fading factories for EV production

Ice ICE, baby

Personal Tech11 Jul 2024 | 28

Supreme Court won't stop Biden leaning on social media giants to tackle disinfo

White House can get back to asking Facebook and co to kindly bin off what the Feds say is misinformation

Public Sector26 Jun 2024 | 26

Biden admin fuels up Rocket Lab with $24M for space-grade solar cell chip shop

Funding will expand manufacturing by 50% in three years, says Uncle Sam

Science11 Jun 2024 |

White House hopes $180M will solve science, tech gaps in commercial fusion power

Researchers get 4 years, a small pot of cash, and long row to hoe before making tech practical by next decade

Science07 Jun 2024 | 19

How's Uncle Sam getting on with Biden's AI exec order? Pretty good, we're told

Interview Former Pentagon deputy CIO Rob Carey tells us guardrails should steer Feds away from bad ML

Public Sector27 May 2024 | 7

A Chinese crypto farm next to a nuclear missile base? Not on my watch, says Biden

White House contends MineOne's equipment could be used to for surveillance and espionage

Offbeat14 May 2024 | 32

Biden admin shells out $120M to return chip startup to US ownership

Korean-controlled silicon slinger could be coming back to the fold

Systems13 May 2024 | 7

Three years on from Biden infosec EO, and we're still trying to check all the boxes

interview It's taking time, but isn't a dead issue, US Government Accountability Office security director Marisol Cruz Cain says

Public Sector06 May 2024 |

FBI and friends get two more years of warrantless FISA Section 702 snooping

Senate kills reform amendments, Biden swiftly signs bill into law

Public Sector22 Apr 2024 | 8

Samsung snags $6.4B in CHIPS Act funds for Texas fabs

Work in Austin, Taylor will include new 2nm facility, packaging plant, and Pentagon partnership

Systems15 Apr 2024 | 4

US 'considering' end to Assange prosecution bid

Cryptic Biden hint came ahead of April 16 deadline for next step in extradition case

Security11 Apr 2024 | 88

Biden's State of the Union included a battle cry against AI mimicry

Lots of pats on the back for the CHIPS Act too

AI + ML09 Mar 2024 | 16

Stuck paying for your apartment's crummy internet? FCC boss Rosenworcel wants to help

Proposed regulation would bar building owners from forcing internet services on tenants

On-Prem05 Mar 2024 | 21

Chinese 'connected' cars are a national security threat, says Biden

China's automakers don't sell in America, but the Feds are still going to investigate whether they're a threat

Security29 Feb 2024 | 113

Man admits to paying magician $150 to create anti-Biden robocall

Steve Kramer claims the whole thing was a ruse to regulate AI in politics

AI + ML26 Feb 2024 | 20

Biden will veto attempts to kill off SEC's security breach reporting rules

Senate, House can try but won't make it past the Prez, says White House

Security01 Feb 2024 | 18

Robocaller spoofing Joe Biden is telling people not to vote in New Hampshire

Meanwhile, OpenAI is hiring an 'elections program manager' for $190,000+

AI + ML23 Jan 2024 | 14

Car dealers openly beg Biden to put brakes on electric vehicle drive

No one's buying these things. Just, uh, ignore the massive markups

Personal Tech29 Nov 2023 | 131

Tencent shrugs off effect of US sanctions and says Chinese suppliers will fill GPU gap

Ordered enough Nvidia kit to keep evolving its AI and has plans to work around bans

On-Prem17 Nov 2023 |

Developing AI models or giant GPU clusters? Uncle Sam would like a word

Analysis But the astronomical performance thresholds mean few ML operators will be required to report at this rate

HPC05 Nov 2023 | 18

Biden hopes to squeeze loopholes to slow China's devouring of US AI chips

Won't stop supply of nerfed export-friendly accelerators

Systems13 Oct 2023 | 4

CISA barred from coordinating with social media sites to police misinformation

The 5th Circuit's re-ruling adds CISA to a list of alleged first-amendment violators. Next stop: Supreme Court

Security04 Oct 2023 | 30

Chat2024 stuffs US election hopefuls into generative AI so you can be an 'informed voter'

Comment Jean Baudrillard would've LOVED this

Offbeat12 Sep 2023 | 9

Biden to bolster boondocks broadband with a billion bonus bucks (barely)

ISPs in 22 states and Marshall Islands get to split nine-figure pot

Networks22 Aug 2023 | 20

US Supreme Court allows 'ghost guns' to fall under federal purview

3D printers beware, Biden's on the Build-Your-Own-Blunderbuss beat

Offbeat09 Aug 2023 | 49

Biden lines up $42.5B for US broadband boost

You get funding, you get funding, everybody gets funding

Networks26 Jun 2023 | 14

Biden proposes 30% tax on cryptominers' power bills

Digi-dollars are toxic in many ways and the administration wants the sector to clean up its act

Software04 May 2023 | 71

Think tank: Chips Act is great, but US should look at biotech supply chain too

The White House and DoD move to bolster domestic biomanufacturing

Public Sector04 Apr 2023 | 4

President Biden kind of mostly bans commercial spyware from US govt

Executive order has loopholes for Uncle Sam's snoop tools and American-made code

Cyber-crime28 Mar 2023 | 15

EPA orders US states to check cyber security of public water supplies

Don’t let miscreants poison the wells

Security06 Mar 2023 | 7

Pushers of insecure software in Biden's crosshairs

Analysis Just-revealed US cybersecurity strategy 'has fangs' for catching crafty criminals and crummy coders

Security03 Mar 2023 | 20

Biden wants chipmakers to provide childcare if they want billions in free money

And, ahem, seven-figure ad campaigns on publications with a vulture for a logo – right, Joe?

Systems28 Feb 2023 | 37

Biden: I want standard EV chargers made in America by 2024 – get on it

So Tesla's gonna open up its proprietary tech?

Personal Tech16 Feb 2023 | 89

US government calls foul on Apple and Google over walled gardens for apps

As for actually doing anything about it - that'll have to wait

Software03 Feb 2023 | 11

Biden seeks out Dutch support for blockade on Chinese chip industry

Cooperation could cost Netherland's ASML a billion + in sales

Systems18 Jan 2023 | 8

US military goes zero-trust on software

CISA updates security framework, tech industry calls it 'confusing'

Software23 Nov 2022 | 13

Biden administration earmarks $13b to modernize electric grid

We need more transmission capacity, and we needed it yesterday

Networks21 Nov 2022 | 48

International summit agrees crack down on crypto to combat ransomware

Commitments include international wallet info sharing, KYC requirements, and an AML crackdown

Security03 Nov 2022 | 20

The White House's global ransomware summit couldn't come at a better time

As cyber threats ramp up, businesses and organizations will be hoping for more than platitudes

Security31 Oct 2022 |

Biden now wants to toughen up chemical sector's cybersecurity

Control panels facing the internet? Data stolen? You gotta keep an ion this stuff

CSO27 Oct 2022 | 6

FBI: Looking for Biden's student loan forgiveness? Watch out for these scams

You really think someone would do that? Just go on the internet and steal identities?

Cyber-crime19 Oct 2022 | 8

Biden's Privacy Shield 2.0 order may not satisfy Europe

In brief Also, Albania almost called in NATO over cyber attacks, and Facebook warns of account-stealing mobile apps

Security08 Oct 2022 | 20

White House puts $50m into floating wind turbine projects

Government wants access to the 60% of offshore wind potential stuck in deep waters

Science16 Sep 2022 | 46

US bans some foreign investments in chips, AI, quantum computing

Not aimed specifically at China … just nations that behave a lot like China

Systems16 Sep 2022 | 9

US warns cryptominers must cut power use to avoid busting US carbon goals

Datacenters or digicash - what's the bigger boon to society?

Systems09 Sep 2022 | 54

Bogus cryptocurrency apps steal millions in mere months

As if the crypto world needs any help in making money vanish

Cyber-crime18 Jul 2022 | 21

First-ever James Webb Space Telescope image revealed

Pic Decades in the making, billions of dollars, all so we can say together: My god, it's full of stars!

Science12 Jul 2022 | 128

US floats framework for international crypto regulations that cement its power

Crypto-land told it can't disrupt the global economy or financial system

Software08 Jul 2022 | 30

Biden considers removal of Trump-era China tariffs to ease inflation

But US administration split on loss of leverage, according to reports

Legal05 Jul 2022 | 14

US-APAC trade deal leaves out Taiwan, military defense not ruled out

All fun and games until the chip factories are in the crosshairs

Systems23 May 2022 | 5