FCC bans import of new consumer routers made overseas, citing security risks

The FCC ban will affect the import of all new, foreign-made consumer routers, the agency’s head Brendan Carr said.

Emil Michael, now a senior Pentagon official, says he’ll never forgive Uber investors who ousted him and Kalanick

When asked whether he was still “salty” about about being shown the door at Uber, alongside co-founder Travis Kalanick, Michael didn’t equivocate. “I’ll never forget that, nor forgive,” he said.

Bipartisan bill seeks to ban sports betting on Kalshi and Polymarket

Since FanDuel and DraftKings are subject to state-by-state gambling laws, rather than federal law, they would not be impacted by the bill.

Elizabeth Warren calls Pentagon’s decision to bar Anthropic ‘retaliation’

In a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) equated the DoD’s decision to label Anthropic a “supply chain risk” as retaliation, arguing that the Pentagon could simply have terminated its contract with the AI lab.

Trump’s AI framework targets state laws, shifts child safety burden to parents

Trump’s AI framework pushes federal preemption of state laws, emphasizes innovation, and shifts responsibility for child safety toward parents while laying out lighter-touch rules for tech companies.

CISA urges companies to secure Microsoft Intune systems after hackers mass-wipe Stryker devices

The U.S. cybersecurity agency urged companies to prevent access to systems used for remotely managing their fleets of employee devices after hackers broke into a major U.S. medical tech giant and remotely wiped thousands of phones and computers.

Feds intensify investigation into Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (Supervised) software

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has upgraded its probe after finding more instances of Tesla’s driving software struggling in low-visibility conditions.

The FBI is buying location data on Americans, here’s what it means

The FBI confirms it’s buying location data on Americans again, using data brokers to access movement history without a warrant, as lawmakers push to close a growing legal gap.
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FBI is buying location data to track US citizens, director confirms

FBI director Kash Patel told lawmakers that the agency is actively purchasing commercially available location data, which can track Americans without needing a warrant.

DOD says Anthropic’s ‘red lines’ make it an ‘unacceptable risk to national security’

The Defense Department said concerns that Anthropic might “attempt to disable its technology” during “warfighting operations” validate its decision to label the AI firm a supply chain risk.