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Welcome to Tech Friday, a new joint project from The Hill and Pluribus News covering tech policy across government.
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Arkansas House Targets Cryptocurrency Miners
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Cryptocurrency miners, beware: The Arkansas House has given final approval to a pair of bills aimed at giving state and local governments more control over cryptocurrency mining operations, a thriving and energy-intensive industry.
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The two bills would require digital asset mining operations to implement noise mitigation strategies and repeal the ban on local governments adopting noise ordinances specific to cryptocurrency mining.
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THE legislation It would also require cryptocurrency mining operations to obtain state permits and prohibit foreign ownership of cryptocurrency mines from adversary countries such as China.
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Lawmakers are showing growing interest in cracking down on cryptocurrency mines that are proliferating in America’s suburbs. High-profile Virginia Sen. Danica Roem (D) has introduced several bills this year, and more are in the works.
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A bipartisan bill would bar children from social media
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Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) have introduced legislation that would set a minimum age for online social media users at 13. Users under 18 should get parental permission before using social media apps. Read more about The hill.
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Senators aim to add children’s privacy bills to FAA reauthorization
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Two bills aimed at increasing the safety of children online through data privacy updates and rules to limit potentially harmful features are being filed as amendments to be added to the FAA reauthorization that must pass before the May 10 deadline. Read more about The hill.
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Closing arguments in Google’s antitrust case
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The Justice Department and Google presented closing arguments Thursday and Friday in the government’s case that the company maintains and operates an illegal monopoly in online search. Read more about The hill.
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Treasury wants to expand free tax filing
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told lawmakers Wednesday that her department is studying ways to expand the Direct File pilot program. This year the program opened for the first time to ordinary tax officials in a handful of states. Read more about The hill.
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Microsoft bans police from AI tool
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Microsoft will ban US police departments from using generative artificial intelligence through its Azure tool, under terms of service changes introduced Wednesday. The changes explicitly prevent agencies from using “real-time facial recognition technology” on mobile cameras. Read more about TechCrunch.
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The Magnificent Seven show this week
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GOOG -1.7%, AMZN +2.2%, AAPL +6.1%, META +2.7%, MSFT -0.7%, NVDA +1%, TSLA -2.3%. Technology sector NASDAQ-100: -0.6%.
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Hawaii cracks down on short-term rentals
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Hawaii’s Democratic-controlled Legislature voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to allow counties to phase out short-term vacation rentals in an effort to ease the state’s severe housing shortage. Read more about PluribusNews.
Crazy stat: 5% of all housing units in Hawaii operate as short-term rentals.
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Retailers oppose digital privacy laws
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Major retailers in Vermont and Maine, including L.L. Bean and Orvis, have opposed global consumer data privacy laws this year, raising new hurdles to laws that Amazon and other tech giants typically oppose. Retailers say they have difficulty dealing with patchwork laws in other states. Read more about PluribusNews.
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Supreme Court Won’t Block Texas Anti-Porn Law
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The Supreme Court refused to block a Texas law that required pornographic websites to verify a user’s age. The high court denied an emergency appeal brought by the Free Speech Coalition, a trade association for the adult entertainment industry. Read more about The hill.
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May 7: Match Group, Electronic Arts and Lyft report first-quarter earnings.
Also on May 7th: Apple will hold a special virtual event, where the new iPads are expected. Read more about The limit.
May 9: Bloomberg Technology Summit, San Francisco. to know more Here
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Snapchat will add new features including the ability to edit unread messages a user has already sent. The change will allow users to edit posts within five minutes of submitting, similar to X’s Premium offerings. Read more at The limit.
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Investing in space insurance is a risky bet: Space insurers paid out $995 million in claims in 2023, as low-Earth orbit becomes increasingly crowded. Last year alone, the average separation between satellites decreased by 33%. Read more about The register.
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You’re all caught!
I’ll see you next week.
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