Tag: Tech

March 31, 2023

As tech experts sound the alarm on advanced artificial intelligence, congressional lawmakers were split on the extent to which the federal government is capable of regulating AI platforms. “I think it’s important that the government regulate these platforms,” Democratic Rep. […]

March 28, 2023

The IRS and General Services Administration are delaying the deployment of the government-operated sign-on service Login.gov at the IRS due to concerns about Login’s ability to handle a sudden spike in usage as Tax Day approaches, FCW has learned. The […]

March 7, 2023

According to China’s General Administration of Customs data published Tuesday (via The South China Morning Post), the country imported 67.6 billion integrated circuits (IC) in January and February. That’s down 26.5% from the same period last year, and higher than […]

February 28, 2023

Microsoft clearly has more than a few kinks to work out in its new AI-powered Bing chat before it’s ready for primetime, but that isn’t stopping the company from expanding the feature throughout its ecosystem at a surprisingly rapid pace. […]

February 28, 2023

Companies rightly see much promise for future revenues and productivity by building and participating in emerging digital ecosystems — but most have not given enough consideration to the risks and threats inherent in such ecosystems. According to the TCS Risk […]

February 28, 2023

Predictions on whether or when the global economy will fall into a recession continue to swirl. Even if one doesn’t hit anytime soon, economic volatility, more cautious corporate spending plans, and employee layoffs are already in play. For security chiefs, […]

February 27, 2023

Vice President Kamala Harris is promoting the Biden administration’s achievements on broadband internet access during a visit to South Carolina, recently minted as the site of Democrats’ first presidential votes of the 2024 campaign. Harris’ trip on Monday, her fourth […]

February 9, 2023

Many Democrats and Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee said Wednesday they believe that clamping down on unemployment insurance fraud is a bipartisan goal, but they still clashed over who is to blame for massive swells in fraud […]

February 6, 2023

Barely three weeks after slashing its prices in order to qualify for federal tax incentives for clean vehicles, Tesla has increased the prices of some of its best-selling electric vehicles. At the beginning of January, a five-seat Tesla Model Y […]

February 2, 2023

Michael F. Bennet, a Colorado Democrat Senator, called out Apple and Google to ban TikTok from their app stores. According to him, the Chinese application is a threat to national security. “Chinese Communist Party dictates should have the power to […]

January 24, 2023

It’s no secret that emerging tech is packing big punches these days. The question is whether those virtual fists protect or harm. Judging by the number of nervous conversations surrounding the recent ChatGPT launch, most people intuitively grasp that advanced […]

January 9, 2023

The law passed the Belarus House of Representatives on December 20, 2022, and the Council of the Republic the following day. “President” Alexander Lukashenko signed the legislation into law last week, and it goes into effect this week. The legislation […]

January 4, 2023

Government agencies don’t have a “precise definition” of artificial intelligence accountability in federal guidance, according to a new report from the non-profit American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council’s group focused on emerging technology. Although non-binding risk management and […]

December 30, 2022

Government needs to expand where it recruits to fill open cyber positions going into 2023 as the threat of cyberattacks makes filling these positions vital, according to experts. “For cyber talent, one of the biggest realities is that we have […]

December 28, 2022

While ransomware groups have not spared any industry, attackers have put the healthcare sector at the top of their preferred targets. The surge in hospitals falling victim to breaches has raised concerns among regulators and government officials who have moved […]

December 27, 2022

The massive appropriations bill Congress passed Friday included a Christmas present for advocates of using memory-safe coding languages to stem a significant majority of the software vulnerabilities exploited by cyber adversaries. “For the first time ever, Congress has included memory […]

December 20, 2022

TorrentFreak writes that the UK Government’s Intellectual Property Office published new piracy guidance yesterday in the form of a campaign in partnership with Meta that’s designed to help people avoid piracy and counterfeit goods online. Most of the advice we’ve […]

December 20, 2022

Russia’s Vedomosti daily reports that the unit, which sells data storage systems and telecommunications equipment to corporate clients, will be disbanded on January 1. SCMP writes that around 2,000 employees will be asked to transfer to Huawei’s offices in other […]

December 19, 2022

Social media monitoring used to be the elephant in the room when it came to the continuous vetting of employees working for the federal government. Security Executive Agent Directive 5 was signed in May 2016, paving the way for cyber […]

December 16, 2022

Most organizations are ill-equipped when it comes to meeting upcoming compliance standards for data privacy, according to a new CYTRIO report focused on GDPR and California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) Data Subject Access Request […]