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Trump Orders Federal Agencies To Stop Using Anthropic AI Tech 'Immediately'
BeauHD, Slashdot.org
President Donald Trump has ordered all U.S. federal agencies to "immediately cease" using Anthropic's AI technology, escalating a standoff after the company sought limits on Pentagon use of its models. CNBC reports: The company, which in July signed a $200 mi…
Feb 27, 2026, 10:40 PM
Americans Are Leaving the US in Record Numbers
msmash, Slashdot.org
An anonymous reader shares a report: In its 250th year, is America, land of immigration, becoming a country of emigration? Last year the U.S. experienced something that hasn't definitively occurred since the Great Depression: More people moved out than moved …
Feb 26, 2026, 12:07 PM
Americans Are Destroying Flock Surveillance Cameras
msmash, Slashdot.org
An anonymous reader shares a report: Brian Merchant, writing for Blood in the Machine, reports that people across the United States are dismantling and destroying Flock surveillance cameras, amid rising public anger that the license plate readers aid U.S. imm…
Feb 25, 2026, 9:00 PM
The US Had a Big Battery Boom Last Year
msmash, Slashdot.org
The United States installed a record 57 gigawatt hours of new battery storage on its electric grids in 2025, a nearly 30% increase over the prior year that arrived even as the Trump administration cut tax credits for wind and solar in last summer's One Big Be…
Feb 25, 2026, 4:01 AM
America's Peace Corps Announces 'Tech Corps' Volunteers to Help Bring AI to Foreign Countries
EditorDavid, Slashdot.org
Over 240,000 Americans volunteered for Peace Corps projects in 142 countries since the program began more than half a century ago. But now the agency is launching a new initiative — called Tech Corps. "It's the Peace Corps, but make it AI," explains Engadge…
Feb 21, 2026, 9:43 PM
Trump Directs US Government To Prepare Release of Files on Aliens and UFOs
msmash, Slashdot.org
US President Donald Trump says he will direct US agencies, including the defence department, to "begin the process of identifying and releasing" government files on aliens and extraterrestrial life. From a report: Trump made the declaration in a post on Truth…
Feb 20, 2026, 5:00 AM
99% of New US Will Be Green in 2026
EditorDavid, Slashdot.org
This year in America, renewables and battery storage "will account for 99.2% of net new capacity — and even higher if small-scale solar were included," reports Electrek, citing EIA data reviewed by the SUN DAY Campaign: EIA's latest monthly "Electric Power M…
Feb 1, 2026, 12:34 PM
99% of New US Energy Capacity Will Be Green in 2026
EditorDavid, Slashdot.org
This year in America, renewables and battery storage "will account for 99.2% of net new capacity — and even higher if small-scale solar were included," reports Electrek, citing EIA data reviewed by the SUN DAY Campaign: EIA's latest monthly "Electric Power M…
Feb 1, 2026, 12:34 PM
Cory Doctorow On Tariffs and the DMCA In Canada
BeauHD, Slashdot.org
Longtime Slashdot reader devnulljapan writes: In 2012, Canada passed anti-circumvention law Bill C-11, cut-and-pasted from the U.S. DMCA, in return for access to U.S. markets without tariffs. Trump has tariffed Canada anyway, so Cory Doctorow suggests it soun…
Jan 30, 2026, 1:25 AM
Mozilla is Building an AI 'Rebel Alliance' To Take on Industry Heavweights OpenAI, Anthropic
msmash, Slashdot.org
Mozilla, the nonprofit organization behind the Firefox browser that has spent two decades battling tech giants over control of the internet, is now turning its attention to AI and deploying roughly $1.4 billion in reserves to fund what president Mark Surman c…
Jan 27, 2026, 8:43 PM
Amazon CEO Jassy Says Tariffs Have Started To 'Creep' Into Prices
msmash, Slashdot.org
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs are starting to be reflected in the price of some items, as sellers weigh how to absorb the shock of the added costs. From a report: Amazon and many of its third-party merchants pre-purchase…
Jan 20, 2026, 2:40 PM
JPMorgan Warns 10% Credit Card Rate Cap Would Backfire on Consumers and Economy
msmash, Slashdot.org
JPMorgan Chase's chief financial officer Jeremy Barnum pushed back hard on Tuesday against President Donald Trump's proposed 10% cap on credit card interest rates, calling the measure "very bad for consumers" and "very bad for the economy" during a call with …
Jan 13, 2026, 4:05 PM
Trump Signs Defense Bill Prohibiting China-Based Engineers in Pentagon IT Work
msmash, Slashdot.org
President Donald Trump signed into law this month a measure that prohibits anyone based in China and other adversarial countries from accessing the Pentagon's cloud computing systems. From a report: The ban, which is tucked inside the $900 billion defense pol…
Jan 2, 2026, 8:01 PM
'Foreign Tech Workers Are Avoiding Travel To the US'
BeauHD, Slashdot.org
In an opinion piece for Computerworld, columnist Steven Vaughan-Nichols argues that restrictive visa policies and a hostile border climate under the Trump administration are driving foreign tech workers, researchers, and conference speakers away from the U.S.…
Dec 31, 2025, 2:02 AM
Nvidia Buying Groq's Assets For $20 Billion in Its Largest Deal on Record
msmash, Slashdot.org
Nvidia has agreed to buy assets from Groq, a designer of high-performance artificial intelligence accelerator chips, for $20 billion in cash, according to Alex Davis, CEO of Disruptive, which led the startup's latest financing round in September. From a repor…
Dec 25, 2025, 3:01 PM
Trump Administration To Overhaul Lottery System For H-1B Visas
msmash, Slashdot.org
The Trump administration has announced it would replace the lottery programme used to grant H-1B visas for skilled foreign workers with a system that prioritises higher-paid individuals. From a report: The Department of Homeland Security said it would begin t…
Dec 25, 2025, 2:00 PM
The U.S. Could Ban Chinese-Made Drones Used By Police Departments
EditorDavid, Slashdot.org
Tuesday the White House faces a deadline to decide "whether Chinese drone maker DJI Technologies poses a national security threat," reports Bloomberg. But their article notes it's "a decision with the potential to ground thousands of machines deployed by poli…
Dec 22, 2025, 4:05 AM
Airbus Moving Critical Systems Away From AWS, Google, and Microsoft Citing Data Sovereignty Concerns
BeauHD, Slashdot.org
Airbus is preparing to tender a major contract to move mission-critical systems like ERP, manufacturing, and aircraft design data onto a digitally sovereign European cloud, citing national security concerns and fears around U.S. extraterritorial laws like the …
Dec 20, 2025, 1:40 AM
TikTok Owner Signs Deal To Avoid US Ban
BeauHD, Slashdot.org
TikTok's owner ByteDance has signed a deal creating a U.S.-focused joint venture majority-owned by American and global investors, allowing the app to avoid a U.S. ban while ByteDance retains a minority stake. The BBC reports: Half of the joint venture will be…
Dec 19, 2025, 11:00 PM
Senate Confirms Billionaire Entrepreneur Jared Isaacman As New NASA Chief
BeauHD, Slashdot.org
Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from Politico: The Senate on Wednesday approved Jared Isaacman for the top job at NASA -- an unprecedented comeback after President Donald Trump yanked his nomination this spring. Senators confirmed the billion…
Dec 18, 2025, 12:50 AM
Mark Carney Criticised For Using British Spellings In Canadian Documents
BeauHD, Slashdot.org
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Guardian: Mark Carney says that amid a fundamental shift to the nature of globalization, his government will catalyze the growth in both the public and private sector. But Canadian linguists say that's a problem. L…
Dec 16, 2025, 11:30 PM
PayPal Applies To Become a Bank As US Loosens Regulatory Reins
BeauHD, Slashdot.org
PayPal has applied to become a US bank by forming a Utah-chartered industrial loan company, signaling a push to deepen its financial services "as companies rush to capitalize on a friendly regulatory environment under the Trump administration," reports Reuter…
Dec 16, 2025, 10:00 AM
America Adds 11.7 GW of New Solar Capacity in Q3 - Third Largest Quarter on Record
EditorDavid, Slashdot.org
America's solar industry "just delivered another huge quarter," reports Electrek, "installing 11.7 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity in Q3 2025. That makes it the third-largest quarter on record and pushes total solar additions this year past 30 GW..." Accordi…
Dec 14, 2025, 5:34 PM
Repeal Section 230 and Its Platform Protections, Urges New Bipartisan US Bill
EditorDavid, Slashdot.org
U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse said Friday he was moving to file a bipartisan bill to repeal Section 230 of America's Communications Decency Act. "The law prevents most civil suits against users or services that are based on what others say," explains an …
Dec 14, 2025, 3:34 PM
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