India’s government retreated less than a week after sending a private order to smartphone manufacturers instructing…
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Why is Silicon Valley rallying behind David Sacks?
Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers that covers the political intrigue and…
The Luigi Mangione legal saga
One year after the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan, his alleged shooter, Luigi…
India is ordering Apple and other phone makers to preinstall a state-owned app
India’s Department of Telecommunications is giving phone manufacturers 90 days to comply with an order to…
A nationwide internet age verification plan is sweeping Congress
For years, lawmakers at the state and federal levels have tried a variety of measures aimed…
The VPN panic is only getting started
After the Online Safety Act’s onerous internet age restrictions took effect this summer, it didn’t take…
OpenAI denies liability in teen suicide lawsuit, cites ‘misuse’ of ChatGPT
OpenAI’s response to a lawsuit by the family of Adam Raine, a 16-year-old who took his…
Pentagon contractors want to blow up military right to repair
Military contractors are trying to thwart a widely-supported right-to-repair provision in the annual defense policy bill…
What the leaked AI executive order tells us about the Big Tech power grab
Hello and welcome back to Regulator. It’s been a very long two weeks away from your…
House overhauls KOSA in a new kids online safety package
The House Energy and Commerce Committee released a package of 19 bills aimed at protecting kids…