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digitaljournal.com - AFP - Europe, US closer than they look on tech rules, says EU tech chief
Europe, US closer than they look on tech rules, says EU tech chief
Digital Journal

EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen on Wednesday played down the regulatory gulf between Brussels and Washington, arguing that US courts end up policing the same companies for the same behavior that European law targets in advance. “The…

thehill.com - Julia Shapero - Google avoids ad tech breakup
Google avoids ad tech breakup
The Hill

In a letter to leadership on the House and Senate Armed Services committees, the nonprofit Americans for Responsible Innovation (ARI) called on lawmakers to secure the passage of the Chip Security Act in the National Defense Authorization Act…

salon.com - Amanda Marcotte - Data center backlash is panicking tech oligarchs ahead of midterms
Data center backlash is panicking tech oligarchs ahead of midterms
Salon.com

Midterm elections are typically sleepier than presidential campaign years, so it's genuinely shocking to see how much money is being unleashed, especially into GOP coffers, by the hyper-wealthy this cycle. Corporate political donations have reached…

thestandard.com.hk - Judy Cui - Govt injects $280m into life and health tech, advanced manufacturing projects
Govt injects $280m into life and health tech, advanced manufacturing projects
The Standard

The New Industrialisation Vetting Committee under the Innovation and Technology Fund has supported in principle three applications, involving an estimated HK$280 million in government funding. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT According to a…

forbes.com - Nada Usina - Private Equity And Technology Are Changing College Athletic Leadership
Private Equity And Technology Are Changing College Athletic Leadership
Forbes

Nada Usina is CEO & Co-Founder of NU Advisory Partners. ​In working with private equity (PE) leaders for the last few decades, I've noticed one surprising area where their interest and money has begun to pop up quite frequently: college…

thestandard.com.hk - The Standard 英文虎報 - Tech pilgrims flock to China as global innovation race heats up
Tech pilgrims flock to China as global innovation race heats up
The Standard

Humanoid robots working on factory floors, AI models challenging global rivals and electric-vehicle plants churning out cars at breathtaking scale are drawing a new wave of foreign visitors to China. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Investors and…

forbes.com - Seth Cohen - Technology Alone Isn't Your Competitive Advantage Anymore
Technology Alone Isn't Your Competitive Advantage Anymore
Forbes

Seth Cohen is the CIO of Procter & Gamble. ​The most important technology conversation in your company probably isn't about technology. It's about capability. Every organization is asking how AI, data and digital technologies will reshape…

upi.com - Federal judge: Google doesn't need to break up ad tech business
Federal judge: Google doesn't need to break up ad tech business
UPI

Sept. 2 (UPI) -- A federal judge said Wednesday that Google does not need to break up its advertising technology business, rejecting a Justice Department request to force the company to do so. The same U.S. district judge, Leonie Brinkema, found in…

cnbc.com - Sarah Jackson - 6 of the 10 U.S. jobs projected to grow fastest over the next decade are in one industry-and it's not tech or AI
6 of the 10 U.S. jobs projected to grow fastest over the next decade are in one industry-and it's not tech or AI
CNBC

Cheng Xuelei | Visual China Group | Getty Images As many workers worry about the future of their jobs in the age of AI, nurse practitioners may be able to rest easy. A release published Thursday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics lays out the top 10…

nytimes.com - Austin Meek - Texas Tech is disrupting college football. But being a villain comes with a price
Texas Tech is disrupting college football. But being a villain comes with a price
The New York Times

LUBBOCK, Texas — With a roar that shook the ground, the first plume of oil erupted from Santa Rita No. 1 on the morning of May 28, 1923, proof that oil flowed beneath the ground in the Permian Basin. Three months later, the lucky oil men…

thestandard.com.hk - The Standard 英文虎報 - AI boom is testing tech firms' climate pledges
AI boom is testing tech firms' climate pledges
The Standard

Technology companies are stepping up their climate commitments but not fast enough to counter rapidly inflating energy needs linked to the artificial intelligence boom, a report said Wednesday. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Despite progress in…

scmp.com - Chong Ming Lee - Attack the chokepoints: how years of US export curbs reshaped China's tech scene
Attack the chokepoints: how years of US export curbs reshaped China's tech scene
South China Morning Post

Chinese technology companies seeking public listings are increasingly concentrated in areas where Beijing is trying to break its reliance on foreign technology, as years of US export controls reshape the country's pipeline of stock market hopefuls.

wsj.com - Tech, Media & Telecom Roundup: Market Talk
Tech, Media & Telecom Roundup: Market Talk
Wall Street Journal

The latest Market Talks covering Technology, Media and Telecom. Published exclusively on Dow Jones Newswires at 4:20 ET, 12:20 ET and 16:50 ET. 1117 ET – Credit spreads on euro investment-grade bonds are expected to stay relatively steady in…

searchengineland.com - Danny Goodwin - Google avoids AdX breakup in ad tech antitrust case
Google avoids AdX breakup in ad tech antitrust case
Search Engine Land

A federal judge rejected the U.S. Justice Department's bid to force Google to sell its AdX advertising exchange. Google is allowed to keep the business despite an earlier ruling that it illegally monopolized parts of the publisher advertising…

theguardian.com - Guardian staff reporter - Google defeats US justice department bid to force ad tech sale
Google defeats US justice department bid to force ad tech sale
The Guardian

Alphabet's Google escaped a breakup of its advertising technology business on Wednesday, when a judge in Virginia ⁠rejected US antitrust enforcers' bid to force a sale of Google's online advertising exchange. While the ad exchange is a small…

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