Rebecca Klar

Rebecca Klar

TikTok battle heads to the Senate

Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story TikTok ban opponents pin hopes on Senate Opponents of legislation that could ban TikTok in the United States are pinning their hopes on the Senate after the House passed a foreign aid package with the the legislation, sending it to the upper chamber....

House panel to debate privacy, kids’ safety bills

Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon}   Technology Technology   The Big Story House panel to debate privacy, kids' safety bills The House Energy and Commerce Committee is holding a hearing Wednesday on a series of tech safety bills aimed at boosting data privacy standards and children's online safety. © Anna Rose Layden A...

Biden’s bet on Texas chips

Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Biden admin gives billions to Samsung for Texas chip plant The Biden administration announced Monday a multibillion-dollar agreement with Samsung, which will invest in semiconductor chip manufacturing in Texas. © AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin The $6.4 billion preliminary deal is the latest agreement struck...

Privacy, child safety bills on tap

Presented by TechNet — {beacon} View Online Technology Technology PRESENTED BY The Big Story Privacy, kids safety bills headed for House debate The House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a hearing next week on several technology policy bills, including a newly unveiled comprehensive data privacy bill and kids online safety bills. © AP...

Bipartisan data security breakthrough

Presented by TechNet — {beacon} Technology Technology   PRESENTED BY  The Big Story  Breaking down the new data privacy bill The chairs of the House and Senate Commerce committees unveiled a discussion draft of a long-awaited bipartisan data privacy bill Sunday evening.  © AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib Efforts to pass a comprehensive data privacy bill have...

Trump Media stock takes a beating

Presented by TechNet — {beacon} Technology Technology   PRESENTED BY  The Big Story  Trump Media stock falls as downward slide continues Shares in Trump Media & Technology Group, the parent company of former President Trump's Truth Social platform, continued to fall at the start of the trading week Monday, dipping another 8 percent. © Yuki...

Meta to lean on labels over takedowns of AI content

Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon}   Technology Technology   The Big Story Meta to lean on labels over takedowns of AI content Meta will begin to label more content generated by artificial intelligence (AI) and only remove AI content that violates other policies, according to an update released Friday. © AP Photo/Jeff Chiu...

Apple stares down DOJ

Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story  DOJ poses Apple's biggest antirust challenge Apple is set to face its biggest antitrust challenge yet as the Department of Justice (DOJ) targets the tech giant’s alleged control of the smartphone market. © AP Photo Apple faced a high-profile antitrust challenge a few...

Apple faces its biggest antitrust challenge 

Apple is set to face its biggest antitrust challenge yet as the Department of Justice (DOJ) targets the tech giant’s alleged control of the smartphone market. Apple faced a high-profile antitrust challenge a few years ago by video game company Epic Games over the company's app store rules, and the tech giant mostly prevailed against...