Tag: USA

USA – Framing a privacy right: Legislative findings for federal privacy legislation (Cameron F. Kerry and John B. Morris, Jr., Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/research/framing-a-privacy-right-legislative-findings-for-federal-privacy-legislation/

USA – New White House guidance downplays important AI harms (Alex Engler, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2020/12/08/new-white-house-guidance-downplays-important-ai-harms/

USA – To weather the coming eviction crisis, cities need better rent relief programs (Jenny Schuetz, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2020/12/08/to-weather-the-coming-eviction-crisis-cities-need-better-rent-relief-programs/

USA/CHINA/UIGHUR – Intel, Nvidia probed over tech allegedly used against Uighurs (Al Jazeera)

United States Republican Senator Marco Rubio and Democratic Representative Jim McGovern on Tuesday sent letters to Intel Corp and Nvidia Corp seeking information on...

USA – Mnuchin offers $916bn COVID-19 relief plan to US Congress (Al Jazeera)

United States Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin presented a $916bn coronavirus relief proposal to House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday evening in the...

USA/SAUDI ARABIA – MBS denies sending hit squad to kill former Saudi spy in Canada (Al Jazeera)

Lawyers for Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman (MBS) on Monday evening filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit against him, saying there is...

USA – US Supreme Court rejects Trump election appeal on Pennsylvania (Al Arabiya)

The US Supreme Court dealt the latest blow Tuesday to Donald Trump's attempts to overturn the presidential election when it denied his appeal to...

USA/IRAN – US to sanction Iran’s ambassador to Houthis, Iranian university: Report (Al Arabiya)

Houthis raise weapons as they chant slogans during a gathering aimed at mobilizing more fighters in Sanaa, Yemen, Feb. 25, 2020. (AP) The US plans...

USA – Counterterrorism setback: ‘Armed Overwatch’ is stalled again (Elaine McCusker, Defense News)

 A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II flies a mission over Afghanistan on May 28, 2018. The aircraft provides close-air support for coalition forces...

USA – The US Navy wants to find ships to kill using aerial drones launched from submarines (David B. Larter, Defense News)

The name of the game in the Pacific is stand-off range. But with longer range torpedoes and anti-ship missiles in the arsenal, submariners are looking to a new...

USA – Congress wants to boost the prominence of Pentagon’s AI center (Andrew Eversden, Defense News)

The fiscal 2021 National Defense Authorization Act would increase the prominence of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center. (Eric Baradat/AFP via Getty Images) Congress signaled its...

USA – These 3 companies will build prototypes for the Air Force’s Skyborg drone (Valerie Insinna, Defense News)

Boeing, General Atomics and Kratos will create prototypes for the Air Force’s Skyborg program and have a mere five months to build the first test vehicles...

USA – Trump veto will hurt troops and families, Republican and Democratic leaders warn (Leo Shane III and Joe Gould, Defense News)

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith, D-Wash., left, and ranking member Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, talk to reporters in late 2018. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Congressional...

USA – Trump Admin to Rename Two Bases for Space Force Over Military Objections (Marcus Weisgerber, Defense One)

A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. NASA/KIM SHIFLETT The U.S. Air Force plans to change the names of...

USA – ‘This Must Be Your First’ (Zeynep Tufekci, Defense One)

President Donald Trump listens during a ceremony to present the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former football coach Lou Holtz, in the Oval Office...

USA/IRAN – CISA Warns About Iran’s Offensive Cyber Capabilities (Mariam Baksh, Defense One)

MEHANIQ / SHUTTERSTOCK Amid renewed tension between the U.S. and Iran, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued a warning to be vigilant for activity...