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May 13, 2013, 9:05 am
By
Jennifer Martinez and Brendan Sasso
The Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday will take a peek under the hood of new advanced vehicle technologies that have recently hit the auto market. In particular, the Commerce panel plans to use the hearing to discuss the policy implications of self-driving vehicles, which have received a lot of buzz lately thanks to the introduction of Google's driverless cars. Lawmakers are concerned about the safety of those vehicles on the roadways. California already passed a law last fall that allows Google and other companies to operate driverless cars in the state.
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May 13, 2013, 9:00 am
By
Mike Lillis
Gun control advocates are invoking Sandy Hook to argue that companies like LivingSocial should not endorse deals that glorify guns.
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May 13, 2013, 8:49 am
By
Jennifer Martinez
ABC is rolling out a new feature on its iPad and iPhone apps that lets consumers around New York and Philadelphia live-stream shows from local affiliates, according to The New York Times.
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May 12, 2013, 6:00 am
By
Brendan Sasso
Consumer complaints about the rising price of cable television have caught the attention of Congress.
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Technology
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May 11, 2013, 12:00 pm
By
Jennifer Martinez
The oversight chairman has been tasked with a major piece of the House's immigration overhaul, The Hill has learned.
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Technology
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May 10, 2013, 10:10 pm
By
Jennifer Martinez
The departures come after Mark Zuckerberg's advocacy group sparked an outcry from liberal and progressive groups.
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Technology
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May 10, 2013, 4:11 pm
By
Pete Kasperowicz
The House next week will pass legislation reaffirming that it is U.S. policy to keep the government out of the business of managing the Internet.
Early in the week, members will vote on H.R. 1580, which states simply that the policy of the U.S. is to "preserve and advance the successful multistakeholder model that governs the Internet."
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Technology, House, Technology
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May 10, 2013, 3:59 pm
By
Jennifer Martinez
The Senate Judiciary Committee will consider amendments to the section of the Gang of Eight bill that proposes to modify the immigration rules for highly skilled foreign workers when the panel resumes its markup next week, Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) said Friday.
“After reviewing the remaining amendments that members may wish to offer, and consulting with ranking member [Sen. Chuck] Grassley [(R-Iowa)], I have decided the best path forward is to move next to Title IV of the bill," Leahy said in a statement.
The tech industry will be keeping a close watch on the proceedings when the markup picks up next Tuesday.
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Technology
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May 10, 2013, 9:10 am
By
Brendan Sasso
Hackers in more than two dozen countries stole $45 million from thousands of ATMs in a matter of hours, The New York Times reports. ESPN has had talks with at least one mobile carrier to exempt its content from data caps, according to The Wall Street Journal. Such a deal could raise net-neutrality concerns. Yahoo is considering buying video site Hulu, Bloomberg writes. The State Department demanded the takedown of 3D printable gun files, according to Forbes. The Onion's tech team (seriously) explains how they were hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army.
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Technology
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May 9, 2013, 7:04 pm
By
Brendan Sasso and Jennifer Martinez
THE LEDE: Four House lawmakers introduced legislation on Thursday to allow consumers to unlock their cellphones, which allows them to switch carriers. Unlike some of the other bills on the topic, the Unlocking Technology Act would amend the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to permanently legalize cellphone unlocking. The bill is sponsored by Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) and Jared Polis (D-Colo.), and won praise from consumer advocacy groups. "This bipartisan bill not only makes it clear that consumers can, of course, unlock their phones without fear of legal repercussions; it also addresses a longstanding problem with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)," Sherwin Siy, vice president of legal affairs for Public Knowledge, said. "For too long, the DMCA has been a barrier to consumers, educators, researchers, and others, in ways that don't even protect artists." "This bill proposes more permanent fixes to the copyright laws that carriers exploit to keep people from using their wireless phones and tablets as they choose," Free Press Policy Director Matt Wood said.
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