Follow The Hill - Policy Technology, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/the-hill-d-policy-technology Mon, 27 Sep 2021 12:33:47 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ewg6dGQexO8cItJVtoX_KilmFkX7M1Jw Today is Friday. Welcome to Hillicon Valley, detailing all you need to know about tech and cyber news from Capitol Hill to Silicon Valley. Subscribe here: thehill.com/newsletter-signup.The European Union publicly put its foot down against Russia on...]]> Fri, 24 Sep 2021 23:36:39 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ewg6dGQexO8cItJVtoX_KilmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ewg6dGQexO9JWtb5YRxnjezdsCmHakzH The largest book publishing companies in the U.S. are facing pressure from Democrats over e-book lending contracts with libraries that advocates and librarians have criticized. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) sent letters...]]> Fri, 24 Sep 2021 22:09:47 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ewg6dGQexO9JWtb5YRxnjezdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ewg6dGQexO9pHKRBA89PUqCY3L745TL_ U.S. prosecutors have reached a deal to allow an imprisoned Huawei executive to be released from prison. Federal prosecutors in New York informed the court of a hearing on Friday in the case of Meng Wanzhou, Huawei’s chief financial officer,...]]> Fri, 24 Sep 2021 21:42:41 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ewg6dGQexO9pHKRBA89PUqCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ewg6dGQexO_YTSL9YYE7YSlmFkX7M1Jw A Wisconsin high schooler on Friday won her lawsuit against a sheriff's deputy who allegedly threatened her with arrest if she did not take down several social media posts related to COVID-19.U.S. District Judge Brett Ludwig ruled that&...]]> Fri, 24 Sep 2021 20:49:28 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ewg6dGQexO_YTSL9YYE7YSlmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ewg6dGQexO8ARyNHYtMmxJVjH6qdYdAk Former President Trump in a late Thursday court filing expressed opposition to YouTube’s motion to move the case regarding the former president’s removal from the platform from Florida to California. The filing, submitted on behalf of Trump and...]]> Fri, 24 Sep 2021 20:29:50 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ewg6dGQexO8ARyNHYtMmxJVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ewg6dGQexO8vJDxCxV-gT6CY3L745TL_ China’s central bank announced Friday that all cryptocurrency transactions are illegal, citing price volatility and potential national security risks.Ten other government agencies also pledged to maintain a crackdown on all trading in the country....]]> Fri, 24 Sep 2021 15:55:52 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ewg6dGQexO8vJDxCxV-gT6CY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ewg6dGQexO-oeo_Scj8if3n9ye8UNv30 Apple will soon allow users to upload their COVID-19 vaccination card to the Wallet app to provide easy access to proof of vaccination.Like using metro cards and credit cards, showing vaccination through the Wallet app can be utilized by...]]> Fri, 24 Sep 2021 13:49:15 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ewg6dGQexO-oeo_Scj8if3n9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ewg6dGQexO-8vrowT7p_IXn9ye8UNv30 Today is Thursday. Welcome to Hillicon Valley, detailing all you need to know about tech and cyber news from Capitol Hill to Silicon Valley. Subscribe here: thehill.com/newsletter-signup. Top federal cybersecurity leaders on Thursday threw...]]> Fri, 24 Sep 2021 00:00:58 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ewg6dGQexO-8vrowT7p_IXn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ewg6dGQexO8EWKH6pt0jwaCY3L745TL_ A Facebook executive will testify in front of the Senate after reports from The Wall Street Journal showed the social media giant downplayed the toxic impact its Instagram platform has on teenage girls.Facebook's Global Head of...]]> Thu, 23 Sep 2021 23:56:03 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ewg6dGQexO8EWKH6pt0jwaCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ewg6dGQexO_HhuQiAN7IqylmFkX7M1Jw The city of Chicago has taken out full-page ads in The Dallas Morning News to encourage Texans unhappy with the state’s new abortion law and other issues to leave the state.The ads tout Chicago’s tech and business sector as well as the city’s more...]]> Thu, 23 Sep 2021 22:41:35 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ewg6dGQexO_HhuQiAN7IqylmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ewg6dGQexO-_hG449ETbVuzdsCmHakzH Google has offered a settlement to the European Commission in its investigation over the tech giant's digital advertising practices, Reuters reported.The governing body of the European Union opened its probe in June to determine whether Google...]]> Thu, 23 Sep 2021 20:13:20 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ewg6dGQexO-_hG449ETbVuzdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ewg6dGQexO_346appzEXaJs0ohxaO6Yr Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang's new third party will be called "The Forward Party," he reportedly says in his upcoming book. Business Insider reported that the name was revealed near the end of Yang's book entitled "...]]> Thu, 23 Sep 2021 19:56:47 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ewg6dGQexO_346appzEXaJs0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ewg6dGQexO-bkuonHxS6cylmFkX7M1Jw Twitter announced Thursday that it is rolling out the ability to tip fellow users globally.The feature will initially be available only on iOS devices but will expand to Android devices.Twitter first piloted the tipping feature earlier this year as...]]> Thu, 23 Sep 2021 19:00:09 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ewg6dGQexO-bkuonHxS6cylmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ewg6dGQexO-6FORSW0OGpcb1naedg1wr A bill to let state attorneys general pick which courts hear their antitrust cases advanced out of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday with broad bipartisan support, but some senators raised concerns about the retroactive portions in the bill...]]> Thu, 23 Sep 2021 18:22:44 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ewg6dGQexO-6FORSW0OGpcb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ewg6dGQexO8TsZXPkgtA13n9ye8UNv30 Lawyers for former President Trump argued in a court filing submitted Wednesday that Twitter's service agreement does not apply to him as part of an attempt to get the former president back on the platform.The filing, which was submitted on behalf...]]> Thu, 23 Sep 2021 17:04:38 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ewg6dGQexO8TsZXPkgtA13n9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ewg6dGQexO80kjB66o0FgV1cWWor9YPv Fortnite will not be returning to the Apple App Store until all appeals and legal rulings related to the high-profile case between the tech giant and game manufacturer Epic Games are resolved, according to a company executive.Tim Sweeney, Epic...]]> Thu, 23 Sep 2021 16:37:19 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ewg6dGQexO80kjB66o0FgV1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ewg6dGQexO-l2TEc51xhel1cWWor9YPv The European Union is proposing a requirement for all electronic devices to use a common charging port, posing the latest hurdle from the commission for Apple which uses its own signature port on its products. The European Commission ...]]> Thu, 23 Sep 2021 15:59:11 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ewg6dGQexO-l2TEc51xhel1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ewg6dGQexO8gJdGRxEDRU5s0ohxaO6Yr Today is Wednesday. Welcome to Hillicon Valley, detailing all you need to know about tech and cyber news from Capitol Hill to Silicon Valley. Subscribe here: thehill.com/newsletter-signup.Tech industry groups are channeling the playbook they...]]> Thu, 23 Sep 2021 00:23:17 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ewg6dGQexO8gJdGRxEDRU5s0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ewg6dGQexO-k7oqSh_L72ZVjH6qdYdAk Facebook’s chief technology officer Mike Schroepfer said he will be stepping down from his top position at the social media giant sometime next year. Schroepfer will stay on in a part-time role as Facebook’s first senior fellow after his 13-...]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2021 22:58:30 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ewg6dGQexO-k7oqSh_L72ZVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ewg6dGQexO8IYehVDty9qF1cWWor9YPv Popular trading and investing app Robinhood on Wednesday announced the launch of a new cryptocurrency wallet feature on its platform as more users are looking to invest in digital currency.The wallets, which already have a waitlist in place, will be...]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2021 20:36:36 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ewg6dGQexO8IYehVDty9qF1cWWor9YPv