
Makenzie Holland
Senior News Writer at Tech Target
Reporter covering big tech and federal regulation for @TechTargetNews. Chasing dreams and tacos 🌮
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1 week ago |
techtarget.com | Makenzie Holland
The Federal Trade Commission isn't letting up on merger scrutiny. The agency ordered Synopsys and Ansys to sell parts of their businesses before moving ahead with a $35 billion merger that otherwise would have created an anticompetitive market for software tools to design semiconductors used in consumer electronics, AI chips and high-performance computing.
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2 weeks ago |
techtarget.com | Makenzie Holland
Backdoors create security risks Raskin pointed out that "backdoors are intentional, designed weaknesses." "These designed weaknesses can be exploited by foreign governments seeking to compromise our national security, steal our intellectual property and monitor us in our daily lives and workplaces," he said.
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3 weeks ago |
techtarget.itmedia.co.jp | Makenzie Holland
米国上院商務・科学・運輸委員会が2025年5月8日に開催した公聴会で、共和党所属の上院議員テッド・クルーズ氏は、トランプ氏がAI Diffusion Ruleを撤廃する方針であることを示唆した。AI Diffusion Ruleに対しては、特にAIベンダーから、世界市場で米国企業のAI製品が売れなくなるのではないかといった懸念が寄せられていた。「バイデン政権のAI規制は見当違いであり、米国のIT企業が世界にAIを提供する能力をまひさせるだけでなく、AI市場を中国に明け渡すようなものだ」。クルーズ氏はAI Diffusion Ruleをこう批判した。 米国に本社を置く世界的な半導体ベンダーAdvanced Micro Devices(AMD)の最高経営責任者(CEO)であるリサ・スー氏は、トランプ政権はAI Diffusion Ruleを撤回するとともに、米国の輸出管理全体を見直す必要があると指摘した。 もう一つの課題は...
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4 weeks ago |
techtarget.com | Makenzie Holland
Big tech vendors want relief from the growing patchwork of state laws on AI and data privacy. President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act delivers on this by placing a 10-year moratorium on state AI laws, while Congress works on yet another federal data privacy bill. The U.S. House of Representatives passed the extensive tax and domestic policy package on May 22, and it will now be taken up by the Senate.
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4 weeks ago |
techtarget.com | Makenzie Holland
State AI laws under debate U.S. policymakers need to focus on the opportunity AI presents rather than follow a precautionary approach like the EU, testified Sean Heather, senior vice president for international regulatory affairs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Europe is "woefully behind in key digital sectors," due to its excessive regulations, he said.
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The House Committee on Energy and Commerce is once again working on a federal #data #privacy bill that will consider input from stakeholders and assess the multitude of existing state data privacy laws. #GPS25 https://t.co/gnBeOBKINs

Evangelos Razis, @HouseCommerce staff member, said the committee is committed to moving a federal #data #privacy framework forward and is looking to the states as “models” for what has and hasn’t worked. #GPS25 @the_iapp

Panelists at @the_iapp #GPS25 prepare to speak on the need for a comprehensive federal #privacy law. https://t.co/RjdeYGFEGn