The Department of Energy is committing $2.7 billion to revitalize domestic uranium enrichment, a decades-high investment. The funding will go to three companies to produce both current and next-generation nuclear fuels. This move aims to end reliance on foreign suppliers and secure America’s nuclear
Venezuela sits on 303 billion barrels of oil, the largest proven reserves globally. Yet after decades of decay and sanctions, its production has collapsed from 3.5 million barrels per day in the 1970s to about 1.1 million last year. The potential for a post-Maduro recovery is huge, but so are the ob
The U.S. government has issued TSMC an annual export license for its semiconductor facility in Nanjing, China. This move guarantees the chip plant can continue operations without interruption until at least the end of 2025.
New York has enacted a new law requiring major AI developers to be more transparent about safety. However, the financial penalties for violations were significantly reduced from the original proposal. The move follows similar legislation in California.
Trump’s new “Genesis Mission” executive order aims to create an AI platform to accelerate scientific breakthroughs. But scientists and policy experts warn his earlier cuts to agencies like the NSF and attacks on universities have crippled the very foundation the mission needs to succeed.
In a recent debate on the Online Safety Act, UK MPs shifted focus to VPNs, arguing providers should prevent children from bypassing age checks. This push for regulation threatens the core utility of privacy tools for millions of adults. The government says it’s monitoring the situation and “will not
Google is rolling out a beta feature that brings live speech translation to any headphones on Android. At the same time, a major debate is brewing over whether AI should be regulated at the state or federal level to avoid chaos.
The 2026 National Defense Authorization Act includes new security rules for research with “countries of concern” like China. However, it removed a controversial proposal that would have blocked funding for U.S. scientists collaborating with researchers from hostile nations.
The Swiss government has scrapped a controversial surveillance proposal following fierce opposition from the country’s privacy tech sector. The reversal, formalized on December 10, forces officials back to the drawing board and delays any new law by at least two years.
Tourists from dozens of allied countries could be forced to provide a five-year social media history to enter the US. The proposal, citing a Trump executive order, would also demand email and phone records, potentially adding millions of man-hours to processing.
