It’s part of the administration’s new framework for regulating AI.
Science, Tech, Environment
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
After Historic Subsidies, Hydrogen Giants Threaten Regulations Could Throttle Industry
A Clinton-era hydrogen company, Plug Power, fights to embed its business model in the tax code.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Metal From Seawater
A startup aims to restore American magnesium production.
Posted inTransportation
Corporate Capture in California
The state DMV went to extreme lengths to shield Waymo from having to release any information about how it obtained permits for self-driving taxis in San Francisco.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Big Tech Has Penetrated the GAO
How the industry is positioned to shape the debate over U.S. industrial policy, and generally lobby for its interests, from within the ‘congressional watchdog’ agency
Posted inWorking in America
Econ Commentators Join TSMC to Declare U.S. Workers’ Premature Defeat
The econ blogosphere hasn’t really checked, but knows in its heart American workers aren’t up to the job.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Amazon’s Quiet Role in the Green Hydrogen Debate
The e-commerce company is a principal member of the trade group lobbying the Treasury Department for looser rules on the emerging fuel.
Posted inTransportation
Tesla’s Incipient Dominance of EV Charging Networks
Automakers switching to Tesla’s charging plug opens up more opportunities in the short term, but problems in the long term.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Small Town That’s Connecting America
Hickory, North Carolina, is home to nearly half of the country’s fiber-optic cable production, which is growing because of the Biden infrastructure law.
Posted inWorking in America
TSMC Phoenix Cuts Electrician Pay and Sends In Taiwanese Workers
After 50 union electricians left, TSMC reinstated incentive pay and offered 25 non-union workers dispatched from Taiwan.
