NHTSA Chief Counsel Paul Hemmersbaugh has left the agency

 Paul Hemmersbaugh, Chief Counsel for the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), has…

Homeland Security expands its power to help states with election system cybersecurity

 Following an extremely contentious election cycle, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will label election systems…

Facebook hires Campbell Brown to forge media partnerships

 Facebook has tapped Campbell Brown, a former television news anchor and a charter school advocate, to lead…

GM counters Trump’s Twitter claim about Chevy Cruze being made in Mexico

 On Tuesday morning, Donald Trump tweeted that the Chevrolet Cruze sold in the U.S. is being…

South Korea fines Qualcomm $850 million for its patent licensing practices

 American chipmaker Qualcomm is in trouble in South Korea. The country’s antitrust regulator has fined the…

The White House’s report on AI and the economy warns of increasing inequality

 The White House has issued a sequel to its October report on how the U.S. should…

EU asks whether the financial sector’s use of big data needs new rules

 European financial regulators are worried that big data techniques might result in restrictions on consumer access…

California Attorney General gives Uber notice on self-driving cars in San Francisco

 The California Department of Motor Vehicles sent Uber a notice asking it to terminate its pilot…