The Federal Communications Commission voted 2-1 along party lines on Thursday to scrap rules that required U.S. phone and internet giants to meet certain minimum cybersecurity requirements. The FCC’s two Trump-appointed commissioners, chairman Brendan Carr…
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is reassigning hundreds of employees across several of its agencies to assist in the Trump administration’s broad immigration crackdown, and will dismiss staffers who refuse to comply, according to…
Electronic Arts (EA) is being privatized for $55 billion, one of the biggest deals in gaming history. The buyers include Saudi sovereign wealth fund PIF, Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners, and Silver Lake. EA confirmed the…
The White House is investigating after one or more people reportedly accessed the contacts from the personal phone of White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, and used the information to contact other top officials…
Although big participants in the technology industry may be able to lobby the administration to “loosen up” restrictions on new power sources, small to medium-sized players were in a “holding pattern” as they waited to…
As America apparently digs in for the long haul in a trade war with China, one of the most popular places on the web for cheap consumer goods is increasing its prices. With import taxes…
Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden has put a hold on the Trump administration’s nomination of Sean Plankey to head the federal government’s top cybersecurity agency, citing a “multi-year cover up” of security flaws at U.S. telecommunication…
Apple is one of the world’s most valuable and powerful companies, offering some of the world’s most popular products. And yet, with the stroke of a sharpie, a raft of U.S. tariffs threatens its entire…
As I write this, President Trump has instituted a minimum 10 percent tariff on virtually all imports, with imports from other countries seeing significantly higher rates. Of note, China and India, both huge final assembly…
Senior members of the Trump administration’s National Security Council — including its top national security advisor, Michael Waltz — used Gmail to conduct government business, The Washington Post reported, citing documents and three unnamed government…