public policy

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/01/18/san-francisco-bets-big-on-surveillance-blankets-city-with-400-automatic-license-plate-readers/ San Francisco Bets Big On Surveillance, Blankets City With 400 Automatic License Plate Readers (Mis)Uses of Technology from the New-London,-California dept Thu, Jan...

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/01/03/republicans-trying-to-kill-program-that-brings-affordable-broadband-to-the-poor/ Republicans Trying To Kill Program That Brings Affordable Broadband To The Poor Broadband from the dysfunction-junction dept Wed, Jan 3rd 2024 05:32am - Karl Bode Last month...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-12-15/culdesac-tempe-s-car-free-development-model-is-hitting-the-road Culdesac Tempe’s first residents have moved in, and the company is eyeing expansion in other cities. Photographer: Rebecca Noble/Bloomberg Citylab Housing Can This Car-Free...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/01/sports-betting-regulation-gambling-addiction ‘We’re killing the youth of America’: calls grow for crackdown on US gambling Worries that gambling addiction has spiked in the US as legal sports betting booms have led to calls for increased...

https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2023-11-17/massachusetts-becomes-fifth-state-in-nation-to-make-prison-calls-free Massachusetts becomes fifth state in nation to make prison calls free A prison inmate makes a phone call at the York Community Reintegration Center on May 24, 2016 in Niantic...

https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy3kdw/tenants-and-economists-are-pushing-to-regulate-rent-for-a-vast-amount-of-us-housing Tenants and Economists Are Pushing to Regulate Rent for a Vast Amount of U.S. Housing A growing movement is pressuring the government to regulate rents on buildings where...

https://www.fastcompany.com/90985257/you-shouldnt-be-driving-over-100-mph-and-your-car-shouldnt-let-you 11-18-23 You shouldn’t be driving over 100 mph—and your car shouldn’t let you The NTSB recommended that automakers be required to install technology to prevent reckless speeding...

https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxj7wq/getting-rid-of-gas-stoves-could-lead-to-mass-renovictions-advocates-say Getting Rid of Gas Stoves Could Lead to Mass Renovictions, Advocates Say Decarbonizing California's housing stock could have some serious unintended consequences for renters. RA By...

https://wpde.com/news/nation-world/nikki-haley-vows-to-abolish-anonymous-social-media-accounts-its-a-national-security-threat-tik-tok-twitter-x-facebook-instagram-republican-presidential-candidate-hawley-hochul Nikki Haley vows to abolish anonymous social media accounts: 'It's a national...

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-64973186 China's matchmaking mums have a powerful ally: The Party Published 1 day ago IMAGE SOURCE,GETTY IMAGES Image caption, Young Chinese are turning away from traditional choices like marriage and children By Fan Wang BBC News, Singapore Chen...

https://www.aol.com/china-removes-anonymity-bloggers-accounts-105017632.html China removes anonymity of bloggers' accounts with more than 500,000 followers October 31, 2023 at 8:22 AM BEIJING (Reuters) - China's most popular social media platforms on Tuesday announced that "self-media"...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-tech-that-s-radically-reimagining-the-public-sphere/ar-AA1jcNQ1?cvid=56ca26aeefc04244fcad37107c69db83&ei=9 The Tech That’s Radically Reimagining the Public Sphere Story by Jesse Barron • 28m The Tech That’s Radically Reimagining the Public Sphere©...

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/30/biden-unveils-us-governments-first-ever-ai-executive-order.html TECH Biden issues U.S.′ first AI executive order, requiring safety assessments, civil rights guidance, research on labor market impact PUBLISHED MON, OCT 30 20235:17 AM EDTUPDATED 2 HOURS AGO Hayden...

https://undark.org/2023/10/13/book-review-crossings/ BOOKS PRINT Book Review: How Our Roads Have Become an Invasive Species REPUBLISH In “Crossings,” Ben Goldfarb explores the science of road ecology, or how roadways affect plants and animal life. Visual: John Duarte/Tetra images via Getty...

https://www.wbur.org/news/2023/08/24/healey-massachusetts-massreconnect-higher-education-cost-free-students Community college is now free for Mass. residents 25 and older. Millions qualify August 24, 2023 Max Larkin Gov. Maura Healey wants to get the word out: Attending community college is...

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/08/rural-montana-housing-crisis-supply/674950/ The Anti-California How Montana performed a housing miracle By Annie Lowrey Justin Sullivan / Getty AUGUST 9, 2023, 11:02 AM ET This article was featured in One Story to Read Today, a newsletter in...

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/08/rural-montana-housing-crisis-supply/674950/ The Anti-California How Montana performed a housing miracle By Annie Lowrey Justin Sullivan / Getty AUGUST 9, 2023, 11:02 AM ET This article was featured in One Story to Read Today, a newsletter in...

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/08/how-cities-can-stem-the-tide-of-pedestrian-deaths-from-large-cars-and-suvs/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social How cities can stem the tide of pedestrian deaths from large cars and SUVs Ever-larger cars and...

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/06/01/texas-age-verification-bill-would-plaster-health-warnings-on-porn-sites/ from the bull-shyt-pseudoscience dept Thu, Jun 1st 2023 10:52am - Michael McGrady Just when we didn’t think the state of Texas could get any more wacko on tech policy, this latest bill...

https://theintercept.com/2022/08/25/student-loans-debt-reagan/ In 1970, Roger Freeman, who also worked for Nixon, revealed the right’s motivation for coming decades of attacks on higher education. Jon Schwarz August 25 2022, 4:57 p.m. WITH THE vociferous debate over President Joe Biden’s...