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Several Democratic House candidates with scientific backgrounds won against Republican incumbents on Tuesday. Continue reading For the First Time Since 2010, People Who Accept Climate Change Control the House Science Committee
Marsha Blackburn successfully made the leap from the House to the Senate, despite the popularity of her Democratic opponent. Continue reading Net Neutrality-Opposing, Big Telecom-Backed Marsha Blackburn Wins Senate Seat
Before you vote, take a look at this interactive map that lets you browse by house representatives or senators and find out all the details on your incumbents. Continue reading This Map Shows You How Much Money Every Member of Congress Got from Big Telecom
Lawmakers still need a hands-on demonstration of voting equipment vulnerabilities to fully grasp the urgency of election security, according to Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif. “I think that if we can fashion some kind of an interactive experience for members to watch… then we’ve got their attention,” Speier, a member of the intelligence committee, said in an interview. “We need that moment and we need that equipment, and we need that hack. And so once we can do that and do it in a way that the average luddite can understand, then we’ll be golden.” DEF CON, the hacking conference where researchers pick apart voting machines, provides that kind of visual demonstration. But Speier appeared to be the only lawmaker in attendance last week as the organizers of the DEF CON Voting Village presented their findings on Capitol Hill. (Some congressional staff did attend.) Election security vaulted into the spotlight on […]
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Three representatives asked the Director of National Intelligence to create a report about how deepfakes could be used against the U.S. by hostile nations. Continue reading Lawmakers Demand Intelligence Community Release a Report on Deepfakes
A US senator has announced a bill that would force the President to punish overseas hackers found targeting the US, or explain why he hadn’t. Continue reading Proposed US law would require President to act against overseas hackers
Apple’s working to keep iPhones from eavesdropping on us, through privacy policies, short buffer windows, local storage, and app review. Continue reading Siri is listening to you, but she’s NOT spying, says Apple
Interest is rising in a program that stations technology experts with Congress, giving lawmakers a sorely needed way to understand the litany of society-shifting tech issues that come to their attention. TechCongress opened up its application process for its 2019 Congressional Innovation Fellowship class last week. Started in 2016 with two fellows, the number of fellows has been rising every year since. The 2018 class saw seven fellows, with a record-high five receiving job offers. The 2019 class which will have up to ten fellows. Although cybersecurity and data privacy experts are in the highest demand, health and transportation experts like former Economist editor Sunmin Kim and biotechnologist Robbie Narang have gone through the program. The 2018 class of fellows, which is still active, includes Washington D.C.-based researcher Collin Anderson, former Mandiant consultant James Gimbi and former U.S. Army special operations veteran James Price. The most publicly well-known fellow may be Chris Soghoian, […]
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Inquiring lawmakers’ minds want to know, for one thing, whether our mobile phones are actually listening to our conversations. Continue reading Apple and Google questioned by Congress over user tracking
T-Mobile and Sprint are trying to merge, which would make three major cell phone providers instead of four. Continue reading T-Mobile CEO Tells Congress That Reducing Competition Will Increase Competition