Tag: Government & Policy
Apple to announce $100B further commitment for US manufacturing | TechCrunch
Apple plans to increase its commitment to U.S. manufacturing, according to a White House official cited and first...
UK unveils sweeping social media ban for users under 16 | TechCrunch
U.K. prime minister Keir Starmer announced on Monday that his government will impose a ban on social media...
WhatsApp usernames are already raising impersonation red flags | TechCrunch
WhatsApp this week started rolling out username reservations ahead of the broader launch planned later this year. The...
Apple says US passport digital IDs are coming to Wallet ‘soon’ | TechCrunch
Apple says it will soon introduce an Apple Wallet feature that will allow U.S. users to create a...
Truecaller clashes with India’s telecom regulator over anti-spam rules | TechCrunch
Truecaller has opened a public fight with India’s telecom regulator over rules governing caller ID apps, saying the...
Harvard Law dropout raises $6M for Blue Voice to build a ‘Harvey for police officers’ | TechCrunch
David Lawrence was a Harvard Law student when an on-campus shooting involving a police officer sparked intense controversy...
US government sides with OpenAI on issue of training LLMs on copyrighted material | TechCrunch
In a lawsuit that The New York Times filed against OpenAI, the Trump administration has contributed a 20-page...
Vietnam is looking to restrict social media for kids; here are the growing number of other countries doing the same | TechCrunch
Vietnam is weighing the most unusual version yet of the youth social media bans that are sweeping the...
India’s move against Jack Dorsey’s Bitchat sparks legal debate | TechCrunch
An apparent Indian government effort to remove GitHub repositories for Jack Dorsey’s offline Bluetooth-powered messaging app Bitchat has...
India orders temporary ban on Telegram over exam fraud concerns | TechCrunch
India has issued an order to block Telegram until June 22, citing concerns that fraudsters are using the...
