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Driverless cars hit a regulator gap
“[The Transportation Department] is taking away existing regulations that would stand in the way of autonomous vehicles,” said Ryan Calo, a University of Washin…
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ACLU Expert: Please Don't Make Bulk Snooping by Governments Easier
Jennifer Granick, surveillance and cybersecurity counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union, came to Black Hat to discuss possible workarounds for a particu…
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Setting the standard of liability for self-driving cars
Law professor Bryant Walker Smith reached roughly the same conclusion. He argues that car manufacturers should be held liable whenever their cars perform unreas…
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Pro-Trump group wages campaign to purge “subversive” federal workers
“What is so ominous about these sites is that they’re close to the line of illegal, but not crossing the line,” said University of Virginia School of Law profes…
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Keynote Threat Modeling and Constitutional Law Jennifer Granick
At Black Hat USA 2025, Jennifer Granick—Surveillance and Cybersecurity Counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union—takes the keynote stage to make a bold case…
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Tech policy could be smarter and less partisan if Congress hadn’t shut down this innovative program
“It was an impartial repository of interdisciplinary experts who would proactively assist Congress in understanding emerging technology,” says University of Was…
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Everyone Hates Trust & Safety. Everyone Needs Trust & Safety. This Is A Problem
The trust & safety space is a strange one in that I think it’s one of the least understood but most important industries that impacts tools most people use…
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Top Justice Department Antitrust Officials Fired Amid Internal Feud
HPE’s sale of that business, known as Instant On, doesn’t appear to address the government’s concerns about the merger’s impact on university campuses, hospital…
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Richard Whitt - Hearsay Culture Radio
In this episode, Richard Whitt sits down with host Dave Levine to explore how we can “reweave the web” into a human‑centered Internet of trust. Drawing from his…
Inside Trump’s Ambitious AI Action Plan
The White House’s newly released AI Action Plan outlines an assertive vision for U.S. leadership in AI. Framed around the imperative to “win the AI race,” the 2…
The Coldplay incident: Nobody said it was easy
How surprised would you be if I told you that the now infamous Coldplay-infidelity incident was all staged? A company that only a few people have heard of, whi…
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Would You Let Your Brain Play Pong? Neural Implants Are Here
Ex-Neuralink exec and brain tech lawyer Alex explores how brain-machine interfaces (BMIs) are transforming gaming, healing, and human potential. From monkeys pl…