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Inside the meeting: White House favors some stablecoin rewards, tells banks it's time to move

Jesse Hamilton / coindesk - Sources familiar with the talks on stablecoin yields say the White House urged bankers to get on board with a deal that lets the market structure bill advance.

#fintech #crypto #techpolicy #banking #government #finance #treasury #payments #regulation #crypto

Banks, Crypto Firms Resume CLARITY Act Talks as White House Backs Select Stablecoin Yields - Eudaimonia and Co

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Custodia CEO Says Trump Family Crypto Ties Are Part of Clarity Act Problem - Yahoo Finance

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Risk-Off Capital Shifts Toward Tokenized Assets as DeFi Pulls Back - Decrypt

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Risk-Off Capital Shifts Toward Tokenized Assets as DeFi Pulls Back

15 days / decrypt / Akash Girimath

Stablecoin Yield Talks Resume at Third White House Meeting - CoinMarketCap

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Anchorage Digital Links Global Banks to Stablecoin Rails

15 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

White House, Banks and Crypto Groups Resume Talks on Stablecoin Rewards

15 days / decrypt / Sebastian Sinclair

Inside the meeting: White House favors some stablecoin rewards, tells banks it's time to move

15 days / coindesk / Jesse Hamilton

‘More to come,’ crypto leaders say after third White House stablecoin meeting

15 days / theblock / Sarah Wynn

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US Plans Online Portal To Bypass Content Bans In Europe and Elsewhere

BeauHD / slashdot - The U.S. State Department is reportedly developing a site called freedom.gov that would let users in Europe and elsewhere access content restricted under local laws, "including alleged hate speech and terrorist propaganda," reports Reuters. Washington vie…

#cybersecurity #techpolicy #government #internet #us #globalism #dos #censorship #contentmoderation #digitalprivacy

Founder ditches AWS for Euro stack, finds sovereignty isn't plug-and-play

14 days / theregister / Carly Page

US website 'freedom.gov' will allow Europeans to view hate speech and other blocked content

14 days / engadget / Mariella Moon

Metadata, cloud sovereignty’s weak spot

14 days / techzine / Erik van Klinken

US Plans Online Portal To Bypass Content Bans In Europe and Elsewhere

15 days / slashdot / BeauHD

US builds website that will allow Europeans to view blocked content | Internet

15 days / reddit / /u/YesNo_Maybe_

A new US government site could help users worldwide access blocked content

15 days / techspot

Back to Top / Thursday, February 19, 2026, 9:21 pm / permalink 19446 / 6 stories in 15 days


NASA chief classifies Starliner flight as "Type A" mishap, says agency made mistakes

Eric Berger / arstechnica - "The most troubling failure revealed by this investigation is not hardware."

#techpolicy #nasa #astronauts #government #aviation #aerospace #culture #engineering #safety #regulation

NASA Chief Classifies Starliner Flight As 'Type A' Mishap, Says Agency Made Mistakes

14 days / slashdot / BeauHD

NASA’s report into troubled Starliner flight makes for uncomfortable reading

15 days / digitaltrends

Nasa boss says Boeing Starliner failure one of worst in its history

15 days / bbc

NASA chief blasts Boeing, space agency for failed Starliner astronaut mission

15 days / npr / Brendan Byrne

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New NASA Chief Blames Prior Leadership for Botched Starliner Mission

15 days / gizmodo / Ellyn Lapointe

NASA chief classifies Starliner flight as "Type A" mishap, says agency made mistakes

15 days / reddit / /u/xpda

NASA chief classifies Starliner flight as "Type A" mishap, says agency made mistakes

15 days / arstechnica / Eric Berger

NASA points fingers at Boeing and chaotic culture for Starliner debacle

15 days / theregister / Brandon Vigliarolo

Back to Top / Thursday, February 19, 2026, 5:21 pm / permalink 19439 / 9 stories in 15 days


New York drops plan to legalize robotaxis in setback for Waymo

Andrew J. Hawkins / theverge - New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) dropped her proposal to allow robotaxi companies to launch commercially in cities other than New York City, citing a lack of support among state legislators, Bloomberg reports today. The move is a blow to Waymo and other…

#robotics #automation #techpolicy #selfdriving #robotaxis #politics #government #alphabet #unions #automotive

New York Drops Plan To Legalize Robotaxis Outside NYC

14 days / slashdot / BeauHD

New York reverses on plans to allow robottaxis in major blow to Waymo

15 days / siliconangle / James Farrell

New York Gov. Hochul drops robotaxi service proposal for outside NYC in blow to Waymo

15 days / cnbc

New York drops plan to legalize robotaxis in setback for Waymo

15 days / theverge / Andrew J. Hawkins

New York hits the brakes on robotaxi expansion plan

15 days / techcrunch / Kirsten Korosec

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West Virginia sues Apple over iCloud child porn hosting

appleinsider - West Virginia's attorney general believes iCloud is the greatest platform ever made to distribute child porn, and is the first government to sue Apple after a previous class action failed.Apple is under fire over its handling of CSAM on iCloud serversThe …

#cloud #techpolicy #cloudsec #apple #government #us #law #contentmoderation #litigation #digitalprivacy

The legal fight that could force Apple to rethink iCloud design

15 days / fastcompany / Taylor Hatmaker

Apple Sued by West Virginia for Allegedly Allowing CSAM Distribution Through iCloud

15 days / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

Apple Sued Over Allegations of CSAM on iCloud

15 days / cnet / Corinne Reichert

Remember in 2022 when Apple killed its plan to detect CSAM stored in iCloud accounts? (There was a huge uproar from privacy advocates.) Now West Virginia is suing Apple over the decision. www.cnbc.com/2026/02/19/a...

15 days / bsky / @stevekovach.bsky.social / stevekovach.bsky.social

Apple Sued by West Virginia for Allegedly Allowing CSAM Distribution Through iCloud

15 days / macrumors / Juli Clover

West Virginia sues Apple for allegedly letting child abuse spread in iCloud

15 days / theverge / Emma Roth

West Virginia is suing Apple alleging negligence over CSAM materials

15 days / engadget / Andre Revilla

West Virginia sues Apple over iCloud child porn hosting

15 days / appleinsider

Apple sued by West Virginia for alleged failure to stop child sexual abuse material on iCloud, iOS devices

15 days / cnbc

West Virginia Claims That Apple Allows Child Sexual Abuse Material

15 days / nytimes / Kalley Huang

Back to Top / Thursday, February 19, 2026, 10:21 am / permalink 19415 / 10 stories in 15 days


New law requires tech firms to take down non-consensual images within 48 hours

Oscar Hornstein / uktech - News laws requiring tech platforms to take down intimate images shared without the consent of the subject within 48 hours are set to come into effect. Through an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill, online platforms could face fines of up to 10% of t…

#techpolicy #government #uk #internet #law #censorship #contentmoderation #digitalprivacy

A new UK law would give platforms 48 hours to act on abusive content.

15 days / bsky / @siliconrepublic.bsky.social / siliconrepublic.bsky.social

UK to demand social platforms take down abusive intimate images within 48 hours

15 days / theregister / Joe Fay

New law requires tech firms to take down non-consensual images within 48 hours

15 days / uktech / Oscar Hornstein

Platforms must take down abusive content under proposed UK law

15 days / siliconrepublic / Tim Barnwell

Tech firms will have 48 hours to remove abusive images under new law

15 days / reddit / /u/plain_handle

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Modi pitches India as global artificial intelligence hub at AI summit

abcnews - Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pitched India as a major hub for artificial intelligence, built at home and used worldwide


Banking and payments: NPCI’s FiMI and AI fraud defenses

AI Must Evolve as an Infrastructure to Combat Real-Time Financial Fraud, Experts Say

15 days / medianama / Prabhanu Kumar Das

FiMI Explained: NPCI’s In-House AI Model for Disputes, Mandates and Regulatory Queries

15 days / medianama / Prabhanu Kumar Das


Industrial AI arms race: Tata, Reliance, NVIDIA build compute backbone

Reliance unveils $110B AI investment plan as India ramps up tech ambitions

15 days / techcrunch / Jagmeet Singh

NVIDIA Deploys 20,000+ Blackwell GPUs Across India for Sovereign AI

15 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

India’s Reliance Industries to Invest $110 Billion in AI

15 days / wsj / Kosaku Narioka

OpenAI’s Tata Tie-Up Puts 100 MW of AI Compute on the Table in India

15 days / eweek / eWEEK Staff

OpenAI To Expand India Presence With Mumbai, Bengaluru Offices

15 days / inc42 / Lokesh Choudhary

Jio, Reliance To Invest ₹10 Lakh Cr In AI: Mukesh Ambani

15 days / inc42 / Anjali Jain

Tata Group, OpenAI To Build AI Infrastructure In India

15 days / inc42 / Lokesh Choudhary


Modi's MANAV: India’s sovereign AI strategy and policy push

$200B AI bet: India sweetens deeptech startup rules to 20 years

15 days / techfundingnews / Vignesh R

Modi pitches India as global artificial intelligence hub at AI summit

15 days / abcnews

PM Modi Outlines India’s ‘MANAV’ Vision For Inclusive, Sovereign AI

15 days / inc42 / Anjali Jain


Summit drama: Gates exit and cold CEOs signal tensions

Altman and Amodei share a moment of awkwardness at India’s big AI summit

15 days / techcrunch / Ivan Mehta

Amid Epstein fallout, Bill Gates becomes point of controversy at India AI summit

15 days / cnbc

OpenAI and Anthropic’s rivalry on display as CEOs don't hold hands at India AI summit

15 days / cnbc

Chinese tech companies progress 'remarkable,' OpenAI's Altman tells CNBC

15 days / cnbc

Bill Gates pulls out of India's AI summit amid Epstein files controversy

15 days / bbc

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U.S. prepares strict export controls on AI accelerators, curbing foreign sales

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Pentagon labels Anthropic a supply‑chain risk; company vows legal fight

The Pentagon has designated Anthropic and its products as a “supply‑chain risk,” prompting the company to announce a court challenge. Experts warn the move could chill collaboration and talent flows into AI, while Anthropic insists it will contest the determination to protect its operations and customers. More...


Oracle and OpenAI scrap Texas data-center expansion; Meta eyes the spare capacity

Oracle and OpenAI have abandoned plans to expand a flagship Texas data center, leaving substantial compute capacity up for grabs. Nvidia reportedly brokered interest from Meta to take the unused slots as OpenAI downscales that particular buildout, a move that rattled markets and highlights shifting demand for large-scale on-prem AI infrastructure. More...


SoftBank seeks massive $40B loan to back OpenAI investment, courting big risk

SoftBank is reportedly seeking up to a $40 billion loan to finance its planned stake in OpenAI, an audacious use of leverage to double down on the AI boom. The move would be one of the largest single‑company financing gambits in recent memory, raising questions about balance‑sheet strain versus potential upside. More...


OpenAI launches Codex Security agent to automatically detect software vulnerabilities

OpenAI rolled out Codex Security, an AI agent that scans codebases to find complex vulnerabilities, suggests actionable fixes, and uses sandbox testing to limit false positives. The tool has already flagged issues in major projects and aims to compete with traditional application security tooling by automating deep, contextual code review. More...


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