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Crypto Market Structure Bill Delayed as Winter Storm Halts Senate Plans

Maxwell Mutuma / parameter - TLDR The Senate Agriculture Committee postponed its crypto market structure bill hearing from Tuesday to Thursday due to a severe winter storm. Lawmakers were scheduled to debate amendments and vote on the bill before weather disruptions forced a delay. S…

#crypto #techpolicy #banking #government #agriculture #us #economy #law #sec #crypto

O’Leary Believes Crypto Legislation May Clear Congress by May 15

5 wks / parameter / Maxwell Mutuma

Crypto Market Structure Bill Delayed as Winter Storm Halts Senate Plans

5 wks / parameter / Maxwell Mutuma

Senate Crypto Bill Markup Delayed By Snowstorm, But May Still Get Hit With Partisan Vote

5 wks / decrypt / Sander Lutz

Snowstorm delays Senate Agriculture Committee’s crypto bill markup to later in the week

5 wks / theblock / Sarah Wynn

Senate Agriculture panel delays market structure hearing to Thursday after winter storm

5 wks / coindesk / Nikhilesh De

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Google will settle its Assistant spying lawsuit for $68 million

Stevie Bonifield / theverge - Google could owe you some money, now that it's moving to settle a class-action lawsuit over how it handled recordings captured when its devices were activated by something other than Google Assistant's actual trigger word, "Ok Google." German outlet VRT N…


Ad targeting and privacy implications

Google pays up to settle voice-activated ad targeting claims

5 wks / mumbrella / Eleanor Dickinson

Google Settles $68 Million Lawsuit Claiming It Recorded Private Conversations

5 wks / slashdot / BeauHD

Google agrees to $68 million settlement in voice assistant privacy lawsuit

5 wks / engadget / Anna Washenko


General lawsuit settlement details

Google agrees to $68 million settlement in voice assistant eavesdropping lawsuit

5 wks / techspot

Google Pays $68M to Settle Voice Assistant Spying Lawsuit

5 wks / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Google to pay $68 million to settle Google Assistant privacy lawsuit

5 wks / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

Google pays $68M to settle claims its voice assistant spied on users

5 wks / techcrunch / Lucas Ropek

Google agrees to $68m settlement over Google Assistant recording claims

5 wks / betanews / Wayne Williams

Google will settle its Assistant spying lawsuit for $68 million

5 wks / theverge / Stevie Bonifield

Google Agrees to Settle Class Action Lawsuit Targeting Voice Assistant

5 wks / pymnts / PYMNTS

Google to pay $68m to settle lawsuit claiming it recorded private conversations

5 wks / bbc

Alphabet (GOOGL) Stock: Google Settles Voice Assistant Privacy Lawsuit for $68 Million

5 wks / parameter / Trader Edge


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The tech giant did not admit wrongdoing in the case.

5 wks / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

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Target, UnitedHealth, 3M, General Mills CEOs finally spoke up about ICE after weeks of silence. Here’s what they said

Grace Snelling / fastcompany - For weeks, the leaders of Minnesota’s most prominent businesses have remained tight-lipped as thousands of ICE agents have flooded the Twin Cities, where those agents have raided residential neighborhoods, detained employees from local businesses, and tak…


Corporate Leaders Weigh In on ICE Crisis

'ICE is going too far': Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, and more CEOs on Minnesota

5 wks / qz / Ben Kesslen

Shameful: Tech leaders react to ICE killing of Alex Pretti

5 wks / mashable

Minnesota CEOs’ call for ‘de-escalation’ isn’t enough. Here’s why.

5 wks / fastcompany / Sarah Bregel

Tech's top CEOs mum after ICE killings, while leaders like Reid Hoffman, Yann LeCun speak out

5 wks / cnbc

Vancouver-based Hootsuite standing by ICE contract

5 wks / mobilesyrup / Jonathan Lamont

Target, UnitedHealth, 3M, General Mills CEOs finally spoke up about ICE after weeks of silence. Here’s what they said

5 wks / fastcompany / Grace Snelling

CEOs at Target, Best Buy, and more urge 'immediate deescalation of tensions' in Minnesota

5 wks / qz / Joseph Zeballos-Roig


Government and Legal Oversight in Motion

Judge Blocks DHS From Destroying Evidence From Alex Pretti’s Execution By Federal Officers

5 wks / techdirt / Tim Cushing

DHS keeps trying and failing to unmask anonymous ICE critics online

5 wks / ycombinator


Online and Social Media Outcry Amplifies Discontent

TikTok Data Center Outage Triggers Trust Crisis for New US Owners

5 wks / wired / Zeyi Yang, Vittoria Elliott

Redditors Are Mounting a Resistance Against ICE

5 wks / wired / Kat Tenbarge

Even the big dick subreddit is mad about ICE

5 wks / theverge / Mia Sato


Tech Workers Rally for CEO Action

Tech Workers Demand CEOs Use Their ‘Leverage’ to End ICE Violence

5 wks / gizmodo / Ece Yildirim

Tech employees demand their leaders take a stand against ICE

5 wks / theregister / Jessica Lyons

Tech workers call for CEOs to speak up against ICE after the killing of Alex Pretti

5 wks / techcrunch / Rebecca Bellan

Tech workers urge CEOs to condemn ICE

5 wks / reddit / /u/Calvinball_24


All Other Stories

The technical failure coincided with TikTok’s ownership transition, leading users to question whether videos criticizing ICE raids in Minnesota were being intentionally censored. www.wired.com/story/tiktok...

5 wks / bsky / @wired.com / wired.com

"TikTok Data Center Outage Triggers Trust Crisis for New US Owners. The technical failure coincided with TikTok’s ownership transition, leading users to question whether videos criticizing ICE raids in Minnesota were being intentionally censored.&quo

5 wks / bsky / @socialmedialab.ca / socialmedialab.ca

That evening, Apple CEO Tim Cook was at the White House for a screening of the first lady’s new documentary, according to multiple media outlets. www.cnbc.com/2026/01/26/a...

5 wks / bsky / @pigeonson.bsky.social / pigeonson.bsky.social

Tech leaders are beginning to speak out after the killing of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis. But CEOs at some of the biggest tech companies have remained silent... by Jennifer Elias & Lola Murti @cnbc.com www.cnbc

5 wks / bsky / @lorak.bsky.social / lorak.bsky.social

“Fuck ICE first, second, third, and fourth. Then worry about fucking me,” a Reddit post reads.

5 wks / bsky / @theverge.com / theverge.com

Literally the first piece of news I read today was about r/massivecock and I’m like “is this real or should I go back inpatient”

5 wks / bsky / @lukesteuber.com / lukesteuber.com

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Orbital raises $60M Series B to automate real estate law with AI

Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Orbital, an AI platformfor real estate law, has raised $60 million in a Series B funding round tosupport continued growth in the US and UK. The round was led by Brighton Park Capital andincluded parti...

#ai #vc #automation #saas #enterprise #genai #business #uk #us #law

Orbital raises $60M to modernize real estate law with AI

5 wks / siliconangle / Kyt Dotson

Orbital: UK AI legal platform sets sights on US with £44m

5 wks / uktech / Oscar Hornstein

Orbital Secures $60M To Transform Real Estate Legal Work With AI

5 wks / ventureburn / Clinton

Orbital Raises $60M in Series B Funding

5 wks / finsmes / FinSMEs

London’s LegalTech Orbital raises €50 million Series B to expand AI platform for real estate law

5 wks / eu-startups / David Cendon Garcia

Orbital secures $60M Series B To Automate Real Estate Legal Work With AI

5 wks / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

Orbital raises $60M Series B to automate real estate law with AI

5 wks / tech / Tamara Djurickovic

Orbital raises $60M to automate real estate’s outdated legal workflows

5 wks / techfundingnews / Sofia Chesnokova

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