Hacker News with Generative AI: Government Policy

How Europe is funding its solar boom (dw.com)
The EU has doubled its solar capacity in the last three years. How have subsidies made this possible, what support is still available, and what still needs to happen?

Renewable Energy, Europe, Solar Power, Government Policy, Subsidies

5 points by rntn 17 hours ago | 0 comments

NIH's drastic cut to indirect cost rates is a critical threat to US research (statnews.com)
The National Institutes of Health has made a landmark decision that could irreparably damage the backbone of American scientific innovation: a dramatic reduction in the indirect cost rate for research grants.

Science, Research Funding, Government Policy, Healthcare

5 points by Leary 13 days ago | 0 comments

Japan plans to sell rice from emergency stockpiles to cut prices (japantimes.co.jp)
Japan plans to release some of its rice stockpiles reserved for emergency use in response to record domestic prices for the grain.

Japan, Rice, Food Prices, Government Policy, Emergency Stockpiles

21 points by Pamar 18 days ago | 11 comments

Norway set to become first country to transition to electric vehicles (cnbc.com)

Norway, Electric Vehicles, Transportation, Government Policy, Environmental Policy

9 points by belter 24 days ago | 11 comments

Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artifical Intelligence (whitehouse.gov)
To maintain this leadership, we must develop AI systems that are free from ideological bias or engineered social agendas. With the right Government policies, we can solidify our position as the global leader in AI and secure a brighter future for all Americans.This order revokes certain existing AI policies and directives that act as barriers to American AI innovation, clearing a path for the United States to act decisively to retain global leadership in artificial intelligence.

Artificial Intelligence, Government Policy, Leadership, Innovation, United States

11 points by amrrs 29 days ago | 0 comments

Japan Offers Free Daycare to Boost Tokyo's Falling Birth Rate (xatakaon.com)
Japan has been grappling with its demographic statistics with a sense of urgency, particularly regarding its declining birth rate. In 2023, the country recorded its eighth consecutive year of decreasing births, with a 5.1% drop that has pushed its fertility rate to historic lows.

Japan, Demographics, Birth Rate, Government Policy, Economics

52 points by nithinj 32 days ago | 102 comments

Elon Musk complains Tesla is not getting subsidies for electric truck chargers (electrek.co)
Elon Musk complains that Tesla is not getting subsidies for its electric truck chargers while calling for the end of electric vehicle subsidies in the US.

Electric Vehicles, Tesla, Subsidies, Government Policy

8 points by rbanffy 32 days ago | 4 comments

Norway on track to be first to go all-electric (bbc.com)
Norway is the world leader when it comes to the take up of electric cars, which last year accounted for nine out of 10 new vehicles sold in the country. Can other nations learn from it?

Norway, Electric Vehicles, Sustainability, Transportation, Government Policy

53 points by zfg 38 days ago | 87 comments

Ministers mull allowing private firms to make profit from NHS data in AI push (theguardian.com)
Ministers are considering allowing private companies to make profits from NHS data as part of a push to revolutionise the health service using artificial intelligence, government officials have indicated.

Healthcare, Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy, Government Policy, Business

4 points by chrisjj 39 days ago | 0 comments

WH Executive Order Affecting Chips and AI Models (whitehouse.gov)
Artificial intelligence is quickly becoming central to both security and economic strength.

Artificial Intelligence, Government Policy, Technology, Semiconductor Industry

69 points by atlasunshrugged 39 days ago | 80 comments

Australia moves to drop some cryptography by 2030 – before quantum carves it up (theregister.com)
Australia's chief cyber security agency has decided local orgs should stop using the tech that forms the current cryptographic foundation of the internet by the year 2030 – years before other nations plan to do so – over fears that advances in quantum computing could render it insecure.

Cryptography, Cybersecurity, Quantum Computing, Australia, Government Policy

10 points by rntn 67 days ago | 2 comments

Facebook, Google and TikTok to fund Australian journalism under new tax plan (abc.net.au)
Facebook, Google and TikTok will be forced to fund Australian journalism, even if they do not host it, under a federal government plan to impose a new tax aimed at encouraging the tech platforms to establish funding agreements with news organisations.

Technology, Media, Australia, Government Policy, Journalism

5 points by adrian_mrd 72 days ago | 1 comments

Australia passes law banning under-16s from social media (theguardian.com)
Australia’s parliament has passed a law that will aim to do what no other government has, and many parents have tried to: stop children from using social media.

Australia, Social Media, Government Policy, Children, Legislation

5 points by agotterer 85 days ago | 2 comments

The delusions behind a Bitcoin strategic reserve (ft.com)
In July, Cynthia Lummis, a US senator from Wyoming, introduced a bill to establish what she called a “strategic bitcoin reserve”, a programme instructing the Treasury and the Federal Reserve to buy a million bitcoins over the next five years to then hold them for at least 20 more years.

Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Finance, Government Policy, United States

10 points by perihelions 86 days ago | 0 comments

Tesla excluded from EV buyer credits in California proposal (fortune.com)
Tesla Inc.’s electric vehicles would be shut out from consumer rebates under a proposal by California Gov. Gavin Newsom, pitting the prospective Democratic presidential hopeful against Republican power player Elon Musk.

Electric Vehicles, California, Government Policy, Tesla, Elon Musk

61 points by MiguelX413 87 days ago | 99 comments

Tesla supports killing $7,500 EV tax credit – going directly against its mission (electrek.co)
Tesla reportedly supports the Trump administration’s plan to kill the $7,500 federal tax credit for electric vehicles – something in direct contradiction to Tesla’s original mission to accelerate the entire industry’s transition to electric transport.

Electric Vehicles, Tesla, Government Policy, Tax Credits

6 points by peutetre 98 days ago | 3 comments

Intel financialized and lost leadership in semiconductor fabrication (2021) (nakedcapitalism.com)
Our policy recommendation for the Biden administration is simple: As a condition for giving the U.S. semiconductor industry $50 billion in infrastructure assistance, put a ban on SIA members doing stock buybacks as open-market repurchases.

Semiconductors, Finance, Government Policy, Business

24 points by fanf2 123 days ago | 5 comments

Universities are not just businesses, but an investment in future generations (nature.com)
Many UK universities are in a financial crisis. But the government is leaving them to flounder, treating higher education as a private-sector industry and research as a public investment.

Education, UK Politics, Universities, Higher Education, Government Policy

6 points by rntn 148 days ago | 0 comments

Some countries are ending support for EVs. Is it too soon? (technologyreview.com)
Supporting new technologies can be expensive, but deciding when to wean the public off incentives can be a difficult balancing act.

Electric Vehicles, Government Policy, Sustainability, Economics

6 points by Brajeshwar 150 days ago | 0 comments

Sweden will offer migrants $34k to go home (nytimes.com)
Sweden, a nation long known for its open-arms policy toward migrants, plans to drastically increase its cash offer — by 35 times, to more than $34,000 — to those who agree to go home.

Sweden, Immigration Policy, Government Policy, Europe

142 points by geox 159 days ago | 215 comments

The US government opens up more federal lands for solar – to 31M acres (electrek.co)

Solar Energy, Renewable Energy, Government Policy, Land Use, Climate Change

11 points by mfiguiere 176 days ago | 0 comments

Birthrates are plummeting world wide. Can governments turn the tide? (theguardian.com)

Demographics, World News, Government Policy

11 points by pseudolus 195 days ago | 21 comments

Low-income homes drop Internet service after Congress kills discount program (arstechnica.com)

Internet Access, Poverty, Government Policy

64 points by LinuxBender 207 days ago | 61 comments

China doubles subsidies for EVs in its 'cash for clunkers' program (apnews.com)