Hacker News with Generative AI: Government Policy

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 4 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 4 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 5 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 32 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 37 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 51 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 51 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 52 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 64 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 88 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 113 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 116 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 125 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 141 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 161 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 172 days ago | 61 comments

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