Hacker News with Generative AI: Policy

Estonia eschews phone bans in schools and takes leap into AI (theguardian.com)
While many schools in England have banned smartphones, in Estonia – regarded as the new European education powerhouse – students are regularly asked to use their devices in class, and from September they will be given their own AI accounts.

Education, Artificial Intelligence, Estonia, Technology, Policy

9 points by atlasunshrugged 32 days ago | 4 comments

Tariff Exemptions Are Terrible News for Electronics Repairability (ifixit.com)
The US trade war is likely to have an unintended casualty: Repairability.

Electronics Repair, Trade Wars, Policy, Consumerism, Sustainability

6 points by gnabgib 36 days ago | 0 comments

US to limit Covid boosters to over-65s or those at high risk (yahoo.com)
The United States will restrict routine Covid-19 boosters to people over 65 or those at higher risk of serious illness, while requiring new placebo-controlled trials to justify vaccination in healthy individuals under that age, senior officials said Tuesday.

Health, COVID-19, Public Health, Policy, Vaccination

8 points by sundaeofshock 38 days ago | 0 comments

Yearly Covid shots will no longer be approved for healthy adults and children (pbs.org)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Annual COVID-19 shots for healthy younger adults and children will no longer be routinely approved under a major new policy shift unveiled Tuesday by the Trump administration.

Public Health, COVID-19, Policy, Vaccination

23 points by geox 38 days ago | 5 comments

AI labor displacement and the limits of worker retraining (brookings.edu)
Worker retraining programs are often proposed as a policy response to AI-driven labor displacement, but it’s not clear that they have previously worked very well.

Artificial Intelligence, Labor, Workforce Development, Policy

5 points by hn_acker 41 days ago | 0 comments

Dominion Energy's NEM 2.0 Proposal: What It Means for Solar in Virginia (virtuesolar.com)
Dominion Energy has officially filed its proposal to overhaul net metering in Virginia, and the changes they’re pushing could deal a serious blow to solar installations in Virginia.

Energy, Solar, Virginia, Policy, Regulation

46 points by Vsolar 42 days ago | 58 comments

NSF caps indirect costs at 15% for new university grants (rdworldonline.com)
The National Science Foundation will limit reimbursement for facilities and administrative (F&A) costs on all new awards to U.S. colleges and universities to 15% of modified total direct costs starting May 5, upending a decades-old system of institution-specific negotiated rates.

Science, Funding, Research, Education, Policy

5 points by gmays 43 days ago | 0 comments

DOGE Is Bringing Back a Deadly Disease (theatlantic.com)
Cuts to agencies that protect workers’ lungs are going to result in the resurgence of a preventable illness.

Health, Policy, Cryptocurrency, Disease

78 points by voxadam 48 days ago | 20 comments

Bureaucratic Incentives and Effectiveness of the One Child Policy in China (nber.org)
China’s total fertility rate declined very little following implementation of the One Child Policy (OCP) in 1979/1980, but then fell sharply, by more than one-third, during the early 1990s.

China, Demographics, Economics, Policy

4 points by paulpauper 52 days ago | 0 comments

Corporation for Public Broadcasting Statement Regarding Executive Order (cpb.org)
WASHINGTON, D.C, (May 2, 2025) — Patricia Harrison, President and CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), issued the following statement today regarding the President’s Executive Order on public media:

Public Broadcasting, Government, Media, Policy

392 points by coloneltcb 56 days ago | 560 comments

Quebec to ban cellphones in elementary and high schools (nationalpost.com)
The Legault government will ban cellphones in all of the province’s primary and secondary schools as of the new school year.

Education, Technology, Quebec, Policy, Schools

12 points by andy99 57 days ago | 0 comments

Finland Bans Smartphones in Schools (yle.fi)
Finnish Parliament voted on Tuesday to approve a law that restricts the use of mobile devices by pupils at primary and secondary schools.

Education, Finland, Technology, Policy

790 points by freetonik 58 days ago | 472 comments

Clean energy manufacturers cancel projects as Trump-era policies take hold (manufacturingdive.com)
Clean energy manufacturers canceled, closed or downsized nearly $8 billion in projects in the first quarter of 2025, as the Trump administration's rollback of support for the sector sets in.

Clean energy, Policy, Manufacturing, Trump Administration

13 points by nickcotter 61 days ago | 1 comments

Former Edison executive, now a lawmaker, seeks to cut rooftop solar credits (latimes.com)
Nearly 2 million California rooftop solar owners could lose the energy credits that help them cover what they spent to install the expensive climate-friendly systems under a proposed state bill.

Solar Energy, California Politics, Policy, Environment, Renewable Energy

21 points by miguelazo 66 days ago | 2 comments

US Delay in Banning Food Dyes Is a Symptom of a Larger Problem (malone.news)
Today, Secretary Kennedy and FDA Commissioner Makary announced another step forward in the “Make America Healthy Again” initiative.

Food Safety, Government, Health, Policy

4 points by abctx 66 days ago | 0 comments

The Navy's experiment with hands in pockets under review, top admiral says (taskandpurpose.com)
Sailors rejoiced last year when then-Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti announced that they could finally put their hands in their pockets while in uniform. But those days might be over.

Military, Policy, Uniform, Navy, Regulations

6 points by PaulHoule 70 days ago | 6 comments

Tariffs Are About to Hit Lifesaving Medical Equipment (motherjones.com)
For millions of disabled people, essential health devices known as durable medical equipment, or DME—think of CPAP machines or in-home dialysis equipment—help them both remain at home and stay alive.

Medical Devices, Healthcare, Policy, Economics

6 points by josefresco 70 days ago | 0 comments

USDA's Regional Food Business Centers Caught in Federal Funding Freeze (civileats.com)
The program, which supports business development for local and regional farms, has been put on ice since the Trump administration took office.

Agriculture, Government Funding, Food Industry, Rural Development, Policy

9 points by mooreds 71 days ago | 0 comments

Alberta introduces involuntary drug treatment act, first of its kind in Canada (theglobeandmail.com)
The Alberta government has introduced its involuntary drug treatment act, the first bill of its kind in Canada that would grant parents, police and health care workers the power to refer people with severe addictions into care against their will.

Health, Law, Canada, Addiction, Policy

12 points by petethomas 73 days ago | 0 comments

MTA says tolls keeping 82k drivers a day out of Manhattan (gothamist.com)

Traffic, Transportation, Policy

5 points by geox 74 days ago | 1 comments

Federal Government's letter to Harvard demanding changes [pdf] (harvard.edu)

Government, Higher Education, Lawsuits, Policy

169 points by moelf 74 days ago | 113 comments

New White House AI Policies Introduce Government by AI (lawfaremedia.org)
New AI policies shift federal strategy from government with AI to government by AI—with major stakes for the public and startups.

Artificial Intelligence, Government, Policy

24 points by hn_acker 78 days ago | 11 comments

Europe's AI Leadership with an Ambitious AI Continent Action Plan (europa.eu)
To become a global leader in artificial intelligence (AI) is the objective of the AI Continent Action Plan launched on April 9 2025.

Europe, AI, Policy, Technology, Government

4 points by hoxmark 78 days ago | 1 comments

High-level discussions to phase out petrol and diesel vehicles (in India) (indiatimes.com)

Transportation, India, Environment, Policy

5 points by gnabgib 83 days ago | 0 comments

Executive order phases out U.S. Treasury paper checks (bankingjournal.aba.com)
Under a new executive order from President Trump, effective Sept. 30, the U.S. Treasury will no longer issue paper checks for disbursements, including tax refunds, vendor payments, benefit payments and intergovernmental transfers.

Government, Finance, Technology, Policy

14 points by walterbell 89 days ago | 15 comments

NIH has rescinded its scientific integrity policy (bsky.app)

Science, Policy, Government

45 points by doener 89 days ago | 15 comments

Rescission of the Final Scientific Integrity Policy of the NIH (grants.nih.gov)

Science, Government, Policy, Healthcare

11 points by danso 90 days ago | 2 comments

Europe's New Initiatives to Attract Global Scientists and Researchers (substack.com)

Europe, Science, Research, Immigration, Policy

11 points by andrewstetsenko 95 days ago | 0 comments

California bill would force ISPs to offer 100Mbps plans for $15 a month (arstechnica.com)
A proposed state law in California would force Internet service providers to offer $15 monthly plans to people with low incomes.

California, Affordable Internet, Policy, Legislation

17 points by pseudolus 96 days ago | 7 comments

Key principles on in-game virtual currencies (europa.eu)
This site is managed by: Directorate-General for Communication

Virtual Currencies, Gaming, EU Regulations, Policy

12 points by seventhtiger 98 days ago | 0 comments