Hacker News with Generative AI: Regulations

Texas considers allowing treated fracking water released into rivers (texastribune.org)
Title Register and Drive Kei Vehicles (colorado.gov)
A kei vehicle is the smallest road-legal, 4-wheeled vehicle in Japan and is imported into the United States as a used vehicle.
FCC threatens EchoStar licenses for spectrum that SpaceX wants to use (arstechnica.com)
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr has threatened to revoke EchoStar licenses for radio frequency bands coveted by rival firms including SpaceX, which alleges that EchoStar is underutilizing the spectrum.
The FTC puts off enforcing its 'click-to-cancel' rule (theverge.com)
Companies now have until July 14th to make it as easy to cancel subscriptions as it is to sign up for them.
Why Laptop Batteries Can't Get Any Bigger (For Now) (ifixit.com)
No matter how fast powerful laptops get, and no matter how ridiculously big and beefy a portable gaming rig might be, their batteries are basically stuck at their current size. Why? You can thank the Federal Aviation Administration.
EU abandons ePrivacy reform to boost AI competitiveness (techcrunch.com)
A long-stalled bid to beef up European Union rules around online tracking technologies and put penalties on a similar footing to the bloc’s data protection framework, GDPR, has been withdrawn by the Commission after co-legislators failed to reach agreement over the plan.
Digital Dinosaurs Supervising Medtech: Getting Audited by the Berlin Authorities (eidel.io)
At my company, we’ve had the questionable privilege to attend multiple audits of medical software manufacturers by the Berlin authorities. I’d like to share a few anecdotes. I’ll stick to the facts, and you can form your own opinion:
FTC rule on unfair or deceptive fees to take effect on May 12 (ftc.gov)
Embedded Developers Should Care About the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) (hackster.io)
If you’re building embedded or IoT systems, CRA will reshape how you think about security — from boot processes to long-term patching.
Self-Driving Cars Have New Rules in the U.S. Here's Why That Matters (scientificamerican.com)
On April 24, with a brief video and a few dozen pages, the U.S.’s driverless car rulebook got a reboot.
Apple App Store guidelines remove ban on encouraging external payments in US (apple.com)
Apps are changing the world, enriching people’s lives, and enabling developers like you to innovate like never before.
US to loosen rules on self-driving vehicles criticised by Elon Musk (ft.com)
US to loosen rules on self-driving vehicles criticised by Elon Musk
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.
AI generated text is forbidden with the exception of automated translation (grapheneos.org)
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Europe Wants to Ban Carbon Fiber (motor1.com)
Llama 4 Is Banned in the EU: Open AI, Region-Locked (dionwiggins.substack.com)
Meta’s Llama 4 model is banned for use by any EU-based entity, with the restriction hardcoded into its license. This unprecedented move isn’t technical—it’s legal—and reflects Meta’s attempt to sidestep immediate regulatory burdens imposed by the EU AI Act.
Brazil Set to Redefine Broadcasting with TV 3.0 (tvtechnology.com)
DOE withdraws, postpones multiple appliance energy efficiency rules (utilitydive.com)
The U.S. Department of Energy on Monday announced it would withdraw four appliance efficiency standards and officially postpone the effective dates for three other rules, continuing the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the agency’s appliance efficiency program.
China clarifies chip import rules, impacting US firms with domestic fabs (chinadaily.com.cn)
The China Semiconductor Industry Association on Friday clarified regulations governing the origin determination of semiconductors for import declarations, impacting US chip makers that have US-based plants.
Under 16 no longer allowed to livestream on Instagram without parental consent (apnews.com)
Democratic-led cities and states push back on threats to cut US school funding over DEI
The speech police: Chairman Brendan Carr and the FCC's news distortion policy (arstechnica.com)
France fines Apple €150M for “excessive” pop-ups that let users reject tracking (arstechnica.com)
France's competition regulator fined Apple €150 million, saying the iPhone maker went overboard in its implementation of pop-up messages that let users consent to or reject tracking that third-party applications use for targeted advertising.
EU looks to hit Big Tech in crackdown on US services exports (ft.com)
EU looks to hit US services in tariff retaliation
China bans compulsory facial recognition; use in private spaces like hotel rooms (theregister.com)
China’s Cyberspace Administration and Ministry of Public Security have outlawed the use of facial recognition without consent.
EU accuses Google and Apple of breaking its rules, risking Trump clash (theguardian.com)
The European Commission has accused the US tech companies Google and Apple of breaking its digital rules, in a landmark action that could escalate transatlantic tension with Donald Trump.
Moving away from US cloud services (martijnhols.nl)
For years, using US clouds in the EU has been questionable. Time and time again, data-sharing agreements between the EU and the US get busted, showing there's just no legal compatibility between EU privacy rights and US spying laws.
CCP will enforce clear flagging of all AI generated content starting (tomshardware.com)
Y Combinator urges the White House to support Europe's Digital Markets Act (techcrunch.com)
Y Combinator, one of the world’s most prolific startup accelerators, sent a letter on Wednesday urging the Trump administration to openly support Europe’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), a wide-ranging piece of legislation that aims to crack open Big Tech’s market power.
EPA head says he'll roll back dozens of environmental regulations (tampabay.com)
In what he called the “most consequential day of deregulation in American history,” the head of the Environmental Protection Agency announced a series of actions Wednesday to roll back landmark environmental regulations, including rules on pollution from coal-fired power plants, climate change and electric vehicles.
Lightning over Shipping Lanes Suddenly Halved Following New Regulations (sciencealert.com)
Using data from a global lightning detection network, my colleagues and I have been studying how exhaust plumes from ships are associated with an increase in the frequency of lightning.