Hacker News with Generative AI: US Government

US Senate to Revive Software Patents with PERA Bill Vote on Thursday (slashdot.org)
House Speaker walks back plan to repeal CHIPS Act (theregister.com)
The US CHIPS and Science Act's future may depend on the outcome of Tuesday's Presidential Election after House Speaker Mike Johnson suggested the GOP would likely move to repeal the $280 billion funding bill if the party wins a majority in Congress.
SpaceX became too big to fail for US national security (vox.com)
How Musk’s SpaceX became too big to fail for US national security.
US Government Says Relying on Chinese Lithium Batteries Is Too Risky (wired.com)
A new document shows the Department of Homeland Security is concerned that Chinese investment in lithium batteries to power energy grids will make them a threat to US supply chain security.
Chinese hack of US ISPs shows Apple is right about backdoors for law enforcement (9to5mac.com)
It was revealed this weekend that Chinese hackers managed to access systems run by three of the largest internet service providers (ISPs) in the US.
Google threatened with being broken up by US (bbc.com)
The US government is considering seeking the break-up of the world's biggest search engine, Google, which it accuses of causing "pernicious harms" to Americans.
Chinese Cyberattack Is a Disaster of Unimaginable Proportions (hotair.com)
Using a security loophole that allows the US government access to anybody's electronic traffic, Chinese hackers gained access to an unknown quantity (perhaps all) of internet traffic on American networks. In an exclusive report in Saturday's Wall Street Journal the secret breach was revealed.
Family of Ethel Rosenberg say US document proves she was no Soviet spy (theguardian.com)
The family of Ethel Rosenberg, who was sent to the electric chair along with her husband, Julius, in 1953 after being convicted of spying for the Soviets at the height of the Red Scare, have called on Joe Biden to formally exonerate her after a newly released document appeared to show that the US government knew she was not a spy.
OpenAI and Anthropic will share their models with the US government (cnbc.com)
US Government wants to make it easier for you to click the 'unsubscribe' button (apnews.com)
Supreme Court says presidents have 'absolute' immunity for clearly official acts (washingtonpost.com)
US sanctions Boeing for sharing information about 737 MAX 9 investigation (apnews.com)
One in four US households likely exceed new soil lead guidance levels (wiley.com)
US Patent and Trademark Office confirms another leak of filers' address data (techcrunch.com)
ByteDance prefers TikTok shutdown in US if legal options fail, sources say (reuters.com)
US Senate passes TikTok divestment-or-ban bill (reuters.com)
US Senate renews FISA law moments after it expires (nbcnews.com)