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An anonymous reader quotes a report from The New York Times: Airbnb recently announced that it had its best quarter ever, reflecting a surging thirst for travel and tourism as the pandemic’s grip loosens. But in New York City, the company is at the cen…

Newspapers all over the country have been quietly filing antitrust lawsuits against Google and Facebook for the past year, alleging the two firms monopolized the digital ad market for revenue that would otherwise go to local news. From a report: What s…

“The U.S. military has gone on the offensive against ransomware groups,” reports CNET, “as U.S. companies increasingly become targets of malware attacks, the nation’s top cyber defender acknowledged on Saturday.”

Up until about nine months ago, reinin…

Today, Vice President Kamala Harris’ office released a new framework for US space policy, detailing how the Biden administration plans to approach commercial, civil, and military space activity moving forward. From a report: Called the United States Sp…

The Biden administration is looking for communities willing to serve as temporary homes for tens of thousands of metric tons of nuclear waste currently stranded at power plants around the country. Bloomberg reports: The Energy Department filed (PDF) a …

The Biden administration announced plans on Friday to ban travel to the United States from South Africa and seven other countries, just hours after a new coronavirus variant was deemed a highly transmissible virus of concern. From a report: The travel …

あるAnonymous Coward 曰く、下記リンクは日経ビジネスの時代から続く朝鮮問題専門家の鈴置氏のコラムですが、米国が戦略的に中国抜きの半導体サプライチェーン構築を目指す動きを分かりやすくまとめたものとして一読の価値があると思いますsradの過去の半導体関連のトピックの背後にある大きな流れが見て取れます（SKハイニックスの中国工場へのASML社のEUV露光装置の輸出阻止はこのコラムで初めて知りました） 及び腰の韓国を米国は経済制裁で脅す　「西側経済圏」復活で「中国閉め出し」を図る
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U.S. banking agencies provided more insight into their plans for regulating cryptocurrencies on Tuesday, issuing a to-do list of their priorities for next year and announcing a new policy that would require banks to seek permission before offering digi…

Russia has demanded that 13 foreign and mostly U.S. technology companies be officially represented on Russian soil by the end of 2021 or face possible restrictions or outright bans. From a report: The demand, from state communications regulator Roskomn…

Samsung Electronics has decided to build an advanced U.S. chip plant in Texas, a win for the Biden administration as it prioritizes supply chain security and greater semiconductor capacity on American soil. From a report: South Korea’s largest company …