Ryan Lovelace

Google says it will create ‘at least 10,000’ new U.S. jobs in 2021

Google said Thursday it will create "at least 10,000 new full-time Google jobs in the U.S. this year" and grow or expand its presence across 19 states nationwide.

March 18, 2021

Rob Portman presses cybersecurity officials on SolarWinds hack

Congress is fed up with a perceived lack of accountability from the federal government over who missed the SolarWinds hack of computer network management software that the federal government said compromised nine federal agencies.

March 18, 2021

McAfee cybersecurity researchers find likely Chinese espionage campaign aimed at telecom companies

Researchers from the cybersecurity company McAfee said they discovered a likely Chinese espionage campaign targeting telecommunication companies.

March 17, 2021

Bipartisan lawmakers push Biden’s Cabinet for answers on fallout from SolarWinds hack

A bipartisan coalition of 14 House Energy and Commerce Committee lawmakers wrote to senior Biden administration officials and Cabinet officers on Wednesday seeking answers about the fallout from the SolarWinds hack of computer network management software.

March 17, 2021

Twitter hacker agrees to plead guilty for three-year prison sentence

The Florida teenager charged in connection with the 2020 hack of prominent Twitter accounts as part of an alleged Bitcoin fraud scheme has agreed to plead guilty in exchange for a three-year incarceration and then three years of probation.

March 16, 2021

FTC partners with foreign regulators for ‘aggressive’ review of pharmaceutical industry

The Federal Trade Commission, in conjunction with foreign governments, is pushing a new effort to overhaul regulation of the pharmaceutical industry.

March 16, 2021

Susan B. Anthony List, pro-life group, gears up for battle over Equal Rights Amendment deadline

The pro-life Susan B. Anthony List is leading a new charge against liberals' attempts to enact the Equal Rights Amendment, with the next skirmish coming over House Democrats' proposal to eliminate the deadline for ratification.

March 15, 2021

Cyberattack closes schools in Buffalo

School was canceled for students in Buffalo, New York, on Monday not because of a snowstorm or the pandemic but because a cyberattack crippled the public school system.

March 15, 2021

Facebook builds tool to show users where to get COVID-19 vaccinations and make appointments

Facebook said Monday it created a tool to help its users find COVID-19 vaccination sites and schedule appointments.

March 15, 2021

Congress-created commission warns of brain drain to China, pushes new artificial intelligence policy

The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence warned Congress on Friday that new policy prioritizing artificial intelligence is needed to prevent a brain drain to China.

March 12, 2021

Jim Jordan raises concerns about antitrust bill targeting Big Tech as benefiting ‘Big Media’

Rep. Jim Jordan, Ohio Republican, challenged the effect of a bipartisan proposal to thwack Big Tech as unintentionally giving "Big Media" too much power.

March 12, 2021

Federal antitrust policy overhaul gains steam from both sides of Senate aisle

An overhaul of federal antitrust policy is gaining bipartisan momentum in Congress with plans that would make it easier for the government to break up Big Tech companies and increase spending on federal enforcement.

March 11, 2021

Vimeo wins Church United case testing Section 230, law protecting tech platforms

A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that the video-hosting platform Vimeo is immune from a lawsuit alleging discrimination on the basis of religion and sexual orientation because of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.

March 11, 2021

Ken Paxton, Texas attorney general, wants legal battle with Twitter in his home state

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Wednesday he wants to fight his legal battle against Twitter in Texas rather than in the San Francisco-based federal court preferred by the social media giant.

March 10, 2021

Conservative watchdog attacks Sheldon Whitehouse over alleged dark money hypocrisy

Conservative watchdog group Americans for Public Trust is attacking Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse in a new six-figure ad buy for his alleged hypocrisy over his gripes about "dark money" affecting politics and the federal judiciary.

March 10, 2021

DARPA, In-Q-Tel fund work to stop China from buying America’s intellectual property

The federal government has a new plan to stop China from buying up America's intellectual property from taxpayer-funded researchers: Pay scientists more taxpayer dollars to turn their research into American businesses.

March 9, 2021

Judicial Crisis Network spending $1M more attacking Vanita Gupta’s nomination to Justice Department

The conservative Judicial Crisis Network said Tuesday it is spending $1 million more attacking Vanita Gupta, President Biden's nominee for associate attorney general.

March 9, 2021

Cybersecurity researchers uncover hacked apps targeting Google Play Store users’ phones

Cybersecurity researchers said they discovered that hackers infected 10 apps in Google's app store enabling them to gain full control over a victim's phone and access to their financial credentials.

March 9, 2021

Democrats rip Facebook’s advertising policies for being too lax after urging end to ad ban

Democratic lawmakers on Monday criticized Facebook's advertising policy for being too permissive despite the Democratic Party's congressional campaign committees labeling the social media company's political ad ban as overly harsh last week.

March 8, 2021

GOP lawmakers want investigation of school closures’ effect on children with disabilities

Republican lawmakers on Monday called for a bipartisan investigation into the effect of coronavirus-related school closures on children with disabilities.

March 8, 2021