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The Biden administration on Friday announced $930 million in grants designed to expand rural access to broadband internet. Part of the Department of Commerce’s “Enabling Middle Mile Broadband Infrastructure Program,” the grants will fund the deployment of more than 12,000 miles of new fiber optic cable across 35 states and Puerto Rico. The administration said Friday it expects grant recipients to invest an additional $848.46 million, a commitment that should double the program's impact. “Much like how the interstate…

Bristol Myers Squibb on Friday sued the Biden administration over Medicare's new powers to slash drug prices, the third such lawsuit to be filed against the program in a matter of days.The lawsuit, filed in federal district court in New Jersey, argues the Medicare negotiations violate the First and Fifth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution. Bristol Myers Squibb has asked the court to declare the program unconstitutional and prevent the Health and Human Services Department from forcing the company to enter negotiations.The…

Nigerian President, Bola Tinubu, has said that his administration will focus on five key areas, namely security, economy, job creation, agriculture and infrastructure to develop the country. The president stated this Thursday while inaugurating the National Economic Council (NEC) that is expected to work as the economic policy advisory body of his administration. The event took place at the council chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The council is made of the country’s 36 governor who were all in…

The right-to-repair movement has suffered a setback in Massachusetts this week. The Biden administration told car manufacturers not to comply with a state law that would allow independent auto shops and car owners the ability to fix their own vehicles.Cops Pull Over Self-Driving CarVice first reported that the major concern the Biden administration’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has with the law, which is colloquially titled the Data Access Law, is hacking. To express these concerns, Kerry Kolodziej,…

Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto | Getty ImagesGlobal drugmaker Merck on Tuesday sued the Biden administration over Medicare's new powers to substantially reduce drug prices for seniors under the Inflation Reduction Act, the opening salvo in the pharmaceutical industry's efforts to weaken the program.In a scathing complaint filed in federal district court, Merck excoriated the negotiation process as a "sham" and "tantamount to extortion."The drugmaker accused the federal government of employing what the company described as an…

Swiss authorities are investigating a cyber attack on the IT company Xplain, whose clients include many federal and cantonal government departments, including the army and customs. The online attack was revealed on Saturday by the newspaper Le Temps, which reported that "several cantonal police forces, the Swiss army and the Federal Office of Police (Fedpol) have been indirectly affected". Xplain "has been the victim of a cyber attack by the PLAY ransomware group and has therefore filed a complaint with the Berne cantonal…

Biden administration officials are divided over how aggressively new artificial intelligence tools should be regulated — and their differences are playing out this week in Sweden.Some White House and Commerce Department officials support the strong measures proposed by the European Union for AI products such as ChatGPT and Dall-E, people involved in the discussions said. Meanwhile, US national security officials and some in the State Department say aggressively regulating this nascent technology will put the nation at a…

Treasury officials prepare to change how the U.S. processes agencies’ payments if Congress doesn’t raise the limit in time. Treasury officials prepare to change how the U.S. processes agencies’ payments if Congress doesn’t raise the limit in time. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all…

The White House is seeking public input on rules for new artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT. The White House is seeking public input on rules for new artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you are…

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