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Executive Order N-5-26 requires AI vendors seeking California state contracts to certify safeguards against illegal content, bias, and civil rights violations within 120 days.

The CFPB's April 1 compliance deadline for its landmark Personal Financial Data Rights rule passed without enforcement after a federal judge enjoined the regulation and the agency itself declared it unlawful, leaving the future of U.S. open banking to a market moving faster than its regulators.

The FCC seeks public comment on dedicated drone spectrum bands, streamlined experimental licensing, and new innovation zones as part of the Trump administration's push to replace banned foreign drones with domestic alternatives.

At least nine bills across six states have been introduced in 2026 to regulate the collection of brain and nervous system data, as consumer neurotechnology devices proliferate and the federal MIND Act awaits action in Congress.

A proposed ban on stablecoin yield payments has triggered a lobbying war between banks and crypto exchanges, with billions in deposits and a new financial architecture at stake.

California, New York, and Connecticut have enacted laws restricting algorithmic rent-setting tools, while the DOJ's landmark settlement with RealPage forces the industry to abandon real-time competitor data sharing.

Judge Brinkema's ad tech remedy decision is expected any day, while the DOJ appeals Judge Mehta's search ruling and the EU enforces its own fine

A software defect during an overnight update let Lloyds, Halifax, and Bank of Scotland app users see other customers' transactions, account numbers, and National Insurance numbers for nearly five hours.

A TechCrunch investigation identifies at least six incidents where police and firefighters had to manually drive Waymo vehicles during emergencies, including an Austin mass shooting and a California wildfire.

The CMA proposed its first conduct requirements under the UK's new digital markets law, targeting Google's AI Overviews, search ranking, and choice screens, while securing app store commitments from Apple and Google effective April 1.

The U.S. government is simultaneously encouraging universal wearable adoption through an HHS advertising campaign and loosening FDA oversight of wellness devices, while the health data these sensors generate remains largely unprotected by federal privacy law.

The UK's FCA will enforce full oversight of BNPL products from July 15, while New York has proposed the first comprehensive state licensing framework — filling a gap left by the CFPB's withdrawal of federal consumer protections.