Policy & Regulation

A bipartisan Senate bill, a sweeping executive order on gain-of-function research, and a GAO report exposing transparency gaps converge to reshape how the United States governs biological risk.

The CFPB's landmark open banking rule missed its April 1 compliance deadline after a court injunction and agency reconsideration, but major banks are forging private data-sharing deals that may shape the market before regulators act.

A RUSI Journal paper argues that restoring peatlands, wetlands, and forests along Eastern European frontiers could impede mechanized forces while delivering climate and biodiversity benefits at a fraction of the cost of traditional anti-tank defenses.

ICANN will accept applications for new generic top-level domains from April 30 to August 12, 2026, the first such window since 2012, with a $227,000 evaluation fee per application.

One year after Liberation Day, the collision of Trump-era tariffs with hyperscaler memory hoarding has pushed PC prices up 15-20 percent, forced vendors to exit budget segments, and reshaped the consumer electronics supply chain.

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.

A DOJ final rule requires state and local governments serving 50,000-plus residents to make all digital services WCAG 2.1 AA compliant by April 24, 2026.

A federal judge in Manhattan has ordered OpenAI to hand over more than 100 million de-identified ChatGPT conversation logs to copyright plaintiffs, marking the most aggressive discovery ruling yet in the sprawling litigation over AI training on copyrighted material.

China's Announcement 18 export controls on seven rare earth elements remain permanently active, disrupting defense supply chains and forcing the U.S. to accelerate a mine-to-magnet strategy still years from completion.

A presidential proclamation replaces flat-rate Section 232 duties with a five-tier framework imposing up to 50 percent tariffs on steel, aluminum, and copper imports, effective April 6.

The UK government is redesigning data.gov.uk after finding a quarter of its links broken, shifting from uncurated volume to a curated, AI-ready service as part of a 1.9 billion pound digital push.

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.