Young Claims Momentum on Bill to Boost U.S. Tech Industry – WIBC – Indianapolis News & Politics

(INDIANAPOLIS) – Indiana Senator Todd Young says he sees progress on a long-stalled bill aimed at building the U.S.’s high-tech industry.

It’s been more than a year since 19 Republicans joined most Senate Democrats to pass a bill which seeks to help American companies compete with China in producing and developing items like semiconductors and artificial intelligence with natio…….

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DeSantis knocked down in battle with tech industry – POLITICO

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Rejected — As the summer of litigation for Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida Republicans continues, a federal appeals court on Monday handed the governor a major setback, nixing a law aimed at large social media companies that barred them from censoring political candidates.

Pushing back— The law — one of DeSantis’ top priorities from last year —…….

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Apple pauses Russian product sales as tech industry responds to Ukraine invasion – San Francisco Chronicle

Apple said Tuesday that it would pause product sales in Russia, becoming the latest major corporation to cut ties after the invasion of Ukraine.

Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s minister of digital transformation, said on social media that Apple had stopped Russian online sales, a few days after Federov wrote a letter to CEO Tim Cook calling for solidarity with Ukraine.

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The tech industry talks about boosting diversity, but research shows little improvement – New Canaan Advertiser

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Donald T. Tomaskovic-Devey, UMass Amherst and JooHee Han, University of Oslo

(THE CONVERSATION) The U.S. tech sector is growing 10 times faster and has wages twice as high as the rest of the economy. This industry also wins the race for high…….

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