California’s drought regulators lose big case. What it means for state’s power to police water ~enviro Article 970 words 9 votes
On my resignation as regulator of the Dutch intelligence and security services ~misc Article 644 words 14 votes
Norway wants Facebook fined for illegal data transfers – European regulators are finalizing a decision blocking Meta from transferring data to the US ~tech social media facebook privacy Article 569 words 6 votes
Food and Drug Administration clears path for hearing aids to be sold over the counter in the USA ~health healthcare Article 912 words 18 votes
US Supreme Court curbs Environmental Protection Agency's ability to fight climate change ~enviro climate change Article 29 votes
Elon Musk’s regulatory woes mount as US moves closer to recalling Tesla’s self-driving software ~transport Article 10 votes
Danish farmers turn their backs on mink after Covid mutation cull – just a handful of mink breeders express an interest in re-entering fur industry ~enviro Article 555 words 3 votes
Nurdles: The massive, unregulated source of plastic pollution you’ve probably never heard of ~enviro pollution.water plastics.micro Article 4691 words, published May 6 2022 10 votes
Canada eliminates mandatory waiting period for gay men to donate blood ~lgbt Article 342 words 17 votes
The nuclear industry argues regulators don’t understand new small reactors ~enviro energy Article 9 votes
Tesla recalls 53,822 vehicles running "full self-driving" because they won't stop at stop signs ~transport Article 296 words 22 votes
Dutch museums and concert halls open as hair salons to protest Covid rules ~health Article 444 words 6 votes
Kosovo pulls the plug on its energy-guzzling bitcoin miners ~finance cryptocurrency Article 901 words 8 votes
China’s next regulatory target — algorithms, the secret of many tech giants’ success ~tech internet Article 666 words, published Jan 7 2022 13 votes
US phone companies must now block carriers that didn’t meet Federal Communications Commission robocall deadline ~tech Article 886 words 18 votes
Swedish fuel retailers required to display eco-labels at pumps – colour-coded labels will show buyers the percentage of renewables and fossil raw materials ~transport Article 350 words 2 votes
China’s regulators said to slow their approval of new online games, as Beijing’s campaign against gaming addiction heats up ~games Link 6 votes
Regulators and reality: The FTC's case against Facebook ~tech social media facebook Article 3025 words 5 votes
US FTC: Facebook was bad at business, so it “illegally bought or buried” competition ~tech facebook Article 518 words 14 votes
PrEP, the HIV prevention pill, must now be totally free under almost all US insurance plans ~health healthcare medicine Article 1158 words 16 votes
New Norwegian law will require advertisements where a body's shape, size, or skin has been retouched to be labeled ~tech social media Article 411 words 16 votes
How ugly chins help SUVs dodge regulations ~transport Article 1020 words, published Sep 25 2020 9 votes
Is recycling worth it anymore? The truth is complicated. ~enviro recycling Video 15:53, published Apr 21 2021 13 votes
Supreme Court of the United States Justice Clarence Thomas argues for regulating large internet platforms as common carriers ~tech internet Article 535 words 21 votes
Brazil’s consumer protection regulator fines Apple $2M for not including charger in iPhone 12 box ~tech apple Link 11 votes
Facebook is a global mafia ~tech social media facebook internet Article 343 words, published Feb 18 2021 10 votes
Keith Gill (Roaring Kitty/DFV)'s opening statement to Congress regarding GameStop ~finance PDF 22 votes
Nationalism, prejudice, and US Food and Drug Administration regulation ~health Article 656 words 3 votes
All a gig-economy pioneer had to do was “politely disagree” it was violating US Federal law and the Labor Department walked away ~finance business Article 2058 words 8 votes
Scottish fishermen have increasingly turned to fish auctions in Denmark to avoid having their deliveries to the EU blocked by post-Brexit red tape ~finance Article 306 words 6 votes
What the hole is going on? The very real, totally bizarre bucatini shortage of 2020. ~food Article 4015 words 11 votes
US Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing manipulated 737 Max tests during recertification ~transport Article 376 words 17 votes
No cookie for you - Github removes all non-essential cookies ~tech browsers Article 299 words 24 votes
2020 has been marked by irresponsible, unaccountable, myopic behavior by those in power, both in gaming and the world at large ~games Article 1804 words, published Dec 4 2020 8 votes
European Commission proposes Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act: New rules for all digital services, including social media, online marketplaces, and other platforms operating in the EU ~tech social media internet Link 10 votes
Rebuilding after a wildfire? Most states don't require fire-resistant materials ~enviro Article 2036 words 6 votes
The end of the American internet - Technology is becoming a regulated industry, and we can no longer assume that companies, products, and users will be primarily from the USA ~tech internet Article 335 words 11 votes
Uber is hurting drivers like me in its legal fight in California ~transport Article 1089 words 3 votes
Demand for whale meat in Norway rising after years of decline – conservationists say relaxing of regulations poses threat to welfare of minke whales ~enviro conservation Article 576 words 6 votes