Industry regulation
China Evergrande founder pleads guilty to fraud in Shenzhen court
NANJING, CHINA – APRIL 14, 2026 – An aerial view of a Evergrande property in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China on April 14, 2026. (Photo credit should read CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images) Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images The founder of China Evergrande Group, the world’s most indebted property developer, pleaded guilty to charges including misuse […]
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SEC taps Gibson Dunn attorney to be new enforcement director
The seal of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seen at their headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S. Andrew Kelly | Reuters The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has tapped David Woodcock, a Gibson Dunn lawyer and former agency official, to be its next enforcement director after the regulator’s top cop abruptly quit last […]
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Can we control AI? Google DeepMind’s plan for responsible AI
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Google DeepMind’s Dawn Bloxwich and Tom Lue join “The Tech Download” to explore one of the biggest questions in technology today: Can we control AI? They break down how DeepMind is building safeguards, stress‑testing its models and working with global regulators to […]
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Salesforce’s Benioff calls for AI regulation, says models have become ‘suicide coaches’
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said Tuesday that “there has to be some regulation” of artificial intelligence, pointing to several documented cases of suicide linked to the technology. “This year, you really saw something pretty horrific, which is these AI models became suicide coaches,” Benioff told CNBC’s Sarah Eisen Tuesday at the World Economic Forum’s flagship […]
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Trump administration must fund U.S. consumer finance watchdog, judge says
A view of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) headquarters building in Washington, DC, on Feb. 10, 2025. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a claim by President Donald Trump’s administration that it is legally barred from securing funding for the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, noting that […]
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Roomba’s bankruptcy may wreck a lot more than one robot vacuum maker
Medianews Group/boston Herald Via Getty Images | Medianews Group | Getty Images Los Angeles resident Ruth Horne, 76, enticed by a bargain, bought what she thought was a Roomba to vacuum her house, but the experience ended in frustration. “It kept getting stuck somewhere and would then just go around in circles,” Horne said. She […]
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‘Palooza in Cryptoland:’ Bitwise predicts fresh ETF surge despite rough stretch for digital assets
ETF Edge ‘Palooza in Cryptoland:’ Bitwise predicts fresh ETF surge despite rough stretch for digital assets Published Wed, Nov 19 20257:00 AM EST Blair Bao WATCH LIVE Source
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Why it appears Washington is becoming friendlier toward crypto ETFs under Trump
ETF Edge Why it appears Washington is becoming friendlier toward crypto ETFs under Trump Published Wed, Jul 30 20257:00 AM EDT Siena Griffin@siena_griffin WATCH LIVE Source
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Trump fires Democratic board members of credit union watchdog
Todd Harper, chairman of the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), during a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, May 16, 2023. Nathan Howard | Bloomberg | Getty Images The White House has fired two Democratic board members of the National Credit Union Administration, the officials said on Wednesday, as President Donald […]
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Why oil companies may not love Pres. Trump’s ‘drill, baby, drill’ agenda
President Donald Trump is urging oil producers to “drill, baby, drill.” U.S. oil and gas investors may not be on board with the plan. “Right now, with low oil prices, I think we’re going to start to see a lot of companies starting to pare back on their capital spending,” said Clark Williams-Derry, an energy finance […]
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