<![CDATA[ Latest from Tom's Hardware in Policy ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/policy Thu, 28 Aug 2025 14:58:02 +0000 en <![CDATA[ Google is getting ready to 'hack back' as US considers shifting from cyber defense to offense — new 'Scam Farms' bill opens up new retaliatory hacking actions ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/google-is-getting-ready-to-hack-back-as-us-considers-shifting-from-cyber-defense-to-offense-new-scam-farms-bill-opens-up-new-retaliatory-hacking-actions be93Qrm2AUjTsnSyQCa2t7 Thu, 28 Aug 2025 14:58:02 +0000 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:39:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ White House reveals nebulous plans to put government data on the blockchain — 'The Department of Commerce is going to start issuing its statistics on the blockchain because you are the crypto president' ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/white-house-reveals-nebulous-plans-to-put-department-of-commerce-data-on-the-blockchain-the-department-of-commerce-is-going-to-start-issuing-its-statistics-on-the-blockchain-because-you-are-the-crypto-president so9c4XLnJjah5LxZxtjFfB Wed, 27 Aug 2025 16:17:45 +0000 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:39:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ UK to ban making ransomware payments for some organizations — targets 'public sector bodies and operators of critical national infrastructure' ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/uk-to-ban-making-ransomware-payments-for-some-organizations-targets-public-sector-bodies-and-operators-of-critical-national-infrastructure SGoU6x5rFQc3WCRV8AUUkU Wed, 23 Jul 2025 14:41:03 +0000 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:39:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ Trump administration declares 'most powerful' AI chips will be built in America ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/trump-administration-declares-most-powerful-ai-chips-will-be-built-in-america xqr89b6xQVLQhmNz3VgeaM Wed, 12 Feb 2025 13:45:46 +0000 Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:10:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ El Salvador Emerges as Bitcoin’s Savior ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/bitcoin-rallies-el-salvador-plans GmX9a7bgqCaoCbF7G2Cqtn Fri, 25 Jun 2021 14:09:09 +0000 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:38:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ China Shuts Down Cryptomining Operators, Issues New Restrictions ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/bitcoin-prices-fall-china-mine-closures DAVZwuuETxwqjfUCxKGNW3 Mon, 21 Jun 2021 14:16:36 +0000 Mon, 21 Jun 2021 14:57:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ China's Ban On Cryptocurrency Mining Expands to Additional Provinces ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/china-ban-crypto-mining-expands-more-provinces GXALsuHyiVGBqm3HicDMCk Sat, 12 Jun 2021 19:47:23 +0000 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:38:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ El Salvador Government to Mine Bitcoin with Volcanic Energy ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/el-salvador-plans-mine-bitcoin-volcano LVkLs8Gq6carkCnJrHXWgi Thu, 10 Jun 2021 14:36:41 +0000 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:38:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ Nvidia Reportedly Seeks Chinese Approval of Arm Acquisition ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-seeks-chinese-approval-arm-deal xQYh5bFhsDXPTf8epw8GXA Tue, 08 Jun 2021 14:34:14 +0000 Thu, 21 Aug 2025 12:54:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ Biden Administration Upholds Trump-Era Bans on 59 Chinese Tech Companies ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/biden-administration-upholds-trump-era-bans-on-59-chinese-tech-companies 5YgjvjuR6e6VQDFrQTTauj Fri, 04 Jun 2021 17:02:22 +0000 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:38:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ Arm Reportedly Freezes Hiring, Cancels Some Benefits Until Nvidia Takeover ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/arm-freezes-hiring-cancels-benefits-nvidia-takeover XZCKsYADtC6MuqdMV5eZbE Tue, 25 May 2021 14:28:18 +0000 Thu, 21 Aug 2025 12:55:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ China’s Setting up a Hotline for Snitching on Cryptocurrency Miners ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/china-establishes-cryptocurrency-mining-hotline F5L5N8fkoLLaxUVMYqqmzG Fri, 21 May 2021 14:28:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ Iran Reveals Simorgh Supercomputer, Says Another Is Imminent ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/iran-builds-first-supercomputer xxdCudfzqc6UwspF9vKq9m Thu, 20 May 2021 20:39:03 +0000 Wed, 29 Jan 2025 00:29:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ Nearly Every Big Tech Company Joined the New Semiconductors in America Coalition ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/tech-companies-form-semiconductors-in-america-coalition-lobbying-group DGXsRZda6PVDHjxAfTXziT Tue, 11 May 2021 14:59:23 +0000 Thu, 21 Aug 2025 08:58:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ China's Efforts to Recruit Semiconductor Talent Hit by Taiwan Ban ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/taiwanese-ban-hits-chinas-efforts-to-recruit-semiconductor-talent KVcxCH8avkqJCiEpzK26GD Fri, 30 Apr 2021 18:43:15 +0000 Thu, 21 Aug 2025 09:53:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ Apple Plans to Invest $430 Billion and Create 20,000 Jobs in the US by 2026 ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/apple-commits-430-billion-us-spending-five-years pxCYMWBvAoYo9ookUa72PD Mon, 26 Apr 2021 14:07:51 +0000 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:39:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ Bitcoin's Value Plummets as Biden Mulls Nearly Doubled Capital Gains Tax ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/bitcoin-price-plummets-biden-capital-gains-tax sxsYGnoPLU5GorRehGaPDo Fri, 23 Apr 2021 17:32:21 +0000 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:39:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ Bitcoin-Mining Power Plant Stirs Up Controversy ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/environmentalists-shake-finger-at-finger-lakes-bitcoin-mining rgb4KxsqHMsVxbHywD892c Fri, 16 Apr 2021 16:30:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ Taiwan Diverts Water From Farmers to Chip Makers Amid Historic Drought ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/taiwan-droughts-cause-tension-farmers-chip-makers V4DJRomPWHpYLvXoeC6EDQ Fri, 09 Apr 2021 13:34:02 +0000 Thu, 21 Aug 2025 12:51:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ Feds Accuse John McAfee 'Crypto Team' of Fraudulently Pocketing Over $13 Million ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/feds-accuse-john-mcafee-cryptocurrency-fraud SVSsr4MPD4ef3SQSc6rvuB Sat, 06 Mar 2021 15:24:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ Report: China’s Buying Used Chip-Making Equipment to Skirt US Restrictions ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/china-buys-used-chipmaking-equipment-us-restrictions Cs44EpuLHJS6JWj9CUUSZA Sun, 28 Feb 2021 16:23:12 +0000 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:38:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ Biden Orders Extensive 100-Day Review of Critical American Supply Chains ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/biden-orders-review-critical-american-supply-chains UnueWszoekK3SgpECFuBpB Thu, 25 Feb 2021 15:24:05 +0000 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:39:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ Feds Say Intel Discriminated Against Older Workers in 2015 Layoffs ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/eeoc-says-intel-discriminated-2015-layoffs HinaNVCKQgZ6o64tzoS7bY Wed, 17 Feb 2021 17:49:27 +0000 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:38:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ Huawei US Ban: Self-Made Chips Landed in 8% of 5G Base Stations Huawei Sold Last Quarter ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/huawei-us-ban-5g-chips-stations DSa6nkTZ6pGNqpta25TVEG Tue, 03 Mar 2020 17:49:29 +0000 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:38:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ Huawei Equipment Hit With $1 Billion 'Rip and Replace' Bill ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/huawei-equipment-hit-with-dollar1-billion-rip-and-replace-bill tRxFe4S5WbsUWAGqhgogmK Fri, 28 Feb 2020 15:32:00 +0000 Wed, 05 Feb 2025 13:48:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ Report: TSMC's Reducing Its Reliance on Huawei Amid US Government Scrutiny ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/report-tsmcs-reducing-its-reliance-on-huawei-amid-us-government-posturing PieXqbSVBzQ3MVQdWtf5nZ Wed, 19 Feb 2020 16:21:04 +0000 Thu, 21 Aug 2025 10:09:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ US District Court Judge Rules Against Huawei's Equipment Ban Lawsuit ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/us-district-court-judge-rules-against-huaweis-equipment-ban-lawsuit QxUVWU3NW6q9uLWagxpoWm Wed, 19 Feb 2020 16:17:16 +0000 Wed, 29 Jan 2025 00:29:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ Report: Huawei Finds a New Friend in The Pentagon ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/report-huawei-finds-a-new-friend-in-the-pentagon T5LE9bBtFgQDQ3Fh7RaRt3 Sun, 26 Jan 2020 19:07:06 +0000 Wed, 29 Jan 2025 00:29:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ CEO Sundar Pichai Wants the Government to Regulate Google's AI Efforts ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/google-sundar-pichai-artificial-intelligence-regulation-oped ZoSVRxzrsDSoyTJh4JKpGQ Tue, 21 Jan 2020 22:03:32 +0000 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:39:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ Report: US Considers Expanding a Rule That Would Limit Exports to Huawei ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/report-us-considers-expanding-a-rule-that-would-limit-exports-to-huawei UbZ4K4L7pxfjgTZBvk5w4k Thu, 16 Jan 2020 18:05:14 +0000 Thu, 21 Aug 2025 12:45:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ CES 2020: Everything From Day Four ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/ces-2020-everything-from-day-four Xk7u9mqAWk7zG5cvRyeYa9 Fri, 10 Jan 2020 23:11:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ New US Autonomous Vehicle Guidelines Keep AV Standards Voluntary ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/new-us-autonomous-vehicle-guidelines-keep-av-standards-voluntary cb6V8aRNhe9H67csVxWArN Fri, 10 Jan 2020 14:00:53 +0000 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:39:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ The White House Plans to Reveal New AI Guidelines at CES 2020 ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/white-house-plans-ai-guidelines-ces-2020 hSPC5YXxDH7Vgj6MD94TqN Tue, 07 Jan 2020 18:52:43 +0000 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:39:18 +0000