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The Biden administration has been accused by the House Judiciary Committee and its Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government of conducting unlawful “broad” surveillance of citizens’ private financial data without a warrant and with no evidence of any crimes being committed by the individuals. In a new interim report released on March […]

Former President Donald Trump won Super Tuesday—taking 14 of 15 elections. But looking at the exit data, what stands out—a day later?

The governor of Texas says he’s prepared for a conflict with federal authorities, as the state ignored Friday yet another deadline to vacate border areas. We bring you the latest on the border standoff. Americans’ browsing data are in the hands of the federal government. Newly declassified documents show the National Security Agency has been […]

In former President Donald Trump’s election case, Twitter tried to get permission to let President Trump know that special counsel Jack Smith was attempting to access his data. In so doing, they appealed to the full court—but the federal appeals court said on Tuesday that it would not get involved. NTD spoke to Paul Kamenar, […]

NEW YORK—Hackers accessed Xfinity customers’ personal information by exploiting a vulnerability in software used by the company, the Comcast-owned telecommunications business announced this week. In a Monday notice to customers, Xfinity said there was unauthorized access to internal systems as a result of this vulnerability—which was previously announced by software provider Citrix—between Oct. 16 and […]

Meta, formerly known as Facebook, is suing the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in a bid to block the agency from expanding a 2020 privacy order. In May this year, the FTC alleged that Meta failed to comply with a 2020 privacy order and proposed expanding its scope to prohibit the company from monetizing the […]

President Joe Biden has issued an executive order to rein in artificial intelligence—but will the measures go far enough? The founder of DarkBox Security Systems, Andrew Sternke, has called on Congress to pass “comprehensive transparency legislation that extends to all the various AI entities, including public disclosure, to foster broader accountability.”  

China’s exports and imports both fell in September compared to a year ago. Official data showed imports and exports sliding 6.2 percent. an official told reporters at a briefing that China’s foreign trade would see “a lot of challenges” in the rest of the year. Volkswagen Sees Decline in China Market Meanwhile, German car maker […]

Genetic testing company 23andMe said on Friday that it had launched an investigation into a possible data breach after the personal data of millions of users was put up for sale on the dark web. A hacker advertised the personal information of seven million users on an online forum, which includes the users’ origin estimation, […]

With AI becoming more present in everyone’s daily life, some people have noticed bias when interacting with popular language models, such as ChatGPT. NTD spoke with Phil Siegel, the Founder of Captrs, an AI company for simulation programming to address future threats, to dig deeper into the issue.  

The House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce holds a hearing on “Mapping America’s Supply Chains: Solutions to Unleash Innovation, Boost Economic Resilience, and Beat China” at 10:30 a.m. ET on Sept. 20. WITNESSES Chris Griswold, policy director, American Compass Deena Ghazarian, founder and chief executive officer, Austere Justin Slaughter, policy […]

A Chinese data collection firm is potentially aiding the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) spy operations on the United States. The company called Logink is state-controlled, which means the Chinese regime could have access to its information—including logistics data of U.S. commercial and military shipments. Meanwhile, Chinese malware is purportedly threatening U.S. networks. NTD spoke with […]

Zoom, the popular video conferencing platform, is now facing questions for collecting user data without consent, including from private conversations, and for using it to train artificial intelligence models. A now-deleted viral tweet read: “Zoom terms of service now require you to allow AI to train on ALL your data — audio, facial recognition, private […]

A new congressional probe has found that tax preparation companies like H&R Block have been sharing taxpayer data with Meta and Google for years. We spoke to assistant professor and social media expert Andrew Selepak for his insights on the implications for Americans’ data—and possible repercussions for the companies involved.  

Three large tax preparation firms sent “extraordinarily sensitive” information on tens of millions of taxpayers to Google and Facebook parent company Meta over the course of at least two years, according to a group of congressional Democrats Wednesday. U.S. consumer prices saw their smallest annual increase in more than two years. The CPI report Wednesday […]

TikTok has admitted to storing some U.S. user data on China-based servers, which differs from its CEO’s previous testimony to Congress that “American data stored on American soil.” The Chinese video-sharing platform confirmed this in a letter dated June 16 made in response to questions raised by Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn) […]

The U.S. national debt has surpassed $32 trillion for the first time in U.S. history, Treasury Department data released on June 17 showed. The national debt as of June 16 is at an all-time high of $32.04 trillion, according to the Treasury’s daily statement (pdf). This represents about $25 trillion in debt held by the public, and about $7 […]