CryptoNews

SEC's Crypto Enforcement Chief Departs After 9 Years

June 19, 2024
The head of the Crypto Asset and Cyber Unit at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s Division of Enforcement has left the agency after nine years of service. Under his guidance, the SEC took many enforcement actions against crypto firms, including major crypto trading exchanges Binance and Coinbase. SEC’s Crypto Enforcement Unit Leader Departs David Hirsch, the chief of the…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Anthropic’s red team methods are a needed step to close AI security gaps

June 18, 2024
AI red teaming is proving effective in discovering security gaps that other security approaches can’t see, saving AI companies from having their models used to produce objectionable content. Anthropic released its AI red team guidelines last week, joining a group of AI providers that include Google, Microsoft, NIST, NVIDIA and OpenAI, who have also released comparable frameworks. All announced…
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DefenseNews

How many F-35s to buy? Draft defense bills disagree

June 18, 2024
The Senate’s proposed National Defense Authorization Act would leave the military’s planned purchases of 68 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters in fiscal 2025 unchanged. The chamber’s draft NDAA, which members of the Senate Armed Services Committee unveiled Friday, represents the latest of three different approaches lawmakers are taking to F-35 purchases for next year, which must be reconciled at…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Proposed California bill seeks to rein in fast electric bicycle speeds

June 18, 2024
If a proposed new bill eventually becomes law, higher-speed electric bicycles (e-bikes) may soon have a tougher row to hoe in California. Electric bicycle speeds in the state, which uses a similar three-class system as most of the US, are limited to either 20 mph (32 km/h) for Class 1 and 2 electric bicycles or 28 mph (45 km/h) for Class 3 electric bicycles. However, because electric bicycles are…
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