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Federal Government’s Penny Pinching Could Spur States to Set New Rounding Rules for Cash Sales Retailers are pushing for national rules to allow businesses to round cash sales to the nearest nickel...
OH Gov Vetoes Bill to Expand Youth Work Hours Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) vetoed a bill ( SB 50 ) that would have allowed 14- and 15-year-olds to work until 9 p.m. year-round. DeWine said in his veto message...
Trump to Issue National AI Rule President Donald Trump said he would issue an executive order this week establishing a single national rule for artificial intelligence, presumably preempting various...
A legacy of the #MeToo Movement has been an increased focus nationwide on pay transparency. Pay transparency laws are perhaps most often thought of as requirements that employers disclose compensation...
States Continue to Target AI-Driven Rental Pricing Nineteen states are considering bills that would limit the use of third-party software relying on competitor data to set rental housing prices, according...
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) sent a letter to the Massachusetts attorney general’s office last week giving the state the go-ahead to enforce the right to repair law voters approved there in 2020. That notification was a U-turn for the agency, which in June instructed automakers not to comply with the Massachusetts law, saying the “open data platform” it called for could place cars sold in the state at risk of being taken over by hackers. (WIRED)
Nvidia reported second quarter revenue of $13.51 billion, an 88% increase from the second quarter of 2022, and said it expected revenue of about $16 billion in the current quarter, a 170% increase over the same period last year. The revenue surge highlights the strength of the generative AI boom and demand for the company’s graphics processing units in particular. (CNBC)
Two victims of stalking have filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against Tile Inc. and Amazon in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California alleging the Tile tracking device, used to determine the whereabouts of missing keys or a purse, was marketed “both explicitly and implicitly for the purpose of tracking people—particularly women.” Amazon partnered with Tile in 2021 to improve its Sidewalk tracking network, which the suit alleges “made the Tile tracker vastly more effective, and therefore vastly more dangerous.” (INSURANCE JOURNAL)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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