In a recent special election, JetBrains was elected to the JCP Executive Committee to fill one of the seats vacated by Ericsson and TOTVS. Trisha Gee, developer and technical advocate at JetBrains, spoke to InfoQ about this latest milestone for JetBrains…

A week ago today it was announced that Commerce Committee Chairman, Greg Walden, was inviting major tech and telecoms CEOs to testify on net-neutrality. But now it seems, no one wants to turn up. [...]

The Paris Olympic bid committee will consider esports for inclusion as a medal event in the 2024 Olympic Games, according to Tony Estanguet, the committee’s co-president. Estanguet told the Associated Press that talks have been scheduled with the International…

For the first time, a social media company will provide answers in a public hearing about Russian efforts to swing the 2016 presidential election.

Icelanders’ extreme efforts to keep their language pure extends to what people can call their newborns, but the days of these official name-keepers appear to be numbered.

Carlos Nuzman was arrested Thursday amid an investigation into a vote-buying scheme to bring the Olympics to Rio.

A U.S. House of Representatives committee said on Friday that it has scheduled a new hearing on Kaspersky Lab software as lawmakers review accusations that the firm's software could be used to conduct espionage on behalf of the Kremlin.

Artificial Intelligence Committee

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Olympic gymnast Simone Biles held back tears on Wednesday, as she told lawmakers how the FBI and U.S. gymnastic and Olympic officials failed to stop the sexual abuse that she and hundreds of other athletes suffered from former doctor Larry Nassar.

A bill to federally legalize marijuana will be voted on by the House Judiciary Committee next week, the panel announced on Friday. The development comes one day after the House voted in favor of a defense spending bill that includes an amendment that would…

The C++ Standards Committee just decided they do not want to fix the broken range-based for loop for C++23 (it's broken for 10 years now). They agree that there is a severe problem; but want a general lifetime solution (but nobody wants to do the work). …

Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen testifies before Senate Commerce Committee https://www.c-span.org/video/?515042-1/facebook-whistleblower-testifies-protecting-kids-online

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