![Supreme Court mulls liability of tech firms in overseas rights abuses]()
by Nicole Cheah | Apr 28, 2026 | Business & Tech, Politics
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices appeared divided Tuesday morning about whether a U.S. tech company can be held liable for aiding the Chinese government’s alleged torture of a spiritual minority. The case is centered on whether practitioners in China of the...
![AI is becoming part of federal workforce; tech companies is under pressure to keep up]()
by Yuqing Liu | Apr 28, 2026 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON—Federal agencies are moving artificial intelligence from experiment to infrastructure, using it to rethink hiring, workforce management and mission readiness, according to a Workday Federal Forum held on Tuesday. The forum included government and industry...
by Amy L. Wong | Apr 28, 2026 | Business & Tech, Economy, Politics, Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — NASA administrator Jared Isaacman faced pushback from representatives on Monday about the iconic agency’s proposed hiring strategy, which would shrink public service opportunities for the younger generation. Isaacman said earlier this week that he plans...
![Congress weighs gig economy’s promise and pitfalls for small businesses]()
by Erika Tulfo | Apr 28, 2026 | Business & Tech, Economy
WASHINGTON – As the popularity of on-demand jobs such as rideshare and food delivery services has become an increasingly important part of the U.S. economy, small business owners told a congressional committee this week that there are winners and losers in the gig...
by Georgia Epiphaniou and Yuqing Liu | Apr 22, 2026 | Business & Tech, Cybersecurity, Featured, Foreign Affairs, National Security
WASHINGTON—The Senate Committee on the Judiciary emphasized on Wednesday that the U.S. should increase policies to protect against data theft by Chinese agencies, who are allegedly stealing U.S. information technology amidst a growing arms race over global domination...
by Yuqing Liu | Apr 22, 2026 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON — Tech experts warned a congressional committee on Thursday that China is stealing American AI technology and plagiarising it, as House lawmakers grappled with how to slow the threat. The Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party convened for the...
