Bloomberg Technology Weekend Recap: Data and Policy Insights

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• •Simon Rogers, as Google's Data Editor, leads a team focused on leveraging Google's extensive datasets to craft journalistic narratives and has been instrumental in initiatives like the Google News Lab, which supports data visualization tools like Flourish for newsrooms.
• •Ambassador Alexander Yui, Taiwan's Representative to the U.S., has consistently advocated for continued U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, emphasizing Taiwan's inherent sovereignty as the Republic of China and its commitment to maintaining the status quo in the face of Chinese aggression.
• •Congressional discussions on tech regulation, as reported by Andrew Solender of Axios, highlight a significant legislative gap, with the TikTok divestment/ban being one of the few major tech regulations passed in recent years, despite numerous hearings on critical issues like data privacy, AI governance, and antitrust.
• •Rep. Glenn Ivey advocates for modernizing federal government structures to better integrate young, tech-savvy talent and new technologies, aiming to bridge the gap between an aging federal workforce and the rapid pace of technological advancement.
• •The current U.S. administration, under President Trump, has actively pursued a unified national AI policy framework, including executive orders in late 2025 and early 2026 to preempt state-level AI regulations and address issues like AI-generated deepfakes.

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