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• Intel Commends Senators on Pro-Innovation Principles for Self-Driving Cars Legislation - By Marjorie Dickman, Global Director & Associate General Counsel, Automated Driving and IoT Policy In advance of today's Commerce Committee hearing on self-driving cars, Senators Thune (R-SD), Peters (D-MI) and Nelson (D-FL) released six guiding principles for bipartisan legislation: (i) prioritize safety; (ii) promote innovation; (iii) remain tech-neutral; (iv) reinforce separate state and federal roles; (v) strengthen...
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• Advancing Precision Medicine, Promoting Better Patient Outcomes - The U.S. is making exciting strides in precision medicine. Yesterday, Intel and the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT announced revolutionary developments advancing the use of high-performance computing for genomics analytics that will accelerate precision medicine. Together we have created a new architecture, the Broad-Intel Genomics Stack (BIGstack), that dramatically improves the genomic analytics pipeline...
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• Intel opposes Texas bills HB 3859 and SB 2078 - Today, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich wrote to Governor Greg Abbott of Texas regarding the bills HB3859 and SB2078. The text of his email is below. Dear Governor Abbott: I write to express Intel’s strong opposition to HB 3859 and SB 2078.  We ask you to reject any calls for a special session.  We also ask you...
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• Why Intel Filed an Amicus Brief in Support of the FTC’s Complaint Against Qualcomm - Intel has long been one of the world’s leading technology innovators. Over the past decade, Intel has invested billions in developing next-generation technologies that will improve the performance and functionality of modern smartphones and cellular communications. Intel is ready, willing, and able to compete on the merits in this market that Qualcomm has dominated for...
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• The Trump Administration should Keep the US in the Paris Climate Accord - By Stephen Harper, Global Director, Environment and Energy Policy at Intel “Reports abound that President Trump will soon announce a decision re whether the United States will remain with the Paris Climate Accord, an international agreement we committed to in December 2015.  The Paris Accord  was the culmination of over twenty years of international deliberations...
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• Auto, Tech and Telecom Leaders Align to Advance Cellular Technology for Vehicle Safety - To mandate or not to mandate?  That is the question facing the US Department of Transportation (USDOT), as public Comments were filed yesterday in response to its December 2016 proposal to mandate a specific technology that cars must use to send safety messages to each other, also known as vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications.  To characterize this...
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• Fake News: Regulatory Concerns in SEA - Don’t believe everything you read on the Internet. Traditionally that piece of advice has been to warn Internet users not to fall prey to Nigerian scams or download suspicious software which could load viruses into one’s computer. Till today, this basic piece of advice still holds true, but is now largely used to warn users...
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• Intel Files Amicus Brief in WiFi-One vs Broadcom Case in Support of Post-grant Patent Review - A well-functioning patent system that issues high-quality patents is critical to incentivize inventors to bring forward truly worthwhile innovations. At the same time, it is also critical to have an efficient post-grant review available as an alternative to expensive and time-consuming patent litigation to challenge the validity of weak patents and prevent abuses of the patent...
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• Intel Manufacturing: Driving the Future of Moore’s Law and American Innovation - By Peter Cleveland, Vice President of the Global Policy Group at Intel Stacy Smith, executive vice president leading manufacturing, operations and sales for Intel Corporation, speaks Tuesday, March, 28, 2017, at Intel's Technology and Manufacturing Day. Intel is hosting Technology and Manufacturing Day in San Francisco., to focus on the company's...
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• Quick Pace of Technology Development and the Rise of Self-assessment Approaches in Security - The global nature of modern computing ecosystems and supply chains led to increased interest among the technologists and policy makers for studying approaches to trust.  In technology, research in trust, trustworthiness, and trusted systems has risen sharply over the last decade, leading to the emergence of more flexible and nuanced concepts compared to the earlier views,...
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