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The timing may be ripe this time around as online services have been heavily used during the pandemic.

During his nomination hearing last month, Lander apologized in response to a question from Lummis about downplaying the work of two female scientists, Nobel Prize winners Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier, in a 2016 paper.  “I made a mistake, and when I make a mistake I own it and try to do better,” Lander said at the hearing.  In response to his meetings with Epstein, Lander said the “sum total” of his interaction was that he met him briefly at two events within the span of ...

Biden’s top scientist gets OK from Senate committee POLITICO 2 hrs ago By Julia Arciga and Benjamin Din © Alex Wong/Getty Images Eric Lander speaks during an announcement at the Queen theater in Wilmington, Del. The Senate Commerce Committee approved Biden Cabinet nominee Eric Lander to lead the Office of Science and Technology Policy on Thursday in a bipartisan voice vote. Lander, a top geneticist and director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, is the last of Pre...

Committee Moves Cabinet-level OSTP Director Nominee to Full Senate President-elect Joe Bidens nominee for the director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and adviser on science Eric Lander speaks during an event at The Queen theater Jan. 16. Matt Slocum/AP Get the need-to-know news for current and aspiring technology executives. email May 20, 2021 12:04 PM ET The Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee voted to report Eri...

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Amazon is indefinitely extending its moratorium on police use of its software but opponents say that's not enough.

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The Electronic Frontier Act is designed at helping the United States compete with China.

Why Are Gates and the Pentagon Releasing GMO Mosquitoes in the Florida Keys? Despite strong resident protests, the US Environmental Protection Agency and Florida agencies have approved controversial release of millions of genetically-modified or “gene edited” killer mosquitoes into the Florida Keyes. At the same time the controversial Presidential Science Adviser nominee of Biden is involved in development of the CRISPR technology being used to genetically modify everything from the mosquit...