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Tech bills of the week: FY27 NDAA tech and cyber measures; modernizing FAA aircraft repair forms; and more

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May 29, 2026 04:14 PM ET

Although Congress was in recess this week, lawmakers still introduced several bills looking to expand the use of new technologies.

Tech Bills of the Week

Tech, cyber measures in House FY27 NDAA draft

The proposed fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act, which was released by the House Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, includes several technology-focused measures that seek to clarify and expand the Pentagon’s use of artificial intelligence tools.

The draft from the panel’s Cyber, Information Technologies and Innovation Subcommittee includes provisions that would direct the Pentagon to update its policies on the use of autonomous weapon systems and artificial intelligence-enabled systems that influence operational decisions around the use of force. These changes would be “required to establish risk-informed requirements for approval, oversight, testing, human involvement, auditability, operational use, and rapid revalidation of such systems.”

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ICE awards Bi2 $25M contract for 1,570 biometric scanners

public sector ICE to keep an eye on your eyes under $25M biometric scanner deal And you thought a face recognition app was intrusive? If you thought US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s widespread use of face recognition apps was a privacy violation, you’re about to get eye-rate over

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'Our ability to achieve orbital AI at scale depends on our ability to access a sufficient number of AI chips,…

* SpaceX admits global GPU shortages threaten its orbital AI computing ambitions * Orbital data centers cannot operate without enormous volumes of advanced semiconductor hardware * TeraFab remains uncertain despite massive investment and ambitious semiconductor production goals SpaceX has filed paperwork for its upcoming IPO that reveals a troubling dependency on a handful

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EO 14390 raises stakes for enterprise cybersecurity | TechTarget

For years, federal cybersecurity policy has primarily focused on protecting government systems and critical infrastructure. Executive Order 14390: "Combating Cybercrime, Fraud, and Predatory Schemes Against American Citizens" signals a broader shift in emphasis. Signed on March 6, 2026, the order reframes cybercrime not only as a national security

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'We’re Just Getting the Crumbs Here': Striking Contractors Protest Layoffs at Meta’s European Headquarters

“We trained the bots. We did the grind. Now we’re being left behind,” chanted a horde of contract workers who gathered outside Meta’s offices in Dublin, Ireland on Friday afternoon. Waving flags, brandishing signs, and armed with whistles and vuvuzelas, they were out to protest a round of

Although Congress was in recess this week, lawmakers still introduced several bills looking to expand the use of new technologies.

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ICE awards Bi2 $25M contract for 1,570 biometric scanners

'Our ability to achieve orbital AI at scale depends on our ability to access a sufficient number of AI chips,…

EO 14390 raises stakes for enterprise cybersecurity | TechTarget

'We’re Just Getting the Crumbs Here': Striking Contractors Protest Layoffs at Meta’s European Headquarters