Ryan Lovelace

Ryan Lovelace is a political reporter for The Washington Times with a focus on covering the advocacy groups in Washington. He also covers technology and cyber issues. He previously reported for American Lawyer Media and covered politics and the Supreme Court for the Washington Examiner. He can be reached at rlovelace@washingtontimes.com.

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Articles by Ryan Lovelace

Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., joined by other members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, speaks at a news conference on the debt limit, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 22, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congress moves to crack down on feds buying Americans’ data from private brokers

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The House Judiciary Committee wants to stop the U.S. government from buying Americans' data after the intelligence community revealed it gets information from brokers who sell details from people's cars, phones and other devices. Published July 19, 2023

A speaker walks to the podium during a session for the 2023 World Artificial Intelligence Conference held in Shanghai, Thursday, July 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

AI leaders warn Congress that control of tech will determine global balance of power

America cannot afford to miss taking the lead role in developing artificial intelligence tools that will shape the future of war worldwide, AI experts told lawmakers Tuesday. Published July 18, 2023

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs hearing on oversight of the credit reporting agencies at Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) **FILE**

Elizabeth Warren wants SEC to investigate Tesla over Elon Musk’s dual role running Twitter

Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate Tesla over potential conflicts caused by Elon Musk running the company and the social media platform Twitter simultaneously. Published July 17, 2023

A security surveillance camera is seen near the Microsoft office building in Beijing, Tuesday, July 20, 2021. The Biden administration and Western allies formally blamed China on Monday for a massive hack of Microsoft Exchange email server software and asserted that criminal hackers associated with the Chinese government have carried out ransomware and other illicit cyber operations. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Chinese hackers took email data in breach hitting U.S. government, cyber agency says

China-linked cyberattackers stole email data in a hack hitting the U.S. government earlier this year, according to cybersecurity professionals. Published July 17, 2023

Robot holds a finger near the head. 3D illustration credit: Tatiana Shepeleva via Shutterstock.

U.S. intelligence chiefs plan for a future where every spy uses AI

U.S. spy agencies are preparing for a future where all of its analysts and spies use artificial intelligence to augment their work rather than rely on traditional tradecraft. Published July 14, 2023

Lina Khan, the nominee for Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), speaks during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation confirmation hearing, April 21, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. House Republicans who say the Federal Trade Commission has been overzealous and politicized under President Joe Biden are set to interrogate agency head Lina Khan on Thursday, July 13, 2023. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP, File)

FTC Chair Lina Khan under fire for allegedly ignoring Congress, wasting taxpayer cash

Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Lina Khan faced mounting congressional scrutiny Thursday over allegations she has ignored lawmakers and wasted taxpayer money in pursuit of her personal agenda. Published July 13, 2023

Elon Musk, who owns Twitter, Tesla and SpaceX, speaks at the Vivatech fair Friday, June 16, 2023, in Paris. Vivatech is Europe's biggest startup and tech event. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) **FILE**

‘I’m kind of pro-China’: Elon Musk sees role for China in writing AI rules

Twitter owner Elon Musk says he has an optimistic outlook on China's future and believes the communist country is ready to help write international rules for artificial intelligence. Published July 12, 2023

A presenter talks about Microsoft in the Information Age during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, Thursday, July 6, 2023. A China-based hacking group has breached email accounts linked to government agencies in Western Europe, Microsoft Corp. said in a blog post published Tuesday, July 11. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Microsoft says China hacked emails; Biden administration investigating the fallout

Microsoft is warning that China-linked cyberattackers hacked customer emails, including government agencies, and the Biden administration is investigating the scope of the damage. Published July 12, 2023

Sen. Warren presses Biden administration’s defense tech investors over conflicts of interest

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is pressing the Department of Defense's new tech investment organization over concerns about conflicts of interest, turning up the pressure on the latest government team betting taxpayer cash on entrepreneurs. Published July 11, 2023

A man using a cellphone walks past Google offices on Dec. 17, 2018, in New York. Attorneys debated the proper jurisdiction for settling a legal challenge to the first-in-the-nation tax on digital advertising during arguments before Maryland's highest court on Friday, May 5, 2023. Attorneys for Big Tech companies like Facebook, Google and Amazon have contended the law unfairly targets them. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) **FILE**

California delays decision on bill to make Big Tech pay for news content

California lawmakers are delaying consideration of a bill to make Big Tech platforms pay for news content, following soon after the state's representatives in Congress killed related federal legislation. Published July 10, 2023

Tech team assembles to thwart artificial intelligence mayhem

OpenAI is assembling a team to prevent emerging artificial intelligence technology from going rogue and fueling the extinction of humanity, which the company now fears is a real possibility. Published July 7, 2023

This combo of file images shows Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, left, and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are ready to fight, offline. In a now-viral back-and-forth seen on Twitter and Instagram this week, the two tech billionaires seemingly agreed to a “cage match” face off. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, Stephan Savoia)

Zuckerberg’s Twitter rival Threads enlists millions, challenges Musk’s grip on microblogging media

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is picking a fight with Elon Musk, unveiling a Big Tech alternative to Twitter called Threads that relies upon Instagram's infrastructure. Published July 6, 2023

Republican U.S. Sen.-elect and Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt delivers a victory speech, Nov. 8, 2022, in Maryland Heights, Mo. On Tuesday, July 4, 2023, a judge prohibited several federal agencies and officials of the Biden administration from working with social media companies about “protected speech.” Schmitt, who was the Missouri attorney general when the lawsuit was filed, said on Twitter that the ruling was “a huge win for the First Amendment and a blow to censorship.” (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

Judge’s order blocking Biden-Big Tech censorship spurs free-speech debate

A federal judge's momentous Fourth of July order barring the federal government from colluding with Big Tech to suppress speech triggered an object lesson in how one person's free expression is another person's misinformation. Published July 5, 2023

President Joe Biden listens as reporters ask questions about Hunter Biden as Biden attends a discussion on managing the risks of Artificial Intelligence during an event in San Francisco, Tuesday, June 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

AI campaigning promises to be a deciding factor in 2024 presidential race

New tech tools have powerful potential to dramatically alter the public's perception of political candidates, and experts say AI-manipulated images and videos will be a deciding factor in the presidential race. Published July 4, 2023

Fireworks explode during the "Freedom Blast" Fourth of July Festivities in Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah. Extremely hot, dry conditions forecast through the Fourth of July across much of the West are heightening concerns about wildfires and the dangers of fireworks. (Tyler Sipe/The Deseret News via AP) **FILE**

Cities replace fireworks with drone shows at Fourth of July celebrations

Fourth of July light shows will include noticeably less bang this year as American cities scrap fireworks in favor of fluttering drones because of worries about safety and climate change. Published July 3, 2023

In this Aug. 17, 2018, file photo, people arrive before the start of a naturalization ceremony at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Miami Field Office in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Canada’s new brain-drain plan targets America’s tech-worker immigrants

Canada has a plan to steal high-skilled immigrant tech workers from the U.S., and it is not using a smokescreen to hide its plan. Published July 3, 2023

Mark Zuckerberg speaks at Georgetown University, on Oct. 17, 2019, in Washington. European Union hits Facebook parent Meta with record $1.3 billion fine over transfers of user data to US. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File)

Senators press Zuckerberg on child sexual abuse material appearing on Instagram

A bipartisan group of senators is pressing Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to take action against child sexual abuse material visible on Instagram, or face consequences from Congress. Published June 30, 2023

Google joins Meta in blocking news in Canada rather than paying news outlets

Google said Thursday it will block news via its Search and News tools in Canada because of the country's legislation forcing Big Tech platforms to pay media organizations for news used on their services. Published June 29, 2023

This Feb 23, 2019, photo shows the inside of a computer in Jersey City, N.J. Cybersecurity teams worked feverishly Sunday, July 4, 2021, to stem the impact of the single biggest global ransomware attack on record, with some details emerging about how the Russia-linked gang responsible breached the company whose software was the conduit. An affiliate of the notorious REvil gang, infected thousands of victims in at least 17 countries on Friday, largely through firms that remotely manage IT infrastructure for multiple customers, cybersecurity researchers said. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane) **FILE**

Biden administration takes credit for warning hundreds of targets before ransomware attacks

The federal government's leading domestic cyber agency said Wednesday it has warned hundreds of entities about looming ransomware attacks before they occurred, which enabled people to prevent getting victimized. Published June 28, 2023

A truck arrives at the Amazon warehouse facility, in the Staten Island borough of New York, April 1, 2022. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has opened a Senate investigation into Amazon’s warehouse safety practices, the latest in a series of probes he’s initiated against big corporations in his role as chairman of a committee that oversees health and labor issues.(AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)

Amazon plans multibillion-dollar development in Ohio as FTC bears in

Amazon is building a multibillion-dollar data center operation in reliably red Ohio as the Biden administration's federal regulators are ramping up scrutiny of the company and other big-tech firms. Published June 27, 2023

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