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This week on the Volokh Law podcast, we look at the U.S. response to cyberattacks

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The Volokh Conspiracy podcast takes a look at a week of serious cybersecurity incidents and unimpressive responses.

Andrew Adams explains how the court-ordered takeover was managed.

Melanie Teplinsky explains why we've seen a sudden surge in state privacy laws.

Richard Stiennon explains the EU AI Act being amended in a series of backroom deals and off-the-books promises.

Amazon has abandoned its iRobot acquisition, thanks to EU "competition" regulators.

David Kahn , who taught us all the romance of cryptology, has died at 93 .

Air Force Lt . Gen. Timothy Haugh is taking over Cyber Command and NSA from Gen. Nakasone .

23andMe is a rare "reverse unicorn" having fallen in value from $6 Billion to practically nothing.

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