Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story  Vice presidential debate to feature QR code for fact-checking CBS News will feature a QR code on screen during the live prime-time showdown between Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D). © Associated Press The QR code will redirect viewers to a CBSNews.com blog that will offer live, real-time fact-checking of claims made by Vance and Walz during the 90-minute forum, The Hill's Dominick Mastrangelo reported.   Tuesday night’s moderators, Margaret Brennan and Norah O’Donnell, will not offer such fact-checks live on air, network leaders told The New York Times this week.   “The goal of the debate is to facilitate a good debate between the candidates, and the moderators will give them the opportunity to fact-check each other in real time,” Claudia Milne, senior vice president for standards and practices at CBS News, told the Times.   The decision comes after ABC News, which hosted last month’s presidential debate between former President Trump and Vice President Harris, came under fire from Trump and his allies for fact-checking him in real time.   CNN, which hosted the first clash of the election cycle between Trump and President Biden, took criticism itself from Democrats and media watchdogs when moderators Jake Tapper and Dana Bash held back on real-time fact-checks during their broadcast.   Welcome to The Hill’s Technology newsletter, we're  Julia Shapero and Miranda Nazzaro — tracking the latest moves from Capitol Hill to Silicon Valley.   Did someone forward you this newsletter? Subscribe here.   Essential Reads  How policy will be impacting the tech sector now and in the future:   Judge partially dismisses FTC’s antitrust lawsuit against Amazon A federal judge on Monday partially dismissed the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) antitrust lawsuit against Amazon.  However, few details are currently available about U.S. District Judge John Chun’s decision, which was filed under seal.   Amazon asked the judge to dismiss the FTC’s lawsuit in December, arguing the practices the agency deemed anticompetitive are actually “common retail practices that presumptively …  Full Story   Russian national indicted in ransomware attacks in US A Russian national is accused in a series of ransomware attacks in Texas and other parts of the U.S. over a seven-year period, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Tuesday. The DOJ, citing an unsealed indictment, alleged that Aleksandr Viktorovich Ryzhenkov gained unauthorized access personal and corporate files, rendered the data inaccessible using BitPaymer software and demanded payments for a decryption key that …  Full Story   Cruise fined $1.5M over robotaxi crash reporting General Motors’s autonomous vehicle unit, Cruise, will pay a $1.5 million fine after it failed to disclose details initially about a serious crash involving a pedestrian last year, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said Monday. The fine stems from an October 2023 crash, during which a software issue prompted a Cruise vehicle to drag a pedestrian 20 feet on the road in San Francisco. The incident …  Full Story   The Refresh  News we've flagged from the intersection of tech and other topics:   Microsoft's AI Copilot gets new voice, reasoning abilities Microsoft is giving its artificial intelligence (AI) assistant, Copilot, a friendlier voice while its chatbot will also now be able to analyze web pages for users, Reuters reported.   Suit challenging Tesla Autopilot dismissed  Tesla and CEO Elon Musk were handed a win Tuesday following a federal judge's dismissal of a lawsuit alleging defrauded shareholders regarding the safety and efficacy of its driver assistance technology, The Verge reported.   The Hill Jobs  Interested in exploring a new career? 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Tim Walz (D) are set to clash in a high-stakes vice-presidential debate that could be the last major televised … Read more New book details how Austin, Texas, lost its ‘magic’ — and the larger threat its trajectory may represent  Austin’s “magic” has slipped away thanks to poorly planned development run amok, a new book argues. In “Lost in Austin,” out … Read more   What Others are Reading  Opinions related to tech submitted to The Hill: The Kids Online Safety Act won’t make kids safer online. Speaker Johnson should kill it. New research shows return-to-office mandates cause more ‘quiet quitting’     You're all caught up. See you tomorrow!  Close Thank you for signing up! Subscribe to more newsletters here The latest in politics and policy. Direct to your inbox. Sign up for the Technology newsletter Subscribe