- Nevada becomes first state to approve self-driving cars on its roads Nevada has become the first state in the United States to approve new regulations that will allow self-driving vehicles on its roads.
- Ireland faces its own SOPA battle Before the end of January Ireland will have enacted its own SOPA-style legislation - without discussion or vote in the Oireachtas, the Irish parliament - allowing parts of the internet deemed to aid piracy or infringe copyright to be censored from the Irish public.
- Top gaming companies may have pulled their support for SOPA Electronic Arts (EA), Nintendo and Sony Electronics may have all pulled their support for Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), that's according to an updated list of bill champions published by the United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee.