White House postpones science and tech advisory panel meeting

Key facts

• The Energy Department spokesperson said the meeting of the President's Council of Advisers on Science and Technology was postponed.
• The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on why the meeting was postponed.
• The council is an outside panel that advises the White House on US science and technology policy.
• The panel also includes AMD's Lisa Su and Andreessen Horowitz co-founder Marc Andreessen.

The Trump administration postponed a November 6 meeting of the President's Council of Advisers on Science and Technology, an Energy Department spokesperson said. The council is an outside panel that advises the White House on policies involving US science and technology.

The panel includes Nvidia's Jensen Huang, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, AMD's Lisa Su and Andreessen Horowitz co-founder Marc Andreessen. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment about why the meeting was postponed.

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