Day archives: June 15th, 2025

AI In Finance and Banking, June 15, 2025

AI In Finance and Banking, June 15, 2025 – This semi-monthly column by Sabrina I. Pacifici highlights news, government documents, NGO/IGO papers, conferences, industry white papers and reports, academic papers and speeches, and central bank actions on the subject of AI’s fast paced impact on the banking and finance sectors. The chronological links provided are to …

Subjects: AI, Economy, Financial System, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

GitHub is Leaking Trump’s Plans to ‘Accelerate’ AI Across Government

404 Media – The federal government is working on a website and API called “ai.gov” to “accelerate government innovation with AI” that is supposed to launch on July 4 and will include an analytics feature that shows how much a specific government team is using AI, according to an early version of the website and …

Subjects: AI, E-Government, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Search Engines

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, June 15, 2025

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, June 15, 202 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and …

Subjects: AI, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Records, Privacy

Trump reports over $600 million in income in latest financial disclosure

Washington Post via MSN – “The president reported making millions from cryptocurrency, his golf properties, foreign licensing deals and other sources. JD Vance also filed forms disclosing Bitcoin holdings. President Donald Trump reported over $600 million in income and $1.6 billion in assets in a public financial disclosure filed late Friday, including cryptocurrency holdings, income …

Subjects: Courts, Cryptocurrency, Financial System, Government Documents, Legal Research

Google’s nightmare: How a search spinoff could remake the web

Ars Technica: “Google wasn’t around for the advent of the World Wide Web, but it successfully remade the web on its own terms. Today, any website that wants to be findable has to play by Google’s rules, and after years of search dominance, the company has lost a major antitrust case that could reshape both …

Subjects: Courts, E-Commerce, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Search Engines

School Librarians Are the First and Perhaps Only Line of Defense in a School for Students’ First Amendment Rights”

Book Riot: “How South Carolina school librarians are rising to the challenge of statewide book bans and why they retain hope in these challenging times. Three U.S. states have provisions in their state law that allow for removal of books from all public schools under certain circumstances. These are South Carolina, Tennessee, and Utah. Tennessee …

Subjects: Censorship, Education, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation, Libraries

This free website is like GasBuddy for parking

Fast Company – “Save yourself time, money, and headaches by tapping into crowdsourced wisdom about parking pricing. Like ​GasBuddy​ and so many other apps, Parkopedia depends on user-submitted data, so it may not always be perfect—and it may be better in some cities than others. But Parkopedia is available all over the world and has …

Subjects: Transportation

I Shot This Stunning Long Exposure With Just My Phone

MakeUseOf – Here’s the Step-by-Step: “Long exposure photography with just a mobile phone? I was skeptical at first, too. But an inexpensive mobile tripod and some creative edits later, I am officially converted. You don’t need a fancy camera to take impressive photos. Use iPhone’s Live Photos Feature – I’m used to lugging my heavy …

Subjects: Education