Day archives: July 24th, 2025

OSINT tools and techniques for research on Reddit

OSINTMe – “Reddit remains to be a useful source of intelligence for OSINT professionals and enthusiasts, given the presence of unfiltered user content and niche communities. Obviously, the contrast between “normal” user interactions and AI-generated slop on social media in general is what makes Reddit stand out. At the same time, Reddit communities often host …

Subjects: Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Search Engines, Social Media

Retirees Face an $18,100 Benefit Cut in 7 Years

Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) – “The Social Security and Medicare trust funds are only a little more than seven years from insolvency, based on projections from the programs’ own Trustees in combination with our estimates of the impact of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). The law dictates that when the …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Health Care, Legal Research

OpenAI confirms ChatGPT’s new study feature, helps with exams

Bleeping Computer – “BleepingComputer previously reported that OpenAI is testing a new ‘Study together’ feature, and today, a new announcement within the ChatGPT web app confirms it. This announcement is titled ‘Study and Learn,’ and it looks like the feature will be called Study Together. With the Study Together feature on ChatGPT, you’ll be able …

Subjects: AI, Education, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Search Engines

Home Insurance Executives Are Raking It In—at Your Expense

American Prospect: “Climate disasters are causing “record-high insurance losses,” a recent CNN article began, citing insurance industry research. The first half of 2025 brought about “a new market reality,” it said, with climate-related losses for insurers setting a record for the January-to-June period. It is true that insurance companies have made some large payouts for …

Subjects: Climate Change, Economy, Environmental Law, Financial System, Legal Research

Epstein’s Estate Includes Book Said to Have Note From Trump, Lawyer Says

The New York Times – no paywall – “The lawyer, who represents victims of Jeffrey Epstein, said he believed the estate would turn the book over to the authorities if asked. A lawyer for hundreds of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims said the disgraced financier’s estate has a copy of a birthday book in which President Trump …

Subjects: Censorship, Congress, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

How big tech is force-feeding us AI

Blood in the Machine: “I do not think it will shock anyone to learn that big tech is aggressively pushing AI products. But the extent to which they have done so might. The sheer ubiquity of AI means that we take for ground the countless ways, many invisible, that these products and features are foisted on …

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