Day archives: August 13th, 2025

How to Remove Your Profile From National Public Data

PCMag: The new National Public Data site has an opt-out form to delete your profile data. However, many users are likely unaware of such an option, enabling these type of sites to continue trafficking their information. Here’s how to delete your data: Search your name on nationalpublicdata.com When you find your profile, click View Full Profile Copy …

Subjects: E-Records, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy, Search Engines

The Interactive GenAI Legal Hallucination Tracker

“Coming Soon: The Interactive GenAI Legal Hallucination Tracker — Sneak Peek Today! August 10, 2025 by Jenny Wondracek – “If you follow me on LinkedIn or spoke with me at AALL, you’ve probably seen me teasing this project like it’s the season finale of a legal tech drama. Well, the wait is (almost) over — …

Subjects: AI, Copyright, Government Documents, Intellectual Property, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Search Engines

The 25 pieces of culture that explain the last 25 years

Vox – no paywall: “Here’s a picture of what life looked like at the turn of the millennium: We couldn’t stop gossiping about the extramarital affairs of the scandal-ridden president of the United States; we rented movies from Blockbuster and showed off our vast CD collections; we waited patiently for modems to connect us to …

Subjects: Education, Financial System, Food and Nutrition, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legislation, Social Media

Hack of federal court filing system exploited security flaws known since 2020

Follow up to Federal court filing system hit in sweeping hack and the New York Times Russia Is Suspected to Be Behind Breach of Federal Court Filing System – See Politico: “The intrusion into the federal judiciary’s case filing system was like “taking candy from a baby,” said one person with knowledge of the hack. …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Government, E-Records, Government Documents, Legal Research

Google will now let you pick your top sources for search results

TechCrunch: “Google is rolling out a new feature called “Preferred Sources” in the U.S. and India, which allows users to select their preferred choice of news sites and blogs to be shown in the Top Stories section of Google’s search results. Enabling this feature means you will see more content from the sites you like, …

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

The Open Source Tool That Has Preserved 150,000 Pieces of Online Evidence

bellingcat: “bellingcat’s Auto Archiver is a tool aimed at preserving online digital content before it can be modified, deleted or taken down. Publicly launched in 2022, it has preserved over 150,000 web pages and social media posts to date. The Auto Archiver has been used by Bellingcat’s journalists to preserve information on dozens of fast …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Courts, E-Records, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Search Engines

Just how much has DOGE exaggerated its numbers? Now we have receipts.

“A POLITICO analysis of DOGE data reveals the organization saved less than 5 percent of its claimed savings from nearly 10,100 contract terminations. The Trump administration’s claim that it is saving billions of dollars through DOGE-related cuts to federal contracts is drastically exaggerated, according to a new POLITICO analysis of public data and federal spending …

Subjects: AI, E-Government, E-Records, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Legal Research

Sloppy AI defenses take cybersecurity back to the 1990s, researchers say

SCWorld: LAS VEGA: “Just as it had at BSides Las Vegas earlier in the week, the risks of artificial intelligence dominated the Black Hat USA 2025 security conference on Aug. 6 and 7. We couldn’t see all the AI-related talks, but we did catch three of the most promising ones, plus an off-site panel discussion …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Records, Intellectual Property, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Microsoft, Search Engines

What is the richest country in the world in 2025?

The Economist – no paywall: “Being Rich is not just about earning more. Prices differ between countries, and a modest salary can go further where things are cheaper. Working hours vary too: some places manage to generate high incomes with fewer hours of labour, leaving time for leisure. So which countries are truly rich? To answer …

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

America Is Watching the Rise of a Dual State

The Atlantic – no paywall – “This article appears in the May 2025 print edition with the headline “A Warning Out of Time.” It has been updated to clarify that Ernst Fraenkel deployed with the German army in World War I to Poland and the Western Front. As Fraenkel explained it, a lawless dictatorship does …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Congress, Economy, Education, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation