Day archives: February 18th, 2026

Epsteinalysis.com

Under the moniker – Axiomofinfinity – for which there is no further information that I could locate – a individual or group has posted a remarkable searchable database, Epstein Files Explorer, of over one million documents and over two million pages that comprise the Epstein Files released by the DOJ. Applications used – Programmatic applications …

Subjects: E-Mail, E-Records, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

New SAVE Act Bills Would Still Block Millions of Americans From Voting

Follow up to White House Webpage Pushing Save Our Elections Act – Via the Brennan Center – New SAVE Act Bills Would Still Block Millions of Americans From Voting – Update: When this article was first published, the SAVE America Act included a provision that would have also required voters to show documents such as …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Congress, E-Records, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

Can you detect an AI generated face? Most people get around 11 out of 20

Most people get around 11 out of 20. “In a research paper published in the British Journal of Psychology, researchers from UNSW and the ANU recruited 125 participants – including 36 people with exceptional face-recognition ability, known as super recognisers, and 89 control participants – to complete an online test in which they were shown …

Subjects: AI, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Follow the Changes: 9 Ways Web Archives are Used in Digital Investigations

Internet Archive Blogs: “Digital journalists increasingly turn to web archives like the Wayback Machine to follow how things on the Internet break, change or disappear – from deleted posts to quietly edited pages. The web has become not only a source of information but also the subject of media investigations, prompting journalists, researchers and activists …

Subjects: E-Records, Internet, Legal Research, Search Engines

Air pollution emerges as a direct risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease

ABCNews: “In a study of nearly 28 million older Americans, long-term exposure to fine particle air pollution raised the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. That link held even after researchers accounted for common conditions like high blood pressure, stroke and depression. Fine particle air pollution, known as PM2.5, consists of tiny particles in the air that …

Subjects: Climate Change, Environmental Law, Health Care, Medicine

Trump Order Aims to Boost Weedkiller Targeted in Health Lawsuits

“Trump signed an executive order invoking the Defense Production Act to increase domestic production of glyphosate and elemental phosphorus, calling both “critical to the national defense” and that shortages of the weedkiller would add “pressure to the domestic food system.” Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. supported the move, despite his past …

Subjects: Courts, Government Documents, Health Care, Legal Research

AI-Generated Passwords Are Apparently Quite Easy to Crack

Gizmodo: “The era of AI has not been particularly great for cybersecurity. We know that vibe-coded websites and apps have been a hotbed of security flaws that leave the platforms vulnerable to attacks. It turns out that vibe-generating your passwords also puts you at risk. New research from cybersecurity firm Irregular found that passwords generated …

Subjects: AI, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Internet

White House Webpage Pushing Save Our Elections Act

Using the federal government official White House site, the Save our Elections Now is pushing hard to force Congress to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act or the SAVE Act.  Quoting the text on this page the goals and rationale are as follows: A Valid ID Before Registering to Vote in a Federal Election …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Congress, E-Government, E-Records, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

Microsoft Says Bug Causes Copilot To Summarize Confidential Emails

“Microsoft says a Microsoft 365 Copilot bug has been causing the AI assistant to summarize confidential emails since late January, bypassing data loss prevention (DLP) policies that organizations rely on to protect sensitive information. According to a service alert seen by BleepingComputer, this bug (tracked under CW1226324 and first detected on January 21) affects the …

Subjects: AI, E-Mail, E-Records, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy

The Worst-Case Future for White-Collar Workers

The Atlantic Gift Article: “…the labour market for office workers is beginning to shift. Americans with a bachelor’s degree account for a quarter of the unemployed, a record. High-school graduates are finding jobs quicker than college graduates, an unprecedented trend. Occupations susceptible to AI automation have seen sharp spikes in joblessness. Businesses really are shrinking …

Subjects: AI, Economy, Education, Knowledge Management