Accurate, Focused Research on Law, Technology and Knowledge Discovery With Daily Postings Since 2002
“PowerOutage.us collects, records, and aggregates live power outage data from utilities all over the United States, with the goal to create the single most reliable and complete source of power outage information available. Most states have multiple electric utilities, many small, some big. With these large numbers of companies, it can be hard to get …
AI in Finance and Banking, June 30, 2026 – 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 …
404 Media – “What Happened Next Is a ‘Dire’ Warning – “AI chatbots that were prompted to impersonate public figures produced responses that people perceived to be more authentic, coherent, and relevant than the real thing, a finding that underscores “a dire need to inform the general public of the potential harm this can have …
The New York Times Gift article : “The internet’s largest stockpile of free knowledge is under threat from MAGA, A.I. and foreign autocrats. A bibliophile ex-ambassador is here to help. Wikipedia is in peril. In a world where trust in truth is crumbling, the grande dame of collective online fact-gathering is under threat on every …
Pete Recommends Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, July 4, 2026 – 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 wide ranging …
“Our ability to forecast the rains would’ve been the envy of our agrarian ancestors. It’s given us an unprecedented ability to take advantage of good growing seasons and prepare for tough times. Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have just released the latest version of one of the world’s most widely used rainfall data products, the …
Explore decades of incredible images and videos of stars, planets, moons, and galaxies—most of which are free to use and share….what you might not know is that NASA makes its huge library of images and videos available for anyone to dig through, marvel at, and reshare. Because NASA is funded by the US government, most …
