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“The New York Times has created a map showing where the planet’s proven oil reserves are located [no paywall] using data from the Oil & Gas Journal. The visualization sizes each country’s circle according to the number of barrels it holds. The smallest circles represent about 10 billion barrels, while the largest exceed 300 billion. …
Washington Post and no paywall: “They are part of an AI moon shot, driven by an escalating U.S.-China war over dominance in the field. The projects are starting to transform landscapes and communities, sparking debates about what our energy systems and environment can sustain. The price includes increasing power costs for everyone and worrying surges …
Via LLRX – AI in Finance and Banking, December 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 …
[Note – this is a long and complex report – please set aside some time to review all the data points] “The Yale Youth Poll, an undergraduate-led research project at Yale University, today released a new poll of young American registered voters (aged 18-34) and the general registered voter population. The poll sampled 3,426 registered …
New report: UNESCO warns of serious decline in freedom of expression and safety of journalists worldwide. “UNESCO’s flagship report on global trends in freedom of expression and journalism points to a historic 10% decline in freedom of expression globally between 2012 and 2024. This trend is a consequence of the alarming rise in self-censorship by …
SciLight: “Reading is more than just entertainment. When you open a book and begin reading, your brain doesn’t simply process words—it transforms. Research using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has revealed that reading activates multiple brain regions and creates lingering neural effects. A 2020 study found that increased gray matter in the left superior temporal …
Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, December 13, 2025 – 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 …
Follow up to Judge Rules Flock Surveillance Images Are Public Records That Can Be Requested By Anyone, How Cops Are Using Flock Safety’s ALPR Network to Surveil Protesters and Activists and DeFlock – Automated License Plate Readers – See Also: “The University of Iowa’s Technology Law Clinic and the ACLU of Iowa today released a …
Forbes: “Welcome to Dangerous December. Emergency updates have been released for all iPhone and Android users. Google and Apple issued attack warnings to users around the world, before deploying updates for billions of smartphones. And Google also warns Chrome users are under attack, rushing out an emergency update for all platforms. Dangerous December—Emergency Update Warning …
Pro Publica: The FDA Rarely Forces Manufacturers to Recall Dangerous Medical Devices, Watchdog Report Finds: “The Food and Drug Administration rarely uses its authority to pull dangerous medical devices off the market and is so poorly staffed that it’s sometimes unable to make sure companies are taking critical steps to protect patients during health emergencies, …
Golann, Dwight, How to Build A Bot in Twelve Steps (December 05, 2025). Suffolk University Law School Research Paper, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5871402 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5871402 “Bots” powered by artificial intelligence systems are enormously powerful and versatile. Trained bots can take on a wide variety of roles, speaking and acting as lawyers, clients, mediators and advisors, …
The First Branch Protocol: “The Government Publishing Office grabbed the spotlight at the final Congressional Data Task Force meeting of 2025 last Wednesday by announcing that it is launching a Model Context Protocol server for artificial intelligence tools to access official GPO publication information. The MCP server lets AI tools like ChatGPT and Gemini pull …
