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Follow up to How Donald Trump Throttled Big Law – The New York Times [no paywall] “The tech giant instead engaged a firm that is fighting the president’s executive orders, Jenner & Block, in a sign that those firms can still attract clients. When big law firms attacked by President Trump decided to make a …
(iSeeCars) – “Buying a used car can be a stressful process, with questions about everything from a car’s accident history to its maintenance and care. If you’re buying a new vehicle from a dealership, you can be pretty confident it’s not a stolen car or one that has suffered a total loss from flood or …
ACASignUps.net “CVS Plans To Exit Obamacare In 2026, Affecting 1 Million Aetna Members – CVS Health plans to exit the individual health insurance business also known as Obamacare next year, leaving about 1 million Aetna members in 17 states looking for new coverage in 2026…CVS’ move to exit the individual insurance market comes as the …
Anthropic: “Jobs that involve computer programming are a small sector of the modern economy, but an influential one. The past couple of years have seen them changed dramatically by the introduction of AI systems that can assist with—and automate—significant amounts of coding work. In our previous Economic Index research, we found very disproportionate use of …
The New York Times: “Soon after President Donald J. Trump took office for his second term, thousands of health websites run by the federal government that kept the public informed about infectious diseases, mental health, vaccines and more were taken offline. Many eventually returned — in large part because a judge ordered the Centers for …
Gizmodo: “With the refinement of digital tools, companies are subjecting their employees to increasing levels of surveillance — and increasing risks. Now, the security of thousands of employees and their parent companies is at risk after real-time images of their computers were leaked by an employee surveillance app. On Thursday, researchers at Cybernews reported that …
Gizmodo – “Thetrilliondollardinner.gov, DinnerForAmerica.gov, and TheTrillion.Gov were all registered recently. Donald Trump takes a lot of heat for taking down government webpages with essential information like LGBTQ health information and climate change-related data, but no one gives him credit for the webpages he puts up. 404 Media reports that the administration registered three websites with …
“Tab groups have long been the most requested idea on Mozilla Connect – our community platform – and thanks to thousands of votes, comments and passionate feedback, it’s finally here. But this is more than just a feature launch. It’s the story of what happens when community insight, real-world pain points, and a whole lot …
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ): “The first 100 days of the Trump administration have been marked by a flurry of executive actions that have created a chilling effect and have the potential to curtail media freedoms. These measures threaten the availability of independent, fact-based news for vast swaths of America’s population. CPJ has noted a …
“Here are the big AI, but none of them are privacy-oriented: Deepseek – owned by China Gemini – owned by Google Copilot – owned by Microsoft OpenAI – NSA board member So which AI can we trust? Is there one run by someone trustworthy?”
Hot to Geek: “Incognito mode, private browsing, and other similar modes offered by web browsers are a genuinely useful feature for your privacy, but it’s not what many people think it is. All the network traffic that goes from your computer to the internet at home goes through a network router, which is in turn …
The Guardian – “From mass firings to unprecedented influence…Musk’s role in the Trump administration is without modern precedent. Never before has the world’s richest person been deputized by the US president to cull the very agencies that oversee his businesses. Musk’s attempts to radically dismantle government bureaus have won him sprawling influence. His team has …
