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Gizmodo: “Now that iOS 26 is available for everyone, iPhone users are breaking off into two camps. One is open to Apple’s new look for its entire product ecosystem, dubbed “Liquid Glass” for the translucent “glassmorphic” UI. As is so typical of the internet, the other side of the coin is livid about the change …
Via LLRX – Case Closed: Why Every Lawyer Needs to Be Listening to Podcasts – Jerry Lawson explains why podcasts belong in every lawyer’s toolkit. Lawson states that podcasts have not only helped him professionally but also added some joy to his life. They offer a rare opportunity for busy lawyers the chance to learn and grow …
Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, October 25, 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 complex and …
The Verge – no paywall – “The agency’s latest surveillance contract is an ’assault’ on democracy and free speech. As Immigration and Customs Enforcement carries out raids across the country, the agency is working rapidly to expand an online surveillance system that could potentially track millions of users on the web. Federal records The “real-time …
Climate Central maintains this comprehensive database tracking U.S. weather and climate disasters since 1980 where overall damages/costs reached or exceeded $1 billion (including Consumer Price Index (CPI) adjustment to 2025). As of June 2025, the U.S. has sustained 417 such events, with a total cost exceeding $3.1 trillion.
DefectTechTimes – “The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has quietly signed a new $5.7 million deal to use advanced artificial intelligence (AI) software for social media surveillance. Federal records show that ICE will now have access to a system called Zignal Labs, a platform that can analyze more than 8 billion online posts every …
Gizmodo: Clickbait Gives AI Models ‘Brain Rot,’ Researchers Find – “If you think scrolling the internet all day is making you dumber, just imagine what it’s doing to large language models that consume a near-endless stream of absolute trash crawled from the web in the name of “training.” A research team recently proposed and tested a …
MIT Sloan: “Are you confident about how to navigate the what, where, when, and why of generative AI? MIT SMR expert authors offer some much-needed clarity for leaders. Generative AI has become a part of many people’s workdays and organizations’ work processes. And yet many leaders struggle to determine the … As generative AI becomes …
We’re Good at Search Just Not the Kind That the AI era Demands – a Provocation Oct 23, 2025. Abstract: Derived from Perplexity.AI. This essay by Aaron Tay explores the evolving landscape of search in the age of AI, focusing on the shifting challenges and skillsets faced by librarians and information professionals. Tay argues that …
PCWorld: “Here’s how to see every device on your home network. The best way to see which devices are connected to your Wi-Fi (and find out their IP and MAC addresses) is to use the open-source tool Angry IP Scanner. It’s lightweight, runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux, and doesn’t even need to be installed. …
SearXNG is a free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from up to 245 search services. Users are neither tracked nor profiled. Additionally, SearXNG can be used over Tor for online anonymity. Get started with SearXNG by using one of the instances listed at searx.space. If you don’t trust anyone, you can set up your …
Note: ICE has the thirteenth largest military budge, in the world. ICE boosts weapons spending 700%. A Popular Information investigation reveals tens of millions in new ICE spending on guns, chemical weapons, and explosives. The Independent: “Customers of many of the country’s most popular streaming services have expressed concerns after Immigration and Customs Enforcement recruitment …
