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Semafor: “Users can ask open-ended questions, such as “What’s parking like at my destination?” or “Is there a good restaurant nearby?” It’s part of Google’s wider move toward AI: Google’s Meet, Docs, and Calendar all have AI functionality via the company’s Gemini model, and its AI can also read all of your Gmail messages. As …
Forbes: “The government shutdown has officially entered its 36th day, becoming the longest federal funding lapse in U.S. history—surpassing the 35-day shutdown that took place during President Donald Trump’s first term in office. Millions are feeling the impacts: SNAP benefits used by roughly 42 million Americans will only be partially funded for November. Beyond the …
404 Media: “Most people probably have no idea that when you book a flight through major travel websites, a data broker owned by U.S. airlines then sells details about your flight, including your name, credit card used, and where you’re flying to the government. The data broker has compiled billions of ticketing records the government …
FlightAware is a digital aviation company and operates the world’s largest flight tracking and data platform. With global connectivity to every segment of aviation, FlightAware provides over 10,000 aircraft operators and service providers as well as over 13,000,000 passengers with global flight tracking solutions, predictive technology, analytics, and decision-making tools. FlightAware receives data from air …
Wired – no paywall: “With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypted. Satellites beam data down to the Earth all around us, all the time. So you might expect that those space-based radio communications would …
“FlightAware is a digital aviation company and operates the world’s largest flight tracking and data platform. With global connectivity to every segment of aviation, FlightAware provides over 10,000 aircraft operators and service providers as well as over 13,000,000 passengers with global flight tracking solutions, predictive technology, analytics, and decision-making tools. FlightAware receives data from air …
The New York Times – [no paywall]: “…Most of this material — gathered by social media analysis, drone surveillance and more — will never be reviewed by any court and will be entirely inaccessible to anyone outside of law enforcement. For almost 90 percent of the technologies it deploys, the department has stated that it …
“The Washington Post has created a visualization using Bureau of Labor Statistics data to show how salaries vary within and across U.S. occupations. Each cluster of circles represents a job category, such as healthcare practitioners, with positions within that role, such as pharmacy technicians and registered nurses, sized by number of workers and spread vertically …
ITechPort – With Messenger, Pinterest And Lyft Leading 2025’s Most Invasive List: “An increasing number of top free apps are secretly monitoring their users, with three in every four applications tracking user data without consent. A recent study has shed light on the most invasive apps of 2025, revealing that Facebook Messenger, Pinterest and Lyft …
Follow up to Burner Phone 101 Workshop – See also It Is Happening – Don’t cross a U.S. border without a “perfect burner phone”: “More and more people — both Americans and non-U.S. citizens — are thinking twice before traveling into the United States with their phones. And for good reason. Under Trump 2.0, phone …
Ars Technica: “Greenhouse gas reduction is no longer a priority for the US government, but if you’re looking for a new vehicle and want to buy something with the lowest life cycle carbon emissions, you’re best off looking for a compact with a small battery. That’s one of the findings from a group at the …
Semafor – Global mail carriers suspended deliveries to the US in the face of uncertainty over new duties on low-cost packages. “US President Donald Trump last month ordered the end of the “de minimis” provision, which allowed goods valued under $800 to enter the US duty-free. The government closed the loophole for China and Hong …
