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Wired [no paywall]- “An estimated 100 million people live with facial differences. As face recognition tech becomes widespread, some say they’re getting blocked from accessing essential systems and services… From phones to hotel rooms, your face increasingly acts as a digital key. Over the past decade, rapid machine learning and AI advancements have led to …
“OpenOMB is a searchable database that makes apportionments easier to find and track. Apportionments are legally binding plans issued by the White House Office of Management and Budget that set the pace at which federal agencies may spend appropriated funds. OpenOMB’s database makes apportionments easy to find and track. Apportionments set the pace at which …
Yahoo: “NASA technology is proving it can buy precious time in the bid for early detection of tsunamis, according to a recent article from Phys.org. Called GUARDIAN, the system detected a tsunami about 30 to 40 minutes before waves reached Hawai’i this summer (the name is short for GNSS Upper Atmospheric Real-time Disaster Information and …
MakeUseOf: “…Tails is designed to hide your identity while protecting you from surveillance and censorship. Tails is handy when using a public computer at a café or library. More importantly, it’s extremely easy to set up, making it accessible to even beginnersTails stands for The Amnesic Incognito Live System. It’s a free operating system based …
Aeon: “…For many people, GenAI is becoming their primary way to learn about the world. A large-scale study published in September 2025, analysing how people have been using ChatGPT since its launch in November 2022, revealed that around half the queries were for practical guidance, or to seek information. These systems may appear neutral, but …
The Hill: “A new Goldman Sachs analysis [paywall] says American consumers will shoulder 55 percent of the costs from President Trump’s tariffs this year. American businesses and foreign exporters will take on 22 percent and 18 percent of the costs, respectively, while 5 percent of the costs will be evaded. Goldman Sachs economists added in the report, published Sunday, that …
404 Media [no paywall]: “An attorney in a New York Supreme Court commercial case got caught using AI in his filings, and then got caught using AI again in the brief where he had to explain why he used AI, according to court documents filed earlier this month. New York Supreme Court Judge Joel Cohen …
Harvard – “In February, the Library Innovation Lab announced its archive of the federal data clearinghouse Data.gov. Today, we’re pleased to share Data.gov Archive Search, an interface for exploring this important collection of government datasets. Our work builds on recent advancements in lightweight, browser-based querying to enable discovery of more than 311,000 datasets comprising some …
Via Greg Siskind: What is Prompt.law? Prompt.law is an online platform where lawyers can find, create, and share AI-generated legal task prompts. Think of it as a “cookbook” of AI prompts designed specifically for legal professionals to streamline their work. Who can use Prompt.law? Prompt.law is designed for legal professionals, including attorneys, law firm staff, …
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 …
The New York Times Gift Article: “County officials in Wyoming fired Terri Lesley, a library director, after she refused to purge children and young adult books that contained sexual content and L.G.B.T.Q. themes. A library director in Wyoming who was fired two years ago because she refused to remove books with sexual content and L.G.B.T.Q. …
Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, October 11, 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 …