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PCMag – Installing a VPN isn’t the end of the story. To truly secure your connection, you need to dive into pro-level settings—like kill switches and LAN protection—that take your privacy to the next level. You might think that installing and connecting to a VPN is all you need for better privacy or bypassing geographical …
MakeUseOf: “Your smartphone camera is good for far more than snapping yet another overly flattering shot of your lunch. It’s a surprisingly powerful tool that can make your day-to-day life easier, more efficient, and occasionally even safer…Your smartphone camera is good for far more than snapping yet another overly flattering shot of your lunch. It’s …
Carbon Brief: “A “critical assessment” report commissioned by the Trump administration to justify a rollback of US climate regulations contains at least 100 false or misleading statements, according to a Carbon Brief factcheck involving dozens of leading climate scientists. The 140-page report – “A critical review of impacts of greenhouse gas emissions on the US …
The Atlantic [no paywall] – “Members of the class of 2026 have had access to AI since they were freshmen. Almost all of them are using it to do their work. But nobody thought it would happen this quickly. Three years later, the AI transformation is just about complete. By the spring of 2024, almost …
Democracy Docket: “The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is escalating its effort to pressure states to hand over sensitive voter data, including by threatening legal action, according to letters from a top department official obtained by Democracy Docket. It’s the latest step in the Trump administration’s ongoing quest to obtain state voting information to bolster …
PCMag – “How awful does it feel to open a digital photo and not remember anything about it? The good news is that you can help yourself avoid that experience by organizing your pictures. And contrary to popular belief, that process doesn’t have to be a pain. Below, we share a super simple way to …
Kiwix is a non-profit organization and a free and open-source software project dedicated to providing offline access to free educational content. The name “Kiwix” is a play on the word “Wiki” as it represented our initial goal of making Wikipedia accessible offline. Kiwix is an offline reader for online content like Wikipedia, Project Gutenberg, or …
AI In Finance and Banking, August 16, 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 are to …
Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, August 16, 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 …
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The New York Times: “Boris Epshteyn, a personal lawyer for President Trump, connected two firms — Kirkland & Ellis and Skadden Arps — to the Commerce Department. Two of the law firms that reached deals with President Trump this year to avoid punitive executive orders were connected in recent months with the Commerce Department about …
Death of the Billable Hour: Legal’s $900B AI Repricing – Ethan Batraski. Aug 12, 2025. “The legal industry’s last great inefficiency is ending. How AI-native firms will replace billable hours with outcome-based pricing at scale. The legal industry represents one of the last great market inefficiencies in the modern economy. While every other sector discovered …