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“A new study by NordPass and NordStellar reveals the automotive industry is plagued by weak, reused, and common passwords like 123456, leaving smart cars and critical systems vulnerable to cyberattacks. Learn why the car sector’s digital security is lagging. Even with all the progress in smart vehicles and automated systems, the automotive industry still has …
“The PSAi is an interactive online experience from Columbia Journalism Review that “uses viral AI images to teach people how to spot AI visuals.”
How to Geek: “In a box of old cables, I recently discovered an old 30-pin Apple charging cable that came with my iPad 2. It reminded me that I still had my old second-generation iPad lying around somewhere. After a bit of hunting, I tracked it down and charged it up. It still works just …
Proton VPN blog: “Surveillance pricing, also known as personalized or algorithmic pricing, is a practice where companies use your personal data, such as your location, the device you’re using, your browsing history, and even your income, to determine what price to show you. It’s not just about supply and demand — it’s about you as …
Avraham, Ronen and Sharan, Roded and Kricheli Katz, Tamar and Nasser, Rami, Lifting the American Supreme Court Veil: Identifying Authorship in Unsigned Opinions (March 27, 2025). U of Texas Law, Legal Studies Research Paper, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5207281 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5207281 The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) issues 10-15 % of its opinions unsigned, …
“In 2023, in coordination with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) where I’m a non-resident associate, I helped launch a bi-partisan commission on hostage taking and wrongful detention. It’s an extraordinary group of experts, including diplomats, law enforcement officials, congressional staffers, lawyers, journalists and former hostages. Our co-chairs are former National Security Advisor …
EFF: “New reporting has revealed that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) is attempting to create the Intelligence Community’s Data Consortium–a centralized online marketplace where law enforcement and spy agencies can peruse and buy very personal digital data about you collected by data brokers. Not only is this a massive escalation of …
Wired – “AI scammers. A grid attack. Quantum cracks. A GPS blackout. Seems bad out there. Unfortunately, it can always get worse. From evil hacker AI to world-changing cyberattacks, WIRED envisions the future you haven’t prepared for.”
SparkToro: “… Folks who claim AI will destroy the labor market have claimed this radical change is “only a few years away,” “on the immediate horizon,” or “imminent,” for the last 5 years, yet we’re at historically low unemployment (yes, even accounting for underemployment and the way the BLS counts employment). The US labor market …
“The ROL100® is a unique ranking that captures the ReturnOnLeadership® of the top 100 companies in the Fortune 500. ReturnOnLeadership® (ROL®) is a solution that gathers and measures thousands of data points that together reflect leadership value creation. Built to diminish risk and increase success, ROL® assesses and quantifies four fundamentals of leadership execution. The …
“The Firefly Atlas is a collaborative effort to better understand and conserve the diversity of fireflies in North America. Launched in 2022, the project aims to advance our collective understanding of firefly species’ distributions, phenology, and habitat associations, as well as to identify threats to their populations. Although the Atlas tracks all species described from …
Rolling Stone no paywall – “Originalism, a framework with roots in the segregationist past and funded by right-wing oligarchs, helped lead to Donald Trump’s unconstitutional regime By Sean Wilentz, Sidney Blumenthal – June 1, 2025: “An obscure ideology most people have never heard of is dominating almost every aspect of American life. Nearly every important …