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TechDirt: “Imagine you had pretty much unlimited power over the government and wanted to save taxpayers’ money. You could: Carefully study government operations to understand what works and what doesn’t Make targeted improvements based on data and evidence Track results to ensure changes actually deliver savings Or you could do what Elon Musk did with …
Via LLRX – AI in Finance and Banking, March 31, 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 …
Krebs on Security: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” -U.S. Constitution, First Amendment. “In an address …
Foreign Affairs [unpaywalled] “Americans can learn from opponents of authoritarianism elsewhere. The first few weeks of Donald Trump’s second presidency have accelerated a process of democratic erosion in the United States. In just two months, the president and his allies have issued executive orders of dubious constitutionality, violated the civil protections of federal workers, impinged …
Danielle Harlow using Tableau Public – “I can no longer be silent or “professional”. I have so few skills to fight the cancer of fascism that is spreading through the country but as a “data person” — inspired by the work of the BlueSky account USA Disappeared Tracker (https://lnkd.in/gmc8nFNr) — I created a dashboard to …
TV Garden: Watch Free Live TV from Around the World on tv.garden. Stream live news, sports, and entertainment—no subscription needed. Multiple channels are available for each country and users may easily switch channels within a country and move on to a long list of channels available from other countries quickly. Good for language skills, and …
PC Mag – “US government officials discussed war plans in a Signal chat, then blamed the leaks on the messaging app. But Signal and other encrypted apps are secure—as long as you use them correctly.Human error is often at the heart of a cybersecurity catastrophe. That’s why, in our private messaging app reviews, we note …
Via LLRX – Your law firm needs a Situation Room – Jordan Furlong advises law firms that in this chaotic new world order, organizations cannot sit back waiting for the next bombshell to drop. Firms need to anticipate, analyze, and address critical new developments — before they affect the organization and its clients. Furlong highlights the …
Wired – no paywall – DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Code Base in Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse – “The so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is starting to put together a team to migrate the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) computer systems entirely off one of its oldest programming languages in a matter of …
Boston.com: “The unemployment rate for college graduates has risen faster than for other workers over the past few years. How worried should they be? When Starbucks announced last month that it was laying off more than 1,000 corporate employees, it highlighted a disturbing trend for white-collar workers: Over the past few years, they have seen …
Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, March 29, 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 …
Scientific American – “…According to data analyzed by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers in the latest Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, about 20 pedestrians are killed each day in the U.S. by someone driving a car. That was 7,522 pedestrians in 2022. Those researchers note that other countries’ pedestrian fatality rates are going …