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CBS News: “The Trump administration is quietly seeking unprecedented access to medical records for millions of federal workers and retirees, and their families. A brief notice from the Office of Personnel Management could dramatically change which personally identifiable medical information the agency obtains, giving it the power to see prescriptions employees had filled or what …
Follow up to Donald Trump, again wants to kill off IMLS, the library agency [Trump’s first attempt to destroy IMLS in 2018] – ALA’s separate court challenge continues – Washington – On April 6, a federal court granted the Trump Administration’s request to withdraw its appeal of a federal judge’s earlier ruling that struck down …
The Save Our Signs team has a number of new updates we wanted to share with you: “Over 3,000 new photos published in the SOS Archive, thanks to a new workflow and updated backend database.” “Digging Into the Leaked NPS Data,” a new story map that illuminates what NPS employees have flagged in response to …
Richard Freiberg CPA – “When a law firm experiences a data breach the consequences extend far beyond reputational harm. Increasingly, attackers exfiltrate entire client files including documents filed under seal or protected by attorney–client privilege—and post them on the dark web. and law firms must navigate a complex mix of ethical duties, procedural obligations, and …
Bleeping Computer: “U.S. victims lost nearly $21 billion to cyber-enabled crimes last year, driven primarily by investment scams, business email compromise, tech support fraud, and data breaches, the Federal Bureau of Investigation says. The figure continues the year-over-year record trend as it is up 26% compared to 2024, when Americans lost $16.6 billion to cybercrime. A …
The Atlantic Gift Article – America’s adversaries are uniting as its own coalition falls apart. “…The war has exposed the contradictions of the Trump administration’s geopolitical worldview. Under this president, the United States has rewarded Russia, ignored China, punished Europe, and abandoned its Asian allies and partners to an economic crisis that it helped set …
404 Media: “Ron DeSantis has empowered hundreds of Florida conservation police to work directly with ICE.. Florida’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) police are performing dozens of license plate lookups on Flock cameras for Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to public records that show details of the searches. The practice highlights how ICE, …
American Crisis – “The moment I saw Trump’s crazy and dangerous Truth Social post on the morning of Easter Sunday, I could imagine the freakout in newsrooms across the country. The essence of it would be something like this: “How much of this do we publish? How do we report this without breaking with every …
Bellingcat: “Access to open source visuals of the current Iran conflict, which has spread to many parts of the Middle East, continues to be sporadic. Videos and photos from within Iran trickle out on social media as the Iranian internet blackout hinders the flow of digital communication. In past conflicts, satellite imagery has provided a …
Wall Street Journal – no paywall: “A federal judge in Manhattan ruled in February that when a criminal defendant used an AI chatbot to prepare for his legal defense, he waived attorney-client privilege. The prosecution can now read every word he typed and the answers he received. If this reasoning stands, the consequences will reach …
Platformer – The company says it has built its most dangerous model yet. “Can its coalition of internet companies fix the internet before others catch up? Two weeks ago, Anthropic accidentally leaked the existence of what the company said was its most powerful artificial intelligence to date: a new model, known as Claude Mythos Preview, …
The Atlantic (Gift Article): Trump’s Fundamental Misunderstanding in Iran. “One of the U.S. government’s recurring mistakes about Iran has been to conflate the country’s national interests with regime interests. The two are in many ways opposites. What benefits the Iranian people—global economic reintegration, diplomatic recognition, investment, normalcy—threatens a regime that operates an extensive mafia and …