Sources: the US DOT plans to use Gemini to draft federal regulations, cutting the process to just 30 days; the DOT used it to draft a still-unpublished FAA rule
Sources: the US DOT plans to use Gemini to draft federal regulations, cutting the process to just 30 days; the DOT used it to draft a still-unpublished FAA rule
The Transportation Department, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations.
Sources and docs: after Marc Andreessen donated $5M+ to Trump's 2024 campaign, most CFPB probes have stalled, including three into Andreessen-backed companies
so poor all they have is money. And Andreessen is the OG — Original Greed www.propublica.org/article/trum... Scott Horton / @robertscotthorton : Given all the ways in which the ultra-wealthy have cur...
Document: Microsoft's 2025 System Security Plan submitted to the DOD, dated February 28, failed to disclose China-based engineers maintaining DoD cloud systems
The tech giant is required to regularly provide U.S. officials with its plan for keeping government data safe from hacking.
Microsoft relied on China-based engineers to maintain SharePoint On-Premises, which Microsoft said in July was exploited by Chinese hackers to breach US systems
including those based in China—to maintain the Defense Department's cloud systems' Forums: r/cybersecurity : Microsoft Used China-Based Engineers to Support Product Recently Hacked by China
Microsoft says it will no longer use China-based engineers to provide technical support to the US military, after a ProPublica report raised security concerns
Microsoft (MSFT.O) on Friday said it will stop using China-based engineers to provide technical assistance to the U.S. military …
Investigation: Microsoft uses engineers in China to help maintain US DOD systems, with minimal supervision by US personnel, leaving sensitive data vulnerable
The Pentagon bans foreign citizens from accessing highly sensitive data, but Microsoft bypasses this by using engineers in China …
An in-depth look at how foreign scammers use US banks to facilitate large-scale transfers of funds stolen from victims of “pig butchering” scams overseas
- Struggling Gatekeepers: In the face of some $44 billion a year in pig-butchering scams conducted by Asian crime syndicates …
VA used a DOGE AI tool by Gumroad founder Sahil Lavingia that hallucinated contract sizes to cancel 24+ deals; Lavingia says “mistakes were made”
We obtained records showing how a Department of Government Efficiency staffer with no medical experience used artificial intelligence to identify which VA contracts to kill.
VA used a DOGE AI tool by Gumroad founder Sahil Lavingia that hallucinated contract sizes to cancel 24+ deals; Lavingia says “mistakes were made”
We obtained records showing how a Department of Government Efficiency staffer with no medical experience used artificial intelligence to identify which VA contracts to kill.
How the US conducted a monthslong campaign to push The Gambia and at least four other developing nations to license Starlink; diplomats call the events alarming
The State Department has intervened on behalf of Musk's satellite internet company in five developing nations. Bluesky: @karlbode.com , @emptywheel , @rimaanabtawi , and @malwarejake . Mastodon: @Suff...
A 2024 Louisiana parole law cedes much of the parole board's power to TIGER, an algorithm with immutable risk scores, blocking thousands from early release
A Louisiana law cedes much of the power of the parole board to an algorithm that bars thousands of prisoners from a shot at early release.
How neo-Nazi influencers on Telegram formed the Terrorgram Collective and a network of chats and channels, targeted a teen in Slovakia, and groomed him to kill
www.propublica.org/article/tele... Mastodon: @vruz@mstdn.social : If ProPublica were able to investigate this, what are the chances that the CIA and the FBI couldn't investigate it themselves before t...
Elon Musk says he will rehire a DOGE staffer who resigned following the exposure of his posts advocating for racism and eugenics, after Trump endorsed the idea
“Just for the record, I was racist before it was cool.” — “You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity.” — “Normalize Indian hate.” — www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st... [embedded post] Ryan ...
Chat logs reveal DOGE member Edward Coristine's ties to cybercrime community The Com, and a Telegram handle linked to him sought a DDoS-for-hire service in 2022
Wired reported this week that a 19-year-old working for Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) …
Investigation: Microsoft offered the US government free cybersecurity upgrades in 2021, increasing government reliance on Microsoft due to high switching costs
- Raising the Bar: President Joe Biden asked tech companies to “raise the bar on cybersecurity.”
Investigation: Microsoft offered the US government free cybersecurity upgrades in 2021, increasing government reliance on Microsoft due to high switching costs
- Raising the Bar: President Joe Biden asked tech companies to “raise the bar on cybersecurity.”
An investigation finds eight deceptive operations on Meta's platforms that collectively controlled 340+ Pages and placed 160K+ ads to collect users' information
Co-published with Tow Center for Digital Journalism — Deceptive Political Ads: Eight deceptive advertising networks …
The US DOJ sues RealPage, alleging its software helps property managers collude to drive up rental prices on millions of units, violating antitrust law
- Prosecutors allege software drives up prices on rental units — Company says rent software uses anonymous, aggregated data
A researcher finds another flaw in Georgia's voter registration cancellation portal, which has suffered bugs that made submitting requests for Georgians trivial
The flaw would have allowed anyone to submit a voter registration cancellation request for any Georgian using their name …