A look at the rift in the Democratic party over AI and data centers, as pro-business Democrats oppose the fiery, anti-AI politics of the progressive wing
www.politico.com/news/magazin... Brendan Nyhan / @brendannyhan : See also: social media. In both cases, lots of people promising quick fixes with no tradeoffs. [embedded post] Max Berger / @maxberge...
Google says its test removing European news content for 1% of users in eight EU countries found that there was no change to Search ad revenue due to the removal
techcrunch.com/2025/03/21/g... Jacob Parry / @jacob-parry : Google contends that “European news content in Search has no measurable impact on ad revenue for Google,” citing tests of user behaviour. —...
A look at the rise and fall of IronNet, a cybersecurity firm led by ex-NSA director Keith Alexander and whose valuation crossed $3B after it went public in 2021
The future was once dazzling for IronNet. Founded by a former director of the National Security Agency and stacked … Mastodon: @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social . Bluesky: @scottevans.bsky.social . X: @...
A look at the rise and fall of IronNet, a cybersecurity firm led by ex-NSA director Keith Alexander and whose valuation crossed $3B after it went public in 2021
The future was once dazzling for IronNet. Founded by a former director of the National Security Agency and stacked … Mastodon: @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social . Bluesky: @scottevans.bsky.social . X: @...
A look at Musk-backed America PAC's “Register to Vote” online campaign, which collects users' personal data in swing states, but does not help them register
https://www.cnbc.com/... (NYTimes had reported in July, “The group has taken pains to be secretive. Joe Lonsdale...played a key role in the group, recruiting many of his friends — including the Jimmy...
Investigation: data broker Near Intelligence left the coordinates of nearly 200 mobile devices of people who visited Jeffrey Epstein's island exposed online
A WIRED investigation uncovered coordinates collected by a controversial data broker that reveal sensitive information about visitors … Mastodon: @wchr@mastodon.social . Bluesky: @babyboomerwriter.bsk...
How some US incarcerated people use contraband mobile phones to educate themselves, make TikToks, find love, publicize prison conditions, earn money, and more
Keri Blakinger / The Marshall Project : Tweets: @pdxlawgrrrl , @szarlotka , @marshallproj , @keribla , @marshallproj , and @shemkalegal Tweets: Pdx Law Grrrl / @pdxlawgrrrl : A man locked up in Georg...
Three Black men discuss the impact of wrongful arrests made by police departments in New Jersey and Michigan using facial recognition tech
Robert Williams, Michael Oliver, and Nijeer Parks were misidentified by facial recognition software. The impact cast a long shadow. … APPLICATION
Michigan GOP lawmaker introduces a bill that requires fact checkers to register with the state using a $1M fidelity bond, and levies $1K/day fine for violations
Lansing — A Michigan lawmaker who's been at the center of efforts to question the 2020 election introduced a bill Tuesday that would require … Tweets: @ddale8 , @jtemple , @campuscodi , @mcmuckraker ,...
Police rely heavily on car sensor and infotainment system data, including GPS and call records, to challenge alibis, thanks to looser privacy standards for cars
On June 26, 2017, the lifeless body of Ronald French, a bearded auto mechanic with once-twinkling eyes, was mysteriously found in a cornfield in Kalamazoo County, Michigan.