An investigation into Onerep.com, which helps people remove their personal data from people-search sites, suggests its CEO founded dozens of people-search sites
The data privacy company Onerep.com bills itself as a Virginia-based service for helping people remove their personal information from almost 200 people-search websites. Mastodon: @ben@werd.social , @...
A look at the data center economy of Ireland, which had 82 data centers in 2023, amid concerns about rolling blackouts due to pressure on the electrical grid
https://www.theguardian.com/ ... @jbond@mastodon.social : > It's suggested that if all the datacentres currently proposed in Ireland are built, they could be using up to 70% of the country's electrici...
A look at the data center economy of Ireland, which had 82 data centers in 2023, amid concerns about rolling blackouts due to pressure on the electrical grid
Datacentres are part of Ireland's vision of itself as a tech hub. There are now more than 80, using vast amounts of electricity. Mastodon: @TeamMidwest@glammr.us , @icing@chaos.social , @jbond@mastod...
US lawmakers are quickly advancing an anti-sex, anti-speech agenda in the name of kids' online safety, which could soon entangle every adult internet user
Today let's talk about a right we currently take for granted that may soon disappear: the ability to browse and post to most websites anonymously. Mastodon: @ernie@writing.exchange , @drewharwell@mast...
While there are effective laws outlawing the sharing of nonconsensual deepfake porn in some states, such as Virginia and California, the US needs a federal law
I wasn't surprised, but I *am* frustrated with policymakers … Bluesky: Amanda Marcotte / @amandamarcotte.bsky.social : This shows why the hysteria over AI is focused on the wrong issues. The fear is ...
Q&A with John Binns, a 21-year-old American living in Turkey, who claims responsibility for the recent T-Mobile hack and says its security is “awful”
revealing your full legal name and location—is an interesting strategy. https://www.wsj.com/... Daniel Lippman / @dlippman : “The young hacker said he did it to gain attention. ‘Generating noise was o...
The FBI arrested a far-right extremist who allegedly plotted to destroy AWS data centers in Virginia with C-4; FBI was tipped off by posts following Jan. 6 riot
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VAMS, a CDC website built by Deloitte at a cost of $44M to manage rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine, has been abandoned by states due to bugs and problems
mission comes second, profit comes first. And that comes at a cost: vaccines delayed, loved ones lost. https://twitter.com/... Lawrence Mower / @lmower3 : Unreliable registration, problems that lock s...
A report on student grades from Virginia reveals that online learning has led to a sharp drop in students' academic performance
A report on student grades from one of the nation's largest school districts offers some of the first concrete evidence that online learning is forcing …
Profile of Virginia senator Mark Warner, the former telecoms entrepreneur and venture capitalist who is now committed to regulating Big Tech
A former telecoms entrepreneur, the Virginia senator says that saving the industry (and democracy) might mean blowing up Big Tech as we know it. Tweets: @wired , @profgalloway , and @markwarner Tweets...