The New York Times [this is a free link] -Federal prosecutors charged Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas, and five senior members of the group with planning and carrying out years of terrorist attacks in Israel, including the Oct. 7 massacre, according to a sweeping complaint unsealed on Tuesday. The criminal complaint, originally filed in… Continue Reading
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The Accelerationists’ App: How Telegram Became the “Center of Gravity” for a New Breed of Domestic Terrorists
ProPublica: “…Late last month, Telegram burst into the news with another arrest related to alleged criminal activity on the giant messaging and social media platform. This time, the man in police custody was the company’s founder, Pavel Durov. French authorities detained the Russian-born billionaire after his plane touched down at an airport a few miles… Continue Reading
From School Librarian to Activist: ‘The Hate Level and the Vitriol Is Unreal’
The New York Times: “One Sunday morning two years ago, Amanda Jones, a middle school librarian in Watson, La., woke up and saw an email on her phone that left her shaking and breathless. The expletive-laced message from a stranger accused her of being a pedophile and a groomer, and concluded with a threat: “You… Continue Reading
Why Many Parents and Teens Think It’s Harder Being a Teen Today
Pew Research Center – “Why parents say it’s harder being a teen today. There are big debates about how teenagers are faring these days. And technology’s impact is often at the center of these conversations. Prominent figures, including the U.S. Surgeon General, have been vocal about the harmful effects technology may be having on young… Continue Reading
How to Find a Book Without Knowing the Title or Author
Make Use Of: “Have you ever wanted to find the title of a book but can only remember the plot or main character’s name? Gone are the days of friendly, knowledgeable librarians [what!!], but online search tricks make it easy to find a book using vague descriptions.” Continue Reading
LLRX Articles and Columns for August 2024
Artificial Intelligence and the Law – David Colarusso AI in Finance and Banking, August 30, 2024 – This semi-monthly column by Sabrina I. Pacifici highlights news, government reports, NGO/IGO papers, industry white papers, academic papers and speeches on the subject of AI’s fast paced impact on the banking and finance sectors. Six highlights from this… Continue Reading
Challenging The Myths of Generative AI
Tech Policy Press, Eryk Salvaggio – “Aside from the physical heft of data centers seen from highways and the fiber optic cables crawling into homes and offices, the digital world mostly exists in our imagination. That imagination is shaped by the people selling services that rely on that infrastructure. This has given rise to a… Continue Reading
How keep your laptop’s battery in good health
The Verge: “The rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that power most of our laptops may be the most practical battery tech we have right now, but they naturally degrade over time as their ions flow back and forth — it’s an inevitable consequence of the way they’re built and the way they work. Eventually, the batteries can’t… Continue Reading
Here’s 22 Examples of Google Employees Trying to Avoid Creating Evidence for Court
Court Watch – This article was produced in collaboration with 404 Media, a new independent technology investigations site. By Jason Koebler “In its antitrust case against Google, the Federal Government filed a list of chats it had obtained that show Google employees explicitly asking each other to turn off a chat history feature to discuss… Continue Reading
Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, August 31, 2024
Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, August 31, 2024 – 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… Continue Reading
Gartner Predicts 30% of Gen AI Projects Will Be Abandoned After Proof of Concept By End of 2025
Analysts Explore the Business Value of Generative AI at Gartner Data & Analytics Summit, July 29-30 in Sydney – At least 30% of generative AI (GenAI) projects will be abandoned after proof of concept by the end of 2025, due to poor data quality, inadequate risk controls, escalating costs or unclear business value, according to… Continue Reading
Disclosure and Transparency of Artificial Intelligence-Generated Content in Political Advertisements
Regulations.gov: “In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) initiates a proceeding to provide greater transparency regarding the use of artificial intelligence-generated content in political advertising. Specifically, the Commission proposes to require radio and television broadcast stations; cable operators, Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) providers, and Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service (SDARS) licensees engaged… Continue Reading
