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A Paper Battery Is Being Developed Seeking to Replace Lithium-ion One Day
The rechargeable paper battery is cheaper, safer, and as powerful as lithium, claims Flint, a new Singapore-based tech startup company.
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All 50 States Have Now Introduced Right to Repair Legislation
The legislation hasn’t yet passed everywhere, but all 50 states introducing some form of right to repair legislation is a “tipping point” for the right to repair movement.
Meta Claims Torrenting Pirated Books Isn’t Illegal Without Proof of Seeding
Meta’s copyright defense may hinge on court ignorance of torrenting terminology.
Five Things to Know about the Supreme Court Case on Texas’ Age Verification Law, Free Speech Coalition v Paxton
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday in a case that will determine whether states can violate adults’ First Amendment rights to access sexual content online by requiring them to verify their age.
AI and Policing: 2024 in Review
Law enforcement’s got deep pockets and are under political pressure to address crime, making them a perfect customer for whatever way technology companies can package machine-learning algorithms that sift through historical data in order to do recognition, analytics, or predictions.
California Drivers May Soon Get Mandatory In-Car Speed Warnings Like the EU
The European Union requires all new vehicles to include speed-warning devices. California’s ready to follow suit.
Social Media and Online Video Firms Are Conducting ‘Vast Surveillance’ on Users, FTC Finds
Agency accuses Meta, Google, TikTok and other companies of sharing troves of user information with third-parties.
CEO of failing hospital chain got $250M amid patient deaths, layoffs, bankruptcy
Steward Health Care System, run by CEO Ralph de la Torre, filed for bankruptcy in May.
National Public Data Published Its Own Passwords
KrebsOnSecurity has learned that another NPD data broker which shares access to the same consumer records inadvertently published the passwords to its back-end database in a file that was freely available from its homepage until today.
Congressman Victimized by FBI Spying Votes for More Warrantless Spying Powers
Rep. Darin LaHood expressed outrage last year over the snooping revelations, yet voted to extend the surveillance program that spied on him without a court order.
Your Car Spies On You And Rats You Out To Insurance Companies
Even if you’re paying for the product, you’re still the product.
Police Departments Are Turning to AI to Sift Through Millions of Hours of Unreviewed Body-Cam Footage
Body camera video equivalent to 25 million copies of “Barbie” is collected but rarely reviewed. Some cities are looking to new technology to examine this stockpile of footage to identify problematic officers and patterns of behavior.
We Found That Landlords Could Be Using Algorithms to Fix Rent Prices. Now Lawmakers Want to Make the Practice Illegal.
After a ProPublica investigation, U.S. senators introduced a bill to curb “price fixing” linked to rent-setting software. “Setting prices with an algorithm is no different from doing it over cigars and whiskey in a private club,” said one sponsor.
48,000 Companies Sent Facebook Data on a Single Person
A Consumer Reports study found that thousands of companies contribute to Facebook’s data stores on each person.
Moderna Surveillance Operation Targeted Independent Media Voices
The second part of our investigation shows how Moderna carefully monitored and attacked voices questioning mandates, industry profiteering, and the efficacy and safety of childhood vaccinations.