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I joined @npr.org @steveinskeep.bsky.social this morning to discuss the shootings at Brown and the need to see all of this gun violence as close to home.

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🔊 Listen Now: Ex-Homeland Security official talks about mass shooting at Brown University
Morning Edition on NPR One | 5:14
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December 16, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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The government is using face-scanning apps to check if random people on the street are citizens.

And they say you cannot refuse.

This week on Reveal, @404media.co shows us how the US deploys its tech against its people.
Lessons From Trump’s “War” on Chicago - Reveal
ICE and Border Patrol agents terrorized the city, and locals fought back.
revealnews.org
December 16, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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The Voith-Schneider Propeller is a vertical-axis marine drive whose spinning blades change pitch continuously, letting a ship generate instant thrust in any direction, like a helicopter rotor underwater. Super-maneuverable, perfect for tugs and ferries.
December 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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What a difference twenty years makes. In 2006, the digital age was about YOU. In 2025, it’s about Big Tech billionaires. In the digital age, AI must stand for All Included—and I’ll keep fighting to make sure it does.
December 12, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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Okay this may be the clearest indicator yet that the AI bubble is about to burst
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"

Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 10, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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while reusing existing definitions as much as possible.

Join us for the fun!

internetsafetylabs.org/get-involved...

/fin
Join a Panel - Internet Safety Labs
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December 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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The purpose of these new resources is to better align technologists with legal terminology (and vice versa), to identify strengths/weaknesses in terminology in existing AI laws, and to arrive at a disambiguated and ISL-approved list of terms and definitions, /3
December 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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📣 Calling all word-nerds: we're updating our glossary of terms in our open-to-the-public Software Safety Standards Panel.

We've synthesized definitions from extant AI and other laws worldwide to arrive at a clear and complete list of terms. /1
December 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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16-year-old cancer patient Mikaela Naylon spent her final days lobbying Congress for the pediatric cancer research Give Kids a Chance Act.

Now, it could finally pass.

Watch this from @samsteindc.bsky.social now.
December 6, 2025 at 7:34 PM
And how does it code?

And how does it generate images?

And how does it create music?

And how does it fight wars?

Why Does A.I. Write Like … That? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/m...
Why Does A.I. Write Like … That?
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Waymo is issuing a software recall for its self-driving cars after reports the company's autonomous vehicles failed to stop for school buses. n.pr/4iGUYWf
Waymo will recall software after its self-driving cars passed stopped school buses
Waymo is issuing a software recall for its self-driving cars after reports the company's autonomous vehicles failed to stop for school buses.
n.pr
December 6, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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The first DSA fine landed - 120 million euro for X is - dare I say - dwarfed by the Irish DPC's 1,3 billion GDPR fine of Meta or Luxembourg DPA's 781 million fine of Amazon. It also comes 2 years after the DSA became applicable. The notion that the Commission is a better, more eficient enforcer 1/2
December 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Canadian police trialing facial recognition bodycams #cybersecurity #hacking #news #infosec #security #technology #privacy
Canadian police trialing facial recognition bodycams
Facial recognition software has long been criticized for accuracy issues and past wrongful arrests.
www.malwarebytes.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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& here is the full episode of the Monopoly Report podcast, in conversation with @achapell.bsky.social, dispelling some of the GDPR Omnibus proposal! I had such a great time talking to Alan, I hope you all enjoy!
#GDPR #GDPROmnibus #Privacy #AdTech

www.monopolyreportpod.com/episode-57-t...
Episode 57: The EU Digital Omnibus with Dr. Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna
The Digital Omnibus proposal seeks to upend the EU data protection rules. In part 1 of our coverage, Alan Chapell chats with Dr Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna of the Futur…
www.monopolyreportpod.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
BOSTON—Stressing that the move would help keep digital currencies liquid through the coming year, crypto leaders called for an infusion of 20 million dopes Thursday to stabilize the market. “We’re cal...
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December 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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December 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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#UnitedStates requires facial biometric collection from #Canadians entering & leaving as of Dec.26, 2025 at all ports of entry/departure. Data stored for 75 years!
#richmondbc #cdnpoli #ustravel #teamcanada #PrivacyMatters #travelusa #canadalife #snowbirds #USA www.mtlblog.com/canada-us-bo...
The US will soon photograph Canadians at the border — here's what travellers need to know
Anyone who refuses may be denied entry.
www.mtlblog.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Today was a good day at the office, by far one of my favorite FPF LinkedIn Lives I've had. My guest: Philippe Dufresne, Federal Privacy Commissioner of Canada 🇨🇦, whose office was recently appointed as the Chair of the Global Privacy Assembly!
🎥 www.linkedin.com/events/globa...
What we've learned 1/
November 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM