I’ve been doing this for more than 10 years and I can assure I have yet to read a DOJ civil rights investigation report that has concluded everything looks pretty OK at this cop shop. Every — and I mean every — DOJ investigation is followed by a report that can be accurately described as […]
The Federal Trade Commission is once again taking action against a data broker for illegally collecting and selling the sensitive data of Americans, including information on people’s trips to doctors offices, abortion clinics, and places of worship. This time the FTC is taking aim at Gravy Analytics and its subsidiary Venntel, which the FTC announcement […]
Billionaire media owners are getting bolder in their attempts to suppress opinions they dislike. The latest example comes from LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong, who reportedly plans to personally review all opinion headlines to ensure they don’t offend Elon Musk or others that Soon-Shiong is trying to impress. Considering the billionaire class keeps pretending that […]
Microsoft 2019 Professional Plus is one of the most popular business suites globally. This new version of Office 2019 has been redesigned with more powerful features and improved cloud connectivity, allowing you to do more in less time. Office 2019 has a lot to offer in terms of features and functionality. It provides users with […]
There’s little that’s more impermeable than the US border. I mean, people flow across it all the time, often without being vetted, but courts seem to agree the only thing that really matters is what border agencies are trying (and failing) to accomplish. Whatever rights need to be abridged, paused, or outright discarded are just […]
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is proposing a new rule limiting data brokers’ ability to sell Americans’ sensitive personal and financial information… assuming it survives the looming corruption-fueled assault on corporate oversight under the pretense of “efficiency.” According to an agency press release, the agency is looking to update the Fair Credit Reporting Act […]
Cops just seem to love killing people’s pets. While this act is often “justified” by (often ridiculous) claims of “officer safety,” a whole lot of killing of people’s dogs seems to happen just because law enforcement officers have the means and the opportunity to carry this act out. Nothing involving the killing of people’s dogs […]
We’ve talked plenty about the ways that the DMCA process specifically is wide open for fraud and abuse. There are plenty of forms this sort of thing can take, of course, but one of the more troubling among them is the use of the DMCA process specifically to disappear critical commentary that a copyright holder […]
Support us on Patreon » We’ve written about the many signs that Trump FCC pick Brendan Carr is eager to be America’s top censor. Recently, Mike once again joined Andy Levy on The New Abnormal podcast for a discussion about how much of a threat Carr represents to free speech and the First Amendment, and you […]
This is probably the correct conclusion to arrive at, at least at this point in extremely limited jurisprudence, but it still raises some questions courts will likely have to confront in the future. Is manhandling a phone to make it responsive to a search itself a search, or does the Fourth Amendment not kick in […]
In May 2022 Thierry Breton, at the time a prominent European Commissioner, went to Texas and dropped in on Elon Musk, who was then on his way to buying Twitter. During his visit, Breton did something remarkable: he showed that Elon, whatever his other accomplishments, is a sucker’s sucker. In a video posted on social […]
The 2021 infrastructure bill is poised to deliver $42.5 billion in broadband subsidies to the states under a program called Broadband Equity, Access, And Deployment (BEAD). This program has been slow sledding, because America’s broadband maps were absolute garbage, requiring that states work overtime to fix our broadband maps and ensure the money is spent semi-wisely. Republicans and […]
One of the most important shifts in computing over the last few decades has been the increasing use of open source software on nearly every platform, from cloud computing to smartphones (well, I would say that). For the distributed development methodology pioneered by Linus Torvalds with Linux to work, modularity is key. It allows coders […]
This may not mean much in the grand scheme of things but it’s good to see these objections on the record. It’s incremental, but in these times, every increment helps, especially when the Supreme Court seems actively disinterested in discussing cases in which government officials might be found to be in the wrong. Cert has […]
If you’re not of a certain age, you may not be entirely familiar with the story of Enron, the once-vaunted energy and bandwidth trading company that went down in one of the most public bankruptcy and financial scandals of all time. It all ended in 2001, with several Enron executives being charged with accounting fraud […]
In the only country in the world where this sort of violence happens frequently enough it’s become a despairing meme, legislators continue to ignore the obvious solutions in favor of throwing money at esoteric options that won’t stop Americans from entering schools to murder children en masse. In Texas, this problem hits home harder. Not […]
Whether you’re a science enthusiast, history buff, or technology geek, Curiosity Stream has something for everyone. Unleash the power of on-demand streaming that allows you to choose what you want to watch, when you want to watch it, and where you want to watch it. From the comfort of your living room to the remote […]
Over the weekend, I saw Andy Baio post on Bluesky an amusing experiment in response to Mark Sample posting about how the name “David Mayer” appears to break ChatGPT: The “David Mayer” issue got a fair bit of attention in some corners of the media, as lots of people tried to figure out what was […]
For decades, U.S. cable and broadband providers have statistically had some of the worst customer support and satisfaction ratings of any industry or government agency in America (see: the American Customer Satisfaction Index). That’s quite a feat in a country where banks, airlines, insurance companies, and medical giants intensely compete to deliver vast untold frustration […]
If you haven’t been following along on our posts about a trademark dispute between the famed Ravinia Festival Association (RFA) and Ravinia Brewing for the last decade or so, here is a quick synopsis. The RFA operates the Ravinia Festival outdoor music venue north of Chicago. “Ravinia” isn’t a fanciful name, as locals here know. […]
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