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Reporting Mandates Likely The Reason Behind The FBI’s Sudden Drop-Off In Section 702 Abuses

2 years 6 months ago
Earlier this month, we reported (via Charlie Savage of the New York Times) that the FBI had finally delivered its first reduction in Section 702 abuses in the entirety of its access to this particular NSA collection. The upstream collection touches a tremendous amount of foreign communications. It also captures communications from US persons communicating […]
Tim Cushing

False Equivalence

2 years 6 months ago
Today on TAP: Why does the mainstream media keep depicting lunatic-right Republicans and normal Democrats as equidistant from the center?
Robert Kuttner

Illinois State Fair concert box office now open

2 years 6 months ago
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois State Fair is just over two months away, and now you can finally buy grandstand tickets in-person. The box office will be open Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Some of the performances include Old Dominion, Alanis Morissette, and Tim Mcgraw. The 2023 Illinois state fair runs [...]
Alicia McPherson

AI Will Never Fit Into A Licensing Regime

2 years 6 months ago
Yes I’m aware that Nvidia and Adobe have announced they will license training data. I don’t know what those agreements will look like, but I can’t imagine that they make any sense in terms of traditional licensing arrangements. Rather, I’m guessing they just brute forced things to build goodwill among artist communities and perhaps to […]
Mike Masnick

Daily Deal: Nix Mini 2 Color Sensor

2 years 6 months ago
Portable, sleek and sophisticated, the Nix Mini 2 Color Sensor is engineered with life in mind. It’s perfect for those who find inspiration wherever they go. The Nix Mini can easily identify any color with a simple scan, ideal for those who work with color, or for those who simply want to bring it into […]
Gretchen Heckmann