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This story is focused on the immigration implications of what New Orleans is doing...

... but note that this would make New Orleans the first city to formally legalize broad use of REAL-TIME facial recognition by police:

‼️ Mount Rogers Community Services Board 🇺🇸 is notifying 38.2K patients and staff of an April 2025 #databreach. SSNs, medical info & more affected.

#Ransomware gang INC claimed the attack on the Virginia healthcare company in July 2025.

Read more: bit.ly/45y58lM

By: @pabischoff.bsky.social

GenAI is a lawsuit waiting to happen to your business : Enter a prompt and get back a copyright infringement

"Generative AI is a lawsuit waiting to happen to your business" www.theregister.com/2025/08/12/g... #ai #genai

🚨 Box Elder County 🇺🇸 has been added to the data leak site of #ransomware gang Interlock. 4.5 TB (2.1M+ files) allegedly stolen.

The government entity noted a cyber attack on August 6, 2025. Investigations remain ongoing.

Read more: bit.ly/46WkYcq

By: @pabischoff.bsky.social

Ohio requires buses for private school kids. Public school students have to find their own ride School districts are responsible for transporting private and charter school kids, leaving thousands of public school students behind

Ohio requires buses for private school kids. Public school students have to find their own ride www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‼️Mid-Florida Primary Care 🇺🇸 is notifying 16,435 people of a #databreach following a #cyberattack which started in Nov '24. SSNs and medical histories affected.

#Ransomware gang #BianLian claimed the attack on the healthcare company in Dec '24.

bit.ly/3Ul0Xon

By: @pabischoff.bsky.social

‼️ Headhunting firm Manpower notifies 144,000 people of #databreach following a #cyberattack in December 2024 🇺🇸

#Ransomware gang #RansomHub claimed the attack in January 2025 after allegedly stealing 500 GB of data.

bit.ly/4mxOSYI

By: @pabischoff.bsky.social

Literally stealing all public (doesn't mean it isn't licensed!) code to help train their plagiarism machine

This is so fucking awful

🚨 BREAKING! #Ransomware gang Interlock has claimed the attack on the City of St. Paul 🇺🇸 43 GB of data, inc. 66.5K files, allegedly stolen

Over the weekend, the government organization confirmed it hadn't met the hackers' ransom demands.

Read more: bit.ly/4loRyaq

By: @pabischoff.bsky.social

Someone forgot to take down this webpage:

www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/v...

Crime in DC trends way down for two consecutive years, but to hear Trump tell it, we're descending into anarchy and need to send in the national guard because Big Balls got beat up by a couple of children. mpdc.dc.gov/dailycrime

This is one of the biggest changes in how the internet works and search and discovery is going to look very different (worse) even a year from now.

A really shitty web game made by a shitty chatbot

"The model has a great sense of aesthetics. If you zoom in, you can see tons of detail"

What the fuck are we doing man, what the fuck

Cleo Fields Voted to Deregulate Crypto While Investing in Related Tech Companies The Louisiana Democrat bought stock this summer in a major Ethereum treasury company as well as tech firms venturing into stablecoins.

NEW: House Democrat Cleo Fields bought stock in an Ethereum investment firm and tech companies expanding into stablecoins while voting for the GENIUS and CLARITY Acts to deregulate crypto. readsludge.com/2025/08/07/c...

🚨 Think Big Healthcare Solutions 🇺🇸 was one of the victims of new #ransomware gang PEAR. 60 GB allegedly stolen.

The US health management company confirmed a #cyberattack and #databreach in June 2025. SSNs, card info, medical data & more affected.

bit.ly/4fnGXuJ

By: @pabischoff.bsky.social

‼️ Dialysis firm DaVita, Inc. 🇺🇸 has confirmed 916K people were impacted in its April 2025 #ransomware attack. SSNs, medical info & more affected.

#Interlock claimed the attack on the healthcare company after allegedly stealing 1.5 TB of data.

Read more: bit.ly/40QPfW2

By: @pabischoff.bsky.social

Your interview with the AI hype man was weak. No evidence-backed facts or figures. No solutions for supposed problem. No discussion of its impact on the environment, unsustainable business model, or mass plagiarism. Why is Buttigieg even considered a relevant expert on this?

I love NPR, but I'm not a fan of @steveinskeep.bsky.social throwing softballs at AI hype bros and right wing podcasters with no opposing or alternative viewpoints.

YouTube video by Paul Bischoff Official Jack of Clubs Trailer 2

I cut a shorter trailer for my game #JackOfClubs youtu.be/v7-MtG4MRyo

Old one is a bit long and takes too long to see combat. Hoping this will help convert a few more sales #gamedev #indiedev #gamemaker

This is extremely cool. GOG is taking a stand against payment processors caving to fundamentalist religious groups and is offering a bunch of "banned" games for free.
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Tech giants blocking some Ukraine and Gaza posts under new online rules - BBC News Tech companies are restricting debates of public interest to comply the Online Safety Act, analysis shows.

Some Gaza and Ukraine posts blocked under new age checks

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Lack of 2-step log-in system a 'root cause' of Hamilton cyberattack, says report as $5M in claims denied | CBC News The insurance company did not cover any of the city’s claims totalling about $5 million. City staff say they've learned from their mistakes and are taking accountability for the cybersecurity breach.

Didn't use multifactor authentication? You can't claim five million in insurance money after getting hacked. So says a #Canada city's insurer: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

🚨 #Ransomware gang #Medusa has given Franklin Pierce Schools 🇺🇸 10 days to pay a $400K ransom before it publishes 821.30 GB of data.

The Washington school district suffered a #cyberattack in June 2025, which disrupted systems and caused school closures.

bit.ly/4me7BIS

By: @pabischoff.bsky.social

For all the hype, I don't think gen AI isn't going to get much better. AI companies have already scraped everything they can for the most part, so the training data won't improve, and any improvements beyond this point will have diminished returns.

Spotify Is Forcing Users to Undergo Face Scanning to Access Explicit Content Submit to biometric face scanning or risk your account being deleted, Spotify says, following the enactment of the UK's Online Safety Act.

Spotify is now instituting face scans and ID checks ... to listen to music.

Porn was only ever the excuse. The only thing that surprises me is how quickly the government surveillance mandate has spread to absolutely every service we use.

www.404media.co/spotify-uk-a...

Journalist Discovers Google Vulnerability That Allowed People to Disappear Specific Pages From Search Negative articles about a tech CEO vanished from Google after someone made fraudulent requests using the Refresh Outdated Content Tool.

This is extremely bad: Journalist Jack Poulson discovered a vulnerability in Google that was being exploited to get his reporting about a CEO deleted off of the search rankings.

This is a wet dream for reputation management companies, censorious regimes, etc

www.404media.co/journalist-d...

Dropbox says it will discontinue Dropbox Passwords, launched in 2020, on October 28 to focus on its core product, and recommends 1Password as a replacement (Richard Speed/The Register)

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