The US government, citing national security authorities, has issued an export control directive to suspend all access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 by any foreign national, whether inside or outside the United States, including foreign national Anthropic employees. The … Read more
Last year, health wearable maker Oura became embroiled in a social media shitstorm after inking a deal with the Department of Defense and Palantir. Some customers feared their data would end up in the clutches of the Trump administration. The … Read more
photo cred: my dad If you ever want a good laugh, ask an academic to explain what they get paid to do, and who pays them to do it. In STEM fields, it works like this: the university pays you … Read more
Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. The Starbucks barista calls out “Joe, grande latte for Joe!” It takes him two tries before I remember I’m … Read more
– Tor. Pros: Reasonably user friendly and easy to get online, strong anonymity, free. Cons: a common target for censorship, not very fast, exit nodes are basically universally distrusted by websites. – Tailscale with Mullvad exit nodes. Pros: little setup … Read more
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Press release National Drought Group meets to address “nationally significant” water shortfall Five areas remain in drought with six more in prolonged dry weather Credit: Getty The National Drought Group met today (Monday 11 August) with the current water shortfall … Read more
What the government didn’t reveal is how many zero days it discovered in 2023 that it kept to exploit rather than disclose. Whatever that number, it likely will increase under the Trump administration, which has vowed to ramp up government … Read more
[This post is adapted from our forthcoming book, Preserving Government Information: Past, Present, and Future.] Today we want to clarify something important about preserving government information. There is a difference between the government changing a policy and the government erasing … Read more
Enlarge this image San Diego high school students await a bus ride to Blythe, Calif., to go pick cantaloupes in the summer of 1965. They were recruited as part of the A-TEAM, a government program to replace migrant farm workers … Read more