As soon as Josué Henriquez turned 18, he applied for a credit card. He wanted to start building his credit so he could one day finance the purchase of a car or home. “I was told it was the only way I could start my credit in this country,” he says, having relocated to the … Read more
Joseph Jerome, who left privacy advocacy to work on Meta’s augmented reality data policies for two years before being laid off in May, says he grew to appreciate how consent decrees force companies to work on privacy. They add “checks and balances,” he says. But without clear privacy protection rules from lawmakers that bind every … Read more
The lawmakers’ letter also claims that NIST is being rushed to define standards even though research into testing AI systems is at an early stage. As a result there is “significant disagreement” among AI experts over how to work on or even measure and define safety issues with the technology, it states. “The current state … Read more
The America’s Got Talent judges are getting their own skin in the game as the competition heats up for America’s Got Talent: Fantasy League. In NBC’s latest franchise spinoff, Simon Cowell, Heidi Klum, Howie Mandel and Spice Girl Melanie Brown each draft their own all-star team of performers and face off against each other in the hopes … Read more
To the editor: Former President Trump and his allies thought mounting a presidential immunity defense was a clever way to delay his federal trial until a new administration could shut the prosecution down. Not so much. By asking for the Supreme Court to weigh in soon, Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith has brilliantly turned … Read more
The PLEWSA likewise exited the House Judiciary Committee last week with broad bipartisan support from both Jordan, the Republican chair, and Jerrold Nadler, its ranking Democrat. Section 702 surveillance begins with monitoring the communications of foreigners believed to be located outside of the United States. Under these conditions, the US government can ignore most constitutional … Read more
In 2014, investor and entrepreneur Peter Thiel infamously posed the distinction between companies that deal in “atoms” versus those that deal in “bits.” In its crudest terms, the former category includes businesses focused on things like hardware and manufacturing; the latter, software and financial services. Just shy of 10 years on, the distinction now strikes … Read more
McGregor, Fuentes said, needed to “salvage the country because it’s either going to be the Irish or it’s going to be the blacks … only one side is going to come out of this alive.” Some far-right influencers in the US have also pushed elements of the great replacement theory, a conspiracy claiming that a … Read more
As the day to celebrate Thanksgiving fast approaches, a less-known tradition has now gained prominence as a result of the festivities and has been dubbed “Brown Friday.” Thanksgiving Day, a long-standing holiday that falls on Thursday, has prompted plumbing companies to adopt the unofficial term as they prepare for the busiest day of the year … Read more
Sat, 18 November 2023 at 2:31 am Maya Hawke is meeting some adorable furry friends! The 25-year-old actress attended North Shore Animal League America‘s 2023 Celebration of Rescue on Friday (November 17) in New York City, where she posed with a pair of puppies. Maya looked ecstatic as she took photos with two different tiny … Read more