UK Emergency Services Network considers satellite links to plug coverage gaps
TL;DR The UK Space Agency is seeking input on using low Earth orbit direct-to-device satellite services to augment the country's…
Anna’s Archive Loses .org Domain in Unexpected Registry Suspension
TL;DR The popular shadow-library meta-search Anna’s Archive had its annas-archive.org domain placed on serverHold, rendering it unreachable. The site’s operators…
Your smart TV is watching you — and no one seems to be stopping it
TL;DR Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued five major TV makers, accusing them of intensive and deceptive user surveillance…
ICE Uses Facial-Recognition Technology to Speed Up Arrests Nationwide
TL;DR The Wall Street Journal reports that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is using facial-recognition technology to rapidly identify and…
California residents can request all data brokers to delete personal data
TL;DR A California consumer webpage indicates residents may now ask data brokers to remove their personal information. The source article…
Millennium Challenge: Real Story of a Corrupted Military Exercise and Legacy
TL;DR Millennium Challenge 2002 was a large, congressionally mandated U.S. war‑game that exposed deep disagreements over how simulations should inform…
North Dakota law accidentally lists fake minerals named after coal lawyers
TL;DR A North Dakota statute listing critical minerals included two fabricated names — friezium and stralium — that appear to…
Trump administration removes sanctions on Intellexa Predator spyware figures
TL;DR The U.S. Treasury has removed three people from its sanctions list who were linked to the Intellexa consortium and…
Venezuela interim government says it stands united in support of Maduro
TL;DR A Reuters headline reports that Venezuela's interim government says it is united behind Maduro. The full article text is…