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Satyajit Das: AI – Artificial Intelligence or Absolute Insanity?

Yves here. Satyajit Das provides a high level but nevertheless very effective indictment of the scam known as AI. I hope readers will circulate this

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What Should Mixed-Status Students Know About FAFSA This Year?

According to the California Dream Act website, “any information you provide on a CA Dream Act Application (CADAA) is only used to determine eligibility for

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Rob Reiner, Wife Michele Singer Dead: Celebrities React

Hollywood is mourning a beloved power couple. Rob Reiner and his wife of 36 years Michele Singer Reiner—who produced the director’s recent sequel Spinal Tap

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Africa’s New Data Dependency – Technology Colonialism

Yves here. This article from Global GeoPolitics documents in detail how key African states such as Nigeria, Kenya, and Rwanda have unwittingly and severely compromised

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Oakland’s License Plate Camera Contract Is Back Up for a Vote. Critics Are Crying Foul

According to Lance Wilson, policy and communications director at the Anti Police-Terror Project, the contract was only added to the Rules Committee meeting agenda on

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Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco’s Christmas Decorations

Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco are hotter than the bluest flame—but they won’t be having a blue Christmas. The music producer, who tied the knot

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Wolf Packs: Battle of the Atlantic Big Serge The CRASH Clock is ticking as satellite congestion in low Earth orbit worsens The Register (Kevin W)

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Alameda County DA Drops Charges Against San Leandro Officer in Fatal 2020 Shooting

Blakely told the courtroom that after weighing the evidence with the community’s interest in seeing Taylor’s case go to trial, “the balance falls in favor

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Kanye West, Wife Bianca Censori Together in New Photo

Kanye “Ye” West and Bianca Censori haven’t run away.  The pair has simply set off to South Korea for her latest project. In a rare photo of the

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What’s at Stake in Trump’s Executive Order Aiming to Curb State-Level AI Regulation

Yves here. This post usefully summarizes various state laws to restrict the development and use of AI, as well as their current standing. It also