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View More NewsWe’ve had a few questions from EFF supporters lately, asking whether the images we use on our blog posts, or on donation and shop items, have been created with AI image generators. We’d like to answer these questions and clarify our internal policy regarding image creation. EFF images are all made by human beings, not by automated image generators, with very rare exceptions. This is an internal decision made by our small design team, for the following reasons: Our designers bring knowledge and expertise to the images we create, informed by years of consultation with EFF’s lawyers, technologists and activists. We find that this informed perspective helps make the issues we cover more clear,…
My latest installment on SCOTUSBlog urges the Justices to get out of the beltway, and hold oral argument across the fruited plane. The most likely sites would be the courthouses where the federal courts of appeals sit en banc, or all together: the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit sits in Boston, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit sits in Manhattan, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit sits in Philadelphia, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit sits in Richmond, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit sits…
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The story of Jason Arday, the Cambridge professor who has just resigned amid a scandal involving plagiarism, fabulism, and résumé-padding, has rattled a number of skeletons in Western academia’s closet. In 2023, Arday became the youngest black professor at the University of Cambridge when he was appointed professor in the sociology of education at the age of 37. Arday had obtained his PhD from Liverpool John Moores University in 2015. The son of immigrants from Ghana who lived on a Clapham council estate, he claimed to have overcome autism and other disabilities that left him unable to read or write…
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Australia’s financial crime watchdog suspended crypto ATM operator Cryptolink Pty Ltd for three months, forcing the firm to shut down 96 machines across the…
Trading platform eToro plans to acquire US online brokerage TradeZero as part of its US expansion plans, the company announced Tuesday.In its second-quarter report,…
Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of…
from the disruption…by-assholes dept There have been rumblings for a while that America’s richest and most annoying white supremacist, Elon Musk, really wants to…
Bitcoin (BTC) traders have shifted their focus lower after futures and order book data point to strong buyer interest in the $68,000-$70,000 zone.Sell pressure…
In brief Minnesota became the first state to ban prediction markets, making it a felony to operate or advertise such platforms. Hours later, the…
For years, civil society organizations, workers, journalists, and human rights experts have warned that major technology companies risk enabling grave human rights abuses when…
Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. In this week’s newsletter, I wanted to share a recent feature story I wrote…
The head of digital assets and tokenization at one of Germany’s largest asset managers said that USDT and USDC are not stablecoins, from his…
Polymarket has launched a new category of prediction markets tied to private companies, allowing users to trade on questions related to pre-IPO companies —…
In brief Two American men were arrested for their alleged role in entering the zoo enclosure of the viral monkey, Punch. One man reportedly…
from the oh-so-now-you’re-concerned? dept A couple weeks back, Supreme Court watcher Steve Vladeck pointed out a fascinating “tell” by Justice Samuel Alito in dealing…