Collaborate Disseminate
The New York Times looks at “a third-generation family firm” in Paraguay “with 280 workers that packages hot sauce, soy beans…and seven kinds of salt for sale in Paraguayan supermarkets.”
Its mascot — on t-shirts, coffee cups, and “in heavy d… Continue reading Paraguay Loves Its Cartoon Mouse Mickey. Disney Does Not
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried’s legal team has filed an appeal challenging his conviction on seven felony counts and his 25-year prison sentence. They argue that he was not presumed innocent, that the jury received incomplete information about FTX u… Continue reading Sam Bankman-Fried Files Appeal For Fraud Conviction
A cyberattack that shut down some of the top casinos in Las Vegas last year quickly became one of the most riveting security stories of 2023: It was the first known case of native English-speaking hackers in the United States and Britain teaming up with ransomware gangs based in Russia. But that made-for-Hollywood narrative has eclipsed a far more hideous trend: Many of these young, Western cybercriminals are also members of fast-growing online groups that exist solely to bully, stalk, harass and extort vulnerable teens into physically harming themselves and others. Continue reading The Dark Nexus Between Harm Groups and ‘The Com’
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Earlier this year, we got a look at something unusual: the results of an internal investigation conducted by Harvard Business School that concluded one of its star faculty members had committed res… Continue reading Court Clears Researchers of Defamation For Identifying Manipulated Data
New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez has filed a lawsuit against Snap, accusing Snapchat of fostering and promoting illicit sexual material involving children, facilitating sextortion, and enabling trafficking of children, drugs, and guns. CNBC repo… Continue reading Snap Sued Over ‘Sextortion’ of Kids By Predators
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: The Dutch data protection watchdog on Tuesday issued facial recognition startup Clearview AI with a fine of $33.7 million over its creation of what the agency called an “illegal database” o… Continue reading Clearview AI Fined $33.7 Million Over ‘Illegal Database’ of Faces
Slashdot covered shrinkwrap licenses on software back in 2000 and 2002. But now ewhac (Slashdot reader #5,844) writes:
The user Wraithe on the Mastodon network is reporting that a bottle of Vital Proteins(TM) collagen peptides purchased at Costco cam… Continue reading Shrinkwrap ‘Contract’ Found At Costco On… Collagen Peptides
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica, written by Dan Goodin: A judge in Ohio has issued a temporary restraining order against a security researcher who presented evidence that a recent ransomware attack on the city of Columbus scooped … Continue reading City of Columbus Sues Man After He Discloses Severity of Ransomware Attack
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: Thousands of Tennesseans were illegally denied Medicaid and other benefits due to programming and data errors in an algorithmic system the state uses to determine eligibility for low-income residents an… Continue reading $400 Million Algorithmic System Illegally Denied Thousands of Medicaid Benefits
A U.S. appeals court has revived a lawsuit against TikTok over a child’s death, potentially limiting tech companies’ legal shield under Section 230. The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the law does not protect TikTok from claims that its a… Continue reading Appeals Court Questions TikTok’s Section 230 Shield for Algorithm