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A look at the AI Objectives Institute, founded by late privacy and tech luminary Peter Eckersley, meant to guide AI’s evolution to safeguard humanity’s future — Peter Eckersley did groundbreaking work to encr…
The SCO Lawsuit: Looking Back 20 Years Later
“On March 7, 2003, a struggling company called The SCO Group filed a lawsuit against IBM,” writes LWN.net, “claiming that the success of Linux was the result of a theft of SCO’s technology…”
Two decades later, “It is hard to overestimate how much t…
It’s not enough to ‘cancel’ racists like Scott Adams
Toxic racists must be erased – figuratively speaking – from mainstream culture, relegated to the internet’s corners.
Estonian Premier to Forge New Coalition After Election Win
Kallas’s election victory provides a mandate for her pledge to maintain Estonia’s transatlantic course as a committed member of the E.U. and NATO.
Saudi Arabia deposits $5 bln in Turkey’s central bank: Statement
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Pope John Paul II covered up child abuse as cardinal in Poland, says report
The late Polish pope John Paul II knew about child abuse in Poland’s Catholic church years before becoming pontiff and helped cover it up, private broadcaster TVN reported Sunday.Michal Gutowski, the investigator behind the broadcast, said that Karol …
BetterHelp Shared Users’ Sensitive Health Data, FTC Says
The online counseling service BetterHelp has agreed to return $7.8 million to customers to settle with the Federal Trade Commission for sharing health data it had promised to keep private
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Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kostyuk snubs Russian opponent after winning WTA tournament
Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kostyuk refused to shake hands with her Russian opponent Varvara Gracheva after claiming victory in the final of the ATX Open in Austin, Texas, on Sunday.
Divorced Afghan women forced back to abusive ex-husbands
Abused for years by her ex-husband who broke all of her teeth, Marwa has retreated into hiding with her eight children after Taliban commanders tore up her divorce.Marwa was one of a small number of women who, under the previous US-backed government, …