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What could go wrong? "Artificial intelligence systems built with biologically inspired structures can produce activity patterns similar to those seen in the human brain even before they undergo any training, according to new research from Johns Hopkins University."
Johns Hopkins Study Challenges Billion-Dollar AI Models
https://scitechdaily.com/johns-hopkins-study-challenges-billion-dollar-ai-models/

“This is illegal. The occupation is illegal.” The International Court of Justice agrees, as has the United Nations, according to numerous resolutions passed starting in 1967. And yet now the Security Council has effectively given Israel’s occupation of Gaza the force of international law."
Opinion | In Gaza and the West Bank, Human Rights Work Changes Course - The New York Times
https://archive.ph/NnUaf#selection-993.114-993.404

On Monday, researchers at cybersecurity giant Kaspersky published a report identifying a new spyware called Dante
that they say targeted Windows victims in Russia and neighboring Belarus.
The researchers said the Dante spyware is made by Memento Labs,
a Milan-based surveillance tech maker that was formed in 2019
after a new owner acquired and took over early spyware maker
Hacking Team.
Memento chief executive
Paolo Lezzi confirmed to TechCrunch that…

Exclusive: CEO of spyware maker Memento Labs confirms one of its government customers was caught using its malware
Security researchers found a government hacking campaign that relies on Windows spyware developed by surveillance tech maker Memento Labs. When reached by TechCrunch, the spyware maker's chief executive blamed a government customer for getting caught.

Meine Prognose für das BSW: Die Namensgeberin wird abtreten. Sie kann keine Verantwortung und Personalführung. Das ist nicht ihr Ding. Sie liebt Opposition und ihre persönliche Freiheit zu sagen und zu machen was sie will viel zu sehr. Letztens bei Lanz hat sie ausserdem ein sehr fragwürdiges Demoktratieverständnis zum Besten gegeben. Die ist jetzt endgültig in der Schwurbler-Ecke verschwunden.

"Starting ~ 1997, during the early years of UN-led efforts to forge a global climate pact, Atlas Network and its partners created and executed a playbook to sabotage support for international treaties across the Global South, according to hundreds of Atlas Network documents obtained by DeSmog."
A key early funder of this strategy: ExxonMobil.
‘A Pretty Ugly History’: How Exxon Exported Climate Denial to the Global South - DeSmog
https://www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a-pretty-ugly-history-how-exxon-exported-climate-denial-to-the-global-south/

The Dutch Data Protection Authority, the national privacy watchdog, told Het Financieele Dagblad that it has counted dozens of such AI-related data breach reports so far this year.
https://nltimes.nl/2025/12/30/dutch-privacy-watchdog-warns-rising-ai-ch…

Dutch privacy watchdog warns of rising AI chatbot data leaks
The number of reported data breaches linked to workplace use of AI chatbots such as ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini is rising sharply in the Netherlands, according to the Dutch Data Protection Authority, following a recent leak involving the municipality of Eindhoven.

Trump Was 35 When Melania Was 10: Critics Zero In on Trump and Melania’s Age Gap After Awkward Holiday Dinner Highlights How Close He Is to Her Father’s Age
https://atlantablackstar.com/2025/12/29/critics-zero-in-on-trump-and-melanias-age-gap-after-awkward-holiday-dinner-highlights-how-close-he-is-to-her-fathers-age/

"Smith also told investigators he was preparing to rely on a number of Trump allies who agreed to testify against the president that “what they were trying to do was an attempt to overthrow the government and illegal.”
Jack Smith deposition reveals plans for trial, possible charges against co-conspirators
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5668515-jack-smith-deposition-revelations/

"The plan could involve an ‘incentive based pricing structure’ for contractors, according to the report"
Kristi Noem mulls using private bounty hunters to track down immigrants, report says | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/kristi-noem-ice-bounty-hunters-report-b2856825.html

Russia secretly bought Western tech to protect nuclear subs
https://www.icij.org/investigations/russia-archive/russia-secretly-acquired-western-technology-to-protect-its-nuclear-submarine-fleet/