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The source of bad data was a Department of Homeland Security tool called the
"Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements," or SAVE.
Once used mostly to check immigrants’ eligibility for public benefits,
SAVE has undergone a dramatic expansion over the last year at the behest of Donald Trump,
who has long falsely claimed that millions of noncitizens lurk on state voter rolls, tainting American elections.
At Trump’s direction, DHS has pooled confiden…

“Not Ready for Prime Time.” A Federal Tool to Check Voter Citizenship Keeps Making Mistakes.
The Department of Homeland Security pushed out the revamped tool while it was still adding data. That led to widespread misidentification, particularly for citizens born outside the U.S.

🧲 Iron-based magnetic material achieves major reduction in core loss
#materials

Iron-based magnetic material achieves major reduction in core loss
A research team from NIMS, Tohoku University and AIST has developed a new technique for controlling the nanostructures and magnetic domain structures of iron-based soft amorphous ribbons, achieving more than a 50% reduction in core loss compared with the initial amorphous material.

Nuanced and balanced blog about the role AI now plays in Coding, the good, the bad etcetera.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/01/developers-say-ai-coding-tools-work-and-thats-precisely-what-worries-them/

Developers say AI coding tools work—and that's precisely what worries them
Ars spoke to several software devs about AI and found enthusiasm tempered by unease.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann & Nina Gade:
🎵 2 pieces caracteristiques, Op 25
#JohanPeterEmiliusHartmann #NinaGade
https://open.spotify.com/track/3Ty2jj5jNp97AF0vdYoxFo

RE: https://newsie.social/@ProPublica/115877177561168237
This implies it isn't wrong when they do it to noncitizens.
It is always wrong to do violence to people who, in these arrests, are just going about their day peacefully before being attack…

Tell me you used AI to generate your diagram without telling me.

Many folks are reflecting on Prince’s extraordinary halftime performance, the greatest of all time. What you may not know is that it was a profound, nuanced statement and a powerful reclaiming of a proud Black music tradition. Some background: https://anildash.com/2021/02/05/how-pri…

How Prince won the Super Bowl
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