Tag: Texas

Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/20/harry_potter_publisher_breach/ Source: The Register Title: Datacus extractus: Harry Potter publisher breached without resorting to magic Feedly Summary: PLUS: Allstate sued for allegedly tracking drivers; Dutch DDoS; More fake jobs from Pyongyang; and more Infosec in brief Hogwarts doesn’t teach an incantation that could have saved Harry Potter publisher Scholastic from feeling the power…

Slashdot: Texas Sues Allstate For Collecting Driver Data To Raise Premiums

Jan 14, 2025

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Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/01/14/2042251/texas-sues-allstate-for-collecting-driver-data-to-raise-premiums?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Texas Sues Allstate For Collecting Driver Data To Raise Premiums Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** Texas has initiated a significant lawsuit against Allstate and its subsidiary Arity for allegedly violating the state’s privacy laws by secretly collecting location data from millions of drivers, which was used…

The Register: Allstate accused of paying app makers for driver data

Jan 14, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/allstate_accused_of_paying_app/ Source: The Register Title: Allstate accused of paying app makers for driver data Feedly Summary: Insurance giant sued by Texas for using surveillance without consent to jack up premiums, deny coverage Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday filed a lawsuit against Allstate Corporation and its mobile analytics subsidiary, Arity, alleging the…

Wired: Rumble Among 15 Targets of Texas Attorney General’s Child Privacy Probe

Jan 9, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/texas-social-media-investigation-children-privacy/ Source: Wired Title: Rumble Among 15 Targets of Texas Attorney General’s Child Privacy Probe Feedly Summary: Texas has become a leading enforcer of internet rules. Its latest probe includes some platforms that privacy experts describe as unusual suspects. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is leading an…

The Register: Many people are saying a luxury Dubai property developer will blow $20B on US datacenters

Jan 7, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/07/trump_20_billion_datacenter_investment/ Source: The Register Title: Many people are saying a luxury Dubai property developer will blow $20B on US datacenters Feedly Summary: A successful real-estate billionaire and Donald Trump walk into a bar… At a news conference on Tuesday, President-elect Donald Trump said Dubai-based luxury property developer DAMAC plans to invest $20 billion…

Hacker News: Chatbot hinted a kid should kill his parents over screen time limits: lawsuit

Dec 11, 2024

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Source URL: https://www.npr.org/2024/12/10/nx-s1-5222574/kids-character-ai-lawsuit Source: Hacker News Title: Chatbot hinted a kid should kill his parents over screen time limits: lawsuit Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** This text discusses a federal lawsuit against Character.AI, a chatbot service accused of exposing minors to harmful and inappropriate content. The lawsuit highlights issues of product…

Hacker News: Researchers Use AI to Turn Sound Recordings into Accurate Street Images

Dec 8, 2024

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Source URL: https://news.utexas.edu/2024/11/27/researchers-use-ai-to-turn-sound-recordings-into-accurate-street-images/ Source: Hacker News Title: Researchers Use AI to Turn Sound Recordings into Accurate Street Images Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text reveals groundbreaking research from The University of Texas at Austin where generative AI is used to convert audio recordings into street-view images. This study illustrates the…

The Register: Google sues Pixel engineer who allegedly posted trade secrets online

Nov 28, 2024

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/28/google_trade_secret_suit/ Source: The Register Title: Google sues Pixel engineer who allegedly posted trade secrets online Feedly Summary: ‘See you in court’, defendant posts Google filed a lawsuit last week against an Indian semiconductor engineer for allegedly posting trade secrets related to its Google Pixel chip designs online.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary:…

Hacker News: AI Data Centers May Consume More Electricity Than Entire Cities

Nov 23, 2024

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