Regulation
How artificial intelligence controls your health insurance coverage
How artificial intelligence controls your health insurance coverage Health insurance companies use artificial intelligence algorithms to decide whether to pay for health care treatments and services recommended by a patient’s physicians, often leading to delays or denials of necessary care. The use of AI in health insurance can have serious consequences, including withholding care from […]
🏥 Health
How Trump’s ‘gold standard’ politicizes federal science
How Trump’s ‘gold standard’ politicizes federal science President Donald Trump’s “Restoring Gold Standard Science” executive order aims to increase transparency and reproducibility in federal science, but critics argue that it politicizes science and undermines scientific rigor. The order focuses on “reproducibility,” which means ensuring consistency in results, rather than “replicability,” which requires different scientists to […]
🏛️ Politics
Supreme Court changes the game on federal environmental reviews
Supreme Court changes the game on federal environmental reviews The US Supreme Court has changed the game on federal environmental reviews by issuing a landmark ruling in the case of Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado. The court’s decision clarifies that federal agencies should give strong deference to their own NEPA (National Environmental […]
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California plan to ban most plants within 5 feet of homes for wildfire safety overlooks some important truths about flammability
California plan to ban most plants within 5 feet of homes for wildfire safety overlooks some important truths about flammability California’s plan to ban most plants within 5 feet of homes for wildfire safety may overlook important truths about flammability, as well-maintained vegetation can actually help protect homes from wind-blown embers and slow the spread […]
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Guns bought in the US and trafficked to Mexican drug cartels fuel violence in Mexico and the migration crisis
Guns bought in the US and trafficked to Mexican drug cartels fuel violence in Mexico and the migration crisis Guns purchased in the US are trafficked to Mexican drug cartels, fueling violence in Mexico and contributing to the migration crisis. The majority of these guns come from independent gun dealers, with 16 times as many […]
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FTC v. Meta: The antitrust battle over WhatsApp and Instagram
FTC v. Meta: The antitrust battle over WhatsApp and Instagram Meta is facing an existential antitrust trial, with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) suing to unwind its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. The FTC alleges that Meta sought to extinguish Instagram and WhatsApp as threats to Facebook’s dominance in the social media market. During Mark […]
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Meta’s antitrust defense wraps with one big claim: WhatsApp and Instagram couldn’t be better
Meta’s antitrust defense wraps with one big claim: WhatsApp and Instagram couldn’t be better Meta’s antitrust defense focuses on the idea that Instagram and WhatsApp are already at their best under Meta’s ownership, rather than being hindered by it. The company presented witnesses, including WhatsApp cofounder Brian Acton and an early Instagram infrastructure executive, to […]
💻 Technology
Here’s how we figured the number of guns illegally trafficked from the US across the border to Mexico
Here’s how we figured the number of guns illegally trafficked from the US across the border to Mexico Estimates suggest that between 72,819 and 258,101 firearms were sold in the US and trafficked to Mexico in 2022, with a middle-range estimate of 135,000 firearms. The flow of illicit weapons from the US to Mexico has […]
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How Apple lost control of the App Store
How Apple lost control of the App Store Apple has been ordered to change its App Store policies after a judge ruled that it had misled developers about external payments, buttons, and links. The ruling, made by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, requires Apple to give developers more control over how they handle these features in […]
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TikTok fined $600 million for sending user data to China
TikTok fined $600 million for sending user data to China TikTok has been fined €530 million (approximately $600 million) by the Irish Data Protection Commission for breaching the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by sending user data to servers in China. The commission found that TikTok failed to guarantee the protection of data […]
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