California lawmakers approve legislation to ban deepfakes, protect workers and regulate AI (apnews.com)
California lawmakers approved a host of proposals this week aiming to regulate the artificial intelligence industry, combat deepfakes and protect workers from exploitation by the rapidly evolving technology....
Kroger executive admits company gouged prices above inflation (www.newsweek.com)
Why California Is Considering Banning Food Dyes in Schools (www.nytimes.com)
Joel Nigg, a professor of psychiatry at Oregon Health and Science University, performed a similar review in 2012. He had expected to find evidence that would reassure those who were worried about food dyes, he said. However, he also found a small but significant increase in hyperactivity when children consumed the dyes. Other...
Judge Rules $400 Million Algorithmic System Illegally Denied Thousands of People’s Medicaid Benefits (gizmodo.com)
Trump Calls For Gun Confiscation In Fox News Rant: Cops Should ‘Stop And Frisk And Take Their Gun Away’ (www.mediaite.com)
You’ve got to let the police do their jobs, number one. Number two, you have to do a policy of stop and frisk. When you see a guy coming down the street and you can — the police know every one of them. They know their middle name. They know where they live. They know every one of them, the local police, and they’re great....
Police use Taser to subdue man who stormed media area of Trump rally in Pennsylvania (apnews.com)
J.D. Vance Booed by Entire Crowd During Dumpster Fire Speech (newrepublic.com)
Feds claim sinister sysadmin locked up thousands of Windows workstations, demanded ransom (www.theregister.com)
Suburban New York police make first arrest under new law banning face masks (www.theguardian.com)
A man was arrested for wearing a mask and possession of a weapon, but critics say law is overly broad and unnecessary...
Border arrests expected to rise in August; 5-month drop might have ended. (www.voanews.com)
Trump campaign strategy pivots to praying he wins September debate (www.theguardian.com)
Donald Trump’s campaign insists that they’re pursuing multiple strategies against Kamala Harris, but the true picture that is emerging is that the Trump senior advisers’ grand plan, for now, is to pray that the former US president has a good night at the presidential debate next month....
Brazilian judge suspends X platform after it refuses to name a legal representative (www.ctvnews.ca)
City of Columbus sues man after he discloses severity of ransomware attack (arstechnica.com)
Kinda like that jackass AG who targeted a journalist for viewing the HTML of a state site and published an article about the PII hard-coded within the web app. Don’t make us look bad!
Trump Staffer ‘Abruptly Pushed’ Arlington Cemetery Employee, Army Confirms (www.thedailybeast.com)
The U.S. Army has disputed a claim from Donald Trump’s campaign that nobody on his staff got physical with an employee of Arlington National Cemetery on Monday....
No Ban on Fracking: Kamala Harris Doubles Down on Fossil Fuels (www.democracynow.org)
In her first major interview since replacing Joe Biden on the ballot, Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris was questioned about her shifting statements on fracking, which has been linked to a surge in methane gas emissions over the past decade....
Man Arrested for Creating Child Porn Using AI (futurism.com)
A Florida man is facing 20 counts of obscenity for allegedly creating and distributing AI-generated child pornography, highlighting the danger and ubiquity of generative AI being used for nefarious reasons....
Harris vows tougher approach on migration, supports weapons for Israel (www.reuters.com)
Aug 29 (Reuters) - Kamala Harris vowed a tougher approach to migration along the U.S. southern border and said she would not withhold weapons to Israel, in her first interview with a major news organization since becoming the Democratic nominee for president....
Somali (27) attacked man with knife in front of German supermarket: “I will kill you and your families!” (www-bild-de.translate.goog)
Harmful 'Nudify' Websites Used Google, Apple, and Discord Sign-On Systems (www.wired.com)
Something’s Poisoning America’s Land. Farmers Fear ‘Forever’ Chemicals. | Fertilizer made from city sewage has been spread on millions of acres of farmland for decades. (www.nytimes.com)
1 in 10 Minors Say Their Friends Use AI to Generate Nudes of Other Kids, Survey Finds (www.404media.co)
I’m so glad I’m not growing up in this age of smartphones, social media, and bullshit generators. Life was hell enough in the 90s without all that noise.
Suspects in foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift show aimed to kill 'tens of thousands' (abcnews.go.com)
The suspects in the foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna earlier this month sought to kill “tens of thousands” of fans before the CIA discovered intelligence that disrupted the planning and led to arrests, the agency’s deputy director said....
US police use force on 300,000 people a year, with numbers rising since George Floyd: ‘relentless violence’ (www.theguardian.com)
Police in the US use force on at least 300,000 people each year, injuring an estimated 100,000 of them, according to a groundbreaking data analysis on law enforcement encounters....
Racist signs found at bus stops in Denver (www.9news.com)
Specifically, racist signs attacking Harris....