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130,000 AI Cameras Are Reading Your Licence Plate Right Now
A private company called Flock Safety has blanketed the United States with AI-powered licence-plate readers, mostly for police use. Critics say the network has grown faster than the laws meant to govern it.
Trump Signs Emergency Order to Block Foreign-Made Backdoors From US Power Grid
Executive Order 14420 bars untrusted foreign equipment from America's high-voltage electricity network, citing hidden remote-access capabilities that could let hostile governments cut the lights.
Hook, Hold, Harvest, Hide: Inside the State Attorneys General Trial Against Meta
California and 28 other states opened a landmark lawsuit this week accusing Facebook and Instagram's parent company of deliberately addicting children and hiding the evidence.
White House Orders Defense Contractors to Chart Every Software Tool and Supplier in Their Supply Chains
A new executive order requires companies that sell to the US military to map their entire software stack and flag any foreign ownership lurking in their supply chains.
US Lifts Export Controls on Anthropic's Fable AI After Two-Week Freeze
The Commerce Department cleared Anthropic's most powerful AI model for international customers following a government review triggered by fears the system could be used to assist serious cyberattacks.