Max Ufberg
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Max Ufberg
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· Sep 11
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· Aug 1
Tech policy could be smarter and less partisan if Congress hadn’t shut down this innovative program
For years, the Office of Technology Assessment helped Congress see around corners on science and tech. Its 1995 shutdown left lawmakers flying blind.
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Chris Stokel-Walker
@stokel.bsky.social
· Jul 30
Google is indexing ChatGPT conversations, potentially exposing sensitive user data
Thousands of shared ChatGPT chats—including deeply personal details about mental health, relationships, and trauma—are appearing in Google search results, raising major privacy concerns.
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ProPublica
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· Jul 24
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Is Outsourcing More of His Office’s Work to Costly Private Lawyers
Despite having an office of hundreds of attorneys, Ken Paxton is frequently opting for private lawyers — many to whom he has personal or political ties — to argue on behalf of Texas. One attorney cost...
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Max Ufberg
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· Jul 21
Max Ufberg
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· Jul 21
He went undercover to catch art thieves. Now he’s using tech to stop forgeries
After decades with the FBI’s Art Crime Team, Ronnie Walker launched the Art Legacy Institute to protect artists before their work gets forged or stolen, rather than after.
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Sherpa
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· May 15
Rihanna and The Weeknd champion causes in Africa. The billionaire stakeholder behind their labels faces corruption allegations there
Activists say Vincent Bolloré built his fortune through abusive business practices in West Africa. They’re urging UMG artists to take a closer look.
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Max Ufberg
@maxuf.bsky.social
· May 14
Elon Musk’s DOGE is launching a new AI retirement system. It was built mostly under Biden
The controversial government tech task force is claiming credit for a digital breakthrough, but insiders say the Biden administration started building the project years earlier.
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Max Ufberg
@maxuf.bsky.social
· May 13
California’s location data privacy bill aims to reshape digital consent
Assembly Bill 1355 would require opt-in consent for collecting and sharing geolocation data, a targeted approach that reflects growing national concern over surveillance and use of sensitive data.
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Max Ufberg
@maxuf.bsky.social
· May 9
"I emailed a bunch of busy editors asking not if they’d review a pitch, but rather if they’d ever want me to send pitches in the first place. I was very new to this." yourfirstbyline.substack.com/p/my-first-b...
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Jesse Eisinger
@jeisinger.bsky.social
· May 7
DOGE Aide Who Helped Gut CFPB Was Warned About Potential Conflicts of Interest
Before he helped fire most Consumer Financial Protection Bureau staffers, DOGE’s Gavin Kliger was warned about his investments and advised to not take any actions that could benefit him personally, ac...
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Chris Stokel-Walker
@stokel.bsky.social
· Mar 25
The Trump administration’s Signal scandal shows humans will always be the weakest link in cybersecurity
A catastrophic breach involving top U.S. officials shows that even the most secure apps are useless when human error enters the chat.
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Max Ufberg
@maxuf.bsky.social
· Mar 19
‘This might be the one thing that could bring parties together’: UFO film director on the surprising bipartisan support in Congress
Director Dan Farah’s new documentary brings the alien conversation into the mainstream, with help from some of the most powerful names in Washington.
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