The top US voting machine maker changes its story, now admitting it installed remote access software on its systems.
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Bloomberg, IRS Counsel Nominee Briefly Advised Trump Organization on Taxes:
Lawmaker Questions U.S. Trustee Over McKinsey’s Conflict Disclosures Gretchen Morgenson and Tom Corrigan, WSJ
The Washington Post: “Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein spoke about foreign influence campaigns on July 19 at the Aspen Security Forum. The Justice Department plans to alert the public to foreign operations targeting U.S. democracy under a new policy designed to counter hacking and disinformation campaigns such as the one Russia undertook in 2016 to disrupt the presidential election.
New York Times, ‘Best Professor.’ ‘Very Evenhanded.’ ‘Great Hair!’: Brett Kavanaugh, as Seen by His Law Students:
Bloomberg, IRS Counsel Nominee Briefly Advised Trump Organization on Taxes:
President Donald Trump’s nominee for chief counsel of the Internal Revenue Service briefly advised the future president’s real estate company on a tax question several years ago.
Michael Desmond
counseled the Trump Organization on “a discrete reporting matter for a
subsidiary company that was resolved with no tax impact,” James
Wilkinson, a spokesman for Desmond, said in a written statement to
Bloomberg News. Wilkinson said Desmond didn’t interact with anyone at
the Trump Organization, which was a longtime client of two other
partners at his law firm.
Democrats
on the Senate Finance Committee have given no sign they plan to
scrutinize Desmond’s Trump work at his confirmation hearing Thursday.
Still, potential conflicts of interest have drawn attention under Trump,
who broke with presidential tradition by refusing to release his tax
returns and has mused publicly about using government agencies to punish
enemies.
“All employees (not just entry level employees) should strive to have at least 70% of their time doing things that are really difficult.” From Auren Hofmann. While the number seems a little high to me, the point is an important one nonetheless.
The Washington Post: “Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein spoke about foreign influence campaigns on July 19 at the Aspen Security Forum. The Justice Department plans to alert the public to foreign operations targeting U.S. democracy under a new policy designed to counter hacking and disinformation campaigns such as the one Russia undertook in 2016 to disrupt the presidential election.
New York Times, ‘Best Professor.’ ‘Very Evenhanded.’ ‘Great Hair!’: Brett Kavanaugh, as Seen by His Law Students:
Anonymous
evaluations of professors by their students can be caustic or catty.
But they are also unfailingly candid, and collectively they paint a
revealing picture of a teacher’s strengths and weaknesses.
MakeUseOf (MUO): “Google and Bing might be the web’s most popular search engines, but they’re both a disaster from a privacy standpoint.They routinely harvest your data and use it in more ways than you care to imagine. Is search engine privacy important to you? If so, you should consider using one of these alternative search engines instead. What Kinds of Data Are Google and Bing Collecting? Before we establish the best search engines for user privacy, let’s take a moment to look at what’s wrong with Google and Bing. They will record and/or store four pieces of information every time you enter a query:
- IP address: It can reveal information about your location.
- A Cookie: Cookies let the search engine trace search queries back to your machine.
- Your search query: Lets the search engine show you targeted ads.
- Date and time of query: Gives the provider insight into what information you want and when you want it. Again, companies use it for targeted ads.
And it’s not just Google and Microsoft that have access to this information. Some search providers will sell your data to third-parties, and they will all hand over your information to the NSA and other similar entities on request.So, which search engines should you use instead? [hint – DuckDuckGo is at the top of the list…]
AI arms race: the Chinese Communist party entangles big tech FT
AI can be sexist and racist — it’s time to make it fair Nature
AI arms race: the Chinese Communist party entangles big tech FT
AI can be sexist and racist — it’s time to make it fair Nature