Uber’s Strategy for Fighting Sexual Assault Suits: ‘What Were You Wearing?’

The ride-hailing giant promised to handle legal claims “in a way that is best for the survivor.” Its lawyers are pursuing a far more aggressive strategy.

nytimes.com

Flock misread license plates in 71% of the alerts it sent to police in one California town

Flock sent 1,427 alerts to Roseville police over two years, flagging cars as stolen or used in a felony. In 71% of them, Flock read the plates wrong.

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ICE Collected Nearly 1 Million People’s DNA Last Year—Including Young Children

Internal documents show ICE's DNA collection has skyrocketed in the second Trump administration. Now hundreds of thousands of people never convicted of a crime are in an FBI criminal database forever.

wired.com

Why a Flock Worker Quit: ‘They Lied’

Jonathan Paz’s job was to convince cities to buy Flock cameras. After initially being enthusiastic about the company, he started to get disillusioned.

404media.co

More Young College Graduates Are Living At Home. Is That a Bad Thing? (Gift Article)

More young adults are living with their parents. The development suggests that they face a weak job market, but also that fewer face stigma in returning to the roost.

nytimes.com

Eastern Washington fires have burned 600 structures and forced the evacuation of 60,000 people

Authorities say wildfires in eastern Washington state forced the evacuation of 60,000 people in the Spokane area, including patients at its U.S.

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She left her ex. He secretly tracked her through a network of policing cameras.

Flock’s array of license-plate cameras was built to fight crime. But at least 50 law enforcement officers were charged with or accused of misusing it and other systems.

wapo.st

The last day of an American factory

A Trump donor called for an end to offshoring. Then his company moved much of this plant’s work to China.

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Ebay Has to Pay $55.7 Million in Settlement for Its Unhinged Harassment Campaign

For months on end, eBay employees and contractors made life hell for a couple that had criticized the company. Six years later, the company is finally paying up.

wired.com

For Taylor Swift, Madison Square Garden’s Controversial Cameras Briefly Went Dark

MSG’s sprawling surveillance system can monitor guests down to the second. Its owners made an exception for the pop star’s rehearsal dinner.

wired.com

Kaiser nurses say technology is making their jobs — and patient care — worse

Call center nurses at Kaiser Permanente said workplace surveillance tools and AI prioritize speed and cost savings over quality and safety.

calmatters.org

“This price was set by an algorithm”: News subscribers are surprised by a new line in their renewal emails

Outlets like Wired, NJ.com, and The Wall Street Journal are setting renewal prices just for you — and being forced to disclose it.

niemanlab.org

Vance’s security detail ‘fed up’ with hastily arranged personal and family travel requests

Secret Service sources said the Vance family asks included getting their young son to a golf lesson on a military helicopter.

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How much did CDC cuts really impact this cyclosporiasis outbreak?

The cuts would have little effect on the current situation, a former agency official said, but do constrain CDC's ability to track longer-term disease trends and risks.

washingtonpost.com

Man shot and killed by ICE in Maine was not the target of warrant, Sen. Angus King says

The motorist killed by ICE officers in a Maine shooting Monday was not the target of the warrant the officers were executing, Sen.

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A Leak of San Francisco Police Drone Footage Exposes the New Reality of Urban Surveillance

The SFPD’s exposure of hours of videos from drone platform Skydio reveals how broadly it’s watching the city from above—and how the results can spill online.

wired.com

Voice of America’s exiled journalists find meaning in work outside the newsroom

At Trader Joe's, a coffee shop, a military hospital and a real estate firm, top international broadcasters are embracing second acts they never asked for.

washingtonpost.com

Migrants who saw man killed by ICE in Houston say he did not ram officers

Three men who were in the vehicle alongside Lorenzo Salgado Araujo are contesting the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the fatal shooting.

washingtonpost.com

Trump’s sons invest heavily in defense tech as father’s administration pours money in

Most of the investments by funds linked to Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump have come since President Donald Trump’s reelection.

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Boomers’ massive wealth will mostly be passed down to people who are already rich

Often called the Great Wealth Transfer, the inheritances are expected to be the largest passage of generational wealth in history.

wapo.st

Judge tosses Trump Media’s $3.8 billion defamation suit against The Washington Post | CNN Business

Another one of President Donald Trump’s lawsuits against a news organization has fizzled out.

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Trump's Chief Design Officer Just Boosted the John Birch Society

Joe Gebbia, the founder of AirBNB, blames immigrants for rising housing costs

donmoynihan.substack.com

We Are Not Machines by Sarah O’Connor review – can dignity at work survive the tech revolution?

A Financial Times journalist ponders the future of labour in world increasingly dominated by AI and automation

theguardian.com

An ICE detainee sought treatment for mental illness. He died in a struggle with guards.

The family of Geraldo Lunas Campos is suing detention center operators and guards over his death. Records show he repeatedly requested treatment for his mental illness.

washingtonpost.com

Immigrant Arrests Surge to 10,000 in 5 Days as ICE Clamps Down

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