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Environment
fromArs Technica
4 days ago

Zillow removed climate risk scores. This climate expert is restoring them.

Climate risk models are more reliable for broad regional risk characterization than for fine-scale, time-specific projections, and transparency plus public data improve usability.
fromEarth911
4 days ago

Best of Sustainability In Your Ear: Carbonfuture is Building the Trust Infrastructure for Carbon Removal

But as this nascent field grapples with questions of legitimacy, scalability, and accountability, a critical challenge remains: How do we build the infrastructure needed to track, verify, and certify that carbon has actually been removed and stays removed? Meet Hannes Junginger-Gestrich, CEO of Carbonfuture, a company helping define the monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) infrastructure that could transform carbon removal from scattered efforts into a functioning ecosystem.
Environment
Privacy professionals
fromForbes
1 week ago

Know Your Customer Without Being Creepy

Lack of transparent explanation for how companies know customer information makes personalization feel creepy and erodes trust.
Online learning
fromeLearning Industry
1 week ago

AI And Ethics In Corporate Training: Balancing Automation With Human-Centered Learning

AI-driven LMSs personalize learning and predict needs but require ethical oversight to ensure transparent, fair, and human-centered decision-making.
US politics
fromFlowingData
1 week ago

Losing American data

Federal data collection has been cut where findings conflict with administration priorities, reducing transparency and limiting public insight into policy impacts.
Public health
fromBusiness Insider
2 weeks ago

The US military's annual suicide report is missing, and the Pentagon isn't offering any answers

The Pentagon's annual military suicide report and quarterly suicide data releases are delayed with no timeline, undermining transparency and accountability.
US politics
fromwww.berkeleyside.org
3 weeks ago

Meet the UC Berkeley data team who proved Trump isn't deporting just worst of the worst'

A UC Berkeley team launched the Deportation Data Project to compile and publish detailed immigration enforcement data after official data releases declined.
fromFast Company
1 month ago

The easiest way to search the new Epstein files

Thankfully we have another option. Jmail.world makes searching the Epstein files as simple as searching your email. The project has been publishing the convicted child sex offender's emails-and those of the people who talked with him, like Noam Chomsky, Steve Bannon or Ken Starr-since November using a Gmail user interface clone. Jmail's database was filled over the weekend as it added the latest Epstein file release.
US news
Artificial intelligence
fromArs Technica
1 month ago

Murder-suicide case shows OpenAI selectively hides data after users die

OpenAI is accused of withholding complete ChatGPT conversation logs in litigation alleging ChatGPT validated delusions that preceded a murder-suicide.
Real estate
fromFast Company
1 month ago

Realtors just forced Zillow to hide a key piece of information about buying a home. Here's why

Zillow removed property-specific climate risk scores after pressure from a regional MLS, while First Street defends its peer-reviewed, validated hazard models.
Cars
fromThe Verge
2 months ago

Tesla is getting better about reporting FSD safety data - but the numbers are still misleading

Tesla's new FSD safety statistics are criticized by safety experts as flawed and untrustworthy, undermining claims that FSD is safer than human driving.
US politics
fromTruthout
3 months ago

More Than 170 US Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents So Far This Year

U.S. immigration agents frequently detain citizens, sometimes subjecting them to violence, prolonged confinement, and rights violations, while the government lacks systematic tracking.
fromComputerworld
4 months ago

DeepSeek AI's code bias sparks alarm over politicized AI outputs and enterprise risk

As the number of foundation models proliferates and enterprises increasingly build applications or code on top of them, it becomes imperative for CIOs and IT leaders to establish and follow a robust multi-level due diligence framework, Shah said. That framework should ensure training data transparency, strong data privacy, security governance policies, and at the very least, rigorous checks for geopolitical biases, censorship influence, and potential IP violations.
Artificial intelligence
Environment
fromSCSJ
4 months ago

SCSJ, Partners Push for Changes to Alcoa Business Park Permit Renewal

Alcoa's former Badin Works continues polluting West Badin; advocates demand stronger NPDES permit protections, interagency coordination, and public data transparency.
fromAxios
4 months ago

"Charlatan," "ignorant": Democrats blast RFK Jr. on vaccines

failed to protect the health of the American people and endangers the lives of all Americans.
US politics
fromwww.npr.org
5 months ago

As Trump touts D.C. arrests, experts caution they're not the best indicator of public safety

U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro has frequently pushed for those who commit crimes to face harsher punishments. During a visit Thursday with federal law enforcement and National Guard troops deployed in the district, with President Trump by her side, she pledged to ensure arrests lead to charges. "I am making sure we back the blue to the hilt. Every arrest you make, we're going to the longest way to make sure that we charge in those cases," Pirro told the group.
US news
US politics
fromTruthout
5 months ago

ICE Has Stopped Reporting How Many Transgender People It Holds In Custody

ICE stopped reporting numbers of transgender people in custody, rolled back trans care requirements, and removed guidance, undermining oversight and safety for trans migrants.
US politics
fromThe Oaklandside
5 months ago

Meet the UC Berkeley data team who proved Trump isn't deporting just 'worst of the worst'

The Deportation Data Project provides a pivotal resource for immigration enforcement data amid reduced transparency from the Trump administration.
US politics
fromwww.berkeleyside.org
5 months ago

Meet the UC Berkeley data team who proved Trump isn't deporting just worst of the worst'

Deportation Data Project provides crucial, transparent immigration enforcement data amid government obfuscation under the Trump administration.
Public health
fromAustin Monitor
6 months ago

Austin's sexual assault response: Small steps forward despite federal challenges - Austin Monitor

Austin and Travis County face federal roadblocks in addressing sexual assault, but local efforts are ongoing and show progress.
fromComputerworld
7 months ago

What are Gemini, Claude, and Meta doing with our data?

Le Chat is the least privacy invasive LLM platform, closely followed by ChatGPT and Grok, highlighting differences in data transparency and user opts for model training.
Privacy technologies
Marketing tech
fromDigiday
8 months ago

Mythbusters: Retail media networks aren't immune to the pitfalls of programmatic media buying

Marketers are cautious about retail media networks, reflecting early programmatic media challenges.
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
8 months ago

The quiet engineer behind Rome AI who's making global trade a little less fragile - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

"We've made forecasting advanced, but many organizations still struggle to understand what's happening in real time. Without that, even the most sophisticated predictions are unreliable."
Artificial intelligence
US news
fromFlowingData
8 months ago

NOAA database for extreme weather disasters cancelled

The NOAA database tracking billion-dollar weather disasters will stop being updated after 2024, hindering climate change transparency.
SF LGBT
fromAdvocate.com
8 months ago

Department of Health and Human Services deletes mental health report on Utah's transgender children

The deletion of transgender youth mental health reports by HHS raises concerns over data transparency and potentially affects support for this vulnerable group.
fromHackernoon
11 months ago

Understanding Crypto Order Books Could Save Your Next Trade | HackerNoon

One of the main advantages of trading cryptocurrency derivatives is data transparency; seeing the full market depth for all products is standard.
Cryptocurrency
Education
fromwww.mercurynews.com
9 months ago

How do high schoolers in your area really fare after graduation? A new California tool lets you know

California's new Cradle to Career Data System simplifies access to student performance data for families, educators, and policymakers.
Privacy professionals
fromNextgov.com
9 months ago

Ending data silos: Inside the new executive order to fight waste, fraud and abuse

The Executive Order mandates federal agencies to dismantle information silos for improved data transparency and collaboration.
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