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Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

We are Anonymous. Expect Us. #USA #trump #ice #elonmusk #anonymous #government #politics TikTok video by Anonymous

Anonymous breaks down the long term economic impact of the changes being made to disrupt our government.

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DDoSed by Policy: Website Takedowns and Keeping Information Alive Who needs a DDoS (Denial of Service) attack when you have a new president? As of February 2nd, thousands of web pages and datasets have been removed from the U.S. government agencies following a serie...

U.S. Government agencies have been ordered to enact sweeping takedowns of information— but technologists, librarians, and open access organizations have mobilized a preservation effort.

What is going on with air traffic controls?!?

This scrappy search upstart is getting thousands of people to give up Google As Google results grow cluttered and AI runs rampant on the web, Kagi is winning over disillusioned searchers with an engine that puts them first.

It’s time to do better than Google.

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Scientists Say Japanese Monkeys Are Having 'Sexual Interactions' With Deer Researchers witnessed adolescent female Japanese macaques mounting sika deer in ways that were "sexual in nature." They have several theories for why but say more research is necessary.

A bit of much needed levity for your week.

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What is DeepSeek, and why is it causing Nvidia and other stocks to slump? Chinese startup DeepSeek has debuted an AI app that challenges OpenAI's ChatGPT and other U.S. rivals, sending a shock through Wall Street.

The success of Deepseek has wider ramifications beyond its impact to the success of US Tech. We can no longer control the use of AI by other governments through the gatekeeping of our hardware and the popularity of a Chinese AI tool could be used to siphon our data.

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What do you call the opposite of Dry January, where instead you drink extra because of everything that’s been happening? That’s the kind of month I’m having.

Unless you are a rich, white male, they are coming for you.

Snoop Dogg and others face heat for performing at Trump's pre-inauguration ball The rapper Snoop Dogg has been taking criticism for performing at one of President Trump's pre-inauguration events over the weekend.

Snoop Dogg, you are dead to me.

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