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Leaked emails from Israeli officials — obtained by the Iran-linked hacking group Handala, uploaded by the nonprofit Distributed Denial of Secrets, and reviewed by The Standard — show that years before Palantir’s rise, Israeli officials were jockeying for Thiel’s attention and access to his company.

(archive.today link)

Not exactly… world news. But it’s happening all over the world.

Not exactly… world news. But it’s happening all over the world.

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Brewing brand love: how AI startups are reaching subscribers through coffee — the cappuccinos are camouflage.

Brewing brand love: how AI startups are reaching subscribers through coffee — the cappuccinos are camouflage.

https://archive.ph/kbhPJ

The off-the-record lecture series has been shrouded in mystery. But notes leaked by tech worker Kshitij Kulkarni reveal details.

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Lecture attendees started trickling out around 8:30 p.m., carrying mousses, cookies, and various other desserts to their awaiting Ubers. Most of the audience members were hesitant to provide their thoughts on the record, for fear of being disinvited from future events, but a few shared their opinions on condition of anonymity.

https://archive.is/f0BbH

Lecture attendees started trickling out around 8:30 p.m., carrying mousses, cookies, and various other desserts to their awaiting Ubers. Most of the audience members were hesitant to provide their thoughts on the record, for fear of being disinvited from future events, but a few shared their opinions on condition of anonymity.

Lecture attendees started trickling out around 8:30 p.m., carrying mousses, cookies, and various other desserts to their awaiting Ubers. Most of the audience members were hesitant to provide their thoughts on the record, for fear of being disinvited from future events, but a few shared their opinions on condition of anonymity.

https://archive.ph/A50bm

TLDR: Techbros in SF are wearing AI pins that record everything everyone says around them.

TLDR: Techbros in SF are wearing AI pins that record everything everyone says around them.

TLDR: Techbros in SF are wearing AI pins that record everything everyone says around them.

[W]hile tech leaders were speaking in shimmering platitudes during panel sessions, they were undoubtedly saving their real feelings — and dealmaking — for off the stage. So I camped out a block away from the summit at the Waldorf Astoria bar, where billionaires, founders, and Trump‑world power brokers gathered to toast the country’s AI future (and figure out how to profit from it).

State law bars police from sharing data from automated license plate readers with federal agencies. They're doing it anyway.

State law bars police from sharing data from automated license plate readers with federal agencies. They're doing it anyway.

Rene Turcios has attended over 200 hackathons in two years — and he doesn’t even know how to code.

Note: this is Scott Weiner, not Anthony Weiner.

Didn’t see this one posted yet! Apparently shooting for a new movie, “The Invite.”

The NEH had $17.8 million in active grants to Bay Area humanities projects.

The law criminalizes being outside with “camping paraphernalia,” like sleeping bags or cookware, without written permission from property owners or the city. It includes a provision that anyone “causing, permitting, aiding, abetting or concealing” violations is subject to up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine.

Fremont, California

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tl;Dr

Serial bomber caught after 20 years on the run.

https://ghostarchive.org/archive/fmzWE

https://ghostarchive.org/archive/qx83A

https://ghostarchive.org/archive/e198i

https://ghostarchive.org/archive/nnPLf