Author: Ethan Johnson
A student scrolls through TikTok. I don't like TikTok. I don't think you should use TikTok. But you can do it. As someone who has never even downloaded TikTok, my only experience with the site is basically my friend Katie sending me the worst “comedy” video I've ever seen (don't worry, she's (didn't read my column). However, my experience is not a positive one. Research shows that TikTok's “For You” page Negative content suggesting self-harm Too much short-form video content Impair user concentration. Moreover, while anecdotes are famously not a single form of data, contributing columnist Elle Standish wrote last…
State Sen. Dan Dawson introduced Senate File 2349 regarding defense subpoenas during floor debate on February 27th. Official video screenshot. Randy Evans is the executive director of the Iowa Freedom of Information Council and can be reached at DMRevans2810@gmail.com. what were they thinking? That's a question I've been asking myself a lot lately. These were the first words out of my mouth when the Manhattan district attorney had to postpone Donald Trump's New York criminal trial over alleged hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels. Government lawyers withdrew the ball, forcing it to be postponed. I muttered those words…
The House of Representatives opened Wednesday as House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) touts conservative policy victories with his own defiant Republican conference in hopes of smoothing the path to passage in Congress. , was rushing to complete work on a roughly $1.2 trillion government funding bill by a weekend deadline. The shutdown is scheduled to occur at 12:01 a.m. Saturday. But the prospects for quick action in the Senate are uncertain, and the bill could stall.The agreement reached this week between Johnson, President Biden and Senate Democrats includes a ban on funding for the U.N. relief agency for Palestinians and…
Agreement on huge spending bill Reached between Congress and the White House The deal is expected to include a ban on direct U.S. funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, the main humanitarian agency working in Gaza, until March 2025, three people familiar with the negotiations said. A source confirmed this to CBS News. The White House did not mention aid cuts on Tuesday when it expressed broad support for the general agreement with Congress, which President Biden has promised to sign immediately if passed. UNRWA, which provides education, health and social services to an estimated 6 million…
Smith, president of the Texas Sheriffs Association, said the unsafe border is an “intentional, destructive and inhumane violation of Texas and federal law.” AUSTIN, Texas — After meeting with Gov. Greg Abbott in Austin on Wednesday, Smith County Sheriff Larry Smith declared the Texas-Mexico border crisis constitutional in a letter on behalf of the Texas Sheriffs Association. requested that it be done. In the face of a crisis, the federal government steps in to provide aid. Smith, president of the Texas Sheriffs Association, said in the letter that an unsafe border is an “intentional, destructive and inhumane violation of Texas…
WASHINGTON – President Biden's fiscal year 2025 budget request, released in early March, includes a proposal to allow the Small Business Administration (SBA) to make direct loans through the 7(a) loan program. This ill-conceived proposal seeks to manipulate the market by allowing the government to compete with banks and credit unions in providing loans. U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota), along with Sens. Tim Scott (R-South Carolina) and John Kennedy (R-Louisiana), Protecting Access to Credit for Small Businesses Act Prohibits the Biden Administration from authorizing the Small Business Administration to directly issue 7(a) loans. Not only would the SBA 7(a)…
Two former South Shore government employees were each sentenced to 18 months in prison Wednesday for defrauding $770,000 from the Pandemic Business Relief Program.Arthur Cornwall, 43, of West Babylon, and Sean Williams, 41, of Valley Stream, were also ordered to repay stolen grant and loan funds during their sentencing in federal court in Central Islip. It was done.The two pleaded guilty in June. As a result, Cornwall lost his job as a signal maintainer for the New York City Transit Authority, and Williams lost his job as a state court clerk.The men are among 22 Long Islanders accused of stealing…
The US government has warned its allies that state-sponsored hackers from Iran and China are increasingly targeting critical infrastructure, with the most notable attacks being water systems.The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) investigated a number of Iranian attacks targeting Unitronic programmable logic controllers (PLCs) used in water utilities.China is also focused on inspecting critical U.S. infrastructure, which officials say could be an exercise in a broader strategy in the event of a U.S.-China war.Target the weakest link in the chainAn open letter issued by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan states that…
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has a long list of companies participating in a special artificial intelligence advisory group called the AI Safety Institute Consortium. Members advise NIST on a variety of issues. And our newest members include the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. For more information, Tom Temin and Federal Drive Dr. Mica Endsley, president of SA Technologies, said the company is the society's leader in outreach and government relations.tom temin I should also point out that you are a former Air Force Chief Scientist. So you've been involved in automation and human augmentation and human-machine…
Image credits: Mayank Makhija/NurPhoto/Getty ImagesIn India, a government-run agency will monitor and fact-check government-related matters on social media, even though tech giants raised serious concerns about social media last year. The Ministry of Electronics and IT on Wednesday gazetted amendments to the IT Rules, 2021 to enact into law a proposal to make the fact-checking wing of the Press Information Bureau the exclusive arbiter of truth in New Delhi matters. Tech companies and other companies serving more than 5 million users in India should not display, store, transmit, or otherwise share information that deceives or misleads users about government or…