A Friendly Reminder That Your Unpowered SSDs Are Probably Losing Data

#mischacks #data #datastorage #solidstatedrive #ssd #storage #hackaday
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Cities are building “digital twins” to map roads, buildings and utilities — but most still overlook the people who use them.

A new study shows how faked synthetic data can add realistic human behavior to these models while protecting #privacy.

theconversation.com/from-concr…
#data #technology

From concrete to community: How synthetic data can make urban digital twins more humane

Urban digital twins pull together tremendous amounts of data to realistically model cities, but they’ve been missing a critical ingredient: people.

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Connecticut towers insist they’re selling junk cars. It’s impossible to know the conditions of every vehicle.

But an analysis by The Connecticut Mirror and ProPublica shows that in nearly half the cases, the asking price was 50% or less of the book value.
propublica.org/article/connect…

#News #Connecticut #Cars #Towing #Law #Data #DMV

Connecticut Towing Companies Frequently Value Cars Low, Allowing Them to Sell Vehicles Quickly

A database created by The Connecticut Mirror and ProPublica of more than 6,000 forms submitted by the state’s towing companies shows a pattern of low values, including for some luxury cars.

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Top #FannieMae officials ousted after sounding alarm on sharing confidential #housing data

A confidant of #BillPulte, the #Trump admin’s top housing “regulator”, provided #confidential mortgage pricing #data from Fannie Mae to a principal competitor, alarming senior officials of the govt-backed lending giant who warned it could expose the company to claims that it was colluding with a rival to fix mortgage rates.

#law #scammers
apnews.com/article/fannie-mae-…

How AI data centers were invented... Coming to a town near you

Charlie Berens + Daniel Van Kirk 👏🏼

This is CINEMA 🔥

Sometimes comedy is the only way to open eyes and make a point ;)

#humor #comedy #datacenters #AI #IA #data #bigtech

#California’s state agency CalPrivacy is building a new Delete Request and Opt-out Platform (DROP 😂).

Starting Jan 1, 2026, you’ll be able to submit a request through DROP, asking data brokers to delete your data.

Starting Aug 1, 2026, data brokers are required to start regularly processing consumer deletion requests, reducing how many times your data can be bought, sold, and pop-up on sketchy websites. 😎

This is exciting, as it’s a FREE service for California residents, similar to existing, paid services like Optery, Incogni, Privacy Bee, DeleteMe, and EasyOptOuts.

#privacy #data #government

privacy.ca.gov/data-brokers/

Data brokers - privacy.ca.gov

State of California

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Perhaps the worst data visualization job on the internet so far.. 🙄

#data #visualization