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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tasker-pot-pardons-limitations-1.4866610
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CBC
The Liberal government's announcement that it will expedite the processing of pardons for people with minor cannabis-related crimes is welcome news to quite literally tens of thousands of Canadians who have been convicted of possession offences.
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https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/tech-leaders-meet-with-us-senators-to-discuss-ai-regulation/693619/
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Socialmediatoday
The long-awaited real-life meeting between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg happened today, with the two both attending an "AI Insight Forum" at Capitol Hill, to discuss the development of AI technologies, and the implications for AI in its many applications. Spoiler alert: There was no MMA bout, and Elon didn't jump the table and attack Zuck, despite his repeated threats to turn up at his house and challenge him to mortal combat.
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https://financialpost.com/real-estate/new-ontario-real-estate-act-strives-transparency-comes-up-short
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Financialpost
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https://www.space.com/how-can-we-restore-public-trust-in-science
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Space
In an age of diminishing trust in science, scientists need to change how they work with the public and within the broader scientific community. The vast majority of fundamental scientific research — the kind of science that pushes ever deeper into unknown regions and expands humanity's knowledge — is funded by government organizations.
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https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/technology-built-the-cashless-society-advances-are-helping-the-unhoused-so-theyre-not-left-behind
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Financialpost
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https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/oregon-and-delaware-break-ground-in-8160853/
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On June 22, 2023, the Oregon House of Representatives unanimously passed Oregon's Consumer Data Privacy Act ("Oregon Privacy Act"), following a majority vote in the Oregon State Senate. The Oregon Privacy Act increases consumer data protections by imposing affirmative obligations on entities controlling or processing consumer personal data (including persons and entities that conduct business in the State of Oregon or provide products or services to Oregon residents) and during a calendar year meet one of the following criteria:.
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https://www.ibtimes.com/frances-new-pm-says-form-government-next-week-3742832
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Ibtimes
France will have a new government "next week", recently installed conservative Prime Minister Michel Barnier said Wednesday, as he sounded out candidates to run ministries faced with an unpredictable hung parliament."We're going to do things methodically and seriously," Barnier told reporters in...
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https://www.route-fifty.com/cybersecurity/2024/04/national-data-privacy-standard-would-preempt-state-efforts/395838/
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Route-fifty
For nearly six years now, states have slowly been plugging a gaping hole where a national data privacy standard should be. As Congress has failed to advance legislation, states have written and passed their own comprehensive data privacy laws. Starting with California in 2018, more than a dozen...
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https://www.jmir.org/2024/1/e49163/
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Jmir
Introduction Background Health apps are the most widely used digital health products globally [,]. Harnessing the potential of health apps creates a huge opportunity in providing support for health care delivery, including patient communication, patient education, and decision support for...
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https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2024/08/07/labour-government-locks-up-brits-sharing-migrant-riot-info-as-opposed-to-jailing-rioters-n3792818
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Hotair
GAWDThird-world police states are great, aren't they?And I'm not the least bit concerned that my kid has just moved to a welcoming place like the United Kingdom at all, am I?
Not at all, not at all.I've heard summers in England are delightful.Warm, village bon-fiery sort of welcoming. Liverpool...
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https://newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/tierin-rose-mandelburg/2023/10/04/planned-parenthood-gives-special-needs-kid-cross
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Newsbusters
Fred, who's last name has been withheld out of privacy, was diagnosed with ADHD with autistic traits at age four. When he turned 18, he visited a Planned Parenthood location where he was prescribed cross-sex hormones after just a thirty minute appointment, The Washington Free Beacon reported...
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https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/client-alert-new-jersey-privacy-law-6311569/
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Jdsupra
The NJDPA largely adopts the framework of consumer data privacy laws previously enacted in other states, and generally shares key definitions, business obligations, and core consumer rights governing the collection, use, and transfer of consumer data. However, the NJDPA deviates from the other state privacy laws in a few notable ways, as discussed below.
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https://www.techcentral.ie/government-commits-to-trustworthy-ai-in-the-public-service/
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Techcentral
Life. Government has approved guidance on the use of AI in the public service, brought to Cabinet by Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery & Reform, Paschal Donohoe and Minister for Enterprise, Trade & Employment, Simon Coveney. In the wake of agreement on a new European AI Act reached between the European Parliament and the Council, the government has instructed that all AI tools used by the Irish public service should comply with seven requirements for ethical AI that have been developed by the European Commission's high level expert group on AI in their Ethical Guidelines for Trustworthy AI document.
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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-10-ai-high-doctors-medical.html
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Medicalxpress
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https://sputnikglobe.com/20231120/no-trust-in-us-nuclear-umbrella-why-france-is-upgrading-its-strategic-missiles-1115081051.html
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Sputnikglobe
Saturday's M51.3 launch was carried out from a land-based test facility in Biscarrosse, southwestern France, with the missile completing a successful flight before splashing down in an undisclosed location in the North Atlantic Ocean, "several hundred kilometers from any coast," according to a statement by the French Ministry of Armed Forces.
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https://bfsi.eletsonline.com/striking-the-right-balance-innovation-and-stability-in-technology-leadership/
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Bfsi
Among the myriad use cases of Gen AI, some of the focus areas within the financial services industry have been to improve regulatory compliance and make lives easier for functions that thrive on content such as marketing, shared Vamsi Krishna Ithamraju, Chief Technology Officer, Axis Mutual Fund in an exclusive interaction with Srajan Agarwal of Elets News Network (ENN).
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https://channellife.co.nz/story/dynatrace-confirmed-as-supplier-to-nz-all-of-government-marketplace
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Channellife
The New Zealand All-of-Government (AoG) Marketplace now provides opportunities for government agencies to support citizens with better digital experiences, with Dynatrace being approved as an official supplier.
Of all the elements that governments require to operate successfully, one of the most...
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https://www.futurity.org/browser-extensions-privacy-3249712/
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Futurity
New research reveals that thousands of browser extensions pose significant threats to privacy, and hundreds automatically extract private user content from within webpages—affecting millions of Internet users.
Browser extensions, the software add-ons that help users customize and enhance their...
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https://www.phonearena.com/news/uber-faces-a-heavy-324-million-fine-amidst-data-protection-concerns_id161847
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Phonearena
In 2018, the European Union rolled out one of the strictest privacy and security regulations globally: GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). Despite being an EU law, it applies to any organization that targets or collects data from people in the EU. The latest company to face the heat from this regulation is the ride-hailing giant Uber.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6pq969097po?at_campaign=KARANGA&at_medium=RSS
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Bbc
The hen harrier could be extinct in the Republic of Ireland within 25 years, wildlife experts have warned.Numbers of the bird of prey have declined by a third, according to the fifth national survey, undertaken in 2022., externalThe survey was carried out by the Golden Eagle Trust, Irish Raptor...
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https://www.rediff.com/news/column/nilanjan-mukhopadyay-can-modi-run-a-coalition-government/20240610.htm
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Rediff
The biggest challenge will be to convert his regime into a coalition of minds. But given the fact that he is instinctively an authoritarian leader and supporter of the hard Hindutva line, the survival of his government will depend on his ability to balance between his heart and mind, between instinct and pragmatism, asserts Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, author of Narendra Modi: The Man, The Times.
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https://techxplore.com/news/2023-05-safe-aid-privacy-humanitarian.html
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Techxplore
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