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When people hear the word cyberattack, they usually imagine someone guessing a password, planting malware, stealing a computer, hacking an organization’s network or exploiting a flaw in software. A side-channel attack works differently.
The Conversation / 5 min read / 1 links
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Topher Sanders, ProPublica / 5 min read
The post Anthropic’s New AI Model Can Identify More Software Bugs Than Ever. Microsoft Is Struggling to Fix Them Fast Enough. appeared first on ProPublica.
Renee Dudley, ProPublica / 5 min read
Gov. Bill Lee last week joined 22 Republican governors in signing onto President Donald Trump’s “Ratepayer Protection Pledge,” a voluntary agreement to hold companies responsible for the costs of building, maintaining and powering data centers. The Trump administration has publicly touted the pledge as sparing taxpayers from tax and electricity rate hikes tied to data […]
Cassandra Stephenson, Anita Wadhwani, Tennessee Lookout / 5 min read
A federal map decides which neighborhoods count as connected — and $42.45 billion follows the map. If it's wrong about your block, the money goes somewhere else.
National Reformer staff / 7 min read
The federal watchdog for consumer financial products has been stripped of its enforcement capabilities, but the data — including consumer complaint narratives — remains robust. The post Inside the CFPB: 4 takeaways from our open data demo for journalists appeared first on The Journalist's Resource.
By Clark Merrefield, The Journalist's Resource / 5 min read
Understanding SAM.gov is the first step for any public interest journalist who wants to know how federal dollars flow to business interests in the U.S., both locally and nationally. The post Follow the codes: 3 takeaways from our webinar on federal contract data appeared first on The Journalist's Resource.
By Clark Merrefield, The Journalist's Resource / 5 min read