The U.S. Needs To Double The Size Of Its Energy Grid
Will the state of the US grid constrain the conversion to electric vehicles and other green devices?
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The Collapse in Operational Capabilities in the West and Some Knock-On Effects
Why does the West seem increasingly unable to get out of its own underwear?
Read more...It’s Bad Enough EHRs Cause Clinician Burnout. It’s Even Worse They Are Being Used by Hospitals and Defense Lawyers To Bury Mistakes Through Discovery Fraud and Information Blocking
How hospital systems are using electronic health records (EHRs) to hide patient records during discovery in malpractice and other lawsuits.
Read more...Why You Should Never Use an AI for Advice about Your Health, Especially Alzheimer’s
Alert reader Adam1 gets an AI to fake a citation!
Read more...Why You Should Never Use an AI for Advice about Your Health, Especially Covid
Lambert chats with two AIs about Covid’s airborne transmission.
Read more...Banning TikTok Could Weaken Personal Cybersecurity
Banning TikTok would be a messy business….and probably not technologically enforceable.
Read more...Feds Bust $3.4 Billion Crypto Theft, Demonstrating Ability to Penetrate Supposed Secrecy
One of the big selling points of crypto, privacy, is rapidly disappearing.
Read more...Wall Street, Venture Capital Drive High Drug Prices
How the government enables drug company grifting via giving them the store while funding reserch.
Read more...Now Is the Time for a Federal Ban on Facial Recognition Surveillance
Please support a bill in Congress that would block federal agencies from using facial recognition to track and misidentify millions of people.
Read more...Using Tik-Tok as a Trojan Horse, the RESTRICT Act Would Create an Internet Censorship Star Chamber
The RESTRICT Act has run into a buzz saw of well-warranted criticism. But will that be enough to stop it?
Read more...Artificial Intelligence in Medicare Advantage Plans Impedes Access to Care
Another reputable body reports more examples of Medicare Advantage plans using AI to engage in insurance fraud.
Read more...Medicare Advantage Uses Algorithms to Block Care for Seniors
How AI is institutionalizing Medicare Adantage fraud, to the degree that appeals of denials often outrun the patient’s life.
Read more...The Role of Default Settings in Online Searches: Challenging Google Dominance
A meaningful level of onsumers will opt out of the default setting of Google as their search engine, particularly if prompted early and often
Read more...Satyajit Das: SVB Collapse and Bank Turmoil – Latest Chapter in the Unwinding
Peeling back more layers of the SVB implosion and its broader implications.
Read more...US Officials Make Non-Bailout Bailout of Silicon Valley and Signature Bank and Continue Class Warfare
An over-zealous Fed pushed a few banks, including the big and super connected Silicon Valley Bank, over the edge. A bailout was a given.
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