CA, NY Attorneys General sue to resume federal funding of Medicaid, FEMA, PEPFAR(oag.ca.gov)

25 points by basementcat 1 year ago | 0 comments

Bill to ban hidden fees in California signed into law(oag.ca.gov)

143 points by rahimnathwani 3 years ago | 251 comments

Iowa-led states ask OpenAI to keep their bots on a leash(iowaattorneygeneral.gov)

48 points by ArcHound 2 months ago | 78 comments

Cory Doctorow Explains Why Big Tech Is Making the Internet Terrible(jacobin.com)

43 points by jlpcsl 3 years ago | 23 comments

Philadelphia Jury Hits Monsanto with $2.25B Roundup Verdict(law.com)

170 points by sva_ 2 years ago | 66 comments

Congress gets 40 ChatGPT Plus licenses to start experimenting with generative AI(fedscoop.com)

100 points by occamschainsaw 3 years ago | 86 comments

23andMe confirms hackers stole ancestry data on 6.9M users(techcrunch.com)

456 points by helsinkiandrew 2 years ago | 233 comments

TechCrunch article reporting that 23andMe confirmed hackers stole ancestry data belonging to about 6.9 million users.

California law enforcement misused state databases more than 7k times in 2023(eff.org)

520 points by hn_acker 1 year ago | 261 comments

EFF Deeplinks article reporting that California law enforcement agencies misused state databases more than 7,000 times in 2023.

23andMe changed its terms of service to prevent hacked customers from suing(engadget.com)

718 points by osmanbaskaya 2 years ago | 341 comments

Engadget article reporting that 23andMe changed its terms of service after a data breach to push customers into arbitration and block lawsuits unless they opt out in writing.

23andMe files for bankruptcy to sell itself(reuters.com)

362 points by healsdata 1 year ago | 296 comments

Reuters article on DNA testing firm 23andMe filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to sell itself; the page loaded a captcha verification instead.

Hacker leaks millions more 23andMe user records on cybercrime forum(techcrunch.com)

432 points by coloneltcb 3 years ago | 334 comments

TechCrunch article reporting that a hacker leaked millions more 23andMe user records on a cybercrime forum.

All foster kids in California can now attend any state college for free(themessenger.com)

661 points by pessimizer 3 years ago | 507 comments

News article reporting that California's budget under Gov. Newsom covers tuition, room and board for foster youth at any state university or community college.