🔖 Jury in Los Angeles finds Meta, YouTube negligent in social media addiction trial: A jury reached a verdict in the LA trial focused on Meta and YouTube, a case that experts have characterized as social media's "Big Tobacco" moment | CNBC
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/25/meta-youtube-los-angeles-california-verdict.html #BookmarkShare🔖 Supreme Court Sides With Internet Provider in Copyright Fight Over Pirated Music: Leading music labels sued Cox Communications for failing to terminate accounts of subscribers flagged for distributing copyrighted music | New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/us/politics/supreme-court-cox-music-copyright.html #BookmarkShare
Supreme Court Sides With Internet Provider in Copyright Fight Over Pirated Music
Leading music labels sued Cox Communications for failing to terminate accounts of subscribers flagged for distributing copyrighted music.
The New York Times🔖 Why Has the US Banned Foreign-Made Routers?: The FCC just banned the sale of new consumer-grade Wi-Fi routers manufactured outside the US | Wired
https://www.wired.com/story/us-government-foreign-made-router-ban-explained/ #BookmarkShare
What You Need to Know About the Foreign-Made Router Ban in the US
The FCC just banned the sale of new consumer-grade Wi-Fi routers manufactured outside the US. Here’s what it means for you.
WIRED🔖 Inside a Court Hearing That Decided How She’d Give Birth: A virtual court hearing from a pregnant mother’s hospital bed shows what forced medical treatment can look like | ProPublica
https://www.propublica.org/article/florida-court-hearing-c-section #BookmarkShare
She Was in Labor at a Florida Hospital. Then She Was in Zoom Court for Refusing a C-Section.
A virtual court hearing from a pregnant mother’s hospital bed shows what forced medical treatment can look like.
ProPublica🔖 This Company Is Secretly Turning Your Zoom Meetings into AI Podcasts: WebinarTV hosts 200,000 “webinars.” A Zoom call you may thought was private might be one of them | 404 Media
https://www.404media.co/this-company-is-secretly-turning-your-zoom-calls-into-ai-podcasts/ #BookmarkShare
This Company Is Secretly Turning Your Zoom Meetings into AI Podcasts
WebinarTV hosts 200,000 “webinars.” A Zoom call you may thought was private might be one of them.
404 Media🔖 What's a library worth? Report puts dollar figure on 'invaluable' institutions: Every dollar invested in the State Library of NSW is worth $4.25 in community benefits, according to a new report commissioned by the library | ABC (Australia) News
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-20/report-puts-dollar-value-on-nsw-public-libraries/106473202 #BookmarkShare
How much is a library worth? A report gives a dollar figure
Every dollar invested in the State Library of NSW is worth $4.25 in community benefits, according to a new report commissioned by the library.

March, 19-21: God is a comedian
A stiff drink is recommended
Gold and Geopolitics
Google Search is now using AI to replace headlines
Google is beginning to replace news headlines in its search results with ones that are AI-generated. After AI clickbait nonsense in its Google Discover news feed, it’s starting to mess with headlines in the “10 blue links” too.
The Verge🔖 Thousands have swooned over this MAGA dream girl. She’s made with AI: Jessica Foster’s posts place her beside fighter jets, world leaders and Trump iconography. Experts say her rise shows how AI-generated women can capture attention | Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/03/20/jessica-foster-maga-dream-girl-ai-fake/ #BookmarkShare
Thousands have swooned over this MAGA dream girl. She’s made with AI.
Jessica Foster’s posts place her beside fighter jets, world leaders and Trump iconography. Experts say her rise shows how AI-generated women can capture attention.
The Washington Post🔖 Despite Doubts, Federal Cyber Experts Approved Microsoft Cloud Service: ProPublica found that FedRAMP authorized a Microsoft product called GCC High to handle sensitive government data, despite years of concerns about its security | ProPublica
https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-cloud-fedramp-cybersecurity-government #BookmarkShare
Federal Cyber Experts Thought Microsoft’s Cloud Was “a Pile of Shit.” They Approved It Anyway.
A federal program created to protect the government against cyber threats authorized a sprawling Microsoft cloud product, despite the company’s inability to fully explain how it protects sensitive data.
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