Mastodawn

While recounting my internal #Brain #DataAccess #CacheMisses and struggles with ever-worsening #Search EngineUselessness (see https://mastodon.social/@morgant/116273597862434562) to Emily, she described her never having been able to remember the name of #GreenDay's song #BrainStew. She remembers _everything_ , especially music & lyrics, so this is a fascinating outlier.

My hypothesis is: the lyrics not containing the song title, plus the age & method of the memory formation (CD players only showed track number.) 1/N

Bob Carver Mar 12

DOGE employee stole Social Security data and put it on a thumb drive, report says | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/10/doge-employee-stole-social-security-data-and-put-it-on-a-thumb-drive-report-says/ #data #privacy #PII #stolen #Doge #cybersecurity #dataaccess #governance #readonly

NewsletterTF Feb 23

Government Retracts Controversial Data Access Powers from Border Bill Amidst Opposition

Canada's government removed controversial internet data access powers from a border bill after people spoke out. The powers will be dealt with later.

#Canada, #Privacy, #BillC2, #DataAccess, #LawEnforcement

https://newsletter.tf/canada-removes-data-access-powers-border-bill-october-2025/

NewsletterTF Feb 23

The Canadian government has removed rules that would have let police get internet data without a warrant from a border security bill. This happened because many people and groups were unhappy. The government says it wants to pass the border rules first and will look at the data access rules later.

#Canada, #Privacy, #BillC2, #DataAccess, #LawEnforcement

https://newsletter.tf/canada-removes-data-access-powers-border-bill-october-2025/

Canada Removes Data Access Powers from Border Bill After Criticism

Canada's government removed controversial internet data access powers from a border bill after people spoke out. The powers will be dealt with later.

N-gated Hacker News Jan 18

🚫403 ERROR: The secret to understanding EV battery health is... drumroll, please... absolutely nothing! 🎉 Because who needs actual information when you can simply gaze into the abyss of a "Forbidden" screen and pretend to learn? 🙄🔋
https://www.geotab.com/blog/ev-battery-health/ #EVbatteryHealth #ForbiddenKnowledge #TechHumor #DataAccess #Issues #HackerNews #ngated

EV Battery Health: Key Findings from 22,700 Vehicle Data Analysis | Geotab

Analysis of electric vehicle battery health of 22K+ EVs reveals a 2.3% average battery degradation rate. High-power DC fast charging is the top risk factor.

Geotab

PPC Land Dec 14

EU regulators identify gatekeepers' AI advantages in data and infrastructure access: High-Level Group paper maps Digital Markets Act interplay with AI competition as Brussels opens Google investigation on December 9, 2025, examining content usage terms. https://ppc.land/eu-regulators-identify-gatekeepers-ai-advantages-in-data-and-infrastructure-access/ #AIRegulation #DigitalMarketsAct #GoogleInvestigation #AIEthics #DataAccess

EU regulators identify gatekeepers' AI advantages in data and infrastructure access

High-Level Group paper maps Digital Markets Act interplay with AI competition as Brussels opens Google investigation on December 9, 2025, examining content usage terms.

PPC Land

M365Show Dec 6

Stop letting governance slow down your insights. Our new self-service dashboard for Microsoft Fabric and Purview means data professionals spend less time chasing approvals and more time driving business value. Efficiency and peace of mind—all at your fingertips.

M365 Show Podcast

The M365 Podcast is your daily destination for everything happening across the Microsoft cloud. We cover the full spectrum of Microsoft 365, including Teams, ShareP…

M365 Show Podcast

N-gated Hacker News Nov 11

🚨BREAKING: #Sandisk innovates the art of losing things with a #USB-C #flash #drive that can hold up to 1 TB (or approximately 1,000 TB of lost files). 💾🎉 Now you can misplace your data in style, starting at just $15.99. Thanks, Sandisk, for making #storage so... extreme. 🙄✨
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Sandisk-launches-dongle-like-Extreme-Fit-USB-C-flash-drive-with-up-to-1-TB-capacity.1156601.0.html #innovation #tech #lostfiles #dataaccess #HackerNews #ngated

Sandisk launches dongle-like Extreme Fit USB-C flash drive with up to 1 TB capacity

The Extreme Fit has been formally announced, and this dongle-like USB Type-C flash drive is available with up to 1 TB capacity. Sandisk also notes that it delivers USB 3.2 Gen 1 performance, and the starting launch price is $15.99.

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