Two Estimates. One Algorithm Still Running.
The DOJ settled for $0. Then its own economists put a number on what RealPage's algorithm actually costs you.
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DHS Filed Zero Privacy Reviews in 2026
The law requires one before collecting your data. In 2024 they filed 24. Then 8. Then none.
The man who wrote it was in the room
He drafted Schedule F at Heritage in 2020. Six years later he stood next to Trump as it became law.
MechaHitler's Maker Sued to Kill a Bias Law
The only statewide AI bias law in America is dead. The company that killed it had a bias record of its own.
Dayton Bagged 72 Cameras It Can't Remove
The city suspended its Flock contract. Then it covered the cameras with trash bags, because legal removal wasn't clear.
You Save $3,768. Your Data Earns Them $6,565.
Five companies extract more from your data each year than you manage to put away. Nobody has to tell you.
Capital One Sent Your Job and Income to Meta
Its privacy policy said targeted advertising. It didn't say your preapproval status went to Facebook.
115 Hospitals Closed. The Insurers Got Richer.
Speaker Johnson said it would catch people playing video games. It caught maternity wards.
200 Said Don't. They Fired the One Who Asked.
Thomson Reuters renewed its ICE data deal after its own staff revolted. Nine days after the NYT, they fired the organizer.
The Plan That Got Surrendered
3.6 million borrowers had a $0 payment. Then the administration that could have defended the plan signed it away.
Flock's "Immutable" Logs Aren't Anymore
They promised audit trails that catch officer abuse. Then the logs caught it.
Three Phone Calls Killed the AI Order
79% of Republican voters wanted what three billionaires phoned in to stop.
The Fine Print
Altman Called AI Ads a 'Last Resort'
He said it on camera in May 2024. Twenty months later your chat history became the targeting.
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Treasury Agreed to Fix Half the Breach
An auditor named six fixes for the payment-system breach. Treasury signed off on three of them.
The Fine Print
The Researcher the SEC Cited Says It's Wrong
He spent 16 years advising the firms that benefit. Then he proposed letting them go dark for six months.
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$35M for Billing, a Letter for Revenge Porn
Same FTC bureau, same official, six days apart. One got a federal case. One got a PDF.
The Fine Print
Two PE Firms. Two EdTech Breaches in a Row.
KKR paid $4.8B for Canvas. Bain paid $5.6B for PowerSchool. PowerSchool was breached 3 months later. Canvas 18 months later.
The Fine Print
The AI Excuse Just Died in Court
DOGE fed $100M in grants into ChatGPT. A judge spent 143 pages on why that's still their decision.
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Oscar's Record Quarter and the Math Behind It
A third of denied-claim appeals win, and almost nobody files one. The insurers did that math first.
The Full Story
Johnson Said Video Games. The CBO Said Paperwork.
Nebraska went live May 1 with no new staff and an exemption that stops at age 13.
The Full Story
fairlife Got Sued Twice. Marketing Unchanged.
Two settlements, three undercover investigations, one cartoon cow still on the carton.
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The DHS Study That Said Its Own Towers Don't Work
DHS paid for a study proving the towers failed. CBP responded with $1.8 billion for more towers.
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Taxpayers Now Co-Own Intel's Xinjiang Partner
The US took 9.9% of Intel in August. Intel's 2024 Chinese partner sold fingerprint tech to Xinjiang police.
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GM's $12.75M Fine on $20M in Sales
The record CCPA penalty equals 64 cents on every dollar GM made selling driver data.