Topic: election security
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Health Chatbots Rise as US Debates AI Rules
AI-powered health chatbots are rapidly integrating into U.S. healthcare, raising questions about accountability and data privacy, while major tech firms accumulate substantial debt to fuel an expensive AI development race. The U.S. has formally withdrawn from the World Health Organization, leavin...
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ICE Deploys Advanced Spyware for Surveillance
China demonstrated its advanced military technology in a recent parade, highlighting its global technological ambitions. The U.S. is undergoing significant policy shifts, including rebranding the Defense Department and awarding a no-bid contract for combat training, amid debates on election integ...
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US Federal Cybersecurity Stagnation Sparks Growing Alarm
Significant staffing cuts at CISA, the national cybersecurity agency, have created a severe operational crisis with a 40% vacancy rate in key areas, reversing prior progress. The workforce reductions, linked to political tensions over election security, have drawn sharp criticism from government ...
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Climate Change: A Controversial Fix and Our Grid's Future
Global temperatures are nearing a critical 1.5°C increase above pre-industrial levels, highlighting a disconnect between urgent scientific data and stalled political climate action. Virtual power plants are emerging as key systems that aggregate distributed energy resources to provide grid stabil...
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US Slashes Funding for Key Cybersecurity Program
CISA has terminated its cooperative agreement with CIS, ending federal funding for the MS-ISAC and jeopardizing this central cybersecurity resource for state, local, and tribal governments. The MS-ISAC provided over 18,000 public sector members with critical cybersecurity tools, including threat ...
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Prebunking: A New Way to Restore Public Trust
A "prebunking" approach, which prepares the public to resist conspiracy theories before they spread, is proposed as a psychological vaccine to restore trust in election results. The study involved over 5,500 participants from the U.S. and Brazil, testing interventions like election security facts...
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