I asked 100 companies for my data. Some deleted it instead.
I filed a request with McDonald’s earlier this month to access all of the personal data the fast food company collected about me, and I received a stunning 515-page report…
Buc-ee’s Decides The Right Response To Pushback On Its Trademark Bullying Is To Invoke Partisanship
We’ve been detailing the trademark bullying ways of Buc-ee’s, famous gas station and convenience store chain in the American south and infamous IP bully, for over a year now. Buc-ee’s…
“RFK Jr. has lied to the Senate”: Lawmakers call for criminal probe, ouster
Senators are renewing calls for anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy to step down or be ousted—and at least one is calling for a criminal investigation—amid the release of documents…
Cities terminate Flock contracts at record pace in August
New data compiled by a Bay Area anti-surveillance advocacy group shows that not only are American localities dropping cameras from Flock Safety, but they are doing it at an accelerating…
Court rules Kalshi sports bets aren’t “swaps,” just gambling with a different name
Kalshi today lost a major ruling over whether it can evade state gambling laws, as a federal appeals court found that Nevada can stop the prediction market from allowing sports…
Berlin Refuses to Pay Hackers Who Stole Data From the City’s State Network
Berlin’s state government has confirmed that it is the target of an extortion attempt following the August compromise of the city’s state administrative network, and said it will not meet…
‘Right To Repair’ State Laws Continue To Surge, But Enforcement Remains Nonexistent
There’s still a massive effort afoot to implement statewide “right to repair” laws that try to make it cheaper, easier, and environmentally friendlier for you to repair the technology you…
Cosmos EVM Flaw Exploited After Cosmos Labs Knew Every Blockchain Running It Was Vulnerable
Cosmos Labs has warned that a critical balance-handling flaw in the shared Cosmos EVM module was exploited to drain funds from six blockchains between August 20 and August 25, 2026.…
Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Move Fast And Settle Things
Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts,…
Our 10 favorite scenes from T2: Judgment Day
I’m on record declaring James Cameron’s Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) to be The Best Damn Sequel of All Time, and I stand by that assessment. August 29, the fictional…