Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2015

Soon afterwards in 2007, we won our first major award from the United States Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), which, in turn, allowed us to build Bookshare into a national asset. government and states like Texas. The Lavelle Fund also supports programs benefiting the developing world.

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Google Research AI blog

MARCH 16, 2023

We collaborate with researchers at Stanford, University of California Berkeley, University of Edinburgh, Mozilla Foundation, University of Michigan, Naval Postgraduate School, Data & Society, EPFL, Australian National University, and McGill University. Dana Center at the University of Texas, Austin.

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sgEngage

APRIL 22, 2021

The first Earth Day inspired and brought to life major legislative moments, including the formation of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the passing of laws like the Clean Water Act, OSHA, Clean Air Act, and Endangered Species Act. This massive mobilization of advocates created real, tangible change. Trillion in damages.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 6, 2021

During the hearing titled “Protecting Kids Online: Testimony from a Facebook Whistleblower,” Haugen walked senators through most of The Wall Street Journal ’s Facebook Files , touching on ethnic violence, national security, polarization, and more during her testimony. Facebook is a national security risk. The trouble spots.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 20, 2015

The National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) is an organization dedicated to "creating a social, political and economic environment in which violence against women no longer exists. Mosaic Family Services in Dallas, Texas is a safe haven for survivors of human rights abuses, including human trafficking and domestic violence.

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Tableau

MAY 3, 2021

Their ongoing efforts focus on breaking down the direct line from school to prison that forms when students are referred to law enforcement from an early age, and investing funds in resources that improve students’ experience. White students are most likely to attend school in districts with no referrals to law enforcement or arrests.

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Tableau

MAY 3, 2021

Their ongoing efforts focus on breaking down the direct line from school to prison that forms when students are referred to law enforcement from an early age, and investing funds in resources that improve students’ experience. White students are most likely to attend school in districts with no referrals to law enforcement or arrests.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2022

Now, as state laws shift and abortion bans go into effect across the United States, companies are still trying to find ways to provide care while reimagining what healthcare should include. Nationally, the situation is proving tricky to navigate as each state can begin implementing individualized abortion laws.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Texas House of Representatives member Matt Schaefer asked attorney general Ken Paxton to investigate the film “for possible violations of child exploitation and child pornography laws.”. A Change.org petition calling for the film to be removed had more than 40,000 signatures. Netflix apologized for the poster but stood by the film.

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The Verge

MARCH 3, 2022

Gene Simmons, bassist and singer from iconic rock band Kiss, noted on Twitter that the snub from pro-union Biden may have been “because Tesla is non-union and moved to Texas, a ‘right to work’ state.”. As Vox reported at the time : The administrative judge, Amita Tracy, pointed to 12 company actions that violated US labor laws.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

On the regulation point, Spain’s first startup law — which was adopted in draft and presented to parliament in December — has been well received by the local tech community. . They have factories in Texas and China and they are revolutionizing these new electric car plugs. First Spanish company to go into the Nasdaq.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2022

India is finalizing its national battery swap program for two- and three-wheeled EVs. . Aurora Innovation announced a multiphase commercial pilot to haul freight for Schneider National’s customers in Texas. . In other news…. Electric moped growth is predicted to double in Asia. . Rebecca Bellan.

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The Verge

APRIL 22, 2021

The request comes in the aftermath of a fatal crash in which two men from Texas were killed after their Tesla Model S crashed with no one in the driver’s seat. A special crash team from NHTSA is investigating the crash , as well as investigators from the independent National Transportation Safety Board.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

I was a ski bum for a winter, and landed one week in Austin, Texas and got a job waiting tables. When I did a little digging, I realized that aside from threatening our water supply in Austin, Texas, they had sufficiently done that in Indonesia, and the Philippines and pretty much all over the world. That was really me.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 8, 2007

CODEPINK rejects the Bush administration's fear-based politics that justify violence, and instead calls for policies based on compassion, kindness and a commitment to international law. I graduated college in New York City the summer of 2004 and went to the Republican National Convention (RNC) protest at the end of that August.

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Engadget

MARCH 10, 2025

National chains There is no national electronics recycling law at this time, so you won't find any federal programs to assist you with getting rid of old devices. You can take your items to a recycling center, drop them off at a store, or even mail them in. Heres how to find places that will take your old gadgets.

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

South Korean officials on Saturday announced a temporary suspension of downloading the DeepSeek app until it complies with local data protection laws under the country's Personal Information Protection Act. The PIPC said it will unblock downloads on local app stores once DeepSeek "meets the requirements of domestic protection laws."

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

The order, which had no lawful basis, was issued after terrorist TdA aliens had already been removed from U.S. Immigration lawyers said that, late Friday, they noticed Venezuelans who otherwise couldn’t be deported under immigration law being moved to Texas for deportation flights.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

When the administration sent federal employees its Fork in the Road email calling for voluntary resignations, it was supposed to exclude people who worked in immigration enforcement and national defense and for the Postal Service, according to the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers.

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Whole Whale

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Online-focused institutions like Southern New Hampshire University and National University lead in advertising spend, investing heavily in student acquisition through marketing channels. Louis Yeshiva University A.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

“In this line of work, you have to switch tactics,” said a woman named Soary, part of a smuggling network bringing migrants from Ciudad Juarez to El Paso, Texas, who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition that her last name would not be shared out of concern that authorities would track her down.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 5, 2025

needs it “for national security.” Around her, supporters gathered at a bay filled with giant pieces of ice in Nuuk waving the red and white national flag that represents the sun and the ice that covers most of Greenland. Greenland is massiveabout one-fifth the size of the United States or three times the size of Texas.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Hot rock technology puts more areas in play, and with more advances in drilling, potentially creates a national power source. The regions currently in focus include Louisiana, Arkansas, North Dakota, and Texas, not coincidentally areas of existing oil drilling. Up until about four years ago, the geothermal industry in the U.S.

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The Verge

JANUARY 22, 2022

So Biden held up Intel and Ohio as an example of what’s possible if we invest in domestic chipmaking, while raising the specter of national security and global competitiveness concerns if we fail to pass the bill. “We Is there something to the national security concern? We were ranked number one in the world in R&D. But guess what?

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The Verge

JUNE 5, 2020

Let’s conclude what turned out to be Free Speech Week on The Interface with a look at a case involving the co-chairman of Facebook’s new Oversight Board, a Zoom recording of his law school class, and the N-word. Here’s Nick Anderson in the Washington Post : Stanford University law professor Michael W. Industry. ?

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 8, 2025

It's called out Apple for allegedly blocking Proton VPN security updates after the United Nations recommended that people in Myanmar use Proton Mail to report crimes during the country's 2021 coup. Under Swiss law, such requests can't proceed without a court order.). It's raised money for privacy activists in Hong Kong.

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Futurism

MARCH 14, 2025

The email was reportedly from the TSA's Security Operations National Explosives Detection Canine Program, which trains and deploys state and local law enforcement-led canine teams. Over 300 dogs complete training at the program's facilities in Texas per year, according to an official website.

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The Verge

JANUARY 7, 2021

We concluded that two of the individuals (Jason Tankersley and Matthew Heimbach) were affiliated with the Maryland Skinheads and the National Socialist Movements. As OneZero notes , however, the company has apparently not submitted algorithms for testing by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

After recommendations from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the administration reportedly fired more than 300 of National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) workers, then quickly rehired most of them, according to the AP. The chain of events prompted immediate concerns over national security.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 25, 2025

Zeldin called it the greatest day of deregulation our nation has seen. Alabamas was the first application for a state-run coal ash program that the EPA has denied; so far , only Georgia, Texas, and Oklahoma have been approved. The EPA now intends to align the agencys enforcement priorities with President Trumps executive orders.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 19, 2025

Shes also a 2020 MacArthur Fellow for environmental health advocacy and, in 2011, worked with the United Nations special rapporteur to expose environmental injustices in Lowndes County, Alabama, where she grew up, and across the southern U.S. I think about the colonias in south Texas. Appalachia. I think about Appalachia.

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The Verge

JULY 14, 2020

The Democratic and Republican national committees have now both told staffers not to install the app on their phones for fear that TikTok could be sending back unspecified data to the Chinese government. Law enforcement authorities are using a company called Dataminr to help monitor social media related to protests. What sort of data?

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 25, 2025

Age-verification laws have popped up across the United States in the past few years, especially in the South. In January, the Supreme Court heard a case about the constitutionality of age-verification laws, and its decision will likely come down this summer. That case, Free Speech Coalition v. The White House says it's fine.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

A letter sent to Trump on Wednesday by Senator Marco Rubio of Florida and five other Republicans said the deal in its current reported form “leaves significant unresolved national security issues.”. In a separate letter to Mnuchin, Texas Senator Ted Cruz also said the deal fell far short. Makena Kelly / The Verge ).

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The Verge

MAY 20, 2020

At least some state attorneys general—led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican—are likely to file a case, probably in the fall, people familiar with the matter said. Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general who is leading the investigation for the attorneys general, is sending fundraising emails promoting his work.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

We had leadership with the National Basketball Players Association, the NBPA. You’ll carve away Section 230, the law that says platforms aren’t liable for what users publish, you’ll do algorithmic transparency, you’ll make them audit every content moderation decision they make. We had leadership with Adam Silver. And do what?

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