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Flock repeatedly flags 76-year old Grandmother for arrest, erroring zero for "O" (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-03 | by Olivia Richman | get Flock Safety License Plate Reader → | tags: flock safety, license plate readers, colorado

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The Best Mental Health Apps of 2026 for Mental Health Awareness Month (cnet.com)

2026-05-03 | by See Full Bio | get Headspace Meditation App → | tags: headspace, mental health apps, mindfulness

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Police Have Used License Plate Readers at Least 14x to Stalk Romantic Interests (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-01 | get License Plate Reader Device → | tags: license plate readers, police, stalking

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Sony confirms PS4 and PS5 digital games don't require an online check-in every 30 days — new DRM policy only checks once for license to combat against refund scams (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-30 | by Hassam Nasir | get PlayStation Digital Game License Key → | tags: check, game, internet

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PlayStation now requires a ‘one-time online check’ to confirm you own a game (theverge.com)

2026-04-30 | by Jess Weatherbed | get PlayStation Network Gift Card → | tags: playstation, sony, drm

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ABC can beat Trump FCC's license threat if owner Disney is willing to fight (arstechnica.com)

2026-04-29 | get Disney Streaming Stick → | tags: abc, disney, fcc

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Sony's latest PlayStation DRM policy is causing widespread confusion (techspot.com)

2026-04-29 | get PlayStation 5 Console → | tags: sony, playstation, drm

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Man Trapped in Dystopian Nightmare Thanks to AI Surveillance Cameras Flagging His Every Move (futurism.com)

2026-04-29 | by Joe Wilkins | get AI Surveillance Camera System → | tags: flock safety, license plate readers, ai surveillance

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Which States Actually Have the Best Laws Against License Plate Surveillance? (cnet.com)

2026-04-29 | by See Full Bio | get PrivacyShield License Plate Cover → | tags: flock safety, motorola, license plate recognition

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Police Are Using AI Camera Networks to Stalk Women (futurism.com)

2026-04-28 | by Joe Wilkins | get AI Surveillance Camera System → | tags: alpr, flock safety, license plate readers

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Free Software Foundation Says 'Responsible AI' Licenses Which Restrict Harmful Uses are Unethical and Nonfree (slashdot.org)

2026-04-25 | by Posted | get Open Source AI License Kit → | tags: free software foundation, responsible ai licenses, machine learning

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Lowe’s faces pressure to cut ties with Flock Safety as AI surveillance data raises serious privacy concerns (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-23 | get Flock Safety Security Camera → | tags: lowes, flock safety, ai surveillance

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Olive CSS: Lisp powered vanilla CSS utility-Class A la Tailwind (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-22 | get Olive CSS Utility Kit → | tags: olive css, tailwind, guile scheme

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FIM – Linux framebuffer image viewer (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-17 | get Linux Framebuffer Image Viewer → | tags: fim, linux framebuffer, free software foundation

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Cal.com Is Going Closed Source Because of AI (slashdot.org)

2026-04-15 | get OpenAI GPT-4 Developer Kit → | tags: cal.com, ai coding tools, next.js

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Will AI agents need to buy their own software licenses? Microsoft sure hopes so (techspot.com)

2026-04-15 | get Microsoft 365 Subscription → | tags: microsoft, ai agents, rajesh jha

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When Flock Cameras Appear: Everything You Need to Know About This Surveillance Tech (cnet.com)

2026-04-14 | by See Full Bio | get Flock Safety Security Camera → | tags: flock safety, license plate readers, alprs

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Amazon purchases Globalstar for $11.6B to expand its low Earth orbit satellite network (techspot.com)

2026-04-14 | get Globalstar Satellite Phone → | tags: amazon, globalstar, low earth orbit

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Approvals for Nvidia and AMD AI chip exports to China stall under government bottleneck — 20% staff turnover hobbles Bureau of Industry and Security (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-13 | by Luke James | get Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 → | tags: nvidia, amd, ai chips

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State Laws Against Surveillance and License Plate Cams: What Works Best for Your Privacy (cnet.com)

2026-04-11 | by See Full Bio | get Privacy Screen Filter → | tags: flock safety, license plate cameras, axon

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Police corporal created AI porn from driver's license pics (arstechnica.com)

2026-04-09 | tags: deepfakes, driver’s license, pennsylvania police

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US cities are axing Flock Safety surveillance technology (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-08 | by See Full Bio | get Flock Safety Security Camera → | tags: flock safety, license plate readers, alpr cameras

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When Flock Comes to Town: Why Cities Are Axing the Controversial Surveillance Technology (cnet.com)

2026-04-08 | by See Full Bio | get Smart City Surveillance Camera → | tags: flock safety, license plate readers, alpr cameras

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Firm boosts H.264 streaming license fees from $100k up to staggering $4.5M (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-03 | by Luke James | get H.264 Licensing Fee Guide → | tags: via licensing, h.264, streaming license

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Firm quietly boosts H.264 streaming license fees from $100,000 up to staggering $4.5 million — backbone codec of the internet gets meteoric increase, AVC hikes follow disastrous H.265 licensing increases (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-03 | by Luke James | get H.264 Codec Licensing Kit → | tags: h.264, via licensing alliance, streaming license fees

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H.264 Streaming Fees: What Changed, Who's Affected, and What It Means (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-03 | get H.264 Codec Licensing Guide → | tags: via licensing alliance, h.264, streaming fees

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Money transfer app Duc exposed thousands of driver’s licenses and passports to the open web (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-02 | by Zack Whittaker | get Identity Theft Protection Kit → | tags: duc app, duales, amazon web services

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Delve allegedly forked an open-source tool and sold it as its own (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-02 | by Julie Bort | get Open Source Forking Guide → | tags: delve, sim.ai, simstudio

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The reputation of troubled YC startup Delve has gotten even worse (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-01 | by Julie Bort | tags: delve, sim.ai, simstudio

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OnlyOffice kills Nextcloud partnership for forking its project without approval (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-01 | by David Uzondu | get Nextcloud Enterprise Subscription → | tags: onlyoffice, nextcloud, euro-office