WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has opened an investigation into whether police officials in Washington, D.C., have falsified data to make crime rates appear lower than they are, according to two people familiar with the probe who weren’t authorized to publicly discuss an open investigation. The investigation comes amid an escalating — and political — showdown between the Trump …
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Justice Department is investigating whether D.C. police manipulated crime data
The Justice Department is investigating whether Washington, D.C., police manipulated data to make crime rates appear lower, two senior law enforcement officials confirmed to NBC News. The investigation is being run out of the office of the U.S. Attorney for D.C., Jeanine Pirro, the officials said. The probe comes after NBC affiliate NBC4 reported last month that a Metropolitan Police …
Read More »In Battle Over D.C. Police, Federal Prosecutors Open Inquiry Into Crime Data – The New York Times
In Battle Over D.C. Police, Federal Prosecutors Open Inquiry Into Crime Data The New York TimesView Full Coverage on Google News Source link
Read More »Economic Data Has Taken a Dark Turn. That Doesn’t Mean a Crash Is Near. – The New York Times
Economic Data Has Taken a Dark Turn. That Doesn’t Mean a Crash Is Near. The New York Times Tracking Labor Market Stress Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Quick Thoughts on the Economy: Slowing Growth Until the Stock Market Crash Center for Economic and Policy Research Retail sales or payrolls: which is right about the US economy? Financial Times These jobs are hiring, despite …
Read More »Allianz Life data breach affects 1.1 million customers
The July data breach at U.S. insurance giant Allianz Life allowed hackers to steal the personal information of 1.1 million customers, according to data breach notification site Have I Been Pwned. Allianz Life disclosed the data breach in late July, confirming that hackers stole the personal information of the “majority” of its 1.4 million customers and its employees from a …
Read More »Workday says hackers used social engineering to access personal data during a breach
Human resources technology company Workday has confirmed that a data breach has affected its third-party CRM platform. In a announcing the breach, the company said that a social engineering campaign had targeted its employees, with threat actors posing as IT or HR in order to trick employees into sharing account access or personal information. The company says that while the …
Read More »Sam Altman admits OpenAI ‘totally screwed up’ its GPT-5 launch and says the company will spend trillions of dollars on data centers
Sam Altman wants to rewire the internet, build brain-computer interfaces, and maybe even buy Google Chrome. He even sees a future where sustaining ChatGPT’s growth means building infrastructure so massive it rivals the world’s largest utilities. But first, he’s cleaning up a mess at the center of his empire: GPT-5. The OpenAI CEO told reporters last week—at a rare, hyper-candid …
Read More »T-Mobile claimed selling location data without consent is legal—judges disagree
Carriers claimed selling data didn’t violate law Instead of denying the allegations, the carriers argued that the FCC overstepped its authority. But the appeals court panel decided that the FCC acted properly: Sprint and T-Mobile (collectively, “the Carriers”) now petition for our review. Neither denies what happened. Instead, they argue that the undisputed facts do not amount to a violation …
Read More »Stocks are still in ‘Goldilocks’ after last week’s data, says JPMorgan
Investors should remain watchful as the summer comes to a close, according to JPMorgan. The stock market continues to price in a “Goldilocks scenario,” even after last week’s data, the firm said. The major averages finished last week on a high note , after the latest inflation data suggested higher pricing pressures in some parts of the economy that nevertheless …
Read More »Google announces first nuclear site to power its data centers
Big Tech’s foray into nuclear power continues as the site of its first nuclear reactor today, as part of its with startup Kairos Power. Oak Ridge, Tennessee, will be home to the Hermes 2 plant, which will supply Google with 50 megawatts of power under a long-term purchase agreement with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). The Oak Ridge plant is …
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