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America's consumer watchdog drops leash on proposed data broker crackdown

https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/16/cfpb_data_broker/
15•rntn•4h ago

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pstuart•2h ago
Regulatory capture strikes again!
mindslight•2h ago
I wouldn't say this qualifies as regulatory capture. Regulatory capture is when an industry embraces the creation of regulations, as it cements the incumbents' position, raises the barriers to entry for new competitors, and precludes deeper regulation or longstanding causes of legal action. The "Fair" Credit Reporting Act itself is a prime example of regulatory capture.

This is more like the wholesale (continued) destruction of the US governments ability to regulate anything. Effectively abdicating our constitutional form of government - nominally democratic and aimed at protecting natural rights - in favor of unrestrained corporate totalitarianism based around the fallacy of individual consent.

butterlettuce•1h ago
I’ve been getting emails from places I shopped online despite opting out of these types of emails. Guess we don’t have a way to hold these illegal operations accountable anymore. Good thing I used alias emails so I can disable them.

Do these Buddhist gods hint at the purpose of China's super-secret satellites?

https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/05/do-these-buddhist-gods-hint-at-the-purpose-of-chinas-super-secret-satellites/
1•bundie•1m ago•0 comments

Emulator Debugging: Area 5150's Lake Effect

https://martypc.blogspot.com/2025/05/emulator-debugging-area-5150s-lake.html
1•ingve•4m ago•0 comments

In the Grand Scheme of Things

https://www.rxjourney.net/in-the-grand-scheme-of-things
1•bertblaast•5m ago•0 comments

Strands Agents, an Open Source AI Agents SDK

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/introducing-strands-agents-an-open-source-ai-agents-sdk/
1•devoxi•6m ago•0 comments

Starship Troopers Revolutionize Warfighting

https://perfectingequilibrium.substack.com/p/starship-troopers-revolutionize-warfighting
1•Michelangelo11•6m ago•0 comments

Directory of MCP Servers

https://github.com/chatmcp/mcpso
2•saikatsg•10m ago•0 comments

Software engineer lost his $150K-a-year job to AI and forced to DoorDash

https://www.yahoo.com/news/software-engineer-lost-150k-job-090000839.html
2•namanyayg•11m ago•0 comments

Toshiba says Europe doesn't need 24TB HDDs, witholds beefy models from region

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/hdds/toshiba-says-europe-doesnt-need-24tb-hdds-witholds-beefy-models-from-region
1•taubek•11m ago•0 comments

Norway signs the Artemis Accords for responsible space exploration

https://spacenews.com/norway-signs-artemis-accords/
1•namanyayg•11m ago•0 comments

Twilio denies breach following leak of alleged Steam 2FA codes

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/twilio-denies-breach-following-leak-of-alleged-steam-2fa-codes/
1•namanyayg•12m ago•0 comments

OCaml Web Development: Essential Tools and Libraries in 2025

https://tarides.com/blog/2025-05-15-ocaml-web-development-essential-tools-and-libraries-in-2025/
2•birdculture•12m ago•0 comments

CT Towing Co's Can Hold Personal Property for Ransom Because It Was Inside a Car

https://www.jalopnik.com/1861611/towing-companines-holding-personal-property-ranson/
1•rntn•12m ago•0 comments

Chinese 'kill switches' found hidden in US solar farms

https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/china-solar-panels-kill-switch-vptfnbx7v
7•veqq•16m ago•0 comments

Machine Learning and the Machinic Unconscious

https://spheres-journal.org/contribution/micropolitics-of-a-recommender-system-machine-learning-and-the-machinic-unconscious/
1•corvus-cornix•16m ago•1 comments

FreeBSD 14.3 Beta 3 Brings KDE Plasma 6 Packages to the DVD ISOs

https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-14.3-Beta-3
1•mikece•17m ago•0 comments

Arithmophone

https://chielzwinkels.net/arithmophone/
1•anigbrowl•17m ago•0 comments

Xata: Postgres at scale, with copy-on-write branching and anonymization

https://xata.io/blog/xata-postgres-with-data-branching-and-pii-anonymization
2•mebcitto•19m ago•0 comments

Why Arabic Is Terrific (2011)

https://idlewords.com/2011/08/why_arabic_is_terrific.htm
3•Tomte•22m ago•0 comments

What It's Like Living as a Diagnosed Psychopath (2018)

https://www.thecut.com/2018/08/my-life-as-a-psychopath.html
1•Tomte•22m ago•0 comments

Simulating Emergent Boids

https://eoinmurray.info/boids
1•anomancer•23m ago•0 comments

Racket – the Language-Oriented Programming Language – 8.17 is now available

https://blog.racket-lang.org/2025/05/racket-v8-17.html
3•spdegabrielle•24m ago•2 comments

What Is Dating Like in Starbase (SpaceX HQ) by SpaceX Engineer?

https://ianbrown.substack.com/p/what-is-dating-like-in-starbase
2•jdcampolargo•25m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Thoughts on OpenAuth?

1•fuadnafiz98•28m ago•0 comments

The Everyday Dramas of Manhattan Rush Hour

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-everyday-dramas-of-manhattan-rush-hour
1•Michelangelo11•34m ago•0 comments

Lab-on-a-chip devices offer home tests for stress and cardiac issues

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-05-lab-chip-devices-home-stress.html
2•PaulHoule•36m ago•0 comments

2D JavaScript "Defender" Game, GPLv2

https://github.com/raould/sheepgate
2•cypherpunk666•36m ago•1 comments

Outdoor boys quits YouTube [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwC8jwnXfo4
1•fuadnafiz98•38m ago•0 comments

Missed Metric Moment

https://physicsworld.com/a/missed-metric-moment/
1•hbartab•40m ago•0 comments

SwipeJobs App – Tinder for Job Seekers

2•fidla•41m ago•2 comments

Img2irc v1.3.1 Release

https://github.com/waveplate/img2irc
1•dissahc•41m ago•0 comments