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Long Island cops ran nearly 3K manual searches through Flock database in one month: attorney

Long Island police agencies ran nearly 2,800 manual searches in one month through Flock Safety's license-plate-reader database, according to audit data shared by a defense attorney. The report highlights privacy and abuse concerns around the region's 700-plus cameras, while a county executive defends the system as a law-enforcement tool with strict safeguards.

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Group pushes to bring driverless Waymos to NY after anti-robotaxi study falls flat

A new nonprofit, A Better Road Forward, is launching ads and informational meetings to push for driverless Waymo deployment in New York. The effort follows a retracted anti-robotaxi report, with corrected data showing Waymo had a lower injury crash rate than NYC taxis and for-hire vehicles. Waymo says it wants to work with state leaders on a policy framework.

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‘Halloween: The Game’ banned in Australia — but not for its slasher violence or teen sex

Australia's Classification Board banned Halloween: The Game over gameplay incentives for drug use, despite graphic slasher violence and a recently removed teen sex minigame. The decision drew hundreds of complaints and criticism from the board's former director, who called the country's adult game classification system outdated.

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The case for Flock cameras

The article argues that Flock license-plate-reading cameras are effective crime-fighting tools and that privacy or surveillance objections are overstated. It criticizes left-wing opposition and some Republican efforts to block the technology, citing safeguards and statistics on solved crimes.

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How a bunch of swashbuckling tech bros upended the way America fights its wars

A review of Sharon Weinberger’s 'Valley of Death' chronicles how Elon Musk, Palantir, Anduril, and other private tech firms disrupted U.S. defense contracting by self-funding weapons and space technology. It treats the shift as a historic divide and raises concerns about private control of war technology and reliance on China.

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