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The FBI is pushing for near real-time access to license plate readers across the United States, raising fresh questions about the balance between law enforcement capability and civilian privacy. Critics are asking how that data gets stored, who can access it, and for how long — questions without clear answers yet.
Shifting to immigration and tech, the Biden-era policy allowing many green card applicants to remain in the United States while their cases were processed has been reversed. Most applicants must now leave the country to complete the process abroad, a change that could significantly disrupt the lives of thousands of skilled workers already embedded in the American tech workforce.
And in gaming, Riot Games delivered what can only be described as a very expensive lesson to cheaters. An update to its Vanguard anti-cheat system in Valorant has effectively disabled so-called DMA devices — specialized hardware that some players were using to gain unfair advantages. Those devices cost up to six thousand dollars, and Riot wasted no time on social media, calling them a brand new six thousand dollar paperweight. A rare moment of corporate trolling that most players seem happy to applaud.
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