Supreme Court VRA ruling encourages new redistricting, more uncertainty ahead of November

The Supreme Court’s decision to throw out Louisiana’s congressional maps — and weaken the Voting Rights Act in the process — is throwing a wrench into an already-turbulent midterm cycle as more states prepare to hold their primaries in the coming weeks. Louisiana officials announced they would be delaying congressional primaries — slated to start…

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Navy warns US sailors to secure social media from Iran online threats

The Navy is advising sailors to secure their electronic devices, social media accounts and personal information as the U.S-Israeli war in Iran has increased online threats to service members. In an unclassified memo to Navy personnel, Secretary John Phelan warns of “adversary cyber actors” looking to “psychologically influence” sailors and their families as well as…

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500k Biobank volunteers’ data listed for sale on Alibaba • The Register

Updated Details of volunteers of UK-based Biobank, which describes itself as the custodian of the world’s most comprehensive biomedical dataset, are for sale on Chinese ecommerce site Alibaba. The organization confirmed the data on roughly half a million volunteers was anonymized, but could not guarantee it would be impossible to identify individuals if it fell…

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Ethereum Whales Accumulate Aggressively as ETH Price Rises to $2.4K

Ethereum accumulation addresses witnessed a surge in daily inflows on Wednesday, suggesting growing confidence in Ether’s (ETH) long-term price trajectory following its latest rise to $2,400. Key takeaways: Accumulation addresses absorbed about $592 million in ETH on Wednesday, signalling aggressive long-term buying. Ether’s ascending triangle projects an ETH price rally to $3,315. Ethereum accumulators add…

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