Hacker Newsroom for 20 October: Flock Access Investigation, Linux 7.3 Release, Timestral Forecasting Models
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Hacker Newsroom for 20 October: Flock Access Investigation, Linux 7.3 Release, Timestral Forecasting Models

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 20, 20266 min
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Hacker Newsroom for 20 October recaps major Hacker News stories, moving through flock access investigation, linux 7.3 release, timestral forecasting models. Chapters 00:00:00 — Intro 00:00:18 — Flock Access Investigation 00:01:48 — Linux 7.3 Release 00:04:18 — Timestral Forecasting Models 00:06:29 — Closing 1. Flock Access Investigation Savannah police officer Amber Harpe was fired after sharing access to the Flock license plate surveillance system with her husband, an ICE agent. According to WJCL's reporting, an internal investigation found that her account was used for nine hundred eighty-three searches involving ninety-seven plates across six states. Story link Hacker News discussion 2...

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Savannah police officer Amber Harp was fired after sharing access to the Flock license

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Welcome back to Hacker Newsroom. Today we're covering ousted Savannah police officer gave ice agent husband access to Flock System, Linux 7.3, and TimeStroll, Mistral's time series foundation models. The stories that rose to the front page and what people made of them.

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Let's get started. Savannah police officer Amber Harp was fired after sharing access to the Flock license plate surveillance system with her husband, an ice agent. According to WJCL's reporting, an internal investigation found that her account was used

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for 983 searches involving 97 plates across six states. Her husband said the searches supported immigration enforcement, and the department said ICE was not among the agencies authorized to use its system. WTOC reports that HARP was not criminally charged, and that ICE is investigating its

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