21+ min ago   (482+ words) "These measures are intended to help identify and deter offenders." To sharpen its response to illegal dumping, Southend Council plans to move six mobile cameras among the places where rubbish is repeatedly being dumped. The council will use resident reports…...

51+ min ago   (358+ words) Renters across nearly 50 major metro areas may have paid about 2% to 13% more than they otherwise would have. Some Houston-area renters may be in line for compensation from a proposed $360 million settlement tied to claims that large apartment owners and managers…...

1+ hour, 6+ min ago   (388+ words) Sheriffs had been buying $24,990 worth of Flock cameras in batches to avoid the $25,000 purchasing limit. Knox County, Tennessee, could vote on August 31 to force the Knox County Sheriff's Office to remove its roughly 140 Flock surveillance cameras already in use after…...

2+ hour, 21+ min ago   (352+ words) "Elected officials must respect the will of the people they represent." A regional retreat from license-plate surveillance is gaining momentum in Greater Cincinnati. With Independence, Kentucky, preparing to remove its Flock Safety cameras, Fort Mitchell and Oxford are no longer…...

8+ hour, 19+ min ago   (383+ words) "I care deeply about privacy, and some of what I've read in that testimony sounded problematic." In West Virginia, scrutiny of Flock Safety is growing after a legislative hearing on its license plate-reading cameras prompted fresh concerns about both data…...

8+ hour, 4+ min ago   (444+ words) "Apple's practices substantially injure consumers by allowing Apple to exact inflated payments for repairs." An appeals panel in California has reopened a lawsuit that challenges Apple's iPhone repair practices as unfairly driving up what customers pay. The decision revives a…...

9+ hour, 4+ min ago   (483+ words) Colorado's new right-to-repair law is getting an early court test after Acme Revival sued three hardware manufacturers. As WasteDive detailed, the suits allege that the company withheld repair access that customers and independent technicians should be able to use under…...

9+ hour, 19+ min ago   (230+ words) The dispute now centers on the "307 line," a boundary that distinguishes federal land from private property. In South Texas, a border wall dispute centers on individual property claims, with two landowners suing the federal government and arguing that construction crossed…...

9+ hour, 34+ min ago   (276+ words) A Palm Beach County teacher says unsafe conditions in her classroom caused long-term health problems, and she is now suing the school district. In a lawsuit filed on August 17, Bonnie Morris, a second-grade teacher at Jupiter Elementary School, said repeated…...

22+ hour, 4+ min ago   (347+ words) The software can connect plate numbers to names, home addresses, and family members. Flock Safety, the surveillance company that has long maintained its cameras only identify license plates, is under fire after WIRED recreated a police AI product that appears…...