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- San Francisco Chronicle
Wisconsin court commissioner resigns after dispute over immigration warrant
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin court commissioner has resigned from his job after he asked to see an immigration arrest warrant, the latest conflict between judges and President Donald Trump's administration over the Republican's sweeping immigration crackdown. Peter Navis, who worked as a Walworth County Court Commissioner for four years, resigned from his position last month, county clerk Michelle Jacobs said Thursday. She declined to comment further because it is a personnel matter. The incident that cost Navis his job happened on July 15. It was first reported on Thursday by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The blowup in Navis' courtroom comes after Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan was charged in May with obstructing federal officers and attempting to hide a person to avoid arrest. Authorities said Dugan tried to help a man who is in the country illegally evade U.S. immigration agents who wanted to arrest him in her courthouse. Dugan is seeking to have the charges against her dropped, arguing that she was acting in her official capacity as a judge and therefore is immune to prosecution. A ruling on that motion by U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman is pending. Navis was presiding in his courtroom that day in the case of Enrrique Onan Zamora Castro, of Milwaukee, who faced a misdemeanor charge of operating a vehicle without a valid driver's license for the second time in three years. Navis said in an interview Thursday that about 15 minutes before Castro's case was to be called, a deputy told him that Castro was going to be arrested on behalf of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, on an immigration warrant. 'In my courtroom, a person cannot be detained without lawful authority,' Navis said in the transcript. The prosecutor, Assistant District Attorney Andrew Herrmann, said Navis had no right to see the warrant, according to the transcript. Herrmann did not respond to a voicemail seeking comment. Navis said he spoke with Walworth County Judge Kristine Drettwan for guidance and she told him he had the authority to run his courtroom as he saw fit. Drettwan did not return an email seeking comment. Sometime after Castro was detained, ICE officers appeared with deputies to make a second arrest of someone in the courtroom. Navis said he didn't know who that person was. According to the transcript, Navis said, 'I've been instructed by the judges of this county to require warrants before individuals are detained in my courtroom.' Navis said he met with three of the court's judges six days after the incident and they told him that because he misstated their position he could either resign or be fired. None of the judges in that meeting returned emails seeking comment Thursday. Navis said on Thursday that he misspoke in the courtroom. 'I misstated it, I did," Navis said. "It's not something I had intended to misstate. It's not like I was trying to mislead anyone. What I was trying to express was I had been given the authority to act in my courtroom. That's what I meant to say, but it didn't come out that way.'
The Drive
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- The Drive
This $199 Hacking Device Will Probably Let Thieves Steal Your Car
The latest car news, reviews, and features. We live in a timeline where one viral car theft trend is sure to be displaced by the next—and soon. The most dominant carjacking movement of the last few years has undeniably been the Kia Boys, whose members target Hyundai and Kia models with weak and easily tricked security systems. Thefts were so frequent and widespread for a while that recurring cable news segments warned the entire country about them. It now seems like another trend could be brewing as bad actors abuse a device called Flipper Zero to break into cars made by more than a dozen manufacturers. Investigative tech journalism site 404 Media published an in-depth report on the development Thursday morning. The story highlights how hackers are abusing the $199 Flipper Zero—a device defined by its creators as 'a versatile tool for hardware exploration, firmware flashing, debugging, and fuzzing'—to unlock vehicles without a key fob. We've written about these little white-and-orange gadgets before, first when nerds were using them to remotely open Teslas' charging doors, and then again later when someone found out how to use them to turn traffic lights green. The device in action. Flipper This new use for the Flipper Zero is far more nefarious. 404 Media spoke with a Russia-based hacker named Daniel, who says he developed the 'Unleashed' firmware that enables devices to execute more RFID and USB attacks. 'Maybe someone is using it to steal from cars or steal cars,' Daniel said, after alleging that the firmware is 'in demand' with locksmiths and car shop owners. He sells the Flipper Zero patches for either $600 or $1,000, depending on whether customers simply want the latest version or updates with further support. Daniel told 404 Media that he's sold the firmware to 150 or so customers in the past two years, and he works alongside a hacker who goes by Derrow. 'Kia Boys will be Flipper Boys by 2026,' explained Cody Kociemba, a reverse engineer otherwise known as Trikk, to 404 Media. It has such potential to scale because the tech can help thieves infiltrate a large list of vehicles. From Kias and Hyundais to Fords, Hondas, Subarus, VWs, and more, many of today's most popular makes and models are vulnerable. Nearly 200 specific examples are listed in this chart that Daniel uploaded at the beginning of a recent YouTube video. DjonixTV via YouTube Daniel claims it creates a 'shadow copy of the original key.' From what I can tell, however, it's only able to unlock the car—not start it. Still, that poses obvious security risks, even if someone can't drive away with your ride (yet). 'Some cars like Kia are not using any protection at all, which makes it easy to open them,' Derrow wrote in an email. 'For other vendors you must know the source code, then you can open them too.' If you want a more technical breakdown of how the Flipper Zero hacks work, you should check out the full 404 Media report. Really, if you're interested at all, you ought to read it. The most important takeaway is that many, many of the world's most popular cars are largely defenseless against these hacks, and it's seemingly a matter of time before thieves can do more than break into them. Got a tip or question for the author? Contact them directly: caleb@
TechCrunch
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- TechCrunch
Gas power plants approved for Meta's $10B data center, and not everyone is happy
When Meta selected a site in Louisiana for its largest data center to date, it signed a deal with Entergy to power the site with three massive natural gas power plants. Yesterday evening, a state regulator approved Entergy's plans. The power plants are expected to come online in 2028 and 2029, and at full strength, they'll generate 2.25 gigawatts of electricity. Ultimately, the AI data center could draw 5 gigawatts of power as its expanded. The power plant project has been controversial among Louisianans. One industry-affiliated group is concerned that Meta and Entergy will receive special treatment for a second part of the data center project, which involves building 1.5 gigawatts of solar power across the state, the Louisiana Illuminator reports. The group was formed by large companies, including Dow Chemical, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and others after they struggled to procure renewable power for their own operations. The other issue is that Meta's deal with Entergy lasts for 15 years, and at least one Louisiana Public Service Commission member expressed concern that ratepayers will take on the cost after the contract expires. Natural gas power plants typically operate for 30 years or more. Plus, power projects of this size tend to run over budget, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists, and ratepayers are often left with the bill. Ratepayers will also pay for a $550 million transmission line running to the data center, the organization said. Meta has been on a renewable power-buying spree, including a 100-megawatt purchase announced this week. However, these natural gas generators will make the company's 2030 net zero pledge significantly harder to achieve, locking in carbon dioxide emissions for decades to come. To offset the pollution on its balance sheet, Meta will have to buy credits from carbon removal projects.
