LADP News:
AI is reshaping how your data is captured and used.
From smart devices to AI chats, your information can be collected continuously, analyzed in real time, and used to predict your behavior.
Scroll to learn:
• How AI tracks your data across platforms and devices
• Simple, proactive steps to protect your privacy
• Tools and settings that help keep your information safe
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By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alamos Daily Post
Some New Mexicans are getting a text message that looks like it came from the Motor Vehicle Division. It claims you have an unresolved traffic ticket and warns that enforcement begins March 7 unless you pay immediately.
The message lists a series of consequences. According to the text, failure to act could lead to suspended driving privileges, suspended vehicle registration, collection agency fees, and even credit score damage.
That is a lot of legal drama coming from a random text message, and that should be your first red flag here. Read More
LADP News:
AI can fake voices, faces and messages.
From cloned calls to deepfake videos, scammers can pretend to be someone you love and create a false “emergency” to pressure you into sending money or sharing sensitive information.
Scroll to learn simple digital privacy steps that make you harder to target.
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NMDOH News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) has launched a telehealth family planning program to help New Mexicans access affordable reproductive care from home.
Through the New Mexico Department of Health Helpline, callers can now schedule telehealth appointments for family planning services, including prescriptions for birth control and emergency contraception. Helpline clinical staff are available to counsel patients about family planning options and help them determine which birth control method is right for them.
“We’re excited to offer New Mexicans Read More
COUNTY News:
Los Alamos County Community Services Department has partnered with CivicPlus to implement its Recreation Management software, CivicRec. The cloud-based solution allows residents greater visibility into the offered park and recreation divisions’ activities, events, and memberships, as well as more convenient online registration and payment. It will also allow residents to search for and reserve community facilities, such as fields, RV camping, Lemon Lot spaces, pavilions, and shelters, all conveniently online.
CivicRec was made live for public use this morning, March Read More
National Security Research Center at LANL. Courtesy/LANL
From Los Alamos National Laboratory:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) ensures our national security. Achieving that mission starts with the National Security Research Center (NSRC). The NSRC is the classified library at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). Watch video here: https://nsrc.lanl.gov/.
The NSRC traces its lineage to the technical library formed by J. Robert Oppenheimer in 1943 as part of the Manhattan Project. We are part of the Lab’s fascinating history. Today, the NSRC is one of the largest scientific/technical Read More
Daily Postcard: Strange Trio sculpture at Overlook Park in White Rock with a waxing gibbous moon shown at just the right angle. This astrophotography image was achieved with post-processing and blending in Affinity Photo 2. A waxing gibbous moon is visible between a first quarter moon and full moon. People often see a waxing gibbous moon in the afternoon, shortly after moonrise, while it is ascending in the east as the sun is descending in the west. The word gibbous comes from a root word that means hump-backed. Source: earthsky.org. Photo by Steve Bublitz Read More
ALEC News:
Today, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) released the ALEC 2026 State AI Policy Toolkit. The report is a step-by-step guide for states to take advantage of the recent surge in AI technology, while protecting children and removing burdensome regulation.
“As artificial intelligence continues to evolve, states are in need of clear, practical tools to navigate this transformative technology,” ALEC CEO Lisa B. Nelson said. “ALEC is proud to issue this one-of-a-kind report that details how states can take advantage of AI while ensuring public safety.”
The report features Read More
NMMSH News:
Learn about women space pioneers like Katherine Johnson, Sally Ride, and Svetlana Savitskaya 12-4 p.m. Sunday, March 8.
Enjoy a scavenger hunt of Women in Space throughout the museum, with food trucks, vendors, STEM booths, and exciting prizes. Admission to the event includes the museum and all-day star shows in the planetarium. Women in Space is presented in partnership with Women in Aviation International Land of Enchantment Chapter.
Two speakers will be sharing their experiences. Holloman Air Force Base 49th Maintenance Group Deputy Commander, Col. Kristen Torma, the first Read More
EDUCATION News:
AstroTour [AR]: Indigenous Cosmologies Through Code is a 6-week transdisciplinary youth workshop that fuses augmented reality, coding, and sky observation.
This powerful new collaboration brings together cultural perspectives, space science, and creative technology in partnership with the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture (MIAC) and the Santa Fe Indian School (SFIS).
Students from SFIS’s Advanced Computer Science class visited the Makowa exhibit at the museum for inspiration.
Bethany Rivera and the STEMarts team with Dr. Julia Blue Bird, Lakota Astrophysicist Read More