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The US Government Needs to Invest in Digital Design
Our nation’s failure to invest in information technology has severely limited our Covid response. A federal chief experience officer could... Read more »
Source: Wired | Published: January 17, 2021 - 2:00 pm - ●
17 Bags, Backpacks, Cubes, and Straps to Protect Your Camera
There are dozens of ways to tote around your photo and video gear. We’ve reviewed our favorites.... Read more »
Source: Wired | Published: January 17, 2021 - 2:00 pm - ●
The Crooked, Complex Geometry of Round Trips
Imagine if we lived on a cube-shaped Earth. How would you find the shortest path around the world?... Read more »
Source: Wired | Published: January 17, 2021 - 1:00 pm - ●
Want to Write a Book This Year? These Tools Can Help
We spoke to two award-winning authors for their tips on how to make it from start to finish. Here's how... Read more »
Source: Wired | Published: January 17, 2021 - 1:00 pm - ●
Climate Change Needs an Operation Warp Speed
If the Covid vaccine push has proved anything, it’s that big government works.... Read more »
Source: Wired | Published: January 17, 2021 - 12:00 pm - ●
Former DOD Head: The US Needs a New Plan to Beat China on AI
In an interview with WIRED, former secretary of defense Ash Carter discussed how to build morality into AI—and make sure... Read more »
Source: Wired | Published: January 17, 2021 - 12:00 pm
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Should we celebrate Trump’s Twitter ban? Five free speech experts weigh in
In recent years, the conversation around free speech – and arguments to protect it – have been dominated by the right. Should liberals try and reclaim the value for themselves?Last week, as Twitter permanently banned Trump from its platform, critics from the right have been quick to blame a “leftist”... Read more »Source: Technology | The Guardian | Published: January 17, 2021 - 2:27 pm - ●
A critique of Canada's tech startup ecosystem, whose growth is being held back by the mindset of angel investors, the government's SR&ED tax credits, and more (Alex Danco)
Alex Danco: A critique of Canada's tech startup ecosystem, whose growth is being held back by the mindset of angel investors, the government's SR&ED tax credits, and more — Toronto is not the next great startup scene. Neither is Waterloo, or Vancouver, or anywhere in Canada. — I'm sorry that... Read more »
Source: Techmeme | Published: January 17, 2021 - 1:40 pm - ●
CES 2021 demonstrated that the smart home industry is at a pause after moving a little too rapidly for several years without understanding what consumers want (Kevin C. Tofel/Stacey on IoT)
Kevin C. Tofel / Stacey on IoT: CES 2021 demonstrated that the smart home industry is at a pause after moving a little too rapidly for several years without understanding what consumers want — Although the Consumer Electronics Show 2021 event is technically only half over, most of the big... Read more »
Source: Techmeme | Published: January 17, 2021 - 11:25 am - ●
Fashion goes soft as Fendi turns boots into slippers
Milan fashion week is virtual this year, but Fendi has a six-minute menswear showstopper focusing on lockdown comfortThe first outfit in Fendi’s latest luxury menswear line-up was showcased on Saturday in a music video-style film streamed from a digital-only Milan fashion week. It starred the padded olive silk inner lining... Read more »Source: Technology | The Guardian | Published: January 17, 2021 - 9:45 am - ●
Iran blames legal and illegal crypto mining for massive blackouts in the country, shuts down a large, licensed Chinese-Iranian mining operation (Miriam Berger/Washington Post)
Miriam Berger / Washington Post: Iran blames legal and illegal crypto mining for massive blackouts in the country, shuts down a large, licensed Chinese-Iranian mining operation — Massive blackouts and smog have hit cities across Iran. It's a toxic mix as the country, already under economic duress and suffocating U.S.... Read more »
Source: Techmeme | Published: January 17, 2021 - 9:10 am - ●
Trump social media ban sparks calls for action against other populist leaders
After US president’s ban, some wonder if action will be taken against populists accused of using social media to stir chaos“I do not celebrate or feel pride,” the Twitter boss Jack Dorsey said this week after banishing Donald Trump.But for many around the world the decision brought hope: might similar... Read more »Source: Technology | The Guardian | Published: January 17, 2021 - 8:00 am - ●
Researchers working on Twitter's bluesky effort discuss how its open decentralized standard for social media could hinder efforts to stop online radicalization (Lucas Matney/TechCrunch)
Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: Researchers working on Twitter's bluesky effort discuss how its open decentralized standard for social media could hinder efforts to stop online radicalization — The platform's vision of a sweeping open standard could also be the far-right's internet endgame... Read more »
Source: Techmeme | Published: January 17, 2021 - 6:55 am - ●
Discord says over the past six months it took steps to make the service safer for kids, including more proactive policing and limiting what minors can access (Julie Jargon/Wall Street Journal)
Julie Jargon / Wall Street Journal: Discord says over the past six months it took steps to make the service safer for kids, including more proactive policing and limiting what minors can access — Chat platform popular with gamers tries to shed anything-goes image; safety expert says, ‘I would give... Read more »
Source: Techmeme | Published: January 17, 2021 - 6:25 am - ●
DuckDuckGo surpassed 100M daily search queries for the first time on Jan. 11; since August 2020, the search engine began seeing over 2B search queries per month (Catalin Cimpanu/ZDNet)
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: DuckDuckGo surpassed 100M daily search queries for the first time on Jan. 11; since August 2020, the search engine began seeing over 2B search queries per month — DuckDuckGo reaches historic milestone in a week when both Signal and Telegram saw a huge influx of new... Read more »
Source: Techmeme | Published: January 17, 2021 - 5:35 am - ●
Dating apps like Tinder and Bumble are banning users identified in photos from the Capitol riot, and some users are relaying incriminating evidence to the FBI (Washington Post)
Washington Post: Dating apps like Tinder and Bumble are banning users identified in photos from the Capitol riot, and some users are relaying incriminating evidence to the FBI — Bumble, Tinder and others are freezing out rioters with help from law enforcement — and, in some cases, their own photos.... Read more »
Source: Techmeme | Published: January 17, 2021 - 4:50 am - ●
The attack on the Capitol sparked a tense debate among online extremism researchers about crowdsourced efforts to identify the rioters and "ethical doxxing" (Issie Lapowsky/Protocol)
Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: The attack on the Capitol sparked a tense debate among online extremism researchers about crowdsourced efforts to identify the rioters and “ethical doxxing” — Joan Donovan has a panic button in her office, just in case one of the online extremists she spends her days fighting... Read more »
Source: Techmeme | Published: January 17, 2021 - 3:55 am - ●
Deliveroo says it has raised $180M in new funding from existing investors led by Durable Capital Partners and Fidelity Management at a $7B+ valuation (Tim Bradshaw/Financial Times)
Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: Deliveroo says it has raised $180M in new funding from existing investors led by Durable Capital Partners and Fidelity Management at a $7B+ valuation — Private financing boost for food delivery app ahead of long-awaited stock market debut — Deliveroo's valuation shot up to more... Read more »
Source: Techmeme | Published: January 17, 2021 - 12:50 am - ●
Yidu Tech, which offers AI software to the health care industry, saw its shares jump 148% in its Hong Kong debut on Friday after raising ~$531M in its IPO (Chloe Lo/Bloomberg)
Chloe Lo / Bloomberg: Yidu Tech, which offers AI software to the health care industry, saw its shares jump 148% in its Hong Kong debut on Friday after raising ~$531M in its IPO — - Health-care tech firm raised $531 million in Hong Kong IPO — Yidu Tech's IPO was... Read more »
Source: Techmeme | Published: January 17, 2021 - 12:30 am Analytics firm Zignal Labs: online misinformation about election fraud dropped 73% in the week after several social media sites suspended Trump and key allies (Washington Post)
Washington Post: Analytics firm Zignal Labs: online misinformation about election fraud dropped 73% in the week after several social media sites suspended Trump and key allies — Zignal Labs charts 73 percent decline on Twitter and beyond following historic action against the president... Read more »
Source: Techmeme | Published: January 16, 2021 - 10:25 pmTwilio CEO Jeff Lawson calls out tech leaders for bailing on SF and being rude about it as they leave, says he is staying and working to make the city better (Heather Knight/San Francisco Chronicle)
Heather Knight / San Francisco Chronicle: Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson calls out tech leaders for bailing on SF and being rude about it as they leave, says he is staying and working to make the city better — There are plenty of ways to leave a party. — You can... Read more »
Source: Techmeme | Published: January 16, 2021 - 9:30 pmMiami PD says it is using facial recognition tech from Clearview AI to identify Capitol rioters, raising concerns among civil liberty and privacy advocates (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg: Miami PD says it is using facial recognition tech from Clearview AI to identify Capitol rioters, raising concerns among civil liberty and privacy advocates — - Citizens and police sift online trove to find Capitol mob — Facial recognition software used by one police department... Read more »
Source: Techmeme | Published: January 16, 2021 - 8:35 pmFacebook says it is temporarily banning ads for gun accessories and military gear through next week's inauguration "out of an abundance of caution" (BuzzFeed News)
BuzzFeed News: Facebook says it is temporarily banning ads for gun accessories and military gear through next week's inauguration “out of an abundance of caution” — Following complaints from Senators and employees, Facebook on Saturday said it was temporarily halting ads for gun accessories …... Read more »
Source: Techmeme | Published: January 16, 2021 - 7:30 pmMore than 20 current and former CD Projekt staff say development of Cyberpunk 2077 was marred by unchecked ambition, poor planning, and technical shortcomings (Jason Schreier/Bloomberg)
Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: More than 20 current and former CD Projekt staff say development of Cyberpunk 2077 was marred by unchecked ambition, poor planning, and technical shortcomings — CD Projekt SA Chief Executive Officer Marcin Iwiński made a public mea culpa this week about the disastrous rollout of the... Read more »
Source: Techmeme | Published: January 16, 2021 - 7:15 pm'Law unto themselves': the Australian battle to curb Facebook and Twitter's power
The suspension of Donald Trump’s accounts sparked outrage among conservatives but the prevailing mood is for greater regulationNationals MP Anne Webster and Labor MP Sharon Claydon are less concerned with why Donald Trump was taken off social media, and more concerned with what platforms such as Facebook are doing to... Read more »Source: Technology | The Guardian | Published: January 16, 2021 - 7:00 pmTikTok photoshoot of car on UK level crossing – 'sheer stupidity'
British Transport Police investigate ‘reckless’ video posted of car on working level crossing near BoltonPolice are investigating after a video showing a car parked over a live railway track for a photoshoot was posted on TikTok.The clip shows a tripod and car set up by a level crossing north of... Read more »Source: Technology | The Guardian | Published: January 16, 2021 - 11:03 am
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The Year Ahead – Part 2: Biosecurity
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I Can’t Believe It’s Not Human!
From the 4th Annual Fake News Awards, a commercial touting Elon Musk's latest venture: I Can't Believe It's Not Human!... Read more »Source: The Corbett Report | Published: January 17, 2021 - 3:12 pm - mp3
Episode 393 – The 4th Annual Fake News Awards!
From the palatial living room studios of The Corbett Report it's the 4th Annual Fake News Awards. The boldest lies. The stupidest propaganda. The ugliest presstitution. Join James as he debunks the lies and shames the liars behind the biggest fake news stories of 2020. Who will take the Dino... Read more »Source: The Corbett Report | Published: January 16, 2021 - 2:03 pm - Video
Capitol Desecration, Info War, PCR Psyop – New World Next Week
This week on the New World Next Week: the pre-planned selection psyop has the intended effect; the infowar escalates as battle lines are formed; and the narrative seeds for ending the scamdemic are planted by the scammers themselves.... Read more »Source: The Corbett Report | Published: January 15, 2021 - 1:00 pm - mp3
Interview 1611 – New World Next Week with James Evan Pilato
This week on the New World Next Week: the pre-planned selection psyop has the intended effect; the infowar escalates as battle lines are formed; and the narrative seeds for ending the scamdemic are planted by the scammers themselves.... Read more »Source: The Corbett Report | Published: January 14, 2021 - 2:07 pm - Video
Freedom Cells and The Greater Reset – #SolutionsWatch (video)
In this inaugural edition of #SolutionsWatch, James talks to John Bush, the host of Live Free Now with John Bush and an activist who founded the Freedom Cell Network to help like-minded solutions-oriented freedom lovers meet, organize and collaborate. Now, he is co-organizing The Greater Reset Activation conference which is... Read more »Source: The Corbett Report | Published: January 14, 2021 - 8:36 am - mp3
Freedom Cells and The Greater Reset – #SolutionsWatch
In this inaugural edition of #SolutionsWatch, James talks to John Bush, the host of Live Free Now with John Bush and an activist who founded the Freedom Cell Network to help like-minded solutions-oriented freedom lovers meet, organize and collaborate. Now, he is co-organizing The Greater Reset Activation conference which is... Read more »Source: The Corbett Report | Published: January 12, 2021 - 12:31 pm The Year Ahead – Part 1: Currency
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Introducing #SolutionsWatch (video)
Welcome to #SolutionsWatch, a new regular podcast series from The Corbett Report that seeks to examine the movements, technologies, activities and philosophies that purport to provide solutions to the problems that we face and to highlight the work of activists who are making a difference. Let's work together to make... Read more »Source: The Corbett Report | Published: January 10, 2021 - 3:38 pm - Video
Announcing the 4th Annual Fake News Awards
Theyyyyyy're heeeeere! That's right, the Dinos are back in town, and that can only mean one thing: It's time for The Corbett Report's 4th Annual Real Fake News Awards! Get your suggestions in today (at corbettreport.com, of course) and buckle in for another struggle session with the biggest purveyors of... Read more »Source: The Corbett Report | Published: January 8, 2021 - 8:16 am