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The US Government Needs to Invest in Digital DesignOur nation’s failure to invest in information technology has severely limited our Covid response. A federal chief experience officer could... Read more » - ●17 Bags, Backpacks, Cubes, and Straps to Protect Your CameraThere are dozens of ways to tote around your photo and video gear. We’ve reviewed our favorites.... Read more »
The US Government Needs to Invest in Digital Design
- ●Should we celebrate Trump’s Twitter ban? Five free speech experts weigh inIn 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 »
- ●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 »
- ●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 »
- ●Fashion goes soft as Fendi turns boots into slippersMilan 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 »
- ●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 »
- ●Trump social media ban sparks calls for action against other populist leadersAfter 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 »
- ●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 »
- ●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 »
- ●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 »
- ●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 »
Should we celebrate Trump’s Twitter ban? Five free speech experts weigh in
- Video●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 »
- mp3Episode 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 »
- VideoCapitol Desecration, Info War, PCR Psyop – New World Next WeekThis 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 »
- mp3Interview 1611 – New World Next Week with James Evan PilatoThis 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 »