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Armed federal officers publicly threatening to defy orders from the President seems like it’s getting insufficient attention. The Biden administration largely continuing Trump’s border policies (he’s building the wall!) seems under-covered as well. The claim about vulnerable flights as a result is absurd.
Hertz announced a $168 million settlement covering 364 claims against them, at an average of just over $460,000 per customer. There are perhaps a dozen more customers who are suing Hertz, that are not a part of the settlement. I have to think that in many of those cases the customers believe the egregiousness of their…
It's the isotopes...
Most food safety regulations say that Peking duck should be illegal. But it's not, so what gives?
Drowning in AI Generated Garbage : the silent war we are fighting par Ploum - Lionel Dricot.
Blood testing confirms high levels of carcinogen PFAS in the blood of hundreds living close to US bases Japanese demand answers while Americans deny responsibility By Pat Elder December 1, 2022
There is nothing more essential to secular humanism than the truth. Secular humanists are the people who looked at thousands of years of received authority ...
Some of the most courageous journalists in the world write for El Faro, a Salvadoran news organization whose fearless, independent reporting about corruption, violence, and human rights abuses in Central America has earned it the gratitude of readers all over the world—and the enmity of criminal gangs and…
Market Data section of the Financial Times US Edition print edition from May 5, 2021. If you’ve flipped through printed broadsheet newspapers, you’ve probably seen pages full of tiny te…
Anybody who doesn’t fall off their chair laughing is exactly who they want to talk to – Cormac Herley, Microsoft computer scientist.
In 2017, consulting giant Booz Allen cut a deal with the government to extract junk fees from Americans who want to use Federal lands and waters for hunting or fishing. Will Congress or Biden act?
Recent versions of Ubuntu turned on a particularly annoying feature: intrusive system notifications that warn of the pending update of a Snap managed application. Here’s an example:
An arms dealer makes millions on junk fees from National Parks visitors.
Yesterday Quanta Magazine published an article written by Natalie Wolchover, Physicists Create a Wormhole Using a Quantum Computer . I’m shocked and disappointed. I thought Quanta Magazine was the most respectable source of science news, they have published several quality, in-depth articles in difficult topics. But…
In the neverending debate surrounding Twitter under Elon Musk, the distinction between free speech as a legal right and cultural value can get confused.
Dieser Artikel ist auch auf deutsch erschienen. Update: The vulnerabilities are currently no longer exploitable because Hive deactivated their servers. More details Following the Twitter takeover, a number of services promising to be an alternative gained traction. One of those is “Hive Social”, which reached more…
The Estonian government estimates that going digital has saved the state and its citizens, 820 years in time and resources
The latest news and announcements from DoorDash.
Why learning to see the layers of money will reveal the politics of 'cashless society', and much more
Europe’s top telecom regulator dealt a strong blow to Europe’s biggest telecoms in a report released in October, finding “no evidence” to justify the proposal from large broadband companies like Deutsche Telekom and Orange to force websites and apps to pay them. The report comes after European Commission
Over on Mastodon, there are many people who enjoy not being in the grip of software like Facebook or Twitter that single-mindedly tries to maximize “engagement”, which means the amount of time you stare at the screen so they can show you ads. These algorithms don’t care what they’re showing you and if it turns out…
We’re sharing details about three deceptive networks we took down during the last quarter.
Not really. As a counter example, gold is clear and very old ponzi. It's ok. And as a more general argument, crypto does have utility. For circumventing capital controls, buying drugs or laundering money. So there will be constant supply of new depositors who needs that and willing to pay. I would not bet on crypto…
