Collaborate Disseminate
Facebook is heeding criticism for its content takedown and account deactivation appeals process, which was initiated alongside the company’s expanding content moderation practices. Continue reading 86 Organizations Demand Zuckerberg to Improve Takedown Appeals
Insurance companies offer exclusive firefighting services for high-paying clients that can help them mitigate the worst consequences of wildfire disasters. Most other people aren’t so lucky. Continue reading Rich People Pay for Private Firefighters While the Rest of Us Burn
Please, for the love of god, be smart with your antibiotics. Continue reading Antibiotic-Resistant E. Coli Have Infected Giraffes
A Chinese news agency debuted a news anchor powered by artificial intelligence at the World Internet Conference yesterday. Continue reading China’s AI News Anchor Makes the News More Boring
It would have been the first carbon fee enacted in the US. Oil lobbyists fought it by making a novel, hypocritical argument, and it worked. Continue reading Big Oil Defeats a Carbon Fee By Arguing It Doesn’t Go Far Enough
A fierce debate erupted in the comment section of the Garfield Instagram account when the cat seemed to discourage people from voting. Continue reading Garfield Fans Are Furious That His Instagram Seems to Discourage Voting
According to new research, the fuzz you see on the chest of moths is specifically designed to muffle sound and protect them from bats. Continue reading Deaf Moths Use “Acoustic Camouflage” to Evade Echolocation
A special Texas law gives astronauts the opportunity to cast an absentee ballot, of sorts, if they want to vote in an election on Earth. Continue reading Here’s How Astronauts Vote in Elections
A letter from Harvard University scholars asserts that the blunt-shaped ‘Oumuamua object may be an alien probe, but the scientists who rolled the spliff are killing the buzz. Continue reading Scientists Who Discovered Blunt-Shaped Asteroid Say It Is Almost Definitely Not Aliens
The way that major browsers store history and structure links leaves them vulnerable to old school ‘sniffing’ attacks, according to new research from the University of California San Diego. Continue reading Old School ‘Sniffing’ Attacks Can Still Reveal Your Browsing History