Enrique Dansflipped into Technology readingsStarlink SpaceX plans to start offering Starlink broadband services in 2020spacenews.com - Sandra Erwin SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell said the goal is to complete six to eight Starlink launches to get sufficient coverage to start offering the service …
Enrique Dansflipped into Technology readingsClimate AI and Climate Change: How they’re connected, and what we can do about itmedium.com - AI Now Institute Given the tech industry’s significant contribution to climate change, it is clear that policymakers would do well to pay more attention to tech’s …
Enrique Dansflipped into Technology readingsFacebook Facebook to face $35 billion class-action lawsuit over misuse of facial recognition data- Technology News, FirstpostFirstpost - tech2 News StaffOct 20, 2019 10:01:30 IST For allegedly misusing users' facial recognition data in Illinois, the US court has reportedly said that Facebook will have to face a class-action …
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Enrique Dansflipped into Technology readingsFirefox Firefox 70 arrives with social tracking blocked by default, privacy report, and performance gains on macOSVentureBeat - Emil ProtalinskiMozilla today launched Firefox 70 for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS. Firefox 70 includes social tracking protection, a Privacy Protections report, new Lockwise features, and performance improvements
Enrique Dansflipped into Technology readingsStartups Medium says it will compensate writers based on reading time, not clapsTechCrunch - Anthony HaMedium is announcing significant changes to its Partner Program, where subscribers pay for access to exclusive content, and the revenue gets split with writers. The biggest change is that writers will
Enrique Dansflipped into Technology readingsTechnology Amazon is rolling out a news aggregation app for Fire TV and tabletsTechCrunch - Brian HeaterBeginning today, Amazon will be rolling out a news aggregation app for Fire TV users in the U.S. The app serves up a customizable news experience from a number of different outlets. The list includes 20
Enrique Dansflipped into Technology readingsFossil Fuels Meeting Paris Agreement Targets Would Create 24 Million Jobs Globallynexusmedianews.com - Nexus Media This month, when diplomats met in Poland to negotiate the implementation of the Paris Agreement, the United States took on the role of the villain. …
Enrique Dansflipped into Technology readingsTechnology Waymo and Renault to explore autonomous mobility route in Paris regionTechCrunch - Darrell EtheringtonWaymo and Renault are working with the Paris region to explore the possibility of establishing an autonomous transportation route between Charles de Gaulle airport and La Défense, a neighborhood just of
Enrique Dansflipped into Technology readingsFacebook Facebook discloses operations by Russia and Iran to meddle in 2020 electionThe Guardian - Julia Carrie WongFacebook on Monday disclosed it had taken down four new foreign interference operations originating from Iran and Russia, including one targeting the US 2020 presidential elections that appears to be to
Enrique Dansflipped into Technology readingsPollution Air pollution 'triggers hundreds more heart attacks and strokes'BBC NewsHigher air pollution in the UK trigger hundreds more heart attacks, strokes and acute asthma attacks each year, research suggests. A team at King's College London looked at data from London, Birmingham,
Enrique Dansflipped into Technology readingsFacebook Facebook isn’t free speech, it’s algorithmic amplification optimized for outrageTechCrunch - Jon EvansThis week Mark Zuckerberg gave a speech in which he extolled “giving everyone a voice” and fighting “to uphold a wide a definition of freedom of expression as possible.” That sounds great, of course! of
Enrique Dansflipped into Technology readingsAluminum UK Man Invents Aluminum-Air Battery In His Garagecleantechnica.com - Steve Hanley Trevor Jackson of the UK says he has invented an aluminum air battery that could power an electric car for up to 1500 miles. And Austin Electric says …
Enrique Dansflipped into Technology readingsDot-Com Bubble The Not-Com Bubble Is PoppingThe Atlantic - Derek ThompsonThe unicorn massacre unfolding today is exactly the opposite of what happened in 2000. It is easy to look at today’s crop of sinking IPOs—like Uber, Lyft, and Peloton—or scuttled public offerings, like
Enrique Dansflipped into Technology readingsFacebook Facebook Finally Has a Good IdeaThe New York TimesI would like to formally apply to be judge and jury over Mark Zuckerberg. And it’s not just my dream job if Facebook’s newest idea to police itself better goes as planned. The company calls its latest
Enrique Dansflipped into Technology readingsEnergy Ranked: Countries with the Most Sustainable Energy Policiesvisualcapitalist.com - Nick Routley Ranked: Countries With Most Sustainable Energy PoliciesThe sourcing and distribution of energy is one of the most pressing issues of our time.Just …
Enrique Dansflipped into Technology readingsTechnology Should we rethink the politics of ‘blocking’?TechCrunch - Jillian C. YorkYears ago, I wrote a piece criticizing a cover story by a well-known writer and political commentator that I’d met a few times, with whom I’d occasionally sparred on Twitter. The piece wasn’t merely a
Enrique Dansflipped into Technology readingsTechnology In a big reversal, Libra reportedly could peg its cryptocurrencies to national currenciesTechCrunch - Jonathan ShieberFacebook is willing to reverse course on its plans to tie its digital currency project to a synthetic currency tied to a basket of global currencies. Reuters is reporting that Facebook’s head of the Libra
Enrique Dansflipped into Technology readingsCatalonia Catalonia has created a new kind of online activism. Everyone should pay attentionWired UK - Laurie Clarke Trouble is brewing in Catalonia. On October 14, Spain’s supreme court in Madrid sentenced nine pro-independence Catalan politicians to long prison …
Enrique Dansflipped into Technology readingsClimate Change If warming exceeds 2°C, Antarctica's melting ice sheets could raise seas 20 metres in coming centuriestheconversation.com - Georgia Rose Grant and Timothy Naish We know that our planet has experienced warmer periods in the past, during the Pliocene geological epoch around three million years ago. Our research, …
Enrique Dansflipped into Technology readingsTechnology Facebook open to currency-pegged stablecoins for Libra projectReuters - By Andrea ShalalWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook Inc (FB.O), facing growing skepticism about its digital currency project Libra, on Sunday said the initiative could use cryptocurrencies based on national currencies such
Enrique Dansflipped into Technology readingsElon Musk Why Elon Musk is wrong about LiDAR technologyTNW - Sam KamelEarlier this year, at one of Tesla’s events, the company’s famous founder, Elon Musk proclaimed that, “LiDAR is a fool’s errand,” and “Anyone relying on LiDAR is doomed. Doomed.” We’re all big fans of
Enrique Dansflipped into Technology readingsFacebook How social media rules give politicians a free pass to lieAxios - Scott Rosenberg Over the past week, Facebook and Twitter have codified a dual-class system for free speech: one set of rules for politicians or "world leaders," …
Enrique Dansflipped into Technology readingsTechnology Trump Campaign Floods Web With Ads, Raking In Cash as Democrats StruggleThe New York Times - Matthew Rosenberg and Kevin RooseOn any given day, the Trump campaign is plastering ads all over Facebook, YouTube and the millions of sites served by Google, hitting the kind of incendiary themes — immigrant invaders, the corrupt media
Enrique Dansflipped into Technology readingsFacial Recognition Why we should ban facial recognition technology everywhereboingboing.net - Cory Doctorow In the wake of Berkeley joining the growing list of cities that ban the use of facial recognition by governments, RIT philosophy prof Evan Selinger …
Enrique Dansflipped into Technology readingsClimate The movement to take climate action has begun – but we have a long way to goThe Guardian - António GuterresOn the eve of the September UN climate action summit, young women and men around the world mobilized by the millions and told global leaders: “You are failing us”. Global emissions are increasing. Temperatures
Enrique Dansflipped into Technology readingsAlgae Algae might be a secret weapon to combatting climate changeQuartz - Ben LammAs fires rage in the Amazon, people have latched onto the phrase that the Amazon is the “lungs of the earth.” President Emmanuel Macron of France warned that “our house is burning.” Celebrities from Leonardo
Enrique Dansflipped into Technology readingsClimate Five Radical Climate Policies That Most Americans Actually LikeThe Atlantic - Robinson MeyerMost registered voters are in favor of spending trillions on weatherized buildings and renewable-energy infrastructure. For the first time in years—and maybe ever—Democrats are getting ambitious about
Enrique Dansflipped into Technology readingsMarc Benioff CEO: What They Don’t Teach You In Business SchoolForbes - Tom TaulliIn 1996, Marc Benioff took a sabbatical from his executive post at Oracle and traveled to India and Nepal. Along the way, he thought about what a new kind of company would look like. So a few years later
Enrique Dansflipped into Technology readingsLeadership Why the world is much smaller than you thinkFast Company - Anisa Purbasari HortonEver been surprised by meeting a stranger and discovering that you share mutual acquaintances? As this network scientist reports, there’s an explanation for that. Has this happened to you? You strike a
