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World: Businessinsider.com Tech : [ Geolocation ] (Laatste update: zaterdag 23 april 2022 22:46:36)
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UK freezes bank account of Russian oligarch's charity that donated at least $10 million to the 'royal hospital' used by the Queen
Russian billionaire Viatcheslav Kantor, a major shareholder of Russia's largest fertilizer producer, was sanctioned by the UK earlier this month.
Sat, 23 Apr 2022 15:48:24 +0000
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Trump's JD Vance and Dr. Oz endorsements have divided Republicans, and some of his diehard right-wing supporters are enraged, a report says
Donald Trump's endorsements of JD Vance and Dr. Oz caused a major increase in donations for the candidates, despite opposition from some Republicans.
Sat, 23 Apr 2022 15:44:00 +0000
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US startups donate drones after Ukrainian officials raise concerns over use of Chinese devices
Ukrainian officials claimed that Chinese manufacturer DJI may have intentionally created "technical glitches" to impair Ukraine's military defense.
Sat, 23 Apr 2022 15:35:07 +0000
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Best Buy is recalling more than 700,000 air fryers after reports of devices 'catching fire, burning, or melting'
Consumers are instructed to immediately stop using the affected Insignia brand products and return them to Best Buy for a refund or store credit.
Sat, 23 Apr 2022 15:31:10 +0000
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Reps. Matt Gaetz and Jim Jordan plotted with Trump to stop Biden from becoming president, House January 6 committee says
A White House aide said in court that Republican lawmakers explored avenues to legally assert that Trump won the 2020 presidential election.
Sat, 23 Apr 2022 15:29:00 +0000
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A Tesla crashed into a private jet worth up to $3.5 million while in Smart Summon mode, witness says
A witness at Felts Field airport who posted a video on Reddit told Insider the car was in Smart Summon mode when it crashed into a Cirrus Vision Jet.
Sat, 23 Apr 2022 15:22:18 +0000
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An aircraft-leasing company says it will write off $800 million worth of jets stuck in Russia amid sanctions
"It is unlikely that the company will regain possession of the aircraft that have not been returned and that remain in Russia," Air Lease said.
Sat, 23 Apr 2022 15:06:48 +0000
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Rep. Jamie Raskin says January 6 hearings will 'tell a story that will blow the roof off the House'
Raskin, a member of the January 6 select committee said the upcoming June public hearings will "tell a story that will blow the roof off the House."
Sat, 23 Apr 2022 14:57:33 +0000
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OnlyFans said it can no longer serve its Russian creators because of payment restrictions
OnlyFans said it had to "temporarily pause accounts where payments are received in Russia" because of ongoing payment restrictions to and from Russia.
Sat, 23 Apr 2022 14:30:19 +0000
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says the Jan. 6 insurrection was a 'trial run'
If Republicans retake the majority in November, "then they have the votes to not authorize and legitimize the presidential election," she said.
Sat, 23 Apr 2022 14:17:47 +0000
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'Biggest earthquake in human history' caused a 5000-mile-long megatsunami that sent massive waves crashing from Chile to New Zealand, study finds
A 9.5 earthquake that struck about 3,800 years in northern Chile was the greatest in human history, according to a new study.
Sat, 23 Apr 2022 14:17:00 +0000
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Russian forces attacked the steel plant where remaining Ukrainian forces and citizens are sheltering in Mariupol, officials say
Mariupol has been under siege since the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the remaining forces have taken shelter at the Azovstal steel plant.
Sat, 23 Apr 2022 14:08:13 +0000
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A Florida school district banned a rhyming picture book with illustrations of babies playing and sleeping
The book's author, Susan Meyers, speculates that "Everywhere Babies" was banned because there is an image of one man embracing another in it.
Sat, 23 Apr 2022 14:01:14 +0000
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I tried a $350 bike desk with a cult TikTok following, and I'm recommending it to everyone I know
I found I'm much more productive at doing work-related tasks like reading and writing while pedaling against moderate resistance.
Sat, 23 Apr 2022 14:00:00 +0000
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Bernie Sanders is 'not a great fan' of Florida and 'pretty much wrote off' competing in the state if he'd been the 2020 Democratic presidential nominee: book
"Based on the numbers and our research, we believed that winning the state was a near impossibility for us," said ex-Sanders advisor Ari Rabin-Havt.
Sat, 23 Apr 2022 13:58:16 +0000
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Florida releases samples from math textbooks rejected over references to 'prohibited topics' such as critical race theory
Florida released samples from the 54 math textbooks rejected for references to "prohibited topics" such as critical race theory.
Sat, 23 Apr 2022 13:53:43 +0000
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Elon Musk wants to add Twitter to his empire. A top analyst breaks down 4 ways Tesla's CEO could revamp the platform into his latest visionary brand.
Elon Musk has taken criticism for his bid to buy Twitter, but a Wall Street analyst laid out how the visionary CEO could revamp the platform.
Sat, 23 Apr 2022 13:42:14 +0000
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World: Slashdot: [ Geolocation ] (Laatste update: Zaterdag 30 Mei 2020, 00:15:08
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Google To Enable the Chrome Anti-Notification Spam System in July 2020
Google announced this week plans to enable its new anti-notification spam system in Chrome over the summer, with the release of Chrome 84, on July 12, 2020. From a report: Known internally as the "quieter notification permission UI," this Chrome component works by blocking sites from showing notification requests, which are hidden under an icon in the Chrome URL bar (on desktop) or under a toolbar (on mobile). Google first announced the "quieter notification permission UI" in January, and shipped it in February, in Chrome 80, in a limited, user opt-in fashion. But in a blog post, Google said the new UI and its ability to detect spammy notification popups has been improved and will roll out enabled by default for all users in July, with the release of Chrome 84.
30 May 2020, 00:00:00
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SpaceXs Starship SN4 Launch Vehicle Prototype Explodes After Static Engine Fire Test
SpaceX had just conducted yet another static fire test of the Raptor engine in its Starship SN4 prototype launch vehicle on Friday when the test vehicle exploded on the test stand in Boca Chica, Texas. TechCrunch reports: This was the fourth static fire test of this engine on this prototype, so its unclear what went wrong vs. other static fire attempts. This was a test in the development of Starship, a new spacecraft that SpaceX has been developing in Boca Chica. Eventually, the company hopes to use it to replace its Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rocket, but Starship is still very early in its development phase, whereas those vehicles are flight-proven, multiple times over. SpaceX had just secured FAA approval to fly its Starship prototype for short, suborbital test flights earlier this week. The goal was to fly this SN4 prototype for short distances following static fire testing, but that clearly wont be possible now, as the vehicle appears to have been completely destroyed in the explosion following Fridays test, as you can see in the stream from NASASpaceflight.com. The explosion occurred around 1:49 PM local time in Texas, roughly two minutes after it had completed its engine test fire.
29 May 2020, 23:20:00
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Software Bug In Bombardier Airliner Made Planes Turn the Wrong Way
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register: A very specific software bug made airliners turn the wrong way if their pilots adjusted a pre-set altitude limit. The bug, discovered on Bombardier CRJ-200 aircraft fitted with Rockwell Collins Aerospace-made flight management systems (FMSes), led to airliners trying to follow certain missed approaches turning right instead of left -- or vice versa. First discovered in 2017, the flaw was only apparent when pilots manually edited a pre-set "climb to" altitude programmed into a "missed approach" procedure following an Instrument Landing System approach. It also arose if pilots used the FMSs temperature compensation function in extremely cold weather. In theory the bug could have led to airliners crashing into the ground, though the presence of two trained and alert humans in the cockpit monitoring what the aircraft was doing made this a remote possibility. "The bug was first uncovered when a CRJ-200 crew flying into Canadas Fort St John airport used the FMSs temperature correction function," the report adds. "They discovered that the software turned their aeroplane in the wrong direction while it was following the published missed approach, something that generally does not happen. The fault was swiftly reported to the authorities and the relevant manufacturers." Full details, including the maths, are available here. The U.S. Federal Aviation Authorities also published a Powerpoint presentation (PDF) about the bug.
29 May 2020, 22:38:00
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Joe Biden Doesnt Like Trumps Twitter Order, But Still Wants To Revoke Section 230
Former Vice President Joe Biden still wants to repeal the pivotal internet law that provides social media companies like Facebook and Twitter with broad legal immunity over content posted by their users, a campaign spokesperson told The Verge. Still, the campaign emphasized key disagreements with the executive order signed by the president earlier this week. From a report: Earlier this year, Biden told The New York Times that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act should be "revoked, immediately." In recent days, President Donald Trump has reinvigorated a controversial debate over amending the foundational internet law after Twitter fact-checked one of his tweets for the first time. Over the last year, Trump and other congressional Republicans have grown concerned over the false idea that social media platforms actively moderate against conservative speech online. Trump turned his threats into action Thursday, signing an executive order that could pare back platform liability protections under Section 230. In a statement Thursday responding to the order, Biden campaign spokesperson Bill Russo said that "it will not be the position of any future Biden Administration ... that the First Amendment means private companies must provide a venue for, and amplification of, the presidents falsehoods, lest they become the subject of coordinated retaliation by the federal government." Still, Bidens position on Section 230 remains unchanged.
29 May 2020, 22:00:00
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Trump Says US Will Terminate Relationship With WHO Today
President Donald Trump announced Friday that the United States is will be cutting ties with the World Health Organization later today. From a report: "China has total control over the World Health Organization despite only paying $40 million per year compared to what the United States has been paying, which is approximately $450 million a year," Trump said during a press conference. Trump has repeatedly criticized the WHOs response to the coronavirus, which has hit the U.S. worse than any other country, amid scrutiny of his own administrations response to the pandemic. Earlier this month, Trump threatened to permanently cut off U.S. funding of the WHO. In a letter, he said that if the WHO "does not commit to major substantive improvements within the next 30 days, I will make my temporary freeze of United States funding to the World Health Organization permanent and reconsider our membership in the organization." On Friday, Trump said WHO "failed to make the requested a greatly needed reform" and the U.S. "will be today terminating our relationship with the World Health Organization and redirecting those funds to other worldwide and deserving urgent global public health needs."
29 May 2020, 21:09:00
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Twitter, Reddit Challenge US Rules Forcing Visa Applicants To Disclose Their Social Media Handles
Twitter and Reddit have filed an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit challenging a U.S. government rule change compelling visa applicants to disclose their social media handles. From a report: The lawsuit, brought by the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, the Brennan Center for Justice, and law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, seeks to undo both the State Departments requirement that visa applicants must disclose their social media handles prior to obtaining a U.S. visa, as well as related rules over the retention and dissemination of those records. Last year, the State Department began asking visa applicants for their current and former social media usernames, a move that affects millions non-citizens applying to travel to the United States each year. The rule change was part of the Trump administrations effort to expand its "enhanced" screening protocols. At the time, it was reported that the information would be used if the State Department determines that "such information is required to confirm identity or conduct more rigorous national security vetting."
29 May 2020, 20:45:00
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Google Rescinds Offers To Thousands of Contract Workers
Google, facing an advertising slump caused by the pandemic, has rescinded offers to several thousand people who had agreed to work at the company as temporary and contract workers. From a report: "Were slowing our pace of hiring and investment, and are not bringing on as many new starters as we had planned at the beginning of the year," Google said in an email to contracting agencies last week that was seen by The New York Times. The company told the firms that it "will not be moving forward to onboard" the people that the agencies had recruited to work at Google. The move affected more than 2,000 people globally who had signed offers with the agencies to be a contract or temp worker, according to three people familiar with the decision, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not allowed to speak publicly on the matter. Google employs more than 130,000 contractors and temp workers, a shadow work force that outnumbers its 123,000 full-time employees. Googles full-time staff are rewarded with high salaries and generous perks, but temps and contractors often receive less pay, fewer benefits and do not have the same protections, even though they work alongside full timers.
29 May 2020, 20:05:00
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Why Remote Work Is So Hard -- and How It Can Be Fixed
Cal Newport, writing at the New Yorker: Technological transitions often stumble when we expect them to sprint. In 1989, the Stanford economist Paul David wanted to understand why so many companies were so slow to adopt computer technology; for historical perspective, he turned to the history of the electric dynamo, which had been invented around a hundred years before, and which, before it transformed industrial production, had also been adopted slowly. In his paper "The Dynamo and the Computer: An Historical Perspective on the Modern Productivity Paradox," published in the American Economic Review, David explained that, at the turn of the century, most factories were powered by massive central steam engines. The engines turned overhead shafts, which were connected by an intricate array of belts and pulleys to close-packed machinery. When electric motors were first introduced, factory owners tried to integrate them into their existing setups; often, theyd simply replace the hulking steam engine with a giant electric dynamo. This introduced some conveniences -- no one had to shovel coal -- but also created complexities. It was hard to keep all the electrical components working; many factory owners opted to stay with steam. It took decades for factory owners to figure out how to make the most of electric power. Eventually, they discovered that the best approach was to put a small motor on each individual piece of machinery. Since a factory no longer needed to draw power from a central engine, its equipment could be spread out. This, in turn, changed the nature of industrial architecture. Buildings that no longer required reinforced ceilings to house shafts, belts, and pulleys could incorporate windows and skylights, of the sort we know today from urban loft buildings. Inertia, David found, had been part of the problem. Factory owners who had spent a lot of money and time building physical plants organized around central-drive trains were reluctant to commit to complex, expensive overhauls. There were imaginative obstacles: powering each machine with its own individual motor may seem like an obvious idea now, but in fact it represented a sharp break from the centralized-power model that had dominated for the previous hundred and fifty years. Finally, technological barriers stood in the way -- small issues, compared to the invention of electricity, but persistent and important ones nonetheless. Someone, for instance, had to figure out how to construct a building-wide power grid capable of handling the massively variable load created by many voltage-hungry mini-motors being turned off and on unpredictably. Until that happened, it was central power or bust. In some respects, we may be in an electric-dynamo moment for remote work. In theory, we have the technology we need to make remote work workable. And yet most companies that have tried to graft it onto their existing setups have found only mixed success. In response, many have stuck with what they know. Now the coronavirus pandemic has changed the equation. Whole workplaces have gone remote; steam engines have been outlawed. The question is whether, having been forced to embrace this new technology, we can solve the long-standing problems that have thwarted its adoption in the past. Some useful innovation is possible on an individual level. As a newly minted remote worker, you may find that demands on your attention are actually more incessant and intrusive than they used to be -- a natural consequence when a workplace depends more than ever on phone calls, e-mails, and video conferences. You might respond by consolidating all of your appointments into a given half of the day -- say, between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. -- preserving the other hours, by default, for actually working on the items discussed.
29 May 2020, 19:25:00
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