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The US Has a Plan to Document Human Rights Violations in Ukraine
The US government has said it will fund data-gathering from the conflict in Ukraine, in a move that, in addition to laying the groundwork for prosecuting war crimes, would share critical, real time data with humanitarian…
Why Facebook and Twitter couldn’t stop the Buffalo shooting video from going viral
After the Christchurch, New Zealand, mosque shooting in 2019, Facebook was widely criticized for allowing the shooter to livestream his killings for 17 minutes uninterrupted. Saturday’s racially motivated made-for-the-internet mass…
How to approach ESG monitoring and reporting
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NASA’s InSight Mars Lander’s Days Are Numbered
While InSight’s pair of solar panels, each one shaped like a decagonal (10-sided) pie, efficiently provide solar power to the lander, dust has always been its Achilles’ heel. While dust storms come by frequently—though not as intensely…
Your iPhone Is Vulnerable to a Malware Attack Even When It’s Off
When you turn off an iPhone, it doesn’t fully power down. Chips inside the device continue to run in a low-power mode that makes it possible to locate lost or stolen devices using the Find My feature or use credit cards and car keys…
Royal Mail Is Doing the Right Thing With Drone Delivery
For most of the 10 years that I idly thought about thermostats, I had no intention of building one. It was the early 2000s, and I was at Apple making the first iPhone. I got married, had kids. I was busy.
But then again, I was also…
Has Trading Cryptocurrencies Reached a Tipping Point?
Cryptocurrencies are having a moment. The unprecedented 2021 crypto market performance marked the end of the crypto genesis stage and accelerated the mainstreaming of crypto assets. Many altcoins outperformed bitcoin. In fact, according…
Social platforms' Buffalo shooting response called inadequate
Campaigners accuse technology companies of failing to block and remove content posted by the attacker.
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Simple, Cheap and Portable: A Filter-Free Desalination System for a Thirsty World
For most of the 10 years that I idly thought about thermostats, I had no intention of building one. It was the early 2000s, and I was at Apple making the first iPhone. I got married, had kids. I was busy.
But then again, I was also…
Adam Mosseri Says He Wants Big Tech to Give Up Control
So you're saying that you could have done it earlier, but it was good to wait for blockchain because no one would have believed you otherwise?I'm not saying that. But there is a truth to that framing. It has less to do with blockchain…