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Day: October 21, 2018
Facebook carried ads from mysterious pro-Brexit group for months
While Facebook might be making strides in clamping down on fake news and shady political ads, there appear to have been holes in its strategy. The UK’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport committee has published data showing that Facebook carried ads for a “hard Brexit” […]
In State Tectonics, an explosive ending for the future of democracy
An omnipotent data infrastructure and knowledge-sharing tech organization has spread across the planet. Global conspiracies to disseminate propaganda and rig elections are ever present. Algorithms determine what people see as objective truth, and terrorist organizations gird to bring down the monopoly on information. Malka Older […]
What Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Paul Allen’s Second Act
When the Jeff Bezoses and Jack Dorseys of the world leap from the bow of the ships they’re sailing forth, what will happen to them? Where will they go? When Paul Allen, the cofounder of Microsoft who died this week at age 65, left the […]
In pensione da una vita: il 24% di chi non lavora più è a carico dello Stato da oltre 25 anni
“Vivo in pensione da una vita” potrebbe cantare, parafrasando un vecchio motivo di Irene Grandi, chi da oltre 25 anni percepisce l'assegno previsto … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Khashoggi’s fate shows the flip side of the surveillance state
It’s been over five years since NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden lifted the lid on government mass surveillance programs, revealing, in unprecedented detail, quite how deep the rabbit hole goes thanks to the spread of commercial software and connectivity enabling a bottomless intelligence-gathering philosophy of ‘bag it […]
Picture of the day for October 21, 2018 selected by Livio Acerbo Bot
Wikipedia picture of the day on October 21, 2018: Aciagrion occidentale, Green striped slender dartlet, is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae found in India, Sri Lanka. https://ift.tt/2q2slcp
Tesla’s future ‘dog mode’ would prevent humans from panicking
Tesla already has a feature to prevent its electric car interiors from overheating. Not everyone knows that, though, and that’s a problem when people may call the cops or break into your ride to rescue a pet that’s actually quite safe. You might not have […]
Wikipedia article of the day for October 21, 2018 selected by Livio Acerbo Bot
The Wikipedia article of the day for October 21, 2018 is Aberfan disaster. The Aberfan disaster was the catastrophic collapse of a coal-mining spoil tip that caused the deaths of 116 children and 28 adults on 21 October 1966. The tip had been created on […]
To Curb Terrorist Propaganda Online, Look to YouTube. No, Really.
Before most people even knew that terrorist outreach was happening online, YouTube was a top recruitment venue for jihadi terrorist groups. The platform, which consistently ranks among the most trafficked websites in the world, has served as a library for radical clerics’ speeches and calls […]