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☆ Twitter keeps confusing rockets for intimate content because of the platform's reliance on machine learning tools, an ex-employee says
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( Kate Duffy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Twitter flagged rocket videos from some news accounts as "intimate" and suspended their accounts. The confusion resulted in several Twitter accounts posting about rocket launches getting suspended from the platform. A Twitter account can be suspended when the tools are 95% certain that the post has broken the platform's rules, the former Twitter content moderator added. Similarly, Starbase Watcher said its account was suspended because Twitter claimed that one of its tweets contained intimate content. Previously, an astronomer was locked out of her Twitter account for months after a video of a meteor she posted was flagged as "intimate content," per the BBC.

☆ Happy New Year! In 2023 kick out Trump, Elon Musk, Kanye and Depp
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-01 | by ( Lynn Stuart Parramore | Lynn Stuart Parramore Is A Cultural Historian Who Studies The Intersection Of Culture | Psychology | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

Though in far different fields, men like Ye (formerly known as Kanye West), Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Johnny Depp and Sam Bankman-Fried will forever be linked by this ignominious characteristic. Over the past 12 interminable months, America has witnessed the rantings of Hitler-loving Ye; Musk’s edgelord trolling on his new plaything, Twitter; Depp and his toxic TikTok fanboys; and Trump being Trump on any given day. While seemingly not vain like Ye or Depp or openly thuggish like Trump and Musk, he nonetheless exhibits traits that point to something sinister behind the “just-a-regular-dude” persona. Trump seems to be losing ground, and Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee finally took down their “Kanye. Musk asked Twitter users whether he should step down as CEO, and they voted “yes.”Unfortunately, until we address roots causes, there will always be another blustering bully, another Trump, another Ye.

☆ Fast-Fashion Brands Like Zara, Shein Create Mountains of Waste From Holiday Shopping, Returns
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Gad Allon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

A report by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation found that, globally, less than 1% of used clothing is actually recycled into new clothes. Recycling clothes is expensive, and the existing technology isn't adequate to handle the volume needed to make a difference for the planet. While recycling clothing can be expensive, there are some companies that have figured out a way to limit waste by recycling. Time to be honestIn order to fix fast fashion, companies need to start being more transparent about their sustainability practices. It also ensures that the waste companies produce is out in the open.

☆ 13 Unique Gifts for the Mom Who Doesn’t Want Anything
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-13 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: +7 min

The woman forever insisting she doesn’t need anything for the holidays, her birthday or Mother’s Day. With 200-plus thoughtful prompts and quick-hitting questions (What food do you like to have made for you when you’re sick? For the fragrance fanThis cool subscription service makes a unique gift for any mom, delivering an 8 mL bottle of perfume to her door every month. For the mom who’s tired of getting flowersThink of succulents as the gateway into plant parenthood. For the mom who could use a pick-me-upDare we say this is the sort of offering that will have her buzzing?

☆ A TikToker who 'consensually' doxxes people says it's easier than you'd think
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Jordan Parker Erb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Today, I am introducing you to a viral phenomenon that certainly wasn't on my 2022 bingo card: "consensual doxxing." Meet a TikToker who's gone viral for her "consensual doxxing" content. But one TikToker has garnered hundreds of thousands of followers who want her to expose their secrets. Kristen uses her platform to "consensually dox" users and reveal their birthdays using just social media — and has become a data-privacy educator by proxy. Users are often shocked by how easy it is for her to find out their information, Kristen said.

☆ Oldest DNA sheds light on a 2 million-year-old ecosystem that has no modern parallel
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —A core of ice age sediment from northern Greenland has yielded the world’s oldest sequences of DNA. They then compared the DNA fragments with existing libraries of DNA collected from both extinct and living animals, plants and microorganisms. It was super exciting when we recovered the DNA (to see) that very, very different ecosystem. They found no DNA from carnivores but believe predators — such as bears, wolves or even saber-toothed tigers — must have been present in the ecosystem. Further study of environmental DNA from this time period could help scientists understand how various organisms might adapt to climate change.

☆ Apple restricted AirDrop capabilities in China ahead of anti-government protests, leaving dissenters without key communication tool as demonstrations spread
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-27 | by ( Bethany Biron | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Apple limited the use of AirDrop tools in China earlier this month ahead of anti-government protests. The restrictions, which limit sharing via AirDrop to up to 10 minutes, are exclusive to China. Demonstrations erupted across the country this weekend in response to strict zero-COVID policies. Typically, users can opt to receive AirDrop content from everyone for an unlimited period of time. Earlier this month, the company told Bloomberg it intends to roll out the setting globally to prevent unwanted file sharing.

☆ Meta is promoting its VR headset with a 3D spaceman bursting out of London's most famous advertising billboard
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Meta unveiled a new 3D ad for its Meta Quest 2 VR headset on London's Piccadilly Circus. Meta's Reality Labs took over the Piccadilly Lights in the heart of London's West End to promote its Meta Quest 2 virtual reality headset. Since 2019, the Facebook owner has pumped $36 billion into Reality Labs, according to an Insider analysis of Meta's financial filings. Reality Labs posted an operating loss of $9.4 billion in the first nine months of this year alone. The Meta Quest 2 ad will run until the end of the year and it will be rolled out across the US as well.

☆ Exclusive: U.S. blocks more than 1,000 solar shipments over Chinese slave labor concerns
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Nichola Groom | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Nov 11 (Reuters) - More than 1,000 shipments of solar energy components worth hundreds of millions of dollars have piled up at U.S. ports since June under a new law banning imports from China's Xinjiang region over concerns about slave labor, according to federal customs officials and industry sources. The agency would not reveal the manufacturers or confirm details about the quantity of solar equipment in the shipments, citing federal law that protects confidential trade secrets. But the companies have halted new shipments to the United States over concerns additional cargoes will also be detained, the industry sources said. The sources asked not to be named because they were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter. CBP has previously said that it had detained about 1,700 shipments worth $516.3 million under UFLPA through September but has never before detailed how many of those shipments contained solar equipment.

CNN Business —Apple has limited the use of the AirDrop wireless file sharing function on devices in China, just weeks after reports that some protesters had used the popular feature to spread messages critical of the Chinese government. Users not in China face no such restriction and are able to receive files wirelessly from anyone, including people who are not contacts. Apple (AAPL) told CNN Business the new feature will be expanded globally in the coming year. Reaction in Chinese media to the software update was mixed. But others criticized Apple on Chinese social media.

☆ Apple puts a 10-minute time limit on AirDrop in China after protesters used it to spread posters opposing president Xi Jinping and the Chinese government
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Apple limited AirDrop in China after protesters shared posters criticizing president Xi Jinping. Apple said it plans to expand the update to AirDrop users globally next year. Before the update, AirDrop users could choose to receive files from anyone with the option of sharing them only with contacts for an unlimited amount of time. That isn't the first time protesters used AirDrop to circumvent China's Great Firewall. In 2019, Hong Kong protesters used AirDrop to inform mainland Chinese visitors in the city about the country's controversial extradition bill, Quartz reported.

☆ How Hurricane Sandy transformed the Jersey Shore into 'a playground for the rich'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Zoe Rosenberg | Dan Latu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +17 min

Jersey Shore residents battled through a patchwork of programs to rebuild after Hurricane Sandy. Even 10 years after Hurricane Sandy, Barbara is still reminded daily of the mental and financial toll it took on her. Courtesy of BarbaraThe bureaucratic red tape around flood insurance and rebuild programs linked to Hurricane Sandy deepened the divide between the haves and have-nots of the Jersey Shore. Milliman, an actuarial company that works with FEMA's National Flood Insurance Program, found that about 47% of coastal dwellers had flood insurance, The Inquirer reported. "After Sandy, there was a lot more money coming in," Mery, who has built Jersey Shore homes for 15 years, told Insider.

☆ 11 Unique Gifts for the Mom Who Doesn’t Want Anything
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: +6 min

The woman forever insisting she doesn’t need anything for the holidays, her birthday or Mother’s Day. For the mom who’s an open bookQuestions About Me Tell Me Your Life Story, Mom: A Mother’s Guided Journal and Memory Keepsake Book $10 at AmazonHere’s a way to give Mom what she really wants: a connection to you. With 200-plus thoughtful prompts and quick-hitting questions (What food do you like to have made for you when you’re sick? For the mom who’s tired of getting flowersThink of succulents as the gateway into plant parenthood. For the mom on the goThink of this elegantly shaped hat as an upgrade to her standard pony or top knot.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 29 (Reuters) - A man who clubbed U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband over the head with a hammer, shouting, "Where is Nancy? ", faced charges of attempted murder and other felonies a day after the violent break-in at the couple's San Francisco home. She flew to San Francisco to be with her husband. Police identified the man arrested at the scene by officers who intervened in the attack as David Depape, 42. Formal charges were expected to be filed by the San Francisco district attorney's office.

☆ Semafor debuts in a tough media environment, with an aim toward decluttering the news
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Alex Sherman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Semafor has been preparing for its launch since January, when former New York Times media columnist Ben Smith and former Bloomberg Media Chief Executive Officer Justin Smith quit their jobs to start the venture. The Smiths will take lessons learned from more than 20 years in digital media to steer Semafor into what they hope will be a global, profitable business. Still, advertising-supported digital media is a sector known for recession droughts and low growth — with plenty of cautionary tales. Semafor will immediately stand out from legacy news publications such as The New York Times, The Wall Steet Journal or CNN.com through its unique article structure. To solve for information overload, a key flaw in the current media ecosystem, according to Justin Smith, outside media analysis will be truncated and found in the Notable section.

☆ The Best Amazon Prime Day Deals 2022: Shop Halo, OXO, Bose and More
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: +7 min

It’s within a few dollar of its lowest price ever during this Prime sale. Normally $350, you can pick it up for $280 through the end of this Prime sale. The black and rose quartz versions of the best high-end electric toothbrush is down to its lowest price of the year. Unlike our top pick heating pad from Pure Enrichment below, Huggaroo’s Original Microwavable Heating Pad doesn’t plug into the wall; instead, you put it in the microwave to heat it up. We found Pure Enrichment’s Pure Relief XL Heating Pad to be the best overall heating pad after testing a dozen of them.

☆ Christopher Mims — Technology Columnist at The Wall Street Journal
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Christopher Mims | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Christopher MimsChristopher Mims is a columnist who writes about technology for The Wall Street Journal's tech bureau in San Francisco. The subjects of his columns vary widely from one week to the next. He has written about bidets, brain implants, the cult of the founder, the history of technology, innovation, venture capital, robotics, batteries, energy, materials science, wireless communications, AI, data science, telepresence, microchips, logistics, IT, 3D printing and autonomous boats, trucks, cars, drones and flying taxis. Christopher joined the Journal from Quartz, where he also covered technology. He has won a SABEW award for commentary, and has written a book, “Arriving Today” on how supply chains work.

☆ Îmbrăţişează-ţi energia feminină! Compania Oriflame prezintă noua colecție limitată de bijuterii Norrsken
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-18 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +4 min

Norrsken este o colecție de bijuterii ce combină darurile prețioase ale naturii și măiestria giuvaergilor, inspirate de peisajele și natura splendidă a nordului. Acestea au fost utilizate pentru caracteristicile lor speciale din cele mai vechi timpuri, fiecare dintre ele deținând o putere și o energie aparte. Diana Sachirciuc, brand partener Oriflame Moldova afirmă că: „A menține echilibrul și spiritul de luptător în orice circumstanță este adevărata putere a oamenilor a căror privire nu poate fi abătută de la scopul lor. Puterea interioară vine din dorința de a face schimbări.”Proiectul a fost desfășurat în parteneriat cu Asociația Femeilor Antreprenoare din Moldova (AFAM). Descoperă colecția de bijuterii și accesorii Norrsken, care îți vor pune în valoare personalitatea unică, stilul elegant și îți vor accentua ținutele în această vară.

Persons: Diana, Grace Rose, Tatiana Mereuță, Angela Gladei, Olga Organizations: Digital Park Locations: Norrsken, Moldova, Sand, Oriflame, suedeză

☆ Японские спутники будут уничтожать космический мусор
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-25 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +1 min

Японская компания Astroscale хочет избавиться от облака космического мусора, которое вращается вокруг нашей планеты и представляет реальную угрозу космическим аппаратам. ELSA-d будет использовать мощный магнит, чтобы хватать другие спутники и сбрасывать их на более низкую орбиту, где они буду сгорать при входе в атмосферу. Уже выведенные на орбиту спутники практически никем не обслуживаются. Однако вскоре ситуация может измениться благодаря ELSA-d от Astroscale и инициативе по дозаправке спутников от американской военно-промышленной корпорации Lockheed Martin. Кроме того, как отмечает Quartz, компания OneWeb Satellites планирует разместить магнитные панели, как у ELSA-d, на своей системе спутников широкополосной связи.

Persons: ELSA, d, Lockheed Martin, Бен Рид Organizations: Services, NASA, Lockheed

Но в целом главный кредитор развивающихся стран (а по сути — "главный Шейлок планеты") все еще ориентируется на продвижение той самой версии "глобализма", которую ни при каких обстоятельствах нельзя назвать справедливой. Стоит напомнить один апокрифический эпизод с той конференции, на которой 44 представителя разных стран подписали устав МВФ. Например, директор-распорядитель МВФ на фоне эпидемии и экономической катастрофы, которая терзает развивающиеся страны, почему-то очень озабочена транспарентностью тех долгов, которые эти страны уже набрали. Это выглядит не как попытка построить новое мировое финансовое братство, а как желание любой ценой защитить существующую и по сути неоколониальную схему кредитования развивающихся стран, которой Пекин очень сильно мешает. Светлое будущее, которое рисует МВФ, — это антиутопия, написанная эзоповым языком, достойным Оруэла: экология — это бедность, транспарентность — это подчинение Вашингтону и МВФ.

Persons: Кристалина Георгиева, Андорра, Дэвид Малпасс, Малпасс, Джо Байден, Грета Тунберг, Оруэла Organizations: Press Service, МВФ, G7, Covid-19, СМИ, Международный валютный фонд, Уолл-стрит, G20), Quartz, Всемирный банк, Парижский клуб Locations: Ukraine, —, Китай, Россия, Андорра, Крым, Запад, Пекин, Украина, Москва, Евросоюз, Вашингтон, США

☆ Why travelers are burying themselves in the searing sands of the Sahara Desert
▼ + stars: | 2019-12-10 | by ( Monica Pitrelli | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Not even closeThough largely unknown in the West, sand hammams — or sand baths — are anything but new. Desert camps in Morocco are offering sand hammams, or sand baths, to travelers. Sand hammams are not advisable for anyone with blood pressure or heart-related medical problems, due to the intensity of the heat. Due to the sand's mineral composition, sand hammams are also used to combat skin conditions, such as acne, psoriasis and other medical ailments. The Spa at Mandarin Oriental, Kuala Lumpur, also offers treatments on a hot sand therapy bed in a dedicated psammotherapy suite.

☆ Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop must stop making bogus claims about its $66 'vaginal eggs' because of a legal settlement. Here's the real science.
▼ + stars: | 2018-09-05 | by ( Hilary Brueck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

A "vaginal egg" will not balance your hormones, regulate your menstrual cycle, or help with bladder control. On Tuesday, Goop settled a lawsuit brought by the Santa Clara District Attorney’s office and others that alleged the company's claims about its "vaginal eggs" were hogwash. Candace Lowry/YoutubeThe statement added: "Goop provides a forum for practitioners to present their views and experiences with various products like the jade egg. I need to start my jade egg practice," she said with a laugh. Jen Gunter, a California-based obstetrician and gynecologist, wrote a widely cited blog post in 2017 about why Goop's vaginal jade eggs are a bad idea.

☆ (foto) Institutul Pantone a stabilit culorile anului 2016. Iată care sunt cele două nuanțe
▼ + stars: | 2015-12-03 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +3 min

Institutul Pantone, responsabil cu alegerile noastre cromatice, ne-a surprins în acest an proclamând nu culoarea anului 2016, ci culorile: Rose Quartz și Serenity. Sunt două nuanțe pastelate care ne îndeamnă la reverie și inspiră calmitate, evocându-ne o lume a păcii și a serenității, total diferită de climatul politic actual. Rose quartz este o nuanță caldă, ca cea a cristalului de cuarț roz, în timp ce serenity este o nuanță mai rece, însă relaxantă, precum cea a cerului senin. Nu doar prezența a două nuanțe pe tronul cromaticii din 2016 ne-a uimit, ci și alegerea pastelurilor pe post de regine. Aceasta culoare a anului 2016 va arăta fabulos alături de tonuri de bleumarin, cu care să îi condimentezi strălucirea diafană.

Persons: Rose, serenity, Serenity, Rose Quartz, lila Organizations: Rose quartz, americană Locations: Rose, boboc, Pantone

☆ culoarea asociată cel mai des cu inteligența și sex-appealul
▼ + stars: | 2015-08-30 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | Olesea Este Redactor-Şef Al Site-Ului Și Face Parte Din Echipa Diez.Md Încă De La Lansarea Acestuia | Aprilie Vine În Presa Online Din Economie. Scrie Pe Domenii Precum Educație Și Social. | ) diez.md time to read: +1 min

Negrul este culoarea care este cel mai des asociată cu inteligenţa şi cu sex-appealul, potrivit unui sondaj realizat de curând în Marea Britanie, informează Mediafax„Ezitaţi dimineaţa în privinţa culorii hainelor pe care vreţi să le purtaţi atunci când vă prezentaţi la un interviu de angajare sau la o întâlnire romantică? Alegeţi negrul. Culoarea costumelor de bancher şi a ospătarilor este, de asemenea, culoarea care vă va oferi cea mai bună imagine pentru a părea în acelaşi timp inteligent, dar şi sexy”, afirmă autorii unui sondaj realizat de site-ul britanic Buytshirtsonline. Respectând acest dicton, 56 % din totalul celor 1 000 de respondenţi au spus că negrul este culoarea pe care o asociază cel mai bine cu încrederea în sine. Totodată, negrul este şi culoarea care îi ajută cel mai des pe oameni să pară „inteligenţi” (iar rozul ocupă ultimul loc din acest punct de vedere).

Persons: Mark Twain, Negrul Organizations: Mediafax Locations: britanic

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