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☆ Analysis: As the nation celebrates Juneteenth, it's time to get rid of these three myths about slavery
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( John Blake | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

It marks the moment in June of 1865 when Union troops arrived in Texas to inform enslaved African Americans that they were free by executive decree. Though it commemorates a moment when enslaved African Americans were freed, the US is still held captive by several myths about slavery and people like Cummins. 1: African Americans were ‘freed’ after the Civil War endedThere is a popular conception that the formerly enslaved were freed after the Civil War ended. It is what historians call a “Slave Bible.” It is a copy of a Bible that was used by British missionaries to convert enslaved African Americans. Kin Cheung/APThe historical record shows that enslaved African Americans revitalized Christianity in other ways, historians say.

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☆ Samantha Irby Says It’s OK to Hate Your Body
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( David Marchese | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

Talk Samantha Irby Says It’s OK to Hate Your BodyAs far as descriptions of writers go, “humorist” has an old-fashioned, almost quaint ring to it, the literary equivalent of haberdasher or lamplighter. Maybe I was born too early to get on the “I don’t give a [expletive] if you see my legs” thing. I don’t know if this is controversial, but I don’t miss my parents. But I don’t know. I think I’m off the hook a little because my main target is myself, but the joke sensitivity is wild to me.

Persons: Samantha Irby, ”, “, operatically, vivacity, Irby, ” Irby, I’ve, they’re, she’s, Cynthia Nixon, Kevin Yatarola, don’t, Nicole Ari Parker, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, Karen Pittman, ” Craig Blankenhorn, Max, Brown, Paul Mooney, Richard Pryor, I’m, David, David Marchese, Emma Chamberlain, Walter Mosley Organizations: ”, YouTube, Cal Newport Locations: ”, New York, America

☆ Your Intentions for the Summer
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( Melissa Kirsch | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The message was perfunctory, left by the shop owner, a usually grumpy guy who sounded like his usually grumpy self. I’ve come to interpret it as, “Whatever amount of time is before you, enjoy it, and don’t take it for granted.”So I’m planning an “Enjoy Your Time” summer. I asked you recently what sort of personal summer “brand” you might declare, what this will be “the summer of” for you. I hope they make you think a little more creatively about the possibilities for your own summer:Your summer plansIt’s the summer of Frosty Fridays, where I take my three kids out to a new ice cream shop each Friday. — Pete Horvath, ChicagoThis is #granolagrandma summer.

Persons: ”, I’ve, — Pete Horvath, — Katherine Knight Organizations: “ Locations: ”, Chicago, Knoxville, Tenn

☆ Grindr's ex-privacy chief accused top executives of shrugging off system bugs that retained 'billions' of user photos
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Azmi Haroun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Former Chief of Privacy Ron DeJesus said top executives ignored multiple warnings about user data. De Jesus claimed in the lawsuit that user data was stored after accounts were deleted, and shared with third parties. In 2021, Norway fined Grindr $7 million for illegally sharing user data, which De Jesus referenced in his lawsuit. De Jesus claimed that after he shared his privacy concerns with executives, he was iced out of an executive retreat. "Mr. De Jesus was terminated for being ineffective and for poorly managing Grindr's privacy practices, which were his primary responsibility," Lenihan said.

Persons: Ron DeJesus, De Jesus, Ron De Jesus, Jesus, Patrick Lenihan, Lenihan, Grindr Organizations: Morning, Los Angeles Superior Court, Grindr Locations: Los Angeles, Norway

☆ Two Lifelong Floridians Bolted for Los Angeles, but What Could They Afford?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Livia Albeck-Ripka | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

But their daughter lived in Los Angeles, and they loved visiting her. They connected with Brita Kleingartner, a Los Angeles real estate agent who had helped them buy the East Hollywood home where their daughter lives. In September, they drove out to Los Angeles with their dog Boosie and a budget of around $1 million. But when Ms. Vickers and Mr. Davis arrived in Los Angeles, they found its sprawl and size daunting. “So when we started seeing these views, we were kind of like, ‘Wow, this is so different from Florida.’”But the Los Angeles market was low on inventory.

Persons: Alice Vickers, John Davis, —, Vickers, Davis, Brita Kleingartner, “, Ms, Kleingartner, Davis weren’t, Mr, ’ Organizations: East Hollywood Locations: Gainesville, Tallahassee . Florida, Tallahassee, West, Seattle, Boulder, Colo, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, West Coast, Florida

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey addresses students during a town hall at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in New Delhi, India, November 12, 2018. A team behind the decentralized social messaging app Damus, which is backed by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, said on Tuesday that Apple could remove the app from its App Store within 14 days. The move could stall one plan to ease the use of bitcoin and turn it into a more convenient transnational digital currency. In its tweet, Damus said that Apple is worried that zaps could be used by content creators to sell digital content on its platform. They don't sell ads, and don't collect and sell user data, which are the classic ways that social networks make money.

Persons: Jack Dorsey, Damus, Apple, zaps, Dorsey, Tim Cook, Elon Musk, Musk, Ron DeSantis Organizations: Indian Institute of Technology, Twitter, Apple, Lightning, Damus, CNBC, Elon Locations: New Delhi, India

☆ What you need to know about the 48-hour Reddit user blackout, which kicks off today and affects more than 7,000 subreddits
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Nidhi Pandurangi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

As of press time, the moderators of 7,266 subreddits are expected to stage a blackout on Monday, according to a Reddit post. Why are Reddit users protesting right now? According to the ELI5 post, these third-party apps scraped Reddit posts by using something called the Application Programming Interface, or API. How are Reddit users protesting? Reddit users are protesting by making certain subreddits inaccessible to users for 48 hours.

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The deal, announced last month, would open more than 12,000 Tesla Superchargers to drivers of Ford vehicles in North America starting in 2024. SS&C has invested in such charging companies as ChargePoint Holdings Inc (CHPT.N), EVgo Inc (EVGO.O) and Blink Charging Co (BLNK.O). The Ford deal was a boost to Tesla's more widespread, reliable North American Charging Standard (NACS) and dented the value of smaller players offering the rival Combined Charging System (CCS). Complaints about other charging companies' software bugs or broken charging hardware only opens the door to greater access for Tesla's standard, however, industry officials said. Under its new deal, Ford will distribute Tesla adapters to customers and starting in 2025 will equip future EVs with NACS.

Persons: Joe Biden, Paul Baiocchi, Ford, Elon Musk, Tesla's, Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Tesla, Lazard, Mohit Kohli, Chris Harto, Arcady Sosinov, Chris Anthony, Sosinov, Abhirup Roy, Hyunjoo Jin, David Shepardson, Jarrett Renshaw, Ben Klayman, Matthew Lewis Organizations: FRANCISCO, Ford, North America, U.S, SS, C ALPS Advisors, ChargePoint Holdings, EVgo Inc, CNBC, CCS, EVs, Volta, Volkswagen AG, General Motors Co, BMW, Consumer, Aptera, Thomson Locations: U.S, North, Europe, San Francisco, Washington

☆ The Death of Passwords Is Coming, a New Technology Will Replace Them
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Shubham Agarwal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Despite their ease of use, passwords come with significant downsides: More than 80% of data breaches are the result of weak passwords. In 2004, Bill Gates famously envisioned the death of traditional passwords, and there have been several attempts to replace them. That's great if all of your devices are from one company — your Apple passkey would work across an iPhone, iPad, and MacBook. "Similar to our recommendations when it comes to other forms of authentication, we advise against the sharing of passkeys, passwords, etc. Passwords won't disappear overnight, but what FIDO Alliance has accomplished has convinced me our passwordless future is just around the corner.

Persons: it's, I'm, Zhao, There's, Christiaan Brand, Bill Gates, FIDO, Steve Won, Florentin, passkeys, Andrew Shikiar, Won, Google's Brand, 1Password, Buffalo's Zhao, Shubham Agarwal Organizations: Microsoft, Cybersecurity Ventures, Apple, Google, Alliance, University at Buffalo, University of Cambridge, Mastercard, TU Darmstadt, FIDO Alliance, Bluetooth, Research, Istanbul Technical University, University, Buffalo's, Wired, Company Locations: Germany, Ahmedabad, India

☆ Home Depot is selling a sleek modern tiny home frame with a spiral staircase for under $50K — but it'll cost far more to get it move-in ready
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( Grace Mayer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

But the unit will cost you more to complete the design with windows, doors, and other finishings. The product details on Home Depot's website specify that the $43,832 price-tag includes the steel structure and the parts needed for assembly. You'll have to pay many thousands more to finish the home with doors, windows, electrical plumbing, and other details. The steel frame will not be impacted by termites, mold, rodents, and bugs, per the Plus 1 Homes product details. Tiny homes and accessory dwelling units have been gaining newfound interest over the last year.

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☆ Opinion | It’s the End of Computer Programming As We Know It. (And I Feel Fine.)
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( Farhad Manjoo | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

could transform computer programming from a rarefied, highly-compensated occupation into a widely accessible skill that people can easily pick up and use as part of their jobs across a wide variety of fields. In situations where one needs a “simple” program … those programs will, themselves, be generated by an A.I. Welsh’s argument, which ran earlier this year in the house organ of the Association for Computing Machinery, carried the headline, “The End of Programming,” but there’s also a way in which A.I. could mark the beginning of a new kind of programming — one that doesn’t require us to learn code but instead transforms human-language instructions into software. Everyone is a programmer now — you just have to say something to the computer.”

Persons: —, DeepMind, ” Matt Welsh, there’s, “, ” Jensen Huang Organizations: Google, Apple, Association for Computing Machinery, Nvidia Locations: Google’s, Taiwan

☆ Some Amazon workers got a paid day off after reporting a possible bed bug in a delivery van
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Some Amazon workers got a full paid day off after they said they found a bed bug in a delivery van. The Amazon air hub in Northern Kentucky is at the center of a union organizing push. Some Amazon workers received a full paid day off on Monday after they claimed to have discovered a bed bug in one of the company's delivery vans at its largest air hub in Kentucky. Experts have since confirmed the insect in question was not a bed bug." It's not the first time Amazon workers have reported bed bug concerns.

Persons: Steven Kelley, Mary Kate Paradis, Northern Kentucky KCVG, they've, It's Organizations: Amazon, Guardian, Northern Kentucky KCVG, Amazon Labor Union Locations: Northern Kentucky, Kentucky, Staten, Texas

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☆ My Apartment Is Infested With Bugs. How Do I Make My Landlord Fix It?
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-27 | by ( Ronda Kaysen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

It’s possible your latest request was routed to the wrong city agency (this should be handled by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development), or you missed a call from an inspector. “There is no harm in filing multiple complaints,” said William Fowler, an HPD spokesman. While your 311 calls work their way through the system, you can file what is known as an HP proceeding in housing court. This will bring your complaint before a judge, who can order the landlord to correct the problem. You don’t need a lawyer to file a housing court case.

☆ You Shouldn’t Squish These Bugs
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-26 | by ( Victoria Gomelsky | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — “Bonkers About Beetles.” “Innumerable Insects.” “Bugs: A Pop-Up Book.” The volumes that line the shelves of the jewelry designer Daniela Villegas’s home in this part of greater Los Angeles underscore what is obvious to anyone who ventures inside: She is passionate about pests. Thousands of specimens — of the six, eight- and 100-plus-leg varieties — hang in frames on the walls, are displayed in bell jars on the shelves and lie beneath the glass atop her oversized coffee table. Much of the collection was acquired at bug fairs and is shared with her husband, the furniture designer Sami Hayek (Salma’s younger brother). It is likely to make visitors think they have wandered into the entomology section of a natural history museum, or rather, its deluxe gift shop. The eccentric décor includes a stuffed armadillo adorned with its own gemstone bracelet; a wicker table in the shape of a grasshopper, topped with a crab sculpture; and a collection of Ms. Villegas’s signature Khepri rings, honoring the scarab-face god of ancient Egypt.

CNN —A Russian politician died of – as of yet – unknown causes after falling ill on a plane on Saturday, the latest in a string of mysterious deaths among Russian elites. Russia’s Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education, Pyotr Kucherenko, 46, died while returning from a trip to Cuba on Saturday, according to the ministry. “Kucherenko was feeling ill while on a plane with a Russian delegation that was returning from a business trip to Cuba. Russia's Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education Pyotr Kucherenko died while returning from Cuba. Mysterious deaths pile upKucherenko’s demise is not the first unexplained Russian death to spark interest.

☆ How a coder used ChatGPT to find an apartment in Berlin in 2 weeks after struggling for months
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-23 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Daniel Dippold, a founder and investor, used OpenAI's ChatGPT to find an apartment in 2 weeks. The 28-year-old used the AI to suggest alternatives to housing websites and automate the search process. A screenshot of Dippold asking ChatGPT to make a scraper that can build a database of housing authorities in Berlin. As a result, he asked ChatGPT to generate 40 more suggestions. Since he didn't want to manually respond to each email, Dippold asked ChatGPT to generate code that would create automatic responses that would include personal documents like their passports and pay stubs.

☆ A New Yorker thought she found her 'dream' $8,000 couch on the curb, but her viral video raised concerned comments about bed bugs and whether it was a dupe
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-21 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A New Yorker thought she found her "dream couch" on the side of the road, so she brought it home. Her video documenting the find garnered over 30 million views as users weighed in on the couch worth up to $8,000. While some praised Joy for the find, others raised concerns of bed bugs and its authenticity. Others were more concerned about the risk of bed bugs and mold after Joy said the couch had been rained on when she found it. "Getting rid of bed bugs can cost thousands of dollars."

☆ Silicon Valley's Hail Mary moment
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-07 | by ( Linette Lopez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Silicon Valley has entered the Hail Mary phase of its business cycle — a desertic part of a tech-industry downturn where desperation can turn into recklessness. Don't fear the robotsTo understand the Hail Mary moment, it's important to understand the actual capabilities of technology these tech titans are touting. Again, what Musk is describing is AI general intelligence — something much more advanced than the generative AI OpenAI is building on at the moment. During the pandemic when governments were handing out cash and people were stuck at home, the world bought everything Silicon Valley was selling. But those are exactly the types of workers getting laid off in Silicon Valley right now.

And so whenever I get one of those notifications, I know I’m going to have a good time there. kevin roose[LAUGHS]: I actually don’t think I could’ve told you what IBM stood for. kevin rooseSo I’ve thought a lot and written a lot about how and when AI actually is a threat to jobs. The third category is just the jobs that I think are going to be protected, the jobs that we won’t let AI do. But I don’t actually think the speed of it matters at all.

☆ Amazon's new TikTok competitor, called Inspire, is now available to all US customers. Here's how it works.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Amanda Perelli | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Amazon's new short video feature, called Inspire, is now available to US customers. Amazon's TikTok competitor is now available to all customers in the US, the company confirmed to Insider. The feature, called Inspire, began rolling out to select customers in December. The feature resembles TikTok — an endless feed of short vertical videos created by members of Amazon's influencer program. Aside from limited-time incentives, eligible Amazon influencers can earn money from Inspire through affiliate commissions.

☆ Boeing has unveiled a new plane for its 'ecoDemonstrator' program — a modified 787. See all 10 of the company's testbed jets.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Boeing announced a new addition to its fleet of ecoDemonstrator aircraft on Thursday — a Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner. While not every experimental technology makes it onto a future Boeing jet, about a third actually have. 2014: Boeing 787Boeing 787 ecoDemonstrator. BoeingIn 2014, the planemaker debuted its second ecoDemonstrator — a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The 787 ecoDemonstrator tested 35 projects, including a collaboration with Delta Air Lines to generate real-time turbulence reports.

☆ A deep tech investor predicts these 3 AI startups will become the decacorns of this decade with valuations of over $100 billion
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( Amir Khan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Amir Khan is a deep tech investor who's known about ChatGPT for 10 years. OwkinA health tech startup called Owkin, based in Paris, France, is working to build an AI model in partnership with top academic researchers and data scientists. MotionalMotional is a Boston-based autonomous tech startup that is gaining traction by successfully running the world's first robotaxi pilot program. If you've seen the old Batman movies, you would know self-driving vehicles were promised to us in the early 2000s. NexarNexar, a New York-based startup, is also a company working to realize our self-driving car dreams.

☆ Watch an A.I. Learn to Write by Reading Nothing but Jane Austen
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Aatish Bhatia | Aatish Bhatia Spent Weeks Reading Dozens Of A.I. Research Articles | Training Tiny Language Models On His Computer. Before Coming To The Times | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +12 min

This is how language models usually start off: They guess randomly and produce gibberish. Over many, many rounds of training, language models can learn to write. As language models grow larger, the patterns that they learn can become increasingly complex. More is differentOther than the additional fine-tuning stages, the primary difference between nanoGPT and the language model underlying chatGPT is size. Large language models can become highly unpredictable, as evidenced by Microsoft Bing A.I.’s early interactions with my colleague Kevin Roose.

☆ Tucker Carlson seemed to have no idea he was hosting his last show on Fox News, and ended it by eating a sausage and pineapple pizza
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Rebecca Harrington | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The last "Tucker Carlson Tonight" episode aired on Fox News on Friday, April 21. Carlson's final show covered Hunter Biden, racist home appraisals, inclusive Mother's Day cards, and pizza. The Fox News host seemed to have no idea Friday would be his last time helming "Tucker Carlson Tonight." Carlson also spent time covering immigration, fentanyl, the casting of "Queen Cleopatra", inclusive Mother's Day cards, and the Pentagon leak. His final words on "Tucker Carlson Tonight" before digging into another bite of pizza were: "We'll be back on Monday.

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