A camera mounted on the International Space Station shows the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavor capsule connected to a connector on the station's Harmony module. (NASA on YouTube) For the first time in almost nine years, astronauts have arrived on the International Space Station in a spacecraft made in the United …
Read More »Civil rights groups are urging companies to suspend Facebook advertising
(Reuters) – Several US civil rights groups called on some of the world's largest companies to stop advertising on Facebook in July, saying the social network isn't doing enough to stop hate speech on its platforms. The groups, which include the National Association for the Promotion of Colored People (NAACP) …
Read More »AI Weekly: Limiting surveillance technologies is an important first step, but it is not enough
In a letter to the House of Representatives leaders on Wednesday, over 100 racial and civil liberties groups called on Congress to end federal funding for surveillance technologies that police used to spy on activists and demonstrators. In New York City Council voted for the Law on Public Supervision of …
Read More »Crew Dragon astronauts give their SpaceX spacecraft a famous name: Endeavor
NASA astronauts Doug Hurley (foreground) and Bob Behnken (background) offer a tour of their Crew Dragon space taxi. (NASA on YouTube) The two NASA astronauts, who launched SpaceX's first crewed dragon capsule today, have named their spacecraft, continuing a tradition that goes back to the earliest days of American space …
Read More »Why intellectuals are afraid to break off culture
There used to be something like public intellectuals. A class of thinkers – mostly writers with prestigious degrees and academics with a knack for writing – set the tone for the discourse. They told other people what to think, or rather, they told the unwashed masses what was going through …
Read More »COVID-19 tracing apps are now available in Germany, France and Italy. Britain is rethinking its plans
With coronavirus cases declining in most European countries, countries have gradually introduced their contact tracking apps to avoid a second wave of cases that require extensive economic barriers. While the launch of the apps in countries like Germany, France and Italy went relatively smoothly, the United Kingdom is a different …
Read More »The Riveter closes all 9 shared workspaces as questions arise about the future of physical offices
Riveter CEO Amy Nelson receives the Startup of the Year 2019 award at the GeekWire Awards. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) Startup based in Seattle The riveting machineThe company, which wanted to establish a national network of women-oriented cooperation spaces, is closing all nine locations due to the ongoing uncertainty …
Read More »Eskalera creates an AI-based inclusion index to measure a better job
Eskalera Today, the Inclusion Index was introduced, a new system for organizing companies that promotes and quantifies the inclusive culture. With the help of organizational analyzes, the inclusion index aims to measure a company's diversity and inclusion (D&I) efforts in real time. It also offers solutions and actionable steps to …
Read More »GeekWire Podcast: Duel Visions of Amazon; HBO Max starts; Save the cinerama
Here's what we're talking about this week in the GeekWire podcast. Amazon and critics are waging a PR war in the company's first virtual annual meeting. An employee said working in an Amazon warehouse was like the "golden ticket", but a former employee and critic spoke of "toxicity" in corporate …
Read More »You can save $ 30 on Verizon's Apple AirPods Pro this weekend
This weekend, you're still getting the biggest discount we've seen on Apple's truly wireless AirPods Pro earphones. The sale takes place at Verizon and you can only save $ 30 on a set of Apple AirPods Pro online. Most discounts for this model range from $ 15 to $ 20, …
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