Daily Archives: June 24, 2020

Review: In ‘Athlete A,’ an abuse scandal at USA Gymnastics 

“Athlete A” chronicles the often harrowing process of brave women coming forward against Larry Nassar, the former USA Gymnastics women’s team’s doctor who was sentenced to 40 to 125 years in prison in 2018

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Atlanta reality TV star charged with misusing relief funds 

Federal officials say a reality TV star who appeared on the show “Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta” has been indicted for allegedly misusing coronavirus relief funds

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Segway stops production, marking the end of a scooter era 

Manufacturing of the Segway PT will halt in July, marking the end of the innovative scooter.

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The storylines, characters and levels cut from ‘The Last of Us Part II’ 

Details of cut features show how the game could have been different.

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How China Turned the Pandemic and Protests Into Propaganda Opportunities 

China’s state media have been using the pandemic and U.S. protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd to rally its citizens at home, as Beijing’s relationships around the world grow tenser. Photo Composite: Crystal Tai/WSJ

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Instagram used to be where people escaped the news. The Black Lives Matter protests changed that. 

Zac Freeland/Vox How Black Lives Matter finally pushed Instagram into politics. For most people, Instagram has long been the social media platform where they escape from the real world — and politics — to share a curated highlight reel of their lives. But recently, that’s changed. It’s become an increasingly political platform amid Black Lives Matter protest […]

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NASA to rename headquarters for Mary W. Jackson, agency’s first female African American engineer 

One of the “Hidden Figures,” Jackson helped promote women and minorities at the agency.

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How to make sure Google automatically deletes your data on a regular basis 

Google is making it easier for users to auto-delete data like their search histories. | NurPhoto/Getty Images The company’s latest privacy measure will delete some users’ data by default, but most will still have to turn the feature on manually. Google is making it easier to delete the data it collects about you — though you might still have to do a little w […]

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Google says it will no longer save a complete record of every search 

The firm will now delete its saved records of a new user’s activity after 18 monthsGoogle will no longer save a complete record of every search made by new users, the company says, as it launches a push to promote its privacy credentials against concerted competition from arch-rival Apple.The company will now automatically delete its saved records of a new u […]

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If AI is going to help us in a crisis, we need a new kind of ethics 

Jess Whittlestone at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence at the University of Cambridge and her colleagues published a comment piece in Nature Machine Intelligence this week arguing that if artificial intelligence is going to help in a crisis, we need a new, faster way of doing AI ethics, which they call ethics…

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Google Sets Limit on How Long It Will Store Some Data 

The internet company has long been criticized about how much information it keeps on users. The change applies only to new accounts.

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Amazon Workers Urge Bezos to Match His Words on Race With Actions 

From racist graffiti to missed promotions, employees say a “systemic pattern of racial bias” permeates the company.

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Scientists eliminate Parkinson’s disease in mice 

University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers created neurons in mice using a new, much simpler method that involved rewriting genes.

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US Army develops new drone that can TRANSFORM mid-flight 

Army researchers have designed a new drone that can transform mid-flight, making it capable of both high-speed flight and hovering in place once it’s arrived at a target destination.

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Never Pay for a Copy of Your Contact Lens Prescription 

If you’ve worn glasses or contact lenses for a long time, you know the dance. You visit an optometrist for a new prescription. And then they want you to order from their optical shop. The optometrist doesn’t know if you’re on a budget, or prefer to shop with a particular brand, or just want the damn eye circles to…Read more…

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