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Walmart wants to track lettuce on the blockchain

Sep25
by on September 25, 2018 at 9:27 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Walmart is asking all of its leafy greens suppliers to get on blockchain by this time next year. With instances of E. coli on the rise, particularly in romaine lettuce, Walmart is insisting that its suppliers use blockchain to track and trace products from source to the customer. Walmart notes that, while health officials at the Centers for Disease Control told Americans have already warned citizens to avoid eating lettuce grown in Yuma, Arizona, it’s near impossible for consumers to know where their greens are coming from. On one hand this could be a great system for reducing waste. Earlier…

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Sext-shaming won’t stop revenge porn — and it’s sexist

Sep25
by on September 25, 2018 at 9:04 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Opinion, Social Media


In an announcement made earlier this month, the Dutch police have called on adolescents to “stop sexting completely” in an attempt to tackle the growing issue of revenge porn. As we are now well into the #MeToo movement, this shows how institutions are still struggling to address issues of sexual consent and assault. However, telling young people to stop sexting doesn’t sound like a solution at all. It sounds like sext-shaming, and a lazy attempt at preventing the nonconsensual spread of nude images. There’s something very wrong with the way we talk to young people, especially girls, about sexting. Even though they…

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Sext-shaming won’t stop revenge porn — and it’s sexist

Sep25
by on September 25, 2018 at 9:04 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Opinion, Social Media


In an announcement made earlier this month, the Dutch police have called on adolescents to “stop sexting completely” in an attempt to tackle the growing issue of revenge porn. As we are now well into the #MeToo movement, this shows how institutions are still struggling to address issues of sexual consent and assault. However, telling young people to stop sexting doesn’t sound like a solution at all. It sounds like sext-shaming, and a lazy attempt at preventing the nonconsensual spread of nude images. There’s something very wrong with the way we talk to young people, especially girls, about sexting. Even though they…

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Sext-shaming won’t stop revenge porn — and it’s sexist

Sep25
by on September 25, 2018 at 9:04 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Opinion, Social Media


In an announcement made earlier this month, the Dutch police have called on adolescents to “stop sexting completely” in an attempt to tackle the growing issue of revenge porn. As we are now well into the #MeToo movement, this shows how institutions are still struggling to address issues of sexual consent and assault. However, telling young people to stop sexting doesn’t sound like a solution at all. It sounds like sext-shaming, and a lazy attempt at preventing the nonconsensual spread of nude images. There’s something very wrong with the way we talk to young people, especially girls, about sexting. Even though they…

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Google is using AI to issue flood warnings in India

Sep25
by on September 25, 2018 at 8:53 am
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence, Insider


Google is now issuing flood warnings using AI to detect and issue flood warnings – starting in India – to help people prepare better for the situation. The company issued its first alert last month in the state of Bihar in India where it’s partnered with the country’s Central Water Commission. Google issues these warnings through what it calls Google Public Alert – a system for notifying its users in emergency situations like a flood – integrated into Google Search, Google Maps and Google Now The company says that every year 250 million people are affected by floods each year, with India accounting for 20…

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