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ACLU says Facebook ads allow employers to favor men over women

Sep19
by on September 19, 2018 at 11:25 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Social Media


On Tuesday, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) submitted a complaint to the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against Facebook. It claims the platform’s ad options have allowed employers to post adverts that allow discrimination based on gender. “Facebook has created and profited from a powerful tool for discrimination against female and other non-male job applicants,” the complaint explains. ACLU’s complaint was filed on behalf of three female job seekers after they were not shown advertisements for what have been traditionally considered male-dominated professions — including roles such as mechanic, roofer, and security engineer. How does Facebook’s ad-targeting system work?…

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NY Attorney General: Cryptocurrency exchanges lack security, fairness, and integrity

Sep19
by on September 19, 2018 at 8:58 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Cryptocurrency exchanges may not be as safe as we first thought. A report from the state of New York’s attorney general has revealed that most exchanges do not have basic consumer protections in place, leaving them vulnerable to manipulation. “Many virtual currency platforms lack the necessary policies and procedures to ensure the fairness, integrity, and security of their exchanges,” state Attorney General Barbara Underwood said in a statement. “Most platforms seem to cater to professional, automated traders, with many venues offering special pricing and other features to such traders, leaving retail customers at a disadvantage.” As pointed out by The…

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Aubrey de Grey is working to cure aging whether you like it or not

Sep19
by on September 19, 2018 at 8:36 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Contributors


Don’t think about living forever. Just think about never getting sick, ever again. At least that’s how Aubrey de Grey would like you to contextualize his work. The notoriously bearded biomedical gerontologist is the scientific spark that lights up so many all-caps “immortality” headlines. De Grey wants to increase human longevity so significantly that death could become a thing of the past, a condition people fell prey to before they developed the medical technology to stop it. It’s been the center of his work for approximately 20 years. De Grey started as a software guy at the genetics department of…

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Sony unveils its $100 PlayStation Classic with 20 pre-loaded games

Sep19
by on September 19, 2018 at 7:22 am
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming, Plugged


Following the trend of bringing retro consoles back to delight nostalgic gamers, Sony has launched the PlayStation Classic – a smaller, modern take on the original PlayStation from 23 years ago. The Classic is nearly half the size of the first PlayStation, which read CD-ROMs and sold 100 million units worldwide. It’ll come with 20 well-loved titles including Final Fantasy VII, Jumping Flash, Ridge Racer Type 4, Tekken 3, and Wild Arms. You’ll get an HDMI cable to plug the console into your TV, as well as two controllers with a matching color scheme. There’s also a ‘virtual memory card’…

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AI can protect elephants from poachers — here’s how

Sep19
by on September 19, 2018 at 7:05 am
Posted In: Around the Web, syndication


A project by the USA’s Cornell University has been using Artificial Intelligence to help with protecting elephants in Afrika against poaching. Named the Elephant Listening Project (ELP), the initiative tracks elephant herds across the Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park in the Republic of Congo. The tracking of elephants is done through 50 sensors placed in various locations in the park. A major focus has been to monitor elephant activity at numerous forest clearings throughout Central Afrika, but ELP has also used acoustic methods to estimate elephant density in Northern Congo as well as in Kakum, Ghana. The effects of increasing human activity on a population of…

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