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Amazon banned Confederate flags but Nazi gear is A-OK!

Jul09
by on July 9, 2018 at 11:15 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insights


A recently released report indicates Amazon‘s marketplace remains inundated with offensive products related to hate groups and racism. Oddly, the only items specifically banned from Amazon for being offensive are Confederate flag merchandise, and even that ban isn’t enforced. Here’s a couple of items you can still buy as of today: US customers, as of the time of this writing, can also purchase authentic (per seller) Nazi belt buckles and rings, replica SS Waffen trenchcoats and hats, clothing with racist imagery, and flags with racist motifs – none of which are explicitly banned. Note: the following images are taken from…

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The UK’s new Minister for Digital (probably) doesn’t know anything about tech

Jul09
by on July 9, 2018 at 10:46 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Opinion, UK


There’s a distinct trend for bad things to happen and then for people to think “oh, things can’t be worse, right?” And then, as if by magic, worse things happen. George W. Bush is terrible, but it can’t be worse, right? Boom. The guy occupying the White House is the dementia-addled Halloween version of everyone’s least favorite drunk racist uncle, and his finger is hovering dangerously over the big red button that reads “thermonuclear apocalypse.” David Cameron, despite his alleged farmyard frolicking antics, is as bad as it gets, right? Kthwack. Delores Umbridge is Prime Minster, and she’s trying to…

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The UK’s new Minister for Digital (probably) doesn’t know anything about tech

Jul09
by on July 9, 2018 at 10:46 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Opinion, UK


There’s a distinct trend for bad things to happen and then for people to think “oh, things can’t be worse, right?” And then, as if by magic, worse things happen. George W. Bush is terrible, but it can’t be worse, right? Boom. The guy occupying the White House is the dementia-addled Halloween version of everyone’s least favorite drunk racist uncle, and his finger is hovering dangerously over the big red button that reads “thermonuclear apocalypse.” David Cameron, despite his alleged farmyard frolicking antics, is as bad as it gets, right? Kthwack. Delores Umbridge is Prime Minster, and she’s trying to…

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Twitter suspended over 70M accounts since May. Here’s a better solution.

Jul09
by on July 9, 2018 at 8:37 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Social Media


Twitter has gone to war with fake and suspicious accounts — for real this time. According to a report from The Washington Post, the world’s most toxic social platform has suspended more than a million accounts per day — some 70 million in total — since the beginning of May. The pace, at least for now, doesn’t appear to be slowing. After Congressional pressure last October in an effort to understand how Russia used fake accounts and bots to influence the US presidential election, Twitter has more than doubled its rate of suspensions. Its aggressive removal of unwanted accounts underscores…

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White House earmarks over $1B for quantum technology research

Jul09
by on July 9, 2018 at 4:34 pm
Posted In: Around the Web


It turns out quantum computing is one of the few things US politicians can agree on. A bipartisan effort over the past few months has led to the formation of an Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) subcommittee focused on quantum technology. The big idea: Bills introduced in the House and Senate, by both Republicans and Democrats, last month seek to establish government support and funding for quantum computing research. The OSTP subcommittee will oversee these efforts. Government spending on quantum computing research has been budgeted in excess of $1.2 billion, not counting Department of Defense and DARPA projects.…

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