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top 66%The Russian Bots Went Silent. Or Did They?
Lawfareby Renée DiResta2d ago
A viral story has been circulating on social media over the past few days: Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian technology company Yandex’s data centers knocked out large numbers of Russian...
French minister accuses Elon Musk of ‘online harassment campaigns’ against European leaders
World news | The Guardianby Ashifa Kassam European community affairs correspondent2d ago
France’s foreign minister has accused Elon Musk of using his social media platform to orchestrate “massive online harassment campaigns” against European leaders as he took aim at foreign efforts to...
Sherrod Brown's 1971 letter argued against releasing Vietnam War POWs, podcast hosts reveal
FOX Newsby Ruthless Podcast Staff2d ago
The Ruthless Podcast hosts surfaced a striking letter to the editor from Ohio Democratic Senate nominee Sherrod Brown arguing against releasing the American Prisoners of War (POWs) during the...
We're Reporters, Not Teachers. We Were Able to Start Private Schools Anyway. - Longreads
Longreadsby Cheri Lucas Rowlands2d ago
In collaboration with Arkansas Times, Mountain State Spotlight, and The Assembly, ProPublica reporters tested how easily they could launch new private schools in three states.
Mike Tomlin’s Minecraft World Is the Talk of the Internet, but How Good Is It Really? - CNET
CNETby Joe Hindy2d ago
Football coaches have the freedom to create their own worlds on the playing field. But retired Steelers legend Mike Tomlin took a different route — manifesting his vision block by block within a...
'That's just my face': Mark Zuckerberg responds to video of him sipping a pint of Guinness
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New York Public Radio, Rappler co-present 'Democracy Dialogues' on October 15, US time
Rapplerby Rappler.com2d ago
New York Public Radio (NYPR) and Rappler, the Philippines’ leading digital media company, are proud to co-present the next edition of NYPR’s ongoing live event series “Democracy Dialogues” on...
'Office' is actually having a scarcity problem
US Top News and Analysisby Diana Olick2d ago
A version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Property Play newsletter with Diana Olick. Property Play covers new and evolving opportunities for the real estate investor, from individuals to...
MeitY has no official data on India’s data centre capacity
MediaNamaby Azdhan2d ago
Access a copy of the parliamentary report here: [pdf] The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has no official records on data center capacity, and it relies on ‘industry...
World’s largest health appointment platform dumps its web trackers after Markup investigation – The Markup
The Markupby Colin Lecher2d ago
The world’s largest health appointments platform, Doctoralia, removed web trackers sending personal information to tech companies following an investigation by The Markup and Brazil’s Agência...
Hackers bypassing KYC via API hijacks, CERT-In warns fintechs
MediaNamaby Azdhan2d ago
Access the original advisory on KYC bypassing here: [ CERT-In | Machine readable format ] The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) and its finance-related cybersecurity arm CSIRT-Fin...
French journalist Natacha Polony joins 2027 presidential race
Euronewsby Jean-Philippe Liabot; Alexander Kazakevich2d ago
She is stepping away from her role as an observer to make herself "useful" to her country, denouncing a France mired in "chaos", amid a debt crisis, "tragic" unrest in secondary schools and a...
Councils that restrict harmful advertising won’t lose out on profits
The Conversation UKby Helen Thompson-Whiteside, Associate Professor of Marketing and Society, University of Portsmouth2d ago
For cash-strapped councils, turning away much-needed income by restricting adverts for junk food, fossil fuels or other harmful products might seem like a policy they can ill afford.
Katie Zacharia’s debut as press secretary went about as badly as it could have - Poynter
Poynterby Tom Jones2d ago
New White House press secretary Katie Zacharia held her first press briefing on Tuesday. And how did it go? Put it this way: It could have gone better. Way better.
'Big Bang Theory' producer says societies who abandon God drift toward tyranny
FOX Newsby Alexander Hall2d ago
Hollywood producer Chuck Lorre, the creative force behind hit sitcoms such as "Two and a Half Men" and "The Big Bang Theory," discussed the importance of spirituality on Joe Rogan's podcast...
Turkish government raids most-watched TV channel, appoints new manager
Middle East Eyeby Alex MacDonald2d ago
Turkish government raids most-watched TV channel, appoints new manager Turkish authorities have raided the country's most-watched TV channel, interrupting a live broadcast, and appointed a new...
Report: India's laws address harmful content, but do not mitigate design features harmful to children - MEDIANAMA
MediaNamaby Prabhanu Kumar Das2d ago
India’s existing laws address harmful online content and child sexual exploitation, but do not establish a comprehensive framework to mitigate risks arising from platform design, including...
College journalism is thriving at schools that don't teach it - Poynter
Poynterby Sophie Levenson2d ago
This article was originally published in the Student Press Report, a national news desk highlighting the successes and challenges facing college journalism. Just before 7 p.m.
Trump's new QAnon press secretary exposes his desperation
Salonby Amanda Marcotte2d ago
Even by first-day-on-the-job standards, Donald Trump‘s new press secretary is shockingly incompetent.