November 1, 2020 CDC Lifts Covid-19 Ban on Cruises, but Still Recommends People Steer Clear of Cruises Despite acknowledging the continued risk of covid-19 transmission on cruise ships, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced that it will allow…
November 1, 2020 Samsung unveils the next chip for mid-range Galaxy phones on November 12th Samsung’s next big wave of Galaxy phones is still a ways off, but that isn’t stopping the company from drumming up hype — even…
November 1, 2020 Deepfakes may not have upended the 2020 U.S. election, but their day is coming So far, political deepfakes have been mostly satirical and understood as fake. The real danger is still ahead of us.Read More via VentureBeat Check…
November 1, 2020 Optical scanning machines are susceptible to miscounting U.S. voter ballots Optical scanning machines used by an increasing number of jurisdictions are susceptible to miscounting votes.Read More via VentureBeat Check out the Finding Your Identity…
November 1, 2020 Internet Archive adds fact checks to explain web page takedowns Fact checking is increasingly a mainstay of the modern internet, and that now includes ‘dead’ web pages. The Internet Archive has started adding fact…
November 1, 2020 New Trailers: The Crown, The Midnight Sky, Run, and more Gillian Anderson as Margaret Thatcher in ‘The Crown’ | Netflix I have only watched the new episode of The Mandalorian once (so far) but…
November 1, 2020 Check Out These Extensive Breakdowns of Alita: Battle Angel’s Visual Effects As a woman who is also at least part robot, I have a deep-held affinity for Alita. Her first film outing (hopefully not her…
November 1, 2020 Pixel 5 teardown shows how a metal phone supports wireless charging Want to know how Google’s Pixel 5 supports wireless charging despite a predominantly metal body? Google explained the essence of how it works, but…
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November 1, 2020 Even the Wayback Machine Is Adding Fact-Checking Labels Now Online platforms are in the midst of a reckoning, and it hasn’t been pretty. Disinformation campaigns and conspiracy theories have run rampant online for…