The Data Protection Commission in Ireland, Facebook’s lead privacy regulator in Europe, has asked Facebook to demonstrate than an LED indicator light on its pair of “smart” Ray-Ban sunglasses — which lights up when the user is taking a video — is an …
Linux Foundation Survey Shows Companies Desperate To Hire Open-Source Talent
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ZDNet: At the Open Source Summit in Seattle, The Linux Foundation, and edX, the leading massive open online course (MOOC) provider released the 2021 Open Source Jobs Report. In this survey of 200 technical hirin…
Peter Thiel Claims Zuckerberg Agreed To Push ‘State-Sanctioned Conservatism’ Under Trump Deal
ytene writes: Danika Fears over at The Daily Beast carries some pretty explosive reporting, describing how Peter Thiel — of Palantir infamy — claims in a new biography by Max Chafkin that Mark Zuckerberg agreed to push “State-Sanctioned Conservatism”…
Kids 5-11 Appear Safely Protected By Small Doses of COVID Vaccine, Pfizer Says
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Small doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 mRNA vaccine in children ages 5 to 11 appeared to produce strong antibody responses and comparable side effects to those seen in older age groups, according to the …
Twitter To Pay $809.5 Million To Settle 2016 Lawsuit Over Growth Projections
Twitter on Monday said it has agreed to pay $809.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit that accused the social network of violating securities laws by misleading investors about its prospects for growth. CNET reports: The settlement stems from a 2…
US COVID-19 Death Toll Surpasses That of 1918 Pandemic
The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 has surpassed that of the 1918 flu pandemic, according to a tracker from Johns Hopkins University. The Hill reports: The U.S. has passed 675,000 deaths, the estimated toll from the 1918 pandemic, which for a century ha…
In Finland, Scientists Are Growing Coffee In a Lab
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Fast Company: [R]esearchers in Finland are experimenting with growing coffee from plant cells in bioreactors. There are several reasons why it might make sense to have such an alternative, says Heiko Rischer, a …
GM Tells Bolt Owners to Park 50 Feet Away From Other Cars
General Motors urged some owners of Chevrolet Bolt electric cars to park and store the vehicles at least 50 feet away from other cars to reduce the risk that a spontaneous fire could spread. Bloomberg reports: The Detroit automaker has recalled all of …
ITER Nuclear Fusion Reactor Hit By COVID Delay, Rising Costs
The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) currently under construction in Cadarache, southern France, will see cost overruns and delays due to the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, its top official said on Friday. Euractiv r…
Sequoias Are Being Wrapped In Foil Blankets To Protect Against Wildfires
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The New York Times: Firefighters are swaddling giant sequoias in a flame-retardant foil in an effort to protect the ancient trees from wildfires that are raging through national parks in California, officials sa…