#NoRightsMatter: US Postal Service, Law Enforcement Team Up To Seize ‘Black Lives Matter’ Facemasks
by By Tim Cushing In this time of coronavirus and social unrest, you’d think the government — at all levels — would engage in a little …
‘The Help’ is currently the most watched movie on Netflix
By Alison Foreman Today in egregiously problematic, The Help is now the most watched movie on Netflix. As anti-racism protests continue across the country, media …
Reddit’s Cofounder Wants a Black Person to Take His Board Seat
By Sidney Fussell Alexis Ohanian’s resignation is among the most dramatic responses in the tech industry to the killing of George Floyd. Source:: https://www.wired.com/story/reddit-cofounder-wants-black-person-take-board-seat
BookExpo Proves You Can Have a Trade Show in a Pandemic, Virtually
By John Williams The publishing industry’s annual event, normally staged at the cavernous Javits Center, moved some programming online and reached a big digital crowd. …
‘Insecure’ continues a tradition of excellence in Season 4
By Proma Khosla Some shows take time to improve, but the best of the best are born into this world flexing their brilliance. As viewers, …
Grace Edwards, Harlem Mystery Writer, Dies at 87
By Penelope Green A former director of the Harlem Writers Guild, she published her first novel when she was 55, and her first mystery, featuring …
Twitter Taking Down Trump Campaign Video Over Questionable Copyright Claim Demonstrates Why Trump Should Support Section 230
By Mike Masnick Here’s an interesting tidbit: the latest move by Twitter to deal with a tweet related to President Trump is that it pulled …
Covid-19 Cases Were Already Rising Before the George Floyd Protests
By Megan Molteni The easing of stay-at-home orders and Memorial Day travel have led to spikes in some parts of the country. That’s bad news …
Coronavirus Surveillance Is Far Too Important, And Far Too Dangerous, To Be Left Up To The Private Sector
By Gaurav Laroia Months into the global pandemic, governments, think tanks, and companies have begun releasing comprehensive plans to reopen the economy while the world …
Intel confirms issues with Optane Memory and the Windows 10 May 2020 Update
By Mark Hachman Intel confirmed reports that Microsoft’s Windows 10 May 2020 Update is causing problems with certain types of Intel’s Optane memory. The company …
PCWorld’s June Digital Magazine: Software worth paying for
By PCWorld Staff Stay on top of the latest tech with PCWorld’s Digital Magazine. Available as single copies or as a monthly subscription, it highlights …
Trump Campaign Non-Disclosure Agreements Again Being Challenged In Court
By Tim Cushing President Trump is fond of non-disclosure agreements. He’s been this way for far longer than he’s been president, but his insistence on …
Daily Deal: The 2020 Adobe Graphic Design School
By Daily Deal The 2020 Adobe Graphic Design School has 3 courses to help you learn more about top Adobe apps and elements of graphic …
As Businesses Reopen, Some Workers Fear Returning
By Sidney Fussell Employees who decline to work amid the pandemic could lose both their paychecks and their unemployment benefits. Source:: https://www.wired.com/story/businesses-reopen-some-workers-fear-returning
Why you won’t see AMD’s SmartShift technology in more laptops until 2021
By Gordon Mah Ung If you were waiting for another laptop besides the Dell G5 15 SE gaming laptop to feature AMD’s new SmartShift technology …
How Not To Be A “Man”
By Rajiev Lal Addressed to men, for the benefit of women. If you are a male and are single/divorced/separated/married but available/in an open relationship/nursing a …
Command & Conquer Remastered impressions: The roots of real-time strategy, resurrected
By Hayden Dingman “Welcome back, Commander.” It’s been easily two decades since I last sat in this chair, presiding over the Brotherhood of Nod’s forces. …
Simply Recipes Supports Black Lives Matter
By Emma Christensen Hello, Simply Recipes community, Our team has spent this past week thinking through our response to the recent events, talking with our …
Beautiful Places to Die
By Marilyn Stasio In these new crime novels, the settings — mountain hamlets, Antarctic ice fields, French sheep farms — may look bucolic. They are …
Hell House
By Paul Tremblay In Dennis Mahoney’s “Ghostlove,” a young man becomes involved with the dead woman haunting his brownstone. Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/05/books/review/ghostlove-dennis-mahoney.html
Electronic Arts Launches 25+ Games on Steam Starting Today
By Bob Buskirk Today, Electronic Arts Inc. launched the first wave of 25+ EA games on Steam, with more on the way. The post Electronic …
A Better Jobs Report Belies America’s Breadlines
By Garrett M. Graff While Friday’s report showed improved employment numbers, things could still get so much worse. Source:: https://www.wired.com/story/opinion-breadlines-remind-us-how-deep-a-depression-may-be
A Triple Threat Imperils Millions of People Across Africa
By Matt Simon A “perfect storm” of ravenous locusts, flooding, and the Covid-19 pandemic threatens to create huge food shortages. Source:: https://www.wired.com/story/a-triple-threat-imperils-millions-of-people-across-africa
Norway Supreme Court Signs Off On Apple’s Harassment Of An Independent Repair Shop
By Karl Bode Apple has never looked too kindly upon users actually repairing their own devices. The company’s ham-fisted efforts to shut down, sue, or …
Weed Sales on the Dark Web Sales Surged Early in the Pandemic
By Andy Greenberg Research shows that as Covid-19 lockdowns spread people turned to internet dealers for their pot fix. Source:: https://www.wired.com/story/dark-web-cannabis-sales-surged-pandemic
The Role of Fantasy in Times of Radical Unrest
By Jason Parham Protest is not solely about fighting for a new world—it is about the ability to envision the right one. This time, it …
Razer Kraken X review: A no-frills take on a headset that had few frills to begin with
By Hayden Dingman The Razer Kraken has long been a favorite of people buying a gaming headset on the cheap. Listing at $80, and often …
Nextdoor Is Courting Cops And Public Officials Using All-Expenses-Paid Trips To Its Headquarters
By Tim Cushing A COP IN EVERY HOUSE: that’s the American dream. Maybe they can’t enter the home, what with the Fourth Amendment and all, …
Case Mod Friday: Dragon Ball Z Goku Project
By Bob Buskirk This week for Case Mod Friday we have a Dragon Ball Z mod! We like this one so much because of the …
Fluance Ai60 Bluetooth speaker review: Large and in charge!
By Scott Wilkinson This pair of powered Bluetooth speakers has the look, feel, and sound of a high-end product without a high-end price. Source:: https://www.techhive.com/article/3561528/fluance-ai60-review.html#tk.rss_all
Cooler Master MM831 Gaming Mouse Review
By Paul Malfy The Cooler Master MM831 is a hybrid wireless mouse with Qi-Charging capability. With the ability to run on Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz wireless, …
New in Paperback: ‘Mistress of the Ritz’ and ‘No Visible Bruises’
By Jennifer Krauss Six new paperbacks to check out this week. Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/05/books/review/new-paperbacks.html
Revisiting the Arab Spring, in Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review. Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/05/books/review/revisiting-the-arab-spring-in-letters-to-the-editor.html
Watch this 5-second clip of lightning striking the Washington Monument
By Amanda Yeo Local news station WUSA 9‘s SkyCam recently captured video of the Washington Monument being struck by a powerful bolt of lightning, illuminating …
‘A lot more bullet than rubber’: Stephen Colbert targets violent police tactics at protests
By Amanda Yeo Thousands of people across the U.S. are currently protesting against police brutality and racism, sparked by the death of George Floyd. The …
After Taming Open Access, Academic Publishing Giants Now Seek To Assimilate The World Of Preprints
By Glyn Moody As Techdirt has reported, the open access movement seeks to obtain free access to research, particularly when it is funded by taxpayers’ …
Stacey Abrams Has a Message for You: Get Involved
By Tayari Jones She isn’t Georgia’s governor — she will tell you herself — but in “Our Time Is Now” she still has a blueprint …
Lawsuit aims to hold nebulous 'antifa' to blame for injuries
A conservative writer from Portland, Oregon, filed a lawsuit Thursday against purported elements of the nebulous, far-left militant groups collectively known as antifa, days after …
Joe Biden tops Trump in polls amid criticism over record
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s record on racial issues is complicated; Peter Doocy reports. Source:: https://news.yahoo.com/joe-biden-tops-trump-polls-230105043.html
Ethena raises $2 million in seed funding for smarter anti-harassment software
By Natasha Mascarenhas Corporate harassment training is often defined by mandatory annual workshops, stock photo-ridden curricula and, often, outdated scenarios. Harvard graduates Roxanne Petraeus and …
Guinness World Records People Accidentally Claiming Copyright On Tons Of ‘Super Mario Bros.’ Speedruns
By Timothy Geigner Even a cursory review of just the headlines on our posts about YouTube’s ContentID will demonstrate a theme. That theme mostly centers …
FTC fines kids’ app developer HyperBeard $150K for use of third-party ad trackers
By Sarah Perez The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today announced a settlement of $150,000 with HyperBeard, the developer of a collection of children’s mobile …
Reading Recommendations From Black Cultural Figures
Janet Mock, Trevor Noah and others featured in T share their favorite books. Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/04/t-magazine/black-culture-writers-books.html
Curfews have a disturbing racist history
By (Deleted account) The curfews that rolled out across the country this week in reaction to police brutality protests mark a tragic milestone: Not since …
Art That Confronts and Challenges Racism: Start Here
By Melena Ryzik, Wesley Morris, Mekado Murphy, Reggie Ugwu, Pierre-Antoine Louis, Salamishah Tillet and Siddhartha Mitter Our writers suggest works that illuminate and tackle issues …
Singer performs ‘Bunker Boy,’ a catchy tune about Trump’s time in the bunker
By Nicole Gallucci There’s a new song inspired by Donald Trump’s recent and somewhat confusing trip to the White House bunker, and honestly? It’s catchy …
Think Of The Kitten: A Crash Course On Section 230
By Cathy Gellis We are so hip here at Techdirt that we’ve been writing about Section 230 long before it was cool. But even though …
Eight months later, Facebook fulfills promise to label state-run media
By Rachel Kraus At long last, Facebook announced Thursday that it has started labeling “state-controlled media” on the social network. Labels noting that an outlet …
Major Publishers Sue The Internet Archive’s Digital Library Program In The Midst Of A Pandemic
By Mike Masnick For many years, we’ve said that if the public library were invented today, the book publishers would sue it out of existence. …
Coach’s summer sale is here — save up to 50% on bags, accessories, more
By Miller Kern TL;DR: Coach is running its summer sale, discounting select styles up to 50%. If you’re a shopaholic, the best part about transitioning …
Robert E Lee statue: Virginia governor announces removal of monument
Virginia’s governor says the monument to the Confederate general will be taken down in Richmond. Source:: https://news.yahoo.com/robert-e-lee-statue-virginia-161839841.html
Why you should worry about data transparency
By Walter Thompson Kevin Walkup Contributor Share on Twitter Kevin Walkup is President and COO of Harmonate, a data-services firm serving private funds. More posts …
Facebook Shareholders The Latest Group To Ask Facebook To Drop Its Encryption Plans
By Tim Cushing Facebook is implementing end-to-end encryption in its Messenger service. This has made a number of government officials unhappy. Claiming this will lead …
Google says Iranian, Chinese hackers targeted Trump, Biden campaigns
By Zack Whittaker Google security researchers say they’ve identified efforts by at least two nation state-backed hackers against the Trump and Biden presidential campaigns. Shane …
Daily Deal: FRESHeBUDS Pro Magnetic Bluetooth Earbuds
By Daily Deal The hit FRESHeBUDS earbuds are back and better than ever with the new Pro model. Even more water and sweat resistant to …
11 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/04/books/review/11-new-books-to-read-this-week.html
Curfews Halt Transit Services—and Leave Riders Stranded
By Kate Knibbs The suspension of services like Lyft, Uber, and Citi Bike has left protesters and essential workers scrambling for a way to get …
Energy Policy: Will Special Interest Groups Short-Circuit Our Future?
By Cord Brooks THROUGHOUT THE 20TH CENTURY, electricity was the golden key to economic growth. Electrification lit cities, powered factories, and created unprecedented wealth and …
CDT First Out The Gate In Suing To Block Donald Trump’s Silly Executive Order On Section 230
By Mike Masnick The Center for Democracy and Technology appears to be the first out of the gate in suing Donald Trump to block his …
Games Don’t Do Enough to Combat Toxicity at Launch
By Cecilia D’Anastasio Riot Games has cutting-edge moderation tools at its disposal. Few of them are present in Valorant, which launched this week. Source:: https://www.wired.com/story/videogames-anti-toxicity-valorant-launch