It’s a Big Year for ‘Clean Tech’ at CES
by By Boone Ashworth Pandemic-inspired sanitizing technology is everywhere. Even if the science behind the gadgets is sound, it’s smart to be skeptical. Source:: https://www.wired.com/story/ces-2021-clean-tech
Trump says riot remarks were ‘totally appropriate,’ takes no responsibility for his supporters attacking Capitol
Source:: https://news.yahoo.com/trump-says-riot-remarks-were-163826092.html
The Mythmaker Gazes at Himself: A Conversation with David Leo Rice
By Cord Brooks IN THE WORLD I’d like to live in, David Leo Rice’s A Room in Dodge City 2 is a blockbuster. That is, …
PureVPN review: Now with a new app and streaming-service support
By Ian Paul PureVPN in brief: P2P allowed: Yes, select countries Business location: Hong Kong (officially) Number of servers: 6,500+ Number of country locations: 139 …
Internet-Connected Chastity Cages Hit By Bitcoin Ransom Hack
By Karl Bode If you hadn’t noticed yet, the internet of things is a security and privacy shit show. Millions of poorly secured internet-connected devices …
2nd Democratic congresswoman tests positive for COVID-19, blames maskless colleagues for creating a ‘superspreader event’ amid Capitol siege
Source:: https://news.yahoo.com/second-democratic-congresswoman-tests-positive-for-covid-19-blames-maskless-colleagues-amid-capitol-siege-141148402.html
Sally Rooney to Publish ‘Beautiful World, Where Are You’
By Alexandra Alter The novel, which follows four young people in Ireland, is part of a two-book deal for the best-selling author of “Normal People” …
Postapocalyptic Video Games Saved Me From Pandemic Despair
By Esther Mollica Stories of people clawing their way back from despair, bonding together, and having fun in the process are exactly what we all …
Who’s Afraid of Transgender Kids?
By Cord Brooks BACK IN 1991, queer theorist Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick wrote, “It’s always open season on gay kids.” Substitute “trans” for “gay,” and Sedgwick …
MBS’ Multi-Billion Dollar ‘New Dubai’ Giveaway Is a Bust as Jamal Khashoggi’s Ghost Scares Investors
Source:: https://news.yahoo.com/mbs-multi-billion-dollar-dubai-132508684.html
Trump supporters planning armed protests ahead of Biden inauguration, FBI warns
Source:: https://news.yahoo.com/capitol-riots-fbi-warnings-amid-224618516.html
Omori Is the Horror RPG of Your Dreams (or Nightmares)
By Julie Fukunaga As an elegant exploration of psychology and grief, it has the promise of Undertale—and it might have slipped under your radar. Source:: …
Inside a Sophisticated, Art-Filled Family Home in Dallas
Source:: https://news.yahoo.com/inside-sophisticated-art-filled-family-130000214.html
Google’s New Union Is Already Addressing Political Issues
By Aarian Marshall The Alphabet Workers Union isn’t seeking better pay and benefits. It wants to influence the company’s policies on social and other issues. …
Twitter Bans Sci-Hub’s Account Because Of ‘Counterfeit Goods’ Policy, As Indian Copyright Case Heats Up
By Glyn Moody A couple of weeks ago, Techdirt wrote about an important copyright case in India, where a group of academic publishers is seeking …
Man jumps on a police car and punches an officer in the face, Miami Beach cops say
Source:: https://news.yahoo.com/man-jumps-police-car-punches-103440534.html
Two ‘Disappeared’ Argentine Exiles Fall in Love. One Is Already Dead.
By Benjamin Nugent With his debut novel, “Hades, Argentina,” Daniel Loedel pays homage to lost family. Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/books/review/hades-argentina-daniel-loedel.html
Stories of Everyday Strangeness, in the Midwest and Beyond
By Noor Qasim “Life Among the Terranauts,” by Caitlin Horrocks, offers vivid, often fantastical portraits of life. Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/books/review/caitlin-horrocks-life-terranauts.html
Trump Officials Try to Keep Away From the ‘Violent Toddler’
Source:: https://news.yahoo.com/trump-officials-try-keep-away-094915361.html
Sarah Sanders: Former Trump spokesperson gets lectured on First Amendment by her old high school teacher
Source:: https://news.yahoo.com/sarah-sanders-former-trump-spokesperson-073245333.html
Analysis: Trump abdicating in the job he fought to retain
Source:: https://news.yahoo.com/analysis-trump-abdicating-job-fought-060802133.html
DC seeks security boost and eyes National Guard authority
Source:: https://news.yahoo.com/dc-seeks-security-boost-eyes-051554208.html
A Filipino Freedom Fighter’s Life, Relentlessly Annotated
By Randy Boyagoda “The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata,” by Gina Apostol, takes the form of a found memoir that has been picked apart by …
A Filipino Freedom Fighter’s Life, Relentlessly Annotated
By Randy Boyagoda “The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata,” by Gina Apostol, takes the form of a found memoir that has been picked apart by …
To help heal racial wounds, Black national anthem would become America’s hymn under proposal
Source:: https://news.yahoo.com/heal-racial-wounds-black-national-035933509.html
DOJ, US Court System Latest To Announce They’re Victims Of The Massive Solarwinds Hack
By Tim Cushing The hits just keep on coming for US federal agencies affected by the massive Solarwinds hack. State-sponsored hackers — presumably Russian — …
Coronavirus: How India is readying for its massive vaccine drive
Source:: https://news.yahoo.com/coronavirus-india-readying-massive-vaccine-001719878.html
Pompeo off to Europe on final trip as secretary of state
Source:: https://news.yahoo.com/pompeo-off-europe-final-trip-234810818.html
Small Idaho ISP ‘Punishes’ Twitter And Facebook’s ‘Censorship’…By Blocking Access To Them Entirely
By Karl Bode A small Idaho ISP by the name of Your T1 WIFI has decided to punish Twitter and Facebook for perceived “censorship”…by censoring …
Inside Number One Observatory Circle, the often overlooked but stunning residence where Kamala Harris will move when she becomes vice president
Source:: https://news.yahoo.com/inside-number-one-observatory-circle-232825979.html
Mobileye Puts Lidar on a Chip—and Helps Map Intel’s Future
By Brian Barrett It’s been a rocky stretch for the chipmaker. But a bright spot was on display at this year’s CES. Source:: https://www.wired.com/story/mobileye-lidar-on-a-chip-intel
The Tiger Lake vPro line is Intel’s next bid for business PCs
By Mark Hachman During CES Monday, Intel announced the next phase of its vPro program for business PCs, adding the 11th-gen “Tiger Lake” Core chips …
Everything Pundits Are Getting Wrong About This Current Moment In Content Moderation
By Jillian York Since Twitter and Facebook banned Donald Trump and began “purging” QAnon conspiracists, a segment of the chattering class has been making all …
Transcript: Intel’s Swan explains how Intel can win the PC market
By Mark Hachman Editor’s note: Intel chief executive Bob Swan sat down briefly via Zoom with reporters and analysts in advance of CES 2021 to …
Intel CEO Bob Swan questions AMD’s Ryzen supply a year after facing similar issues
By Mark Hachman Intel faces perhaps its toughest competition in a long time: AMD’s Ryzen chips are eating into the market share of Intel’s Core …
Experts say it’s too late for a seamless transfer of power from Trump to Biden
Source:: https://news.yahoo.com/experts-say-its-too-late-for-a-seamless-transfer-of-power-from-trump-to-biden-211739733.html
New York will vaccinate millions in 2021
Source:: https://news.yahoo.com/york-vaccinate-millions-2021-211733348.html
Pompeo trumpets Trump, razzes critics in speech to VOA
Source:: https://news.yahoo.com/pompeo-trumpets-trump-razzes-critics-204042491.html
Dear Section 230 Critics: When Senators Hawley And Cruz Are Your Biggest Allies, It’s Time To Rethink
By Cathy Gellis Last week Senators Hawley and Cruz used their platform and power as United States Senators to deliberately spread disinformation they knew or …
Biden hopes Senate can divide its time between his agenda, Trump impeachment
Source:: https://news.yahoo.com/biden-hopes-senate-divide-time-194600155.html
Listening to Black Women: The Innovation Tech Can’t Crack
By Sydette Harry Tech creators and journalists ignore the insights and experiences of Black women—and fail to see the harm of their “innovations.” Source:: https://www.wired.com/story/listening-to-black-women-the-innovation-tech-cant-figure-out
Biden says he’s not afraid to take the oath of office outside
Source:: https://news.yahoo.com/biden-says-hes-not-afraid-192523258.html
7 Homes Designed by Major Architects Just Hit the Market
Source:: https://news.yahoo.com/7-homes-designed-major-architects-191904126.html
The SolarWinds Hackers Shared Tricks With a Russian Spy Group
By Andy Greenberg Security researchers have found links between the attackers and Turla, a sophisticated team suspected of operating out of Moscow’s FSB intelligence agency. …
‘Summerwater’ Makes an Intimate Study of Social Class Out of a Long, Rainy Day
By Dwight Garner In Sarah Moss’s new novel, shut-in vacationers in Scotland observe each other and the state of the world with suspicion. Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/books/review-summerwater-sarah-moss.html
The Beijing Arrests In Hong Kong Expand As America Loses Its Ability To Credibly Respond
By Timothy Geigner While we’ve been discussing the troubling actions the Chinese government has undertaken against Hong Kong for some time now, the movements are …
Daily Deal: Salesforce Administrator Certification Practice Tests And Course Bundle
By Daily Deal Salesforce Admin Certification is for the Salesforce administrators to validate their knowledge of Salesforce applications, configuration, and management of Salesforce with additional …
Unfit for Prison: On Ilya Bernstein’s Edition of Osip Mandelstam’s “Poems”
By Cord Brooks Who wast thou, that through wounds so manyArt blowing out with blood thy dolorous speech? — Inferno, Canto XIII Blood-the-builder gushesFrom the …
The first Linksys Wi-Fi 6e router is a mesh network model
By Michael Brown The Linksys AXE8400 Wi-Fi 6E System is aimed at smart home enthusiasts and is backward compatible with earlier Linksys Intelligent Mesh products. …
The Slope Gets More Slippery As You Expect Content Moderation To Happen At The Infrastructure Layer
By Konstantinos Komaitis What a week the first week of January has been! As democracy and its institutions were tested in the United States, so …
Former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund’s request for National Guard backup was denied, he says in interview
Source:: https://news.yahoo.com/former-capitol-police-chief-steven-144732071.html
With New Platform, Comics Entrepreneurs Hope to Boost Local Shops
By George Gene Gustines A new comics shopping platform will offer live programming and bring attention to comic stores. Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/arts/comic-book-shopping-platform.html
Netgear has one of the first Wi-Fi 6e routers: The Nighthawk RAXE500
By Michael Brown The router taps the newly opened 6GHz frequency band and promises to deliver massive bandwidth with little latency. Netgear also unveiled a …
NY Congresswoman Grace Meng Tweets Photos of Office Barricade During Capitol Riots
Source:: https://news.yahoo.com/ny-congresswoman-grace-meng-tweets-162755689.html
Robert Walser’s Lockdown Britain
By Cord Brooks ROBERT WALSER’S NARRATORS like to walk. Their rambles are fueled by a sort of depressive restlessness: they walk because they cannot not walk. In …
The surprising age gaps between 8 celebrity LGBTQ couples
Source:: https://news.yahoo.com/surprising-age-gaps-between-8-154747771.html
Lack of evidence that Trump’s speech incited violence will be a ‘challenge’ for Dem-led impeachment: Prior
Source:: https://news.yahoo.com/lack-evidence-trump-speech-incited-152519875.html
Supreme Court rejects fast track for Trump election cases
Source:: https://news.yahoo.com/supreme-court-rejects-fast-track-145539923.html
BrandPost: The World’s Only Processor Family with Full Memory Encryption
By Brand Post Whether you are a large corporation or small business, protecting your customers and business data is important. There are numerous reports of …
Microsoft launches Surface Pro 7+ tablet with Tiger Lake and LTE options
By Mark Hachman Microsoft unexpectedly launched the Surface Pro 7+, a refreshed Surface Pro tablet with Intel’s 11th-gen “Tiger Lake” processors inside, LTE options, and …