September 1, 2021 NYC Considers Surveillance Law That Would Fine Drivers With Loud Cars A New York City legislator has introduced a bill that would let the police department use radar and artificial intelligence to surveil noise levels…
September 1, 2021 Disney Writers Seeking Royalties Throw Their Support Behind Scarlett Johansson Earlier this year, a group of people working with the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and other writing guilds formed the “Disney…
September 1, 2021 Reddit bans anti-vaccine subreddit r/NoNewNormal after site-wide protest Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Reddit has banned anti-vaccine and anti-mask subreddit r/NoNewNormal and has quarantined 54 other subreddits associated with COVID…
September 1, 2021 Amazon isn’t denying its CEO saved an exec from being fired for discrimination It hasn’t even been two months since Amazon CEO Andy Jassy took the reins from founder Jeff Bezos, but the company’s new chief executive…
September 1, 2021 Traces of Beer Discovered in 9,000-Year-Old Chinese Pots Archaeologists in southeastern China found evidence of ancient beer consumption tucked away in some of the ceramic vessels at the site. Because the excavation…
September 1, 2021 Salman Rushdie Joins Substack’s Stable of Cancelled Writers Author Salman Rushdie is joining subscription newsletter service Substack, telling the Guardian that hardcover books remain “incredibly, mutinously alive” and he is “having another…
September 1, 2021 Cybercriminals go back to school too Education IT leaders must balance the cybersecurity and compliance needs of their digital transformation. Ignore one, and the rest suffer.Read More via VentureBeat Check…
September 1, 2021 Texas is set to pass a new law banning Facebook from censoring conservatives Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Texas is one step closer to enacting a law that would make it more difficult for social…
September 1, 2021 Top Gun: Maverick and Mission: Impossible 7 are delayed again due to COVID concerns Paramount is delaying the rest of its 2021 film slate, moving Top Gun: Maverick from its Thanksgiving weekend release date to May 27th, 2022,…
September 1, 2021 A New York City-Sized Oil Spill Is Contaminating the Mediterranean Sea A Syrian power plant began leaking oil last week, and now the spill is heading for Cyprus. The effects on marine ecosystems and communities…