For those without access to private toilets, lockdowns also made publicly available restrooms even scarcer than they normally are. This was particularly hard on the unhoused population, as well as those with intestinal and other disorders. In the slums of some of the world’s fast-growing cities, shared facilities—sometimes the only […]
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Opinion: The FDA’s Decision to Pause J&J Could Help Defeat Covid-19
Earlier this week, the Food and Drug Administration called for a pause in the use of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine, to evaluate its association with extremely low risks of serious blood clots. On Wednesday, this pause was effectively extended for another seven to 10 days. Many are worried that […]
Everyone On Facebook’s Oversight Board Should Resign
The Facebook Oversight Board is on the cusp of deciding whether Donald Trump should be allowed to return to a platform he used to incite racist violence. While the board ostensibly has the authority to make this decision, Facebook itself will make the final call. From the board’s inception in […]
Sorry, but ‘I Missed the Meeting’ Is No Longer an Excuse
AI audio transcription is getting smarter—and it’s taking notes on your work meetings. Source
There’s An App For That – If You Invent It
In today’s digital world, there are more and more people hungry for their own slice of the World Wide Web every day. Online and mobile technologies have opened up a completely new frontier for consumers, businesses and product developers. With the all of the ease and convenience that iPhones, Google […]
Data Brokers Are a Threat to Democracy
You’ve probably never heard of Acxiom, but it likely knows you: The Arkansas firm claims to have data on 2.5 billion people around the world. And in the US, if someone’s interested in that information, there are virtually no restrictions on their ability to buy and then use it. Enter […]
My Dream of the Great Unbundling
We don’t need the next big thing. We need countless next little things. Source