WASHINGTON (AP) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg began a two-day congressional inquisition Tuesday with a public apology for a privacy scandal that has roiled the social media giant he founded more than a decade ago. Zuckerberg opened his remarks before the Senate Commerce and Judiciary committees by taking responsibility for failing to prevent Cambridge Analytica, a data-mining firm affiliated with Donald Trump's presidential campaign, from gathering personal information from 87 million users to try to influence elections. Читать дальше...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg began a two-day congressional inquisition Tuesday with a public apology for a privacy scandal that has roiled the social media giant he founded more than a decade ago. Zuckerberg opened his remarks before the Senate Commerce and Judiciary committees by taking responsibility for failing to prevent Cambridge Analytica, a data-mining firm affiliated with Donald Trump's presidential campaign, from gathering personal information from 87 million users to try to influence elections. Читать дальше...
PHOENIX (AP) — The Latest on teacher protests over pay and funding of education (all times local): 11:30 a.m. Oklahoma's largest school districts will remain closed Wednesday for an eighth consecutive day amid ongoing teacher protests for more classroom funding. Oklahoma City and Tulsa schools announced class cancellations Tuesday as teachers continue to march at the state Capitol. Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin signed legislation last month granting teacher pay hikes of about $6,100 and providing tens of millions of new dollars for public schools... Читать дальше...
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At least one person has worn a costume to Mark Zuckerberg's congressional hearing. Alongside a slew of spectators and protesters, it appears that this individual showed up on Capitol Hill dressed as a "Russian troll." Get it? Do you get it? Do you get it? SEE ALSO: This Facebook tool will tell you instantly if your data was harvested by Cambridge Analytica Here's a photo, courtesy of New York Times reporter Kevin Roose . Someone came to the hearing dressed as a Russian troll. pic.twitter.com/ZdPEK9MDne ... Читать дальше...
At least one person has worn a costume to Mark Zuckerberg's congressional hearing.
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European Council President Donald Tusk confessed he gets furious about Brexit, describing Britain's departure from the EU as very sad on Tuesday as he used a speech in Dublin to call for unity in Europe. The former Polish prime minister, who chairs meetings of the European Union's national leaders, cited his dislike of Brexit in a list of things that helped him identify with the Irish. Receiving an honor at University College Dublin, he listed his Gaelic forename as well as his love of rugby, Irish rock band U2 and the country's writers. Читать дальше...
Oil prices rallied Tuesday, with Brent crude, the global benchmark, logging its highest settlement in more than three years. "The reducing risk of a trade war and the rising risk of a real war in Syria accounted for the large move up," said Phil Flynn, senior market analyst at Price Futures Group. "The odds of a coordinated response to the chemical-weapon attack in Syria is making short selling more dangerous," he said. June Brent added $2.39, or 3.5%, to end at $71.04 a barrel on ICE Futures Europe. Читать дальше...
La police de Montréal confirme son objectif de se doter d'un pistolet Taser par duo d'agents d'ici 2020. Il s'engage du même souffle à ne plus utiliser de grenades assourdissantes dans les manifestations.
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Governor Greg Abbott is boosting the number of Texas National Guard stationed on the US southern border to more than 1,000, the state's Military Department said in a press release on Tuesday.
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The surface fleet is made up of 16 different classes of vessels, and includes amphibious assault ships, aircraft carriers, command ships, mine sweepers, destroyers, littoral combat ships, and more. Читать дальше...
Welcome to the millennial capital. The District of Columbia is the best place for young 20-somethings and young 30-somethings to live, according to WalletHub’s Best & Worst States for Millennials report released on Tuesday. The list ranked each state and DC by categories including Affordability, Education & Health, Quality of Life, Economic Health and Civic...
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Smart speakers — Amazon's Echo, for example — are the latest device category poised to take a chunk of our increasingly digital lives. These devices are made primarily for the home and execute a user's voice commands via an integrated digital assistant. These digital assistants can play music, answer questions, and control other devices within a user's home... Читать дальше...
After a pair of crashes involving U.S. Navy ships in the Asia-Pacific killed more than a dozen people last year, the Navy's efforts to develop its leaders is receiving renewed attention. Last week, the Navy inaugurated the College of Leadership and Ethics at the U.S. Naval War College in Rhode Island. Seventeen sailors were killed last year in two collisions with commercial vessels involving guided-missile destroyers, the Fitzgerald in June off Japan and the John S. McCain in August as it approached Singapore. Читать дальше...
Thousands of passengers were left stranded at German airports on Tuesday as more than 60,000 ground staff and other public sector workers staged walkouts across the country to increase the pressure in a pay dispute. Lufthansa had said it was cancelling more than 800 of its planned 1,600 flights on Tuesday and Frankfurt airport operator Fraport had warned of disruption. As well as Frankfurt, Germany's busiest hub for airlines, the strikes hit airports in Munich, Cologne and Bremen. The industrial action also affected nurseries... Читать дальше...
OKLAHOMA CITY – City leaders approved a plan that will keep the Women’s College Softball World Series in town for the next decade. According to our partners at OKCTalk, the city council approved plans to bid for $21 million in enhancements to the Softball Hall of Fame Stadium in northeast Oklahoma City. Officials say the improvements are part of a contractual obligation that will keep the World Series in town through the 2035 season. Oklahoma City Public Works Director Eric […]
In the first stop of the The Paddle League World Tour , the 2018 Air France Paddle Festival things were exciting and dramatic and the prevailing heat conditions made things difficult for all competitors. Michael Booth thought he was going to win as he led most of the race but all of a sudden Kiwi giant-killer Marcus Hansen came in the last 500 metres of the race and overtook Michael Booth. Now, Michael Booth is complaining that he was “robbed” of a certain victory, as there were too many boats... Читать дальше...
A few weeks back, Mike wrote a post detailing how absolutely shitty algorithms can be at determining what is "bad" or "offensive" or otherwise "undesirable" content. While his post detailed failings in algorithms judging such weighty content as war-crime investigations versus terrorist propaganda, and Nazi hate-speech versus legitimate news reporting, the central thesis in all of this is that relying on platforms to host our speech and content when those platforms employ very, very imperfect algorithms as gatekeepers is a terrible idea. Читать дальше...
THETFORD, Vt. (AP) — Was your tomato grown in dirt or water? Organic shoppers might notice additional labels this summer that will give them the answer — and tell them whether their choices align with what a rebellious group of farmers and scientists deem the true spirit of the organic movement. About 15 farmers and scientists from around the country met in Vermont late last month to create the standards for an additional organic certification program, which they plan to roll out nationally to between 20 to 60 farms as a pilot this summer. Читать дальше...
Für die marode italienische Fluglinie Alitalia sind nach Angaben des Unternehmens drei Angebote eingegangen. Der Sonderverwalter des insolventen Unternehmens werde diese nun in den kommenden Tagen prüfen, teilte Alitalia am Dienstagabend mit, ohne weitere Angaben zu machen. Alitalia hatte vor einem Jahr Insolvenz angemeldet und fliegt derzeit mit einem Brückenkredit des italienischen Staates.
Cops found a stricken naked female employee inside a Midtown eatery after hours — and are now hunting the former coworker who allegedly attacked her, police said Tuesday. The 42-year-old woman called 911 early Monday to report that she had been attacked and robbed inside Via Italia on West 46th Street between Fifth and Sixth...
