[nonostantement #234] less colourful world / deepmind & proteins / privacy
NOW with oh so much LESS privacy!
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#PEOPLE
Spain's stolen babies and the families who lived a lie
Spanish society has been shaken by allegations of the theft and trafficking of thousands of babies by nuns, priests and doctors, which started under Franco and continued up to the 1990s.The man who cycled from India to Europe for love
Indian artist PK Mahanandia met Charlotte Von Schedvin on a winter evening in Delhi in 1975 when she asked him to draw her portrait. What eventually followed was an epic bicycle journey from India to Europe - all for love.[Video] - Psychiatrist Breaks Down Psychopaths From Movies & TV | GQ and Psychiatrist Breaks Down Psychopaths From Movies & TV, Part 2 | GQ
Forensic psychiatrist Eric Bender breaks down psychopaths from movies and TV.A Bored Chinese Housewife Spent Years Falsifying Russian History on Wikipedia
She “single-handedly invented a new way to undermine Wikipedia,” says a Wikipedian.The future of remote work, according to 6 experts
Make the case for working remotely — but not so much that your job gets outsourced.[In Italian] - È morto Salvatore Iaconesi, l'artista che ha reso il suo cancro open source
Scomparso il designer, ingegnere robotico e hacker che nel 2012 ha creato La Cura, progetto di condivisione sul suo tumore al cervello.‘Like a public shaming’: a night with the eco-activists deflating SUV tires
A group of Gen Z activists is targeting gas-guzzling vehicles as frustration mounts over US inaction on the climate crisisNotable people
The map is showing birthplaces of the most "notable people" around the world. Data has been processed to show only one person for each unique geographic location with the highest notability rank.
#TECH
Dear Startups: I Hate Subscription Services
When companies prioritize consistency over customers.DeepMind has predicted the structure of almost every protein known to science
And it’s giving the data away for free, which could spur new scientific discoveries.
#SOCIALMEDIA
What Happens To Christian Influencers When They Get Married?
”Encouraging total abstinence from all sexual content before marriage and an obsession with sex the moment after the wedding is a harmful expectation of purity culture.“Facebook's growth woes in India: too much nudity, not enough women
”’Concerns about content safety and unwanted contact impede women's FB use,’ said the study, reviewed by Reuters, as it detailed the platform's main challenges.”My video criticizing the Iranian government went viral. Then Instagram restricted my account
Instagram is vital to critics of the Iranian regime. If only it worked the way it's supposed to.Instagram knows you don’t like its changes. It doesn’t care.
A quick succession of new features and tests has left even the app's most loyal users wondering what Instagram is for.TikTok and the Fall of the Social-Media Giants
Facebook is trying to copy TikTok, but this strategy may well signal the end of these legacy platforms.
#PHOTOGRAPHY
the last witnesses
Now they are less than 200. They are the last illegal inhabitants of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, the so-called samosely, resettlers. Like Hanna Zavorotnya, 83 years old, or Maria Shovkuta, 89 years old.
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Vodafone & Deutsche Telekom to introduce persistent user tracking
”Privacy is a human right and should be treated as one. Trialing with persistent user trackers, where the effectiveness of consent is very questionable, to say the least, does not treat privacy as such.”Yes, Social Media Really Is Undermining Democracy
Despite what Meta has to say.Surprise! The metaverse is going to suck for privacy
Forget mobile apps – headsets and smart glasses will be able to harvest so much data
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