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Submission + - Tim Cook: Why I kicked Parler off Apple's App Store (cnn.com)

Charlotte Web writes: "We looked at the incitement to violence that was on there," Apple CEO Tim Cook said on Sunday...

"We don't consider that free speech and incitement to violence has an intersection..."

CNN has a detailed analysis of Apple's rationale for removing Parler: Cook disputed that it's Apple's job to host every service, regardless of its content. He noted that Apple has terms of service for the 2 million apps its hosts, and apps that refuse to play by the rules aren't allowed to access Apple's massive audience...

"We've only suspended them," Cook noted. "If they get their moderation together they would be back on there."

Comment The Epoch Times?! (Score 1) 1

That's a newspaper "affiliated with the Falun Gong new religious movement," according to Wikipedia...

"A 2019 report by NBC News showed it to be the second-largest funder of pro-Trump Facebook advertising after the Trump campaign."

"The Epoch Media Group's news sites and YouTube channels have spread conspiracy theories such as QAnon and anti-vaccine misinformation..."

Submission + - Linux Kernel Developers Discuss Dropping A Bunch Of Old CPUs (phoronix.com)

Charlotte Web writes: With Linux 5.10 having shipped as the latest Long Term Support (LTS) release to be maintained for at least the next five years, a discussion has begun over dropping a number of old and obsolete CPU platform support currently found within the mainline kernel. For many of the architectures being considered for removal they haven't seen any new commits in years but as is the case once proposals are made for them to be removed there are often passionate users wanting the support to be kept.

Comment Learn to read better (Score 1) 3

That's not even what that article says.

It clearly includes an embedded tweet where their source "told CBS News that there was foreign election interference by China, Iran, and Russia in November of this year [2020]."

I'm just curious. How do you read that, and then write a headline that magically leaves out Russia?

Comment Conservative propaganda (Score 1) 1

"Campus Reform" is a project of "The Leadership Institute." There's lots of info about it on Wikipedia

The institute was founded in 1979 by conservative activist Morton Blackwell. Its mission is to "increase the number and effectiveness of conservative activists" and to "identify, train, recruit and place conservatives in politics, government, and media."

The Chronicle of Higher Education calls Campus Reform "Higher education's internet outrage machine" because it tries to publicize incidents of what they consider to be liberal bias on American college campuses. It looks like they've branched out into smearing American laboratories to buttress their conspiracy theories about China.

Comment Wikipedia says (Score 1) 1

Wikipedia explains Walkaway:

The website Hamilton 68, which tracks Russia's interference on U.S. elections, reported that WalkAway was "connected to Kremlin-linked Russian bots to manipulate voters into thinking the movement was more popular and active that it actually was."

Abby Ohlheiser of The Washington Post claimed that "[t]here’s little actual evidence to suggest that #WalkAway represents a mass conversion of millions – or even thousands – of Democrats" and contrasted the broad appeal of true viral videos with the "Conservative Internet viral" nature of the WalkAway video.[13] ThinkProgress characterized the WalkAway campaign as "a grifting operation," noting efforts by the organizers to sell dinner packages priced in the hundreds of dollars to march attendees.

Submission + - Linus Torvalds tears into Intel, favors AMD (zdnet.com)

Charlotte Web writes: Linus Torvalds said this week that after several months off of his Intel system, he's "very happy with AMD these days."

From ZDNet:

That's because Torvalds explained in a Real World Technologies discussion forum, you get more bang for the buck from AMD processors. But what about Intel's high-end Xeon CPUs? Torvalds said frankly, "I used to look at the Xeon CPUs, and I could never really make the math work. The Intel math was basically that you get twice the CPU for five times the price. So for my personal workstations, I ended up using Intel consumer CPUs."

As for AMD, on the other hand, "The AMD Threadripper pricing is much closer to 'twice the price for twice the CPU.' Yes, you end up paying more for the accouterments (MB and cooling), but that's pretty much in line too. So yes, it ends up being more expensive, but if CPU power is what you want and need, the expense is pretty much in line with what you get."

Submission + - Lawsuits Filed Against Lyft Alleging Sexual Assaults by Drivers (siliconvalley.com)

Charlotte Web writes: Bay Area ride-hailing giant Lyft is accused in a series of new lawsuits of failing to protect female passengers from rape by drivers. One plaintiff claims she was 15 when her driver raped her and then forced her to take an anti-pregnancy pill. The December legal actions are part of a "mass tort" lawsuit initiated in August 2019 by 20 women alleging sexual assault by Lyft drivers. Several dozen women joined the case soon after, and lawyers for the plaintiffs plan to add hundreds more alleged victims. A trial is scheduled for January 2022... The suits also allege that Lyft "does not cooperate with police when a driver commits an illegal sexual attack on its passengers," requiring that "extensive standards be met" before it will consider police requests for information, and only releasing information in response to a subpoena...

Lyft could, the suits allege, ensure that video is taken and saved of all rides, and the firm could track drivers if they leave their cars for any reason other than to provide temporary help to a passenger, and it could set up a system in which passengers must confirm their intention to significantly change routes or destinations. Lyft said it has developed in-app features allowing riders to share their location with family and friends, and to quickly and easily obtain emergency help from a security firm that can alert police upon a passenger's request.

The plaintiffs are seeking unspecified damages, including punitive damages.

The firm's rival, Uber, has also faced a torrent of allegations that it doesn't protect female passengers from sexual assault. After admitting last year that thousands of sexual assaults were reported during rides, Uber was fined $59 million this December for allegedly defying demands by California regulators for details about the reported attacks and its responses to them. Uber in response noted that its publicly issued safety report that acknowledged the sexual assaults was an industry first, and the San Francisco company described regulators' efforts to obtain details as a violation of victims' privacy.

Comment Says "Project Veritas" (Score 1) 1

This story was cooked up by Project Veritas. And the very first page of the group's page on Wikipedia says they're the group "known for producing deceptively edited videos about media organizations, left-leaning groups, and debunked conspiracy theories."

I feel like we should really try to care more about the quality of the information we're trying to spread online. If we've reached the point where it's okay to lie as long as it's lying about someone you don't like.... then we've got a problem.

Submission + - Elon Musk Claims Full Recovery from Covid-19, Analyst Upgrades Tesla's Stock For (thestreet.com)

Charlotte Web writes: Tesla CEO Elon Musk says that he has "fully" recovered from his bout with a mild fever or cold about a week after he took to Twitter to say he tested positive for coronavirus... [T]his week, Musk took a more reliable PCR test that he said showed "unequivocal" evidence that he had Covid...

On Wednesday, Morgan Stanley raised Tesla to overweight for the first time in more than three years, predicting that the electric carmaker is on the verge of a "profound model shift" from selling cars to generating high-margin software and services revenue. "To only value Tesla on car sales alone ignores the multiple businesses embedded within the company," Jonas said in a research note to clients as he upgraded the shares from equal-weight and raised his price target by 50% to $540 from $360, suggesting 22% additional upside for the stock.

Submission + - John McAfee Loses Bet: Bitcoin Hasn't Hit $500K (mashable.com)

Charlotte Web writes: Mashable reports: Three years ago on this date, on July 17, 2017, McAfee, the eccentric founder of the antivirus software company bearing his name, made the bet of a lifetime. McAfee made a bet that in three years a single bitcoin (1 BTC) would be worth $500,000.

Now while most people would throw down money to make this bet, McAfee had a very different idea. "if not, I will eat my **** on national television...."

Fast forward to July 17, 2020, three years from the day McAfee made his bet. Today, a bitcoin is worth around $9,150. It's certainly up from three years ago, sure. But we're far away from $500,000. The world may be very different from the one we were living in three years ago, but a bet is a bet.

Many on Twitter reminded McAfee that it was time to make good on his bet.

McAfee's response? He appears to be chickening out... "The bet was the end 8f 2020."

Comment Swedish propaganda? (Score 1) 2

What's "clearly visible" to me in Sweden's coronavirus statistics -- in the link that you shared -- is that their number of cases is still going up.

Maybe the mathematical slope of that increase is slightly smaller than it was before -- but going up is still going up! Their cases haven't reached a plateau, and it's certainly not going down!

Also, if you search Google News, there aren't any other articles reporting anything close to this positive about Sweden...

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