Can visiting genocide memorials make you more empathic?
Each year, people visit museums and memorial sites as part of educational interventions organized around the remembrance of a genocide or an atrocity. Many schools visit a concentration camp as part of Holocaust education, such as Auschwitz-Birkenau......»»
You can now Shazam a song and find out where to hear it in concert
Apple-owned Shazam now allows users to get details about upcoming live shows and concerts related to a song by visiting an artist's profile on the platform......»»
Facebook Fails To Detect Hate Against Rohingya
A new report has found that Facebook failed to detect blatant hate speech and calls to violence against Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority years after such behavior was found to have played a determining role in the genocide against them. From a repo.....»»
TechSpot was launched in the 90s as a tech blog called...?
Trivia goes meta: how long have you been visiting TechSpot? Let's find out........»»
I brought this Intel Evo laptop to 3 Thanksgiving dinners to see if it could handle the holiday hustle
Happy Holidays, y’all! If you’re like me, ‘tis the season for a lot of travel. I’m always bouncing from gathering to gathering when I’m visiting family, and my accompanying laptop is never up to the challenge of keeping.....»»
Landmark $150B lawsuit seeks to hold Facebook accountable for Rohingya genocide
Facebook knew it was fanning flames of violence, did nothing, lawsuit alleges. Enlarge / A young Rohingya man carries an older Rohingya woman in a refugee camp in Bangladesh. Some 750,000 Rohingya people have fled Myanmar as a result o.....»»
The US Crackdown on Chinese Economic Espionage is a Mess
The US government's China Initiative sought to protect national security. In the most comprehensive analysis of cases to date, MIT Technology Review reveals how far it has strayed from its goals. Technology Review: A visiting researcher at UCLA accus.....»»
Research team releases Great Lakes sediment material for measuring organic pollutants
People who live near the Great Lakes might go there to enjoy a swim or a boat ride. But if you're visiting from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), you might go boating for science......»»
Sports leagues can fight climate change with lockdown-era schedules, research shows
The past two North American pro-sports seasons have been exceptional in many ways: Fewer games played, more regional travel and more same-city "baseball-style" series with consecutive matchups between the same home and visiting teams. It was an unusu.....»»
Patched macOS Catalina vulnerability targeted Hong Kong users
Google on Thursday shared details of a recently patched macOS Catalina vulnerability that targeted users visiting the websites of a Hong Kong media outlet and a pro-democracy group.In late August, Google's Threat Advisory Group (TAG) discovered a wat.....»»
Waters off French coast in winter may be a deadly trap for small, foraging turtles
The documented habitat boundaries of the loggerhead, Kemp's ridley and green turtles are questioned by a new study suggesting that stranded turtles rescued from European French Atlantic and Channel waters could be visiting the area to forage for food.....»»
Brazil’s Bolsonaro accused of “crimes against humanity” over COVID response
Brazilian lawmakers walked back initial claims of mass homicide and genocide. Enlarge / BRASILIA, BRAZIL - OCTOBER 19: President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro coughs during a press conference. (credit: Getty | Andressa Anholete).....»»
New USB-C Logos Make Picking USB Cables, Chargers Less Confusing
Choosing the correct USB-C charger and cable for you laptop is about as fun as visiting the dentist, but new logos released today should go a long way toward making easier. PCWorld: The USB Implementers Forum group that oversees the USB standard has.....»»
A Stalkerware Firm Is Leaking Real-Time Screenshots of People"s Phones Online
A stalkerware company that's designed to let customers spy on their spouses's, children's, or employees' devices is exposing victims' data, allowing anyone on the internet to see screenshots of phones simply by visiting a specific URL. From a report:.....»»
US judge orders Facebook to release anti-Rohingya content for genocide case
US judge orders Facebook to release anti-Rohingya content for genocide case.....»»
The genocide of signed languages: Protecting the linguistic rights of Africa"s deaf children
Deaf rights to language, expression, literacy and education have been marginalized throughout history. And signed languages have taken second place to spoken languages. The 1880 Milan Convention, for example, gave rise to a period when deaf children.....»»
Flowers release their perfume in response to electricity of a bee"s touch
New research has found that the electrical charge created by visiting bumblebees stimulates some flowers to release more of their sweet-smelling scent. This is the first time a plant has been shown to use the presence of pollinators as a cue to emit.....»»
Mars? Old news. The next 10 years will be the decade of Venus
In recent decades, space agencies have mostly been focused on visiting Mars -- but now their sights are shifting to Earth's other planetary neighbor: Venus.....»»
Analysis can predict individual differences in cardiovascular responses to altered gravity
With recent forays into space travel by business moguls like Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson, visiting the edge of space has never been more within the grasp of commercial travel. However, at these altitudes, passengers experience weightlessness, or m.....»»
Google Chrome To No Longer Show Secure Website Indicators
Google Chrome will no longer show whether a site you are visiting is secure and only show when you visit an insecure website. Bleeping Computer reports: To further push web developers into only using HTTPS on their sites, Google introduced the protoc.....»»
Intel Executive Posts Thunderbolt 5 Photo Then Deletes It
AnandTech: An executive visiting various research divisions across the globe isn't necessarily new, but with a focus on social media driving named individuals at each company to keep their followers sitting on the edge of their seats means that we ge.....»»