Citizen is Now Paying New Yorkers To Livestream Crimes
Citizen, otherwise known as "the worst kind of hyperlocal app ever created," is now willing to pay people to livestream crimes around New York City. The company is reportedly hiring people in the Big Apple at a starting rate of $25 per hour to run ar.....»»
Star Citizen’s Squadron 42 campaign is “feature complete” after 11 years
Game is now in "polish phase," though Cloud Imperium Games has no release date. Enlarge / Gillian Anderson's likeness has been promoting Star Citizen since 2015. (credit: Cloud Imperium Games) Eleven years ago, Wing Comm.....»»
5 movies that deserve more hate
There are some movies that deserve to be buried under a mountain of hate for various crimes against cinema. And we've chosen to focus on five of those films......»»
GIY – Growing Fungi for Biofabrication
Elizabeth Marley is a design instructor, architect and artist who enjoys making participatory public art, collaborative biodesign adventures, and creative citizen science…just to name a few things at the top of her list. She is a lecturer at U.....»»
Why you should count your chickens (and kookaburras, lorikeets or other backyard birds)
This year is the tenth annual Aussie Backyard Bird Count, which Professor Simon Griffith says highlights the important role citizen science projects play in our understanding of changes taking place in our world......»»
New water trumpet species found in the Philippines
With the help of three citizen scientists, an unknown Cryptocoryne population was found in one of the streams of Zamboanga del Norte province, Philippines, in March 2023. After careful morphological studies and literature review, researchers from Xis.....»»
Snapchat isn"t just for teens anymore. Now it needs to make some real money
When Snapchat announced last month that it had reached 5 million paying subscribers for its Snapchat+ service, it seemed like a stunning achievement. The milestone marked the halfway point to the 10 million subscriber number that CEO Evan Spiegel had.....»»
Apple accused of avoiding paying UK $700 million in taxes
A new report from a tax watchdog claims that between Apple and other major IT firms, the UK may have lost almost $3 billion in tax revenue in 2021 alone.Apple's new UK headquarters is in London's iconic Battersea Power StationApple has long been in a.....»»
Test of police implicit bias training shows modest improvements
A two-part training designed to help police officers recognize their implicit bias, revealed some behavior improvement and lowered citizen discrimination complaints in a controlled study. While a small study involving one police department, it is the.....»»
Star Witness in Sam Bankman-Fried’s Trial Blames Him for Crimes
The star witness of the FTX trial Caroline Ellison said that Sam Bankman-Fried directed her to commit crimes and took customer money. When Sam Bankman-Fried’s defense lawyer Mark Cohen delivered his opening arguments at the F.....»»
Paper: Higher pay consistently trumps meaningful work as strongly valued job attribute
When choosing between meaningful work or a better salary, it's not even close—most people overwhelmingly prefer higher-paying jobs with low meaningfulness over low-salary jobs with high meaningfulness, says new research from a University of Illinoi.....»»
SBF’s ex-girlfriend Ellison testifies: “He directed me to commit these crimes”
Sam Bankman-Fried's ex tells jury, "I would always ultimately defer to Sam." Enlarge / Caroline Ellison, former CEO of Alameda Research, arrives at court in New York on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. (credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg).....»»
Genshin Impact maker tried to dodge App Store fees -- twice
Despite being Apple's poster child for iPhone gaming, the developer behind "Genshin Impact" twice tried to get around paying the App Store's 30% fee.The App Store is a powerful digital ecosystem."Genshin Impact" has previously won an Apple Design Awa.....»»
When rentals go wrong: Study explores sharing economy and ways to boost good customer behavior
Consumers are increasingly paying for temporary access to products and services through companies like Rent the Runway, Netflix, Airbnb, and Uber—creating an "access-based industry" that's expected to grow to $335 billion by 2025. But, in exchange.....»»
How to watch ServusTV for free
Livestream Champions League and F1 for free with ServusTV. SAVE 49%: ExpressVPN is the best service for unblocking free streaming sites like ServusTV. A one-year subscription to ExpressVPN is on sale for £81.38 and includes an extra three.....»»
How to watch the Chicago Marathon 2023 online for free
Watch the Chicago Marathon for free from anywhere in the world. TL;DR: Livestream the 2023 Chicago Marathon for free on NBC Chicago. Access this livestream from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.Completing any marathon is a massive achievem.....»»
The EU Just Kicked Off Its Biggest Climate Experiment Yet
The world’s largest single market has launched a bold plan to tax carbon at its borders. The rest of the world is paying very close attention......»»
Lion protection fee paid by tourists could help stop trophy hunting, says South African study
Trophy hunting is contentious. It typically involves paying for and pursuing a specific wild animal, often a large or iconic species, with the goal of killing it to obtain a trophy, such as the animal's head, horns, or hide......»»
End of stop-and-frisk practice in Chicago led to increase in minority traffic stops, research suggests
A pair of civil rights researchers with the University of California has found evidence suggesting that ceasing one practice that violated citizen rights in Chicago may have led to the initiation of another. In their paper published in the journal Sc.....»»
Tesla store dodged $34,000 in tolls, lawsuit claims
The operator of a nine-mile toll road outside Denver says vehicles registered to Tesla's store in Littleton have avoided paying for thousands of trips......»»
Meta unveils its next-generation Ray-Ban smart glasses
Meta has announced a new version of the Ray-Ban smart glasses that comes with new features like being able to livestream. The post Meta unveils its next-generation Ray-Ban smart glasses appeared first on Phandroid. A couple of years ago, M.....»»