Kiwi Farms: The Slippery Slope of Curating the Web
Despite broad public protests, Cloudflare initially declined to cut its ties with Kiwi Farms. When death threats came into play, the company quickly changed its position. The removal of Kiwi Farms will likely increase calls for voluntary curation of.....»»
Cloudflare explains why Kiwi Farms was its most dangerous customer ever
Cloudflare wants government to be responsible for blocking sites like Kiwi Farms. Enlarge (credit: Bloomberg / Contributor | Bloomberg) Over Labor Day weekend, one of the biggest online security services providers, Cloudflare,.....»»
Trans activist celebrates rare victory against online trolls after Kiwi Farms deplatforming
Clara Sorrenti, a trans activist who was forced to flee her home in Canada after users of a hate-filled website targeted her, has succeeded in her campaign to get the site taken offline, for now......»»
Cloudflare blocks Kiwi Farms in crackdown on extremist content
Cloudflare goes back on decision to not block troll forum Kiwi Farms as “threat to human life” increases......»»
US internet service company blocks controversial online forum citing "imminent threats to human life"
Cloudflare, a major American internet services company, pulled its support for Kiwi Farms, a controversial online message board, Saturday evening citing "imminent threats to human life." The move temporarily forced Kiwi Farms offline......»»
Accountability for COVID-19 policies was blurred during televised briefings, UK study shows
Language used during government COVID-19 briefings was intentionally "vague, slippery and ambiguous" in order to reduce its accountability for its own policies, a new study has found......»»
Scanning students’ homes during remote testing is unconstitutional, judge says
Ohio judge says room scans could form a slippery slope to more illegal searches. Enlarge (credit: Jeff Greenberg / Contributor | Universal Images Group) As the pandemic unfolded in spring 2020, an Educause survey found that an.....»»
Urgent butter recall: Check your fridge for this butter from a major supermarket chain
Epicurean Butter issued a recall for 3.5-ounce tubs of “Wegmans Lemon Dill Finishing Butter”. The recall comes after one of its suppliers (SupHerb Farms) recalled frozen dill products that might be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.....»»
Wind energy boom and golden eagles collide in the US West
The rush to build wind farms to combat climate change is colliding with preservation of one of the U.S. West's most spectacular predators—the golden eagle—as the species teeters on the edge of decline......»»
Canada"s disappearing "average farmer" means one-size-fits-all policies no longer work
Canada's agriculture industry has been undergoing significant changes over the past 45 years. Since the 1970s, the number of farms has been steadily declining, but not all farms have been impacted equally—mid-size farms have been hit the hardest, a.....»»
Spotify introduces optimizations to your Home Feed
Spotifys latest feature is about curating your home feed to find the latest and greatest of the things that matter most to you. The post Spotify introduces optimizations to your Home Feed first appeared on Phandroid. There have been a lot o.....»»
A new method boosts wind farms" energy output, without new equipment
Virtually all wind turbines, which produce more than 5 percent of the world's electricity, are controlled as if they were individual, free-standing units. In fact, the vast majority are part of larger wind farm installations involving dozens or even.....»»
The shapes of shrimp farms affect their groundwater pollution
Coastal aquaculture has grown rapidly over the past few decades, and although ocean-based food supplies have increased, concerns about the environmental impacts of aquaculture have as well. For example, research has found that shrimp aquaculture pond.....»»
The plans for giant seaweed farms in European waters
As worldwide sales of the algae soar, the European Union wants to establish giant seaweed farms......»»
Solana Hack Blamed on Slope Mobile Wallet Exploit
Thousands of Solana users collectively lost about $4.5 million worth of SOL and other tokens from Tuesday night into early Wednesday, and now there's a likely explanation for why: it's being blamed on a private key exploit tied to mobile software wal.....»»
Sustainable practices linked to farm size in organic farming
Larger organic farms operate more like conventional farms and use fewer sustainable practices than smaller organic farms, according to a new study that also provides insight into how to increase adoption of sustainable practices......»»
Researcher examines how two volcanic eruptions forever changed flightless brown kiwi
When two massive volcanic eruptions blanketed New Zealand in ash, they forever changed the genetics of the brown kiwi bird, a new study from the University of Toronto Scarborough has found......»»
The unexpected benefit of designing farms for the birds and the bees
Hint: It has to do with your morning coffee. Sipping a coffee on your way to work is a ritual most people take for granted without thinking about how the delicious coffee beans reached their cup. You probably know that coffee comes from tropical regi.....»»
Soil quality critical to help some US crops weather heat stress from climate change
The capacity of soil to hold water will be critical to determine how well farms in some regions of the United States manage the problem of prolonged heat stress due to climate change, a new study suggests. The journal Frontiers in Sustainable Food Sy.....»»
Biden administration releases draft environmental review for major Alaska oil project
The Biden administration on has released a draft supplemental environmental review of ConocoPhillips' giant oil prospect on Alaska's North Slope, known as the Willow project, after a federal judge last year rejected approval for the project issued du.....»»
Taiwan to beef up cooperation with UK in offshore wind power generation
The Taiwan government will enhance cooperation with the UK government agencies and UK-based enterprises in development of offshore wind farms, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA)......»»