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The Best Mirrorless Cameras to Level Up Your Photos

You know what’s the least important part of taking a great photo? Gear. The vision you have and the work you put into realizing it are far more critical. That’s not to say gear doesn’t matter, just that it’s best used in service of something larger, not obsessed over. That’s why this guide doesn’t get… Continue reading The Best Mirrorless Cameras to Level Up Your Photos

Twitter, Meta, and Blowing the Whistle on Big Tech

Hi, folks. We won’t have Fauci to kick around much longer. But we’ll always have Covid. The Plain View In late 1969, Daniel Ellsberg made a brave and consequential decision. As an employee of the RAND Corporation, a US government contractor, he had access to classified documents that contradicted top officials’ promises that the Vietnam… Continue reading Twitter, Meta, and Blowing the Whistle on Big Tech

Where Do High-Energy Cosmic Rays Come From? A Star’s Last Gasp

Gamma rays from this supernova remnant have been seen by telescopes since 2007, but exceptionally energetic light wasn’t detected until 2020, when it was picked up by the HAWC Observatory in Mexico, piquing the interest of scientists hunting for galactic PeVatrons. When gamma rays reach our atmosphere, they can produce showers of charged particles that… Continue reading Where Do High-Energy Cosmic Rays Come From? A Star’s Last Gasp

Satellites Show the Alarming Extent of Russian Detention Camps

A day after the six-month anniversary of the start of the war in Ukraine, a new report reveals never before seen information about Russia’s filtration camp system in eastern Ukraine, in which civilians and prisoners of war are detained, interrogated, and, at times, forcibly deported to Russia. The researchers have also identified what they believe… Continue reading Satellites Show the Alarming Extent of Russian Detention Camps

Scans of Students’ Homes During Tests Are Deemed Unconstitutional

As the pandemic unfolded in spring 2020, an Educause survey found that an increasing number of students—who had very little choice but to take tests remotely—were increasingly putting up with potential privacy invasions from schools. Two years later, for example, it’s considered a common practice that some schools record students throughout remote tests to prevent… Continue reading Scans of Students’ Homes During Tests Are Deemed Unconstitutional

Nothing Is Protecting Child Influencers From Exploitation

Jackie Coogan, America’s first major child star, shot to fame in 1921 as Charlie Chaplin’s adopted son in The Kid. But at the age of 21, after earning upward of $4 million through years of unforgiving hours on set, he learned his hard-earned fortune had already been squandered by his mother and stepfather. Coogan sued… Continue reading Nothing Is Protecting Child Influencers From Exploitation

Fitbit Drops 3 New Fitness Trackers—and None Have Wear OS 3

In other ways, the Fitbits are even an improvement over the Apple Watch. For example, both trackers tout a full week of battery life and a day’s worth of battery in 12 minutes of charging, as compared to barely a day with the Apple Watch Series 7. Some Google-driven feature changes, like turn-by-turn directions with… Continue reading Fitbit Drops 3 New Fitness Trackers—and None Have Wear OS 3

The Most Damning Allegation in the Twitter Whistleblower’s Report

Zakto further alleges that Twitter has no comprehensive development or testing environments for piloting new features and system upgrades before launching them in the live production software. As a result, Zatko describes a situation where engineers would work alongside live systems and “test directly on the commercial service, leading to regular service disruptions.” And the… Continue reading The Most Damning Allegation in the Twitter Whistleblower’s Report

The Twitter Whistleblower Plays Right Into Elon Musk’s Hands

“If what Zatko alleges is true, Twitter has violated its users’ trust and deceived the Federal Trade Commission and its directors,” says Christopher Bouzy of Bot Sentinel, whose access to Twitter data was threatened with removal this week. As for the timing of that warning, which would restrict Bouzy from collecting data about deactivated and… Continue reading The Twitter Whistleblower Plays Right Into Elon Musk’s Hands