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How to Be a Whistleblower

Whistleblowing seems to be in the news a lot, lately. And it makes us ordinary schmoes wonder: How would we handle ratting out our colleagues, or our superiors, if we had to—either to protect other consumers and citizens or merely to cover yourself? If a worker sees some dirty deeds and want to call attention

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Google thinks it wasn’t sexist to give its voice assistant a female voice

{$inline_image}Last year, a study by the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) argued that voice assistants like Google’s perpetuate “harmful gender bias” and suggests women should be there to assist rather than be assisted. But it turns out Google always wanted to use a male voice, but they didn’t because female voices are

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How and Why to Start Journaling

Some of the most influential people in history kept detailed journals of their lives, including Charles Darwin, Marie Curie, Thomas Edison and Frida Kahlo. Those journals served two purposes: a permanent record for posterity and, presumably, a cathartic release for the people writing them. Read more… How and Why to Start Journaling Source: Life Hacker

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Vianai, a startup launched by former Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka that wants to simplify building AI products for the enterprise, raises $50M seed funding (Ron Miller/TechCrunch)

Ron Miller / TechCrunch: Vianai, a startup launched by former Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka that wants to simplify building AI products for the enterprise, raises $50M seed funding  —  You don’t see a startup get a $50 million seed round all that often, but such was the case with Vianai, an early stage startup launched

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UK supermarket Tesco shuts down its parking validation web app after tens of millions of photos of cars with visible license plates were left unsecured online (Gareth Corfield/The Register)

Gareth Corfield / The Register: UK supermarket Tesco shuts down its parking validation web app after tens of millions of photos of cars with visible license plates were left unsecured online  —  Ranger Services goes to ground over unsecured Azure blob  —  Exclusive Tesco has shuttered its parking validation web app … UK supermarket Tesco

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Google updates Chrome with customizable themes on desktop and tab grouping on Android (Babu Mohan/Android Central)

Babu Mohan / Android Central: Google updates Chrome with customizable themes on desktop and tab grouping on Android  —  Google says some more improvements are coming to Chrome later in the fall.  —  What you need to know  — Google is introducing new features to its Chrome browser for both desktop and Android users. Google

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Twitter suspends more state-backed accounts for information operations; this batch originated in China, UAE, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Spain, and Ecuador (Twitter)

Twitter: Twitter suspends more state-backed accounts for information operations; this batch originated in China, UAE, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Spain, and Ecuador  —  In October 2018, we disclosed the first comprehensive archive of state-backed information operations on Twitter. Twitter suspends more state-backed accounts for information operations; this batch originated in China, UAE, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Spain,

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Ripple Labs wants the US to forget it’s being sued for selling Ripple (XRP) illegally

Ripple Labs, the company behind the Ripple (XRP) cryptocurrency, has formally requested a US federal court dismiss a class action lawsuit that alleges it illegally sold unregistered securities, Fortune reports. A number of investors are claiming to have lost money after Ripple Labs convinced them to buy its Ripple (XRP) cryptocurrency. The group has demanded

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