Friday, January 22, 2021

Director of Amazon's 'Tandav' Cuts Scenes After Pressure From India's Hindu Nationalists

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/business/india-amazon-tandav.html
January 22, 2021 at 10:20PM

Faced with boycotts and criminal complaints, the director of “Tandav” made the edits this week. But that did not appear to satisfy some of the show’s critics, who called for him to be jailed.

Intelligence Analysts Use U.S. Smartphone Location Data Without Warrants, Memo Says

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/us/politics/dia-surveillance-data.html
January 22, 2021 at 09:34PM

The disclosure comes amid growing legislative scrutiny of how the government uses commercially available location records.

Facebook Invokes Its ‘Supreme Court’

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/technology/facebook-oversight-board-trump.html
January 22, 2021 at 08:39PM

The site asks its oversight body to rule on Trump. But its justice system doesn’t work for everyone.

Can an Executive in Kansas Save Movie Theaters?

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/business/media/adam-aron-movie-theaters-amc.html
January 22, 2021 at 07:56PM

For Adam Aron, who runs AMC Entertainment, the world’s largest movie theater chain, the past year has been filled with twists and turns. And no one knows the ending.

An Australia With No Google? The Bitter Fight Behind a Drastic Threat

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/business/australia-google-facebook-news-media.html
January 22, 2021 at 12:09PM

The big tech platforms are facing a challenge unlike any other as Australia moves to make them pay for news.

Google Shuts Loon Helium Balloon Project

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/technology/loon-google-balloons.html
January 22, 2021 at 11:16AM

Begun nearly a decade ago, Loon was one of the company’s high-profile, cutting-edge efforts. But it was difficult to turn into a business.

Thursday, January 21, 2021

Google Shuts Loon Hot-Air Balloon Project

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/technology/loon-google-hot-air-balloons.html
January 22, 2021 at 05:04AM

Begun nearly a decade ago, Loon was one of the company’s high-profile, cutting-edge efforts. But it was difficult to turn into a business.

What Internet Censorship Looks Like

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/technology/internet-censorship-uganda.html
January 21, 2021 at 08:34PM

In East Africa, too much Facebook has been awful. So has too little Facebook.

Amid One Pandemic, Students Train for the Next

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/health/coronavirus-education-high-school.html
January 21, 2021 at 01:00PM

Researchers have banded together to find safe, virtual ways to teach the principles of microbiology and epidemiology.

Wednesday, January 20, 2021

‘A Total Failure’: The Proud Boys Now Mock Trump

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/20/technology/proud-boys-trump.html
January 21, 2021 at 12:17AM

Members of the far-right group, who were among Donald Trump’s staunchest fans, are calling him “weak” as more of them were charged for storming the U.S. Capitol.

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