Perseverances Eyes See a Different Mars
The Red Planets red looks different to an Earthling than it would to a Martianor to a robot with hyperspectral cameras for eyes.
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Sonys PlayStation Network experiencing outage Saturday
Its the second outage this month for the service
So you want to start reading comics?
Comics can be expensive, but heres a way to take advantage of some offerings.
NFTs and a Thousand True Fans - Andreessen Horowitz
Non-fungible tokens offer fundamentally better economics for creators by removing rent-seeking, enabling granular pricing, and reducing customer acquisition costs.
Activists Call On Sitcom Producers To Reckon With Genres Ugly History Of Sarcasm
LOS ANGELESDemanding accountability from the entertainment industry for its role in promoting the outdated trope, activists issued a petition Tuesday calling on sitcom producers to reckon with the genres troubling history of sarcastic attitudes. From Carla on Cheers to April on Parks And Recreation, these demeaning portrayals have gone unaddressed for too long, and it is time Hollywood reckoned with its dark legacy of sarcasm, the petition read in part before going on to criticize sitcom showrunners who defend their work by arguing their use of sarcastic language is only meant as a joke. With their casual mockery, these characters who roll their eyes and irreverently quip, Whatever! or, Yeah, right, perpetuate demeaning stereotypes. It needs to stop now before any more children get desensitized to sarcasm or, in the most disturbing cases, form their whole personality around it. They see actors doing it on TV and think its okay to be sarcastic in real life. The petition ends with a call for casting directors to boycott Neil Patrick Harris for his careless and continual use of sarcasm throughout his career.
Deepfake videos of Tom Cruise show the technology's threat to society is very real
We're entering scary times.
The SolarWinds Body Count Now Includes NASA and the FAA
Plus: Firefox blocks more tracking, how to fight a robodog, and more of the weeks top security news.
FDA authorizes one-dose COVID-19 vaccine
Its easier to store and distribute.
Nevada Just Letting a Crypto Firm Run Entire Town as “Innovation Zone” (?!?)
Nevada's governor wants to establish innovation zones that'll give tech companies the ability to establish lawsand one crypto frim is interested.
