[...] John Oliver discusses how the histories of policing and white supremacy are intertwined, the roadblocks to fixing things, and some potential paths forward.
We are facing a pandemic about which US President Donald Trump appears incapable of telling the truth — assuming he even knows it — and without quick action, a lot of people are going to get sick. Some of them will die. The president’s incoherence has reached a level that is a hazard to public health. The best thing Trump can do for the country, to speed its response to the novel coronavirus, is resign and let someone capable take over.
On April 1st, Switzerland's new copyright law will go into effect. The new legislation incorporates many recommendations from copyright holders, including a “stay-down” provision. Not all wishes were granted, however, as site-blocking is off-limits and downloading will remain legal. The country hopes that the changes will nonetheless warrant a removal from the U.S. pirate watchlist.
According to The Wall Street Journal, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has reportedly just bought the most expensive property in Los Angeles from David Geffen, another unimaginably wealthy man, for $165 million. (It’s the Warner Estate, which spreads out over nine acres in Beverly Hills.)
Witness the crane’s ultra-feeble grasp in real time, from your phone
A new campaign from the CWA union is the most serious effort yet
HENRICO COUNTY, Virginia -- Residents living in a Virginia neighborhood woke up to find free televisions on their doorsteps. It sounds like a great gift until you see the older box sets left at the homes.
Huawei has been stockpiling chips to prepare for this eventuality
A dramatic escalation in the US war on Chinese tech firms
Lead contamination got a lot of national attention because of the crisis in Flint, Michigan. But today, lead pipes are still tainting tap water across America. In this episode of “Trial & Error,” we explore how lead enters the water supply, how to test for it, and find out whether our own homes are at risk.
Une série de mails mise en lumière par la Justice des États-Unis embarrasse le constructeur Huawei. L’échange de messages montre en effet comment l’entreprise chinoise a volé un robot américain. Cela prouve aussi que pour monter une opération d’espionnage, l’email n’est pas l’outil le plus recommandé.
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In 1946, the American military detonated a nuke underwater in the Pacific Ocean to see what would happen to abandoned warships nearby. In this video, we trace the far-reaching consequences of that test. It leads all the way to the present day; to a major American city; and to a nuclear scandal that’s cost millions and has put people behind bars.
La neutralité du Net aux Etats-Unis a désormais une date d’expiration : l’autorité américaine chargée des communications, la FCC, a annoncé, jeudi 10 mai, que les règles garantissant ce principe expireraient le 11 juin. La Commission fédérale des communications est revenue en décembre 2017 sur des règles datant de 2015, garantissant la non-intervention des fournisseurs d’accès à Internet dans les contenus qu’ils acheminent, mais la date d’entrée en application de cette décision a été longuement repoussée, notamment pour des raisons administratives.