Building on anti-harassment tools announced in November, Twitter is now “trying to shake its reputation as a haven for online harassment” with still more new internal algorithms and features, reports CNN. An anonymous reader quotes their report: The changes include…
Finland's Universal Basic Income Called 'Useless' By Trade Union Economist
An anonymous reader quotes Bloomberg: Finland’s basic income experiment is unworkable, uneconomical and ultimately useless. Plus, it will only encourage some people to work less. That’s not the view of a hard core Thatcherite, but of the country’s biggest trade…
Trend Micro's Own Cybersecurity Blog Gets Hacked
Mickeycaskill quotes Silicon: Just to illustrate that you can never be too careful, cybersecurity specialist Trend Micro has confirmed that one of the blogs it uses to communicate with customers was itself the victim of a content spoofing attack. The…
CS Professor Argues Silicon Valley Is Exploiting Both H-1B Visas And Workers
schwit1 quotes Norm Matloff, a CS professor at the University of California at Davis, on H-1B visa programs: The Trump administration has drafted a new executive order that could actually mean higher wages for both foreign workers and Americans working…
Magic Leap CEO Defends His AR Company After Leaked Photo
Saturday Business Insider claimed that augmented reality company Magic Leap was “scrambling to finish a working prototype before an important board meeting next week,” publishing a photo described by their source as an early January prototype. An anonymous reader quotes…