"NASA is exploring whether SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft could offer an alternative ride home for some ISS crew members after a Russian capsule sprang a leak."

CNN+, the streaming service that the news organization hyped as the most significant initiative in the network's history since it went on air in 1980, will shut down April 30, just over one month after it launched.

"what a total mess. feel sorry for all the quality news people. He botched Cuomo and helped put Trump on the map. Good riddance."

Navorski in real life

>"From videoconferencing to fitness apps, the best tech helped us endure a hard year. But there were also low points."

"Excessive screen time can be harmful to our well-being, but we can free ourselves from tech’s hooks with goals, rules and boundaries."

[https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/24/science/artificial-intelligence-ai-gpt3.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/24/science/artificial-intelligence-ai-gpt3.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage) >"The latest natural-language system generates tweets, pens poetry, summarizes emails, answers _...Read More_

>"It might be possible, physicists say, but not anytime soon. And there’s no guarantee that we humans will understand the result."

>"Exclusive: UK and EU ‘must prioritise patients’, says trade body"

88% of sound engineers and producers are asked to work for free. 42% of participants reported doing ‘on spec’ work ⁠— meaning they’re only paid if the client ‘liked the work.’ „Of course, people will do favors for friends, but it’s _...Read More_

As the US government is reconsidering what a monopoly means (and potentially breaking tech companies), Facebook is trying to change its behavior before the government forces it to change. For example they are backing off from potential _...Read More_

Megapixels covered in NYT - but also check out this incredibly blasé business model: "Clarifai used the images from OkCupid to build a service that could identify the age, sex and race of detected faces, Mr. Zeiler said. He said Clarifai _...Read More_

"Despite skepticism and concern about Facebook’s reach, the company envisions an alternative financial system based on a new cryptocurrency called Libra."

Understanding Contemporary Forms of Exploitation. Passionate workers are more likely to be taken advantage of: „(...) there's a common misconception that if someone loves their job, they would prefer to work instead of doing other _...Read More_