insert_link Fashion Lindsay Peoples Wagner Named Editor-in-Chief of The Cut After two years at Teen Vogue, Lindsay Peoples Wagner is returning to New York Magazine's The Cut as its top editor. Peoples Wagner will replace outgoing editor-in-chief Stella Bugbee. "I cannot wait to see what Lindsay does as The Cut's new editor-in-chief," said David Haskell, the editor-in-chief of New York Magazine, in a statement. "She is that extraordinary thing: a leader with a vision, someone in firm command of the terrain while also able […] todayJanuary 19, 2021
insert_link Tech Made Simple Use of Clearview AI facial recognition tech spiked as law enforcement seeks to identify Capitol mob Clearview AI’s CEO says use of his company’s facial recognition technology among law enforcement spiked 26 percent the day after a mob of pro-Trump rioters attacked the US Capitol. First reported by the New York Times, Hoan Ton-That confirmed in an interview with The Verge that Clearview saw a sharp increase in use on January 7th, compared to its usual weekday search volume. The January 6th attack was broadcast live […] todayJanuary 13, 2021
insert_link Health & Wellness The CDC says the top global health story of 2020 was… Mosquitoes? Like they do every December, websites across the internet are rounding up their best posts and stories from the year. That includes the website for the Center for Global Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which highlighted its top five stories for 2020. And coming in at the number one spot, the health agency picked... mosquitoes. Specifically, it picked its recognition of World Mosquito Day, where the […] todayDecember 30, 2020
insert_link Health & Wellness US initiates requirement of Negative Coronavirus Test from UK Travelers Anyone flying into the United States from the United Kingdom will have to test negative for COVID-19 within 72 hours before their flight, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced last Thursday. The agency cited concerns over a new variant of the coronavirus as the reason for the rule, which goes into effect Monday. The coronavirus, like all viruses, has regularly mutated as it has spread through the population. […] todayDecember 28, 2020
insert_link Tech Made Simple Norman Abramson, a father of modern wireless networks, dies at 88 Norman Abramson, one of the pioneers behind wireless networks, has died at 88, The New York Times reports. The Times stated that Abramson died of skin cancer that had metastasized in his lungs. Abramson and the team of graduate students and faculty he led were responsible for creating ALOHAnet, an early wireless network whose innovative techniques are still being used today in modern satellite, phone, and computer networks. An engineer and student of […] todayDecember 14, 2020
insert_link Health & Wellness FDA authorizes first COVID-19 vaccine in US The Food and Drug Administration has authorized the use of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, a landmark moment in the fight to suppress a virus that has killed nearly 300,000 people in the United States and sickened tens of millions around the world. “Today’s emergency use authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine holds the promise to alter the course of this pandemic in the United States,” Peter […] todayDecember 14, 2020
insert_link Health & Wellness CDC reverses course (again) and says asymptomatic people should get tested for COVID-19 after all The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today that individuals who don’t have coronavirus symptoms should get tested, reversing guidance that stirred controversy last month. The reversal follows a report published last week by The New York Times which revealed that the initial guidance was pushed by non-scientists in the Trump administration against the objections of public health officials and experts. The new guidance, issued on the CDC’s website on Friday, now clarifies that […] todaySeptember 22, 2020
insert_link Health & Wellness Health officials in 3 states have traced new COVID-19 cases to the Sturgis motorcycle rally Less than a week after the close of a massive 10-day motorcycle rally in Sturgis, South Dakota, health officials in the state, as well as in Nebraska and Minnesota, have traced multiple new COVID-19 cases back to the event. The rally, which drew hundreds of thousands of bikers to Sturgis, has been connected with 15 new COVID-19 cases in Nebraska, seven in Minnesota, and several new cases in South Dakota, […] todayAugust 24, 2020
insert_link Tech Made Simple Trump’s WeChat ban could reach much further into the Tech World Last Thursday, the Trump administration issued a pair of stunning executive orders against Chinese technology companies, banning US transactions with the companies after a deadline of September 20th. Most of the immediate focus has been on TikTok, which was targeted through its parent company ByteDance — but the second order could have a far more unpredictable impact, targeting text app WeChat and its parent company Tencent. Tencent is one of […] todayAugust 10, 2020
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