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June 12, 2024

Hateful Ads

Ads found next to hateful hashtags on X

Elon Musk’s social media platform X has been found to display advertisements alongside search results for at least 20 hashtags associated with racist and antisemitic extremism. These hashtags include blatant

Streaming Fees

CRTC mandates streaming fees for Canadian content

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has introduced a new rule that requires online streaming services like Netflix and Spotify to pay a fee to support the country’s broadcasting

Solar Research

E.D.F. to fund solar radiation research

The Environmental Defense Fund (E.D.F.) will finance research into technologies that could artificially cool the planet. This idea was once viewed as radical but is quickly gaining attention as global

Council Blocks

Alameda City Council blocks climate experiment

The Alameda City Council has unanimously voted to block a climate change experiment from resuming on the USS Hornet, a decommissioned aircraft carrier turned museum. The project, led by researchers

AI Risks

Growing AI risks prompt cybersecurity shift

Artificial intelligence is becoming more prevalent in business operations, but this also brings new risks. Cybersecurity experts warn that AI system poisoning is a growing threat that companies need to

Sea Ice

Antarctic sea ice plummets to record low

In 2023, Antarctic sea ice reached record lows, an event that researchers say only happens once every 2,000 years. The British Antarctic Survey used data from the CMIP6 climate dataset