“Recently, on a YouTube channel, I said something terrible,” confesses a staff writer for the Atlantic. “But I don’t know what it was.” Whatever it was, it was enough to get the interview demonetized, meaning no ads could be placed against it, and my host received no revenue from it. Read more…
The story of an innocuous-seeming message on LinkedIn in 2017 from Qu Hui, the deputy director of the China-based Provincial Association for International Science and Technology Development. Federal agents eventually obtained search warrants for two Gmail addresses the official was using, and “In what would prove to be a lucky Read more…
Twelve years after the triple reactor meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Japan is preparing to release a massive amount of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea, Japanese officials say the release is unavoidable and should start soon. “Dealing with the wastewater is less of a challenge than Read more…
The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth. — Niels Bohr
$4,800 buys you a two-day “immersive” experience on the Star Wars-themed “Galactic Starcruiser” at Disney World — a pseudo cruise ship in space. But one year after it opened, Disney is “cutting back” some of its bookings. Earlier this year, it began offering its first sizable discounts to the general Read more…
Rep. Mark Takano, who represents California’s 39th district, has reintroduced his 32-hour Workweek Act to Congress, which, if passed, would officially reduce the standard definition of the workweek from 40 hours to 32 hours by amending the Fair Labor Standards Act. His proposal would mandate overtime pay for any work Read more…