A court has ruled that Harvard University can be sued over a series of photographs that depict enslaved people by a woman who is a descendent of the subjects.
Massachusetts’ highest court ruled on Thursday that Tamara Lanier can sue Harvard for emotional distress because of the school’s continuing distribution of the images.
The daguerreotype photographs are considered some of the…
Photographer Samy Olabi spent a total of 70 nights over the course of four years capturing 12,200 photos that took a combined 2.2 million seconds to expose in order to capture the night sky using a mixture of DSLRs and mirrorless cameras.
Olabi is an accomplished…
In recent years, the adoption of one-take FPV (first-person-view) drone videos for filmmaking and promotional purposes has seen an uptick. Pilots such as Jay Byrd Christensen and Johnny FPV have captured incredible, up-close-and-personal perspectives of bowling alleys and…
NASA to Discuss Psyche Asteroid Mission
June 24, 2022
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NASA to Discuss Psyche Asteroid Mission
The teleconference will be livestreamed today.
NASA will host a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT (11 a.m. PDT) Friday to provide an update on the agency’s mission to study the Psyche asteroid. Audio of the briefing will livestream on the agency’s website.
Teleconference participants include:
Lori Glaze, director…
Back in November 2021, Netflix announced that it would launch a new addition to its mobile app – a gaming section. While the service only started out with a few titles, it has been expanding over time. So what does Netflix’s gaming section have to offer in terms of…
What is AI governance?
June 24, 2022
We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 – 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Table of contents
What’s different about governing an AI?
Is AI…
Twitch clarifies its self-harm policy
June 24, 2022
Twitch has been tightening its content policies in recent months, and that now includes mentions of self-harm. The livestreaming service has updated its Community Guidelines to include examples of the self-harm behavior it doesn’t allow. The clarified policy is meant to foster “meaningful conversation” about mental and physical health while preventing further harm.
Broadcasters…
iPhone hacks developed by Italian company RCS Lab have been used by law enforcement agencies in Europe, according to a new Google report. The hacking tool used a variety of exploits to allow the firm’s customers to spy on private messages, contacts, and passwords.
However…
A Twitter closed captions button is now available to all users in both iOS and Android apps, following a successful test. The rollout will, however, likely cause some confusion …
Background
As we’ve previously noted, Twitter doesn’t have the best track-record when…
Twitter is giving you the power to switch closed captions on or off on your mobile device. The social network has started rolling out a closed caption toggle to everyone on Android and iOS, a couple of months after it started testing the feature. So long as a video posted on the platform has available subtitles, you’ll see a CC button at its top right portion — simply tap it to turn…
