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Think you could make a safer social media site? This game lets you try (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 10/17/2023 - 14:51A flood of misinformation shapes views of Israel-Gaza conflict (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Sun, 10/15/2023 - 10:36Israel’s vaunted tech sector is going to war (Washington Post)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Thu, 10/12/2023 - 07:14As false war information spreads on X, Musk promotes unvetted accounts (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 10/09/2023 - 12:01Amazon launches first internet satellites in bid to compete with Starlink
Amazon stretched its reach to space, sending its first two internet satellites to orbit, a key step toward building out a constellation of more than 3,000 satellites that it hopes will compete with SpaceX’s Starlink system to provide online access to millions without it. The pair of prototype satellites were launched from Cape Canaveral (FL) on October 6. Over the coming days and weeks, Amazon hopes to use the satellites to “add real-world data from space to years of data collected from lab and field testing” as it works to put up the rest of its Kuiper constellation. Amazon, which has said
The powers of an acting House speaker are untested. Here’s what we know. (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 10/05/2023 - 18:16Rep Kevin McCarthy removed as House speaker in unprecedented vote
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was ousted as House speaker after failing to withstand a rebellion among far-right dissidents, as the House voted for the first time in history to remove its leader and entered a period of unpredictability and paralysis. Rep. McCarthy later announced he would not seek the position again, setting up an expected intraparty battle for the position second in line to the presidency. House Republicans now need to select a new leader and find consensus for funding the government by mid-November or again risk a shutdown.