Judging by the way past US leaders have described their rivals, you’d think Washington has been fighting against the likes of Darth Vader. On March 8, 1983, then-President Ronald Reagan branded the Soviet Union, America’s Cold War adversary, as an “evil empire” that was the “focus of evil in the …
Read More »Joe Biden’s desire to ban pistols is a very bad idea, because guess what? Plenty of Dems own guns, too
Speaking on Wednesday on CNN, US President Biden once again seemed to make the serious political mistake of saying the quiet part out loud. When asked how he would address gun violence from a federal point of view, so as to bring about ‘change’ and make cities safer, Biden gave …
Read More »Spotify’s plans to guess listeners’ gender will hurt trans people and reinforce stereotypes – rights group
A few years ago, Spotify filed a patent describing how its app could benefit from speech recognition. The technology is not unlike what every digital assistant does – it constantly listens to the environment and picks up speech. But instead of translating words into commands and search queries, Spotify’s version …
Read More »‘Godzilla vs Kong’ is a metaphor for the battle between China and the US, and guess what? Hollywood kisses both their asses
This article contains spoilers for ‘Godzilla vs Kong’. ‘Godzilla vs Kong’, directed by Adam Wingard, made a big splash at the box office when it premiered internationally last weekend, and has generated a lot of attention in the US as it opened on Wednesday in both theaters and on HBO …
Read More »EU goes ‘better dead than red’ on Russian vaccine & China sanctions. Guess whose interests it really serves?
The European Union publicly espouses a policy of strategic autonomy, meaning that it should, in theory, strive to be more independent, pursue its own interests. However, recent events suggest that the EU is perfectly content being a ping pong ball in the US’ Cold War 2.0: Electric Boogaloo. For starters, …
Read More »‘What did you have for breakfast, Joe?’ As CNN publishes ‘tough’ questions for Biden, critics guess how low the bar will REALLY be
President Joe Biden is holding his first solo press conference later on Thursday afternoon. Both Donald Trump and Barack Obama had held multiple conferences by this point in their presidencies, but Biden has kept the media waiting an unprecedented nine weeks. Only Calvin ‘Silent Cal’ Coolidge made reporters wait longer, …
Read More »If you want the jab, raise your Hans: German vaccine officials left with no choice but to guess people’s ages from their names
The German state of Lower Saxony began vaccinating citizens against Covid-19 at the end of December, with priority given to the elderly and vulnerable. People over the age of 80 have been sent invitations urging them to make a vaccination appointment, but the state’s strict privacy laws have hampered this …
Read More »What will the lawlessness of the security forces, we can only guess
The other day the whole of Russia was surprised by the response of the press service of Regardie (Federal service of national guard troops of the Russian Federation) the regional edition of “Proveditor”. It turned out that resguardar, unlike the police of the interior Ministry, sort of have the right …
Read More »Created an application that can guess passwords from smartphones
Artificial neural network learned to guess passwords from smartphonesA team of scientists from technological University in Singapore have developed an artificial neural network which is able to guess the pin of a smartphone with an accuracy of 84%. The results of the experiment published in the journal of Cryptology. The …
Read More »Too much photoshop! Jennifer Lopez is impossible to know in the new ad for Guess
Because Jennifer now — the age “the Guess girl”. “I loved the brand ever since, as a teenager,” admits Lopez. The first picture of the advertising campaign spring-summer 2018 she looks great: perfect skin, voluminous hair, statement earrings and a thin waist. However, fans of J. Lo already noticed that …
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