Uygur has often attacked Rogan for the libertarian views voiced on his Joe Rogan Experience podcast, which is currently the second-most-watched show on Spotify, only losing the top spot in late September. Those views include opposition to mandatory vaccination and concerns that the US government may use Covid-19 as a …
Read More »Facebook steps in to provide high-speed internet to broadband-starved rural Virginia – what could go wrong?
Already constructing enormous high-speed fiber networks to connect its sprawling data centers in Ohio, Virginia, and North Carolina, Facebook plans to overlay consumer broadband for some 6,000 homes in Virginia’s Grayson County onto that infrastructure by the end of the fall, according to a Thursday blog post. The Appalachian county …
Read More »Who got ‘destroyed by facts & logic’? Internet feuds over outcome of critical race theory duel between Ben Shapiro & MSNBC analyst
During Friday’s show, HBO’s Bill Maher pressed his guests to explain critical race theory (CRT) – an often-discussed but typically ill-defined cultural phenomenon. Shapiro took the lead, describing CRT as a worldview that teaches that “all disparity equals discrimination.” When Maher asked Nance to share his thoughts, the former Navy …
Read More »Mexico won’t be ‘hostage’ to Big Pharma, president says, as internet predicts trouble after country rejects Covid jabs for kids
In remarks made earlier this week, the Mexican leader said his government was still waiting for the scientific community to demonstrate the benefits of vaccinating minors. Until conclusive evidence was provided, Mexico would refuse to purchase jabs for children, Obrador announced, adding that pharmaceutical firms seemed to be focused more …
Read More »‘You guys paid for all this’: Internet fumes as billionaire Bezos thanks Amazon employees, customers for funding his trip to space
“I want to thank every Amazon employee and every Amazon customer, because you guys paid for all this,” Bezos, donning a cowboy hat and blue astronaut coveralls, said at a press briefing on Tuesday after completing the first manned space mission by his Blue Origin rocket-ship firm. “So seriously, for …
Read More »Biden calls Cuba ‘failed state,’ says ‘reinstating’ internet access there is one of the things US is considering
“Communism is a failed system, a universally failed system. I don’t see socialism as a very useful substitute, but that’s another story,” Biden told a reporter on Thursday, answering a question on Cuba during his joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who was visiting Washington. “Cuba is unfortunately …
Read More »Internet gasps as Mark Zuckerberg celebrates July 4th by posting video of himself wake-foiling while holding American flag
The one-minute video, which was posted Sunday on the Facebook CEO’s Instagram account, shows Zuckerberg riding a wake foil – also known as a hydrofoil surfboard — on what appears to be a lake. He holds an American flag, which is attached to a short pole, and Denver’s 1971 hit …
Read More »Will a new wave of software & social media giants help China own the internet?
Over the past 20 years, we have undergone a digital revolution that has changed our lives beyond all comprehension. Our world is connected and informed in a way that was previously unprecedented, thanks to a number of pioneering companies from the United States. But now things are starting to change. …
Read More »‘Scary’ Boston Dynamics dance video divides internet as robo-dogs celebrate Hyundai acquisition
Though it announced the completion of the acquisition last week in a press release, Boston Dynamics decided to mark the occasion in style on Tuesday. The video shows five of its dog-like ‘Spot’ robots dancing to the song ‘IONIQ: I’m On It’ by South Korean boy band BTS, and demonstrates …
Read More »CNN host Chris Cuomo dares the internet to name a time when he has denied facts . . . . Twitter says, ‘Challenge accepted’
Accused by a social media commenter of denying facts that he doesn’t like, Cuomo challenged Twitter users to name such a case. “Name one,” he tweeted on Thursday. “Tick tock.” The move was not the mic-drop moment that Cuomo perhaps intended. An avalanche of commenters tweeted examples of the host …
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