Facebook privacy lawsuit over facial recognition leads to $650M settlement – CNET
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. James Martin/CNET Subscribe to CNET Now for the day’s most interesting reviews,…
Production Volkswagen ID Buzz seemingly shown off in sketch form – Roadshow
Obviously, there’s a chance that what you see here isn’t actually the production Buzz. But released…
Philosophy Threatened at Baker University
The university received .5 million in federal aid to help it weather the pandemic, according to The…
New Fallacy Examples Sought for AI Project
A research team of philosophers and computer scientists at the University of Cambridge is examining the…
Philosopher Launches Anti-Trans Website; Colleagues & Others Object
Again, there is the jurisdictional question here: if the website was not part of Professor Lawford-Smith’s…
Art and the Human Spirit: Olivia Laing on What the Lives of Great Artists Reveal About Vulnerability, Love, Loneliness, Resistance, and Our Search for Meaning
[…] Paint as fur, as velvet, as brocade, as hair. Paint as a way of entering…
BMW 2 Series Gran Coupes recalled for a sunroof issue – Roadshow
4:52 Jon Wong/Roadshow The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration campaign number for this recall is 21V091000….
Fabrizio Mondadori (1943-2021)
Professor Mondadori joined UW-Milwaukee in 1984. Prior to that, he held appointments at the University of…
Biden to order review of supply chain for semiconductors, critical resources – CNET
The order will also call for a longer, more in-depth review of a broader range of…
The Art of Philosophical Writing: An Interview with William Lycan (by Nathan Ballantyne)
I had been inoculated by the English prof, Baird, before I’d had any philosophy. Just my good…
Elon Musk explains what happened to Tesla Model Y Standard Range – Roadshow
Tesla does not operate a public relations department to field requests for comment. Tesla 2:19 CEO…
Some Things You Always Wanted to Know about CVs and Weren’t Afraid to Ask (guest post)
* * * * * A. Maybe you are early career or a…
The Pattern Inside the Pattern: Fractals, the Hidden Order Beneath Chaos, and the Story of the Refugee Who Revolutionized the Mathematics of Reality
He was the one who let us appreciate chaos in all its glory, the noisy, the…
Magrin and Rosen to Pitt
(via James Shaw) The Department of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh has made two recent…
Best Nintendo Switch controller for 2021 – CNET
10:47 The 8BitDo SN30 Pro Plus Bluetooth Gamepad controller, which normally sells for , works with…
We Are Water Protectors: An Illustrated Celebration of Nature, Native Heritage, and the Courage to Stand Up for Earth
Inspired by the landmark locus of courage and resistance at Standing Rock — the 2016 movement…
9 best Apple Watch Apps (that you probably already have installed) – CNET
Angela Lang/CNET Like on the iPhone, you can use the Voice Memos app on your Apple…
New Commenting Platform
Much of the recent maintenance went to replacing out-of-date software that interfered with the ability to…
Best portable power stations for 2021 – CNET
This story is part of Road Trip 2020, CNET’s series on how we’re preparing now for…
A Scientist’s Advice on Healing: A Soulful Animated Poem About Getting to the Other Side of Heartbreak
beyondthe globby flapof blame and past the mono-sulk of pain. “Love your heart. For this is the prize,” Toni…
Journal of the History of Philosophy 2020 Best Article Prize
(via Deborah Boyle) The Journal of the History of Philosophy has announced that the winner of…
Facebook accidentally blocks own page during Australian news takedown – CNET
James Martin/CNET Get the latest tech stories with CNET Daily News every weekday. Facebook’s page in…
Road to Survival: Empowering Wisdom the Forgotten Book That Shaped the Modern Environmental Movement
He saw in this heartbreak a miniature of the whole — the intricate interlacing of creaturely…
Andreas Teuber (1942-2021)
Professor Teuber started at Brandeis in 1985. He earned his Ph.D. and B.A. from Harvard University….
Perseverance rover will arrive at Mars with a bang: How NASA will listen – CNET
Fernando and colleagues calculated the signals that might be produced from the sonic boom and found…
Asking Authors about Interpretations of & Objections to Their Work
Dr. Baggini doesn’t mention this but if such conversations reduce the need for extensive “ground clearing”…
Stunning Celestial Art from the 1750 Astronomy Book That First Described the Spiral Shape of the Milky Way and Dared Imagine the Existence of Other Galaxies
In 1750, Wright self-published his visionary and verbosely titled book An Original Theory or New Hypothesis…
To φ Or Not To φ
Other Daily Nous Comics / More Info About DN Comics Tanya Kostochka on Twitter The post To φ…
Scientists discover backward star, spinning in the opposite direction to its planets – CNET
Albrecht and his colleagues believe that, given this system has three stars, “gravitational torques from companion…
Robeyns Wins AcademieKus Award from Dutch Education Labor Union
In an interview, Professor Robeyns says: The post Robeyns Wins AcademieKus Award from Dutch Education Labor…