Monthly Archives: August 2022

Meet the Ukrainian woman using porn and gambling sites to tell Russians the truth about Putin’s war with Ukraine

Anastasia Baydachenko takes on Putin’s censorship using porn and gambling sites. Getty Images/Anastasya Baydachenko A Ukrainian woman uses porn and gambling sites to tell the truth about Putin’s war in Ukraine. Anatasiya Baydachenko, CEO of Ukraine’s IAB, says the blocking rates on these sites are lower.  Index on Censorship editor-in-chief says you must “throw everything…

Alabama town votes to disband police department after officers’ racist texts surface online

Residents call for Vincent Police Officers to be fired after racist texts surface online. WBRC Fox 6 News Vincent City Council voted to dissolve its police department on Thursday.  The decision came after racist text messages between officers circulated on social media.  “This has torn this community apart. It doesn’t matter what color we are…

Taliban officials in Afghanistan ‘beat girls just for smiling and talking too loud,’ report says

School girls hold Taliban flags during a ceremony to mark the start of the academic year at a primary school in Kandahar on March 24, 2022. While the Taliban has allowed primary school-age girls to resume their education, they have banned secondary school-age girls from coming back to school. AVED TANVEER/AFP via Getty Images) A…

Trump easily wins the CPAC 2024 White House straw poll with 69% of the vote, with DeSantis coming in second at 24%

Former President Donald Trump applauds upon arrival at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas, Texas, on Saturday. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Trump was the choice of 69% of CPAC attendees to become the 2024 Republican presidential nominee. DeSantis, who has emerged as a potential 2024 contender, came in second place,…

Hitting the Books: How much that insurance monitoring discount might really be costing you

Machine learning systems have for years now been besting their human counterparts at everything from Go and Jeopardy! to drug discovery and cancer detection. With all the advances that the field has made, it’s not unheard of for people to be wary of robots replacing them in tomorrow’s workforce. These concerns are misplaced, argues Gerd…

The most futuristic tech gadgets you’ll want to buy someday

Do you love tech that takes you 100+ years into the future? We’re talking about gadgets with space-age designs and mind-blowing capabilities—like delivery robots and holographic desk displays. They’re some of the most futuristic tech gadgets right now, and you’ll want to buy them someday. Related: 20 Gadgets under $20—the best tech gadgets to buy…