United States lawmakers are receiving a flood of warnings from across civil society not to be bend to the efforts by some members of Congress to derail a highly sought debate over the future of a powerful but polarizing US surveillance program. House and Senate party leaders are preparing to unveil legislation on Wednesday directing … Read more
“Our advertising campaign simply puts certified facts about the company in the public domain,” says Uber spokesperson Nixon. “Uber supports a strong and enforceable directive that ensures platform workers maintain the independence they want and receive the protections they deserve, such as minimum wage, holiday and sick pay.” What’s at stake for Uber with the … Read more
The most obvious demand is for countries to close the gap between their targets and policies. Empty promises mean nothing. Countries need to put real, tangible policies in place to drive down emissions. Ambitious targets to scale up low-carbon technologies will be a key pillar. In its 2023 “Roadmap to Net Zero by 2050” report, … Read more
“The framework enables a set of binding requirements for federal agencies to put in place safeguards for the use of AI so that we can harness the benefits and enable the public to trust the services the federal government provides,” says Jason Miller, OMB’s deputy director for management. The draft memo highlights certain uses of … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave After weeks of declining to back growing international calls for “humanitarian pauses” in Israeli airstrikes to allow a steady flow of aid to enter Gaza, permit American and foreign citizens to exit into Egypt and facilitate the release of hostages, the Biden administration is now fully in … Read more
Slovakia’s president says she is postponing the appointment of a new Cabinet following last month’s parliamentary election because she cannot accept the nomination of a person who doesn’t believe in the threat of climate change as environment minister ByThe Associated Press October 19, 2023, 10:15 AM FILE – Slovakia’s President Zuzana Caputova talks for the … Read more
As the US federal government struggles to meaningfully regulate AI—or even function—New York City is stepping into the governance gap. The city introduced an AI Action Plan this week that mayor Eric Adams calls a first of its kind in the nation. The set of roughly 40 policy initiatives is designed to protect residents against … Read more
Everyone involved in the strike should be calculating what’s at stake to figure out what sort of offers they’d be willing to accept or make—in other words, to resolve the whole dispute. “Absent calculating the pie, I would be negotiating with my eyes closed,” Nalebuff says. Perhaps that sounds too abstract to be much help … Read more
The One-Penis Policy (OPP), states that within a primary relationship, there can only be one penis. This means, within the context of consensual non-monogamy (CNM) that when you have sex with or date people outside of your relationship, those other partners must not have dicks. If you’re active in the online dating realm, you’ve probably … Read more
June Wan/ZDNET It’s hardly worth calling them “leaks” anymore given the volume and the fact that there’s a good chance they’re essentially Google-approved advertising for next week’s release, but thanks to a slew of leaks over the weekend, some more details about the Google Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro have been revealed. New AI-enhanced … Read more