Every major console now comes with the ability to zoom in, a critical feature for many users.Source: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/7xg9bx/nintendo-updates-the-switch-with-a-critical-feature-for-visually-impaired-gamers…
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9 Hobbies as Alternative Methods to Boost Creativity and Health
Sofia Adamson – Study says certain ‘behavioral pursuits’ can lead to happiness, reduce boredom and stress, and even improve heart rate. Source: https://www.wakingtimes.com/2019/04/17/9-hobbies-as-alternative-methods-to-boost-creativity-and-health/…
Google Pulls TikTok From Play Store in India Following Court Order
Google has pulled popular video app TikTok from the Play Store in India following a local court’s direction, stoking fear among some activists that this could set a dangerous precedent. From a report: TikTok, which has amassed over 120 million monthly active users in India, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. TikTok, operated by Chinese conglomerate Bytedance,…
Pete Buttigieg, Barack Obama, and the psychology of liberalism
Buttigieg is going for the “hope and change” voters. There was a word missing from the speech Pete Buttigieg gave in South Bend, Indiana, announcing his presidential campaign. It’s a word you heard twice in Bernie Sanders’s and Beto O’Rourke’s announcement speeches, nine times in Cory Booker’s, 21 times in Kirsten Gillibrand’s, 23 times in… Continue reading Pete Buttigieg, Barack Obama, and the psychology of liberalism
Twitter Removed Links to News Stories That Mentioned Leaked TV Shows
Starz used the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to force Twitter to kill tweets about its leaked episodes of ‘American Gods.’ Source: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/j5wxak/twitter-removed-links-to-news-stories-that-mentioned-leaked-tv-shows…
Buddha Buzz Weekly: S. N. Goenka Re-remembered
A belated remembrance for S. N. Goenka, Texas responds to religious equality order for Buddhists by penalizing Christians and Muslims, and Sri Lanka arrests a novelist over story with gay clergy. Tricycle looks back at the events of this week in the Buddhist world.
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Overcoming the Robotic Mind
Julian Rose, Contributor Waking Times “To get from the passenger seat to the driving seat is a momentous act.” Need I say it, extraordinary things are going on all over this World, and it turns out that having to resort to a survival formula in order to cope with them, is not necessarily the best… Continue reading Overcoming the Robotic Mind
When technology can read minds, how will we protect our privacy? | Nita Farahany
Tech that can decode your brain activity and reveal what you’re thinking and feeling is on the horizon, says legal scholar and ethicist Nita Farahany. What will it mean for our already violated sense of privacy? In a cautionary talk, Farahany warns of a society where people are arrested for merely thinking about committing a crime (like in “Minority Report”)…