A petition with over 350,000 signatures is calling on Pornhub to stop posting non-consensual videos and marketing them as “pornography.” Kate Isaacs writes via The Guardian: Pornhub’s argument that “extremists” are lobbying to shut them down is ridiculous. I’m non-religious, liberal and sex positive and in no way “anti-porn.” I started the #NotYourPorn campaign after a friend had her iCloud account…
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Are Tesla’s Cameras a Threat To Our Privacy?
“I love that my car recorded a hit-and-run on my behalf,” writes a technology columnist at the Washington Post. “Yet I’m scared we’re not ready for the ways cameras pointed inside and outside vehicles will change the open road…” Long-time Slashdot reader Strudelkugel shared the Post’s report:
It’s not just crashes that will be different. Once governments, companies and parents get their…
Teen born without half her brain has above average reading skills
An 18-year-old who was born without the left half of her brain scores well on IQ tests and plans to attend university, revealing our brain’s incredible adaptability Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24532693-800-teen-born-without-half-her-brain-has-above-average-reading-skills/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Why Teen Depression Rates Are Rising So Fast for Girls
We’re in the middle of a teen mental health crisis – and girls are at its epicenter. Source: https://www.livescience.com/teen-depression-rates-rising-girls.html
17-Year-Old Discovers a New Planet On the Third Day of His NASA Internship
17-year-old Wolf Cukier made a big discovery on the third day of his internship at a NASA space flight center last summer. Iwastheone quotes ABC News: Wolf Cukier, 17…was tasked with going through data on star brightness from the facility’s ongoing Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite mission or TESS. The Scarsdale High School senior was looking at a foreign system located 1,300…
FDA Bans Production, Sale of Fruit- and Mint-Flavored Vape Pods
In an attempt to curb teen vaping, the FDA has officially banned most fruit- and mint-flavored, cartridge-based vaping products. Companies that manufacture, sell and distribute such products have 30 days to comply. Engadget reports: The new restrictions make some important exceptions. First, they permit tobacco- and menthol-flavored goods. They also apply only to cartridge-based products, which the FDA says are easier…
Get ready for the ’20s!
“Anybody besides me notice that the past two decades have been nameless?” Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/get-ready-for-the-2020s-decade…
There Was an Alarming Rise in Marijuana Vaping Among Teens in 2019
The trend is all the more concerning in light of the recent outbreak of vaping-related lung illnesses. Source: https://www.livescience.com/teen-marijuana-vaping-2019.html
Plex Launches Free, Ad-Supported Video Service in 200-Plus Countries, Territories
Media center app maker Plex officially launched its ad-supported video service with movies and TV shows from MGM, Warner Bros., Lionsgate and Legendary Wednesday. The service will be available in more than 200 countries and territories, making it the first ad-supported video service with a nearly global reach. From a report: Getting the rights to launch in so many countries was…
Vaping May Cause a Rare Condition Known as ‘Popcorn Lung,’ New Case Report Suggests
A teen in Canada may be the first person to develop “popcorn lung” due to vaping, according to a new report. Source: https://www.livescience.com/vaping-popcorn-lung.html