If companies like OceanGate, SpaceX, or Virgin Galactic – who sell thrills to the super wealthy for exorbitant sums – want to engage in this, then they should bear some of the responsibility.
It’s that time of the year for something truly wonderful: FediVision, the Fediverse’s annual music contest, is back, and accepting submissions from May 5th to May 12th....
Former President Donald Trump made sexual comments about his daughter Ivanka that were so lewd he was rebuked by his Chief of Staff, former Trump official Miles Taylor writes in a new book.The comments are used by Taylor to highlight almost daily instances of sexism in the Trump White House that wer...
Recently, Bridgy Fed launched a public-facing version of their integration between Bluesky and the Fediverse. The service is still in beta, and there are a few quirks, but bridged Bluesky and Fediverse accounts can now follow each other....
The touch screen pullback is the result of consumer backlash, not the enactment of overdue regulations or an awakening of corporate responsibility. Many drivers want buttons, not screens, and they’ve given carmakers an earful about it. Auto executives have long brushed aside safety concerns about their complex displays—and...
The prospect of making the Fediverse more secure is an ongoing topic, with a number of developers, privacy advocates, and user communities weighing in on how to do it. On Tuesday evening, ActivityPub spec co-author Evan Prodromou announced that he and Tom Coates have received a grant to develop end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for...
At this year's FediForum one of the breakout sessions centred around the Theadiverse, the subset of ActivityPub-enabled applications built around a group-centric model of content representation....
NodeBB is at this year's FediForum, and one of the breakout sessions centred around the Theadiverse, the subset of ActivityPub-enabled applications built around a topic-centric model of content representation....
Lead poisoning has a far greater impact on global health than previously thought, potentially contributing to over five million deaths a year and posing a similar threat to air pollution, modeling research suggested Tuesday.