May 31
HuffPost Reporter Chris Mathias Arrested While Peacefully Covering NYC Anti-Racism Protest
Posted in: Today's ChiliMathias, who was wearing a press badge, was covering protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
May 31
D.C.Police wore tactical gear as they, along with the D.C. National Guard, blockaded protesters.
May 31
“He didn’t give me the opportunity to even speak,” Philonise Floyd said.
May 31
European Union Leaders Urge U.S. to Reconsider Its Decision to Withdraw From the WHO
Posted in: Today's ChiliEuropean Union leaders on Saturday urged the U.S. to reconsider withdrawing from the World Health Organization (WHO) and stated that “global cooperation and solidarity through multilateral efforts” are the only effective and viable ways to win the battle against coronavirus.
May 31
OnePlus will no longer release McLaren editions of its phones in the future. The phonemaker and the British auto manufacturer have ended their partnership, a McLaren spokesperson has confirmed to Android Authority after reports about their split came…
May 31
Large swaths of people came out in North Carolina, Philadelphia and Salt Lake City,
May 31
D.C. Mayor Calls Trump’s Comments About ‘Vicious Dogs’ An ‘Attack On Black America’
Posted in: Today's ChiliThe president’s tweet about White House protesters evoked images of segregationist violence, Mayor Muriel Bowser said.
May 31
‘Sign in with Apple’ is potentially more private than other login options, but it apparently included a serious security flaw. Researcher Bhavuk Jain recently received a $100,000 bug bounty for discovering (via Hacker News) a flaw in the sign-in serv…
May 31
Sen. Ted Cruz Says Allowing Iranian Leaders to Have Twitter Accounts Is Possibly Criminal
Posted in: Today's ChiliU.S. Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is urging the federal government to open a criminal investigation into Twitter for allowing Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Javad Zarif, the Iranian foreign minister, to have accounts on the social media platform. Cruz argues that Twitter’s actions possibly violate…
May 31
Workforce automation is about to cost dozens of news contractors their jobs. The Seattle Times and The Guardian report that Microsoft is letting go of dozens of news contractors (about 50 in the US, 27 in the UK) after June 30th due to a shift to AI…
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