Feb 23
The GOP’s response to the crisis in Ukraine is fractured as former President Trump heaps praise on Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Feb 23
A security flaw was discovered in Samsung phones in the Galaxy series dating back several years, with (thankfully) no evidence of active hacker exploitation.
Feb 23
Kia made a deal with Electrify America to give owners of the 2022 Kia EV6 a significant amount of free charge at specified E.A. power stations.
Feb 23
Researchers publish a study which shows evidence that humans lives may flash before their eyes as they transition to death, similar to “near death” experiences.
Feb 23
New Book Claims to Have Identified the Hacker Behind a Massive $11 Billion Crypto Theft
Posted in: Today's ChiliIn 2016, a massive heist shook the crypto world. Someone robbed The DAO—an early, Ethereum-based, decentralized autonomous organization. The DAO was supposed to be a “revolutionary” entity that showed all the promise that the crypto industry had to offer, but, instead, it became an early warning about the industry’s…
Feb 23
They Did the Thing
Posted in: Today's ChiliHey, remember in Spider-Man: No Way Home, when they did the Thing? Well, they did the Thing again in a clearer, more convenient form for all your Thing-based posting needs. But you’ll finally get a chance to own the first version of the Thing when No Way Home gets its home release next month.
Feb 23
Law enforcement’s use of facial recognition technology during investigations has blossomed in recent years thanks in no small part to a booming surveillance industry built on the back of an ever-expanding buffet of publicly available biometric data. The limits on where and how that technology can be used though remain…
Feb 23
Sea ice around Antarctica has dropped to the lowest level in more than 40 years, according to satellite data from the National Snow and Ice Data Center.
Feb 23
Spotify has released the first episodes of a new audio format it’s calling the “bookcast” with help from Dolly Parton and James Patterson. The pair co-wrote a novel titled Run, Rose, Run, which has been blended with an original soundtrack written, recorded and produced by Parton.
The bookcast format brings together audio storytelling with sound elements and original music. Spotify says it delivers “an immersive listening experience.”
Run, Rose, Run tells the story of a musician who moves to Nashville to chase her dream of making it in the music industry. Her songs are inspired by a “brutal secret” that threatens to thwart her plans.
You’ll be able to listen to the bookcast on Spotify for free. The first two episodes are out now, featuring excerpts from the book set to Parton’s music. More episodes will arrive over the next couple of weeks, with the last six landing on March 7th, the same day the novel is released. Parton will release the soundtrack on March 4th, and the firsttwo songs are available now.
The bookcast, which comes from a pair of hugely popular creatives, emerges in the wake of some notable artists pulling their music from Spotify. Neil Young and Joni Mitchell both removed their work from the platform after the former accused the company of allowing Joe Rogan to spread harmful misinformation on his podcast. Brené Brown paused new episodes of her Spotify-exclusive podcasts, while film director Ava DuVernay this month ended her podcast deal with the company before producing any shows for Spotify.
It’s possible the bookcast was in the works long before the Rogan controversy blew up, so it doesn’t entirely seem to be a case of damage control. However, if Spotify’s looking to build up some goodwill, it could go far worse than recruiting Parton and Patterson.
Feb 23
Keturah Herron, an activist and former ACLU strategist, helped pass Kentucky’s “Breonna’s law,” which limited the use of no-knock warrants.
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