July 14, 2024 Control your actions by doing this one thing in the moment We can’t control our feelings. But we can control our actions. By taking responsibility for our behavior, we can bring our attitudes and emotions into line. BY Yonason Goldson Scenario number one: You’re walking across your front lawn when you hear the clatter of … Continue reading Control your actions by doing this one thing in the moment
New York is about to give parents more control over their kids’ social media feeds It would also require parental permission for late-night notifications. karissa bell Tue, Jun 4, 2024 Matt Cardy via Getty Images New York is poised to pass a law that will bar social media platforms from showing algorithmic feeds … Continue reading New York is about to give parents more control over their kids’ social media feeds
May 06, 2024 A lawsuit against Meta wants to give users an external tool to control their Facebook feed A University of Massachusetts professor is behind the lawsuit and wants to release the browser extension. BY Associated Press Do social media users have the right to control what they see—or don’t see—on their feeds? A … Continue reading A lawsuit against Meta wants to give users an external tool to control their Facebook feed
By Stephanie Vozza February 08, 2024 When it comes to job interviews, the hiring manager is in the driver’s seat. They ask the questions and make the decisions. But candidates aren’t simply passengers in the process. It’s possible and appropriate to take control in several situations. “Taking control in a job interview can help … Continue reading How candidates can take control in an interview
Patreon overhauls its platform with free content and more creator control The company also launched a redesigned app and chat rooms for communities. Will Shanklin Updated Wed, Oct 4, 2023 Patreon Patreon announced a rebranding of its platform through a series of updates on Wednesday. New features give creators more personalization and control while … Continue reading Patreon overhauls its platform with free content and more creator control
By Wilfred Chan May 05, 2023 AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton, a 75-year-old computer scientist known as “the Godfather of AI,” has made waves this week after resigning from Google to warn that AI could soon surpass humans in intelligence and learn how to destroy humanity on its own. But Hinton’s warnings, while dire, … Continue reading Researcher Meredith Whittaker says AI’s biggest risk isn’t ‘consciousness’—it’s the corporations that control them
By Jeremy Caplan April 24, 2023 This article is republished with permission from Wonder Tools, a newsletter that helps you discover the most useful sites and apps. Subscribe here. Inboxes refill relentlessly. Many of us spend more than 10 hours a week on email. Read on for ways to make your inbox a … Continue reading 9 tools to get your inbox under control
By Jennifer Alsever February 24, 2023 Tech companies laid off more than 108,000 people in the past two months, amid an economy marked by severe labor shortages that for the past two years put employees firmly in the driver’s seat. Now some workers speculate that the job cuts could be a veiled power grab … Continue reading Tech layoffs: Are they a necessary evil or a control tactic for bosses to regain power?
Elon Musk Suggests Independents Vote Republican For Control Of Congress by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, November 7, 2022 If comedian Kathy Griffin didn’t impersonate Twitter CEO Elon Musk this past weekend, misleading people on the social network to believe he would vote Democrat in Tuesday’s election, the general public might not know his political views. Some … Continue reading Elon Musk Suggests Independents Vote Republican For Control Of Congress
By Anne Toomey McKenna August 25, 2022 Data privacy in the U.S. is, in many ways, a legal void. While there are limited protections for health and financial data, the cradle of the world’s largest tech companies, like Apple, Amazon, Google, and Meta (Facebook), lacks any comprehensive federal data privacy law. This leaves U.S. … Continue reading A bipartisan data privacy bill would give you more control over the information collected about you
