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Category Archives: News and politics
Police seizure of Chinese scholar and critic raises new fear of academic repression in Hong Kong
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-police-seizure-of-chinese-scholar-and-critic-raises-new-fear-of/ Can the international community do anything more than condemn this? They can start by reducing their dependency on imports from and exports to China. Build new and better trading relationships with countries that follow and support international law and … Continue reading
New Hong Kong security law allows Beijing to go after critics well beyond China’s borders
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-new-hong-kong-security-law-allows-beijing-to-go-after-critics-well/ Related Canada halts extraditions, military exports with Hong Kong over China’s national security law https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-canada-takes-action-over-chinas-national-security-law-for-hong-kong/
Posted in Canada, civil rights, democracy, freedom of speech, international, justice, law, News and politics
Tagged Beijing, Canada, China, democracy, extradition, Hongkong, national security bill, protesting
Photo or Image Resize, Reduce, Batch
Here is and easy way to batch resize photos and share on at least android. Some people prefer to avoid social misledia which is probably a good idea or want to reduce bandwidth or online storage use. Some mobile photo … Continue reading
Posted in Computers and Internet, News and politics, social media
Tagged batch, crop, email, image, photo, process, resize, share
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As electric vehicles gain popularity, questions arise over how to recycle growing number of used batteries
As electric vehicles gain popularity, questions arise over how to recycle growing number of used batteries https://www.theglobeandmail.com/drive/technology/article-as-electric-vehicles-gain-popularity-questions-arise-over-how-to/
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AI Bot Experiments
Here is some stories about AI bot experiments. The first three are from 2016 or 2017 but you may still find them interesting. I like many fell for misinformation about the first one that spread by word of mouth or … Continue reading
Posted in Computers and Internet, News and politics, social media
Tagged aggressive, ai, artificial intelligence, bot, experiments, false, greedy, misinformation, racist, robot, shutdown, social media
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EU Antitrust: Commission opens investigations into Apple’s App Store rules
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_20_1073 Last week, European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager opened a formal investigation into whether the App Store was harming competition by acting as a “gatekeeper” for third-party apps, some of which rival Apple’s own services. That investigation was launched a … Continue reading
Posted in Computers and Internet, News and politics
Tagged 3rd party, antitrust, Apple, apps, EU, European Competition Commissioner, gatekeeper
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Which side of the political fence?
Here is another example of some of the antics on social misleadia. This is like stats, where some people spin them how ever they want to suit their needs even if it is misleading and divisive. It is followerd by … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, News and politics
Tagged Conservative, Democrat, distortions, divisive, falsehoods, left, Liberal, lies, misleading, politics, Republican, right, social media, social misleadia
New study suggests drinking guidelines be reduced to maximum one a day
New study suggests drinking guidelines for alcohol be reduced to maximum one a day https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-new-study-suggests-drinking-guidelines-be-reduced-to-maximum-one-a-day/
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Tagged alcohol, Canada, cancer, consumption, guidelines, reduce, risks
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