The Progressive Case for a TikTok Sale
When the United States demanded in early August that TikTok be sold to American owners by this weekend, the backlash was vocal, loud, and widespread. Some felt the US had broken its commitment to internet freedoms, and become more like China or Saudi Arabia. Others saw it as President Trump’s personal revenge against an app …
Google Drive will start permanently deleting trashed files sooner Google Drive
Google Drive users should probably check their trashcans for any important files as Google has announced that its cloud storage service will soon automatically deleted files stored there after 30 days. Up until now, the service would keep files in the trash indefinitely unless users manually opened the trash and chose to delete them forever. …
New Binance-Backed DeFi Site Lets You Earn Yield on Bitcoin, Other Non-Ethereum Assets
Kava Labs has launched its first application: a yield-generating decentralized finance (DeFi) platform for bitcoin and other non-Ethereum assets. social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Last four members of Iannelli gambling operation sentenced
Each of the four, described in court as minor players in the sports betting and numbers running operation, were admitted into the Accelerated …
Amazon to hold informational job sessions for new Memphis fulfillment center
Lockwood said candidates must pass a drug test and a criminal background check will be run, but a past criminal history won't immediately disqualify … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Dune Is a Hard Book to Adapt
Expectations for the new Dune movie from director Denis Villeneuve are sky-high after the release of a promising first trailer earlier this month. But anyone who’s seen the David Lynch version from 1984 knows that Dune is a hard book to adapt. Science fiction author Rajan Khanna notes that the Lynch film struggles to balance …
Cloudflare will use the Internet Archive to boost redundancy null
Cloudflare is now working with the Internet Archive to make the web more reliable by displaying cached copies of webpages from the nonprofit’s Wayback Machine when sites go down. According to the director of the WayBack Machine Mark Graham, the Wayback Machine will now store snapshots of websites enrolled in the CDN provider’s Always Online …
Gambling advocates raise awareness during Responsible Gaming Education Week
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Advocates are raising awareness about the risks of gambling and the resources available to Ohioans struggling with it.