Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Twitter all work with the far-left Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), according to a new report. According to the Daily Caller, Amazon gives the SPLC “broad policing power” over its Smile charity program, which allows customers on the platform to send 0.5 percent of their purchases to a charity of their choice.“Only one participant in the program, the SPLC, gets to determine which other groups are allowed to join it”, the Caller reported. As previously reported, Google also uses the far-left group as a “trusted flagger” to censor content on YouTube. The group is also a member of Twitter’s “Trust and Safety Council”, which advises the company on keeping “hate and harassment” off the platform. Facebook also confirmed to the Caller that they work with the SPLC, although a representative from the company emphasized that the platform’s definition of “hate speech” is … [Read more...] about Report: Amazon, Facebook, Google, Twitter All Work with Far-Left SPLC
Google Doodle honors Virginia Apgar
In the 1930s and 1940s, Dr. Virginia Apgar noticed something odd. Despite the US infant mortality rate decreasing overall, a high number of infants were still dying within 24 hours of birth.Part of the problem was that there was no standard of comparison for newborns; babies often went home with undiagnosed problems.Apgar challenged this practice and set the foundations of neonatology when she created the Apgar score in 1952, according to the US National Library of Medicine. The scoring system, which has since saved countless babies, evaluates newborns' health on five factors: heart rate, respiration, skin color, muscle tone, and reflexes.The test is conducted in the first five minutes after birth, allowing doctors to determine which babies need immediate care.Apgar even linked the scores to infant mortality; the lowest-scoring babies had a mortality rate of 14%, compared to 0.13% for the highest-scoring babies.The Apgar score was quickly adopted by hospitals across the US, and is … [Read more...] about Google Doodle honors Virginia Apgar
Who Was Georges Méliès? Google’s First VR Doodle Honors French Illusionist
Jun 07, 7:04 AM EDT Newsletter Signup BusinessTechnologyWorldNationalMedia & CultureOpinionSportsLuxury Media & Culture By Riddhima Kanetkar @rk_cule3 05/03/18 AT 5:10 AM Google unveiled its first virtual reality (VR) and 360-degree interactive doodle on Thursday to celebrate the anniversary of French illusionist and film director Georges Méliès’ silent film “À la conquête du pole” (The Conquest of the Pole) which was released on May 3, 1912. The doodle named “Back to the Moon” was made by Google Spotlight Stories, the company’s VR storytelling branch, Google Arts and Culture and Cinémathèque Française, a French film organization that holds one of the largest archives of film documents and film-related objects in the world. Born in Paris in December 1861, Méliès was known for his narratives and his technical development in the earliest days of cinema. Some even dub … [Read more...] about Who Was Georges Méliès? Google’s First VR Doodle Honors French Illusionist
Virginia Apgar Facts: Google Doodle Celebrates APGAR Score Founder’s 109th Birthday
Jun 07, 6:44 AM EDT Newsletter Signup BusinessTechnologyWorldNationalMedia & CultureOpinionSportsLuxury World By Pritha Paul @ZiggyZina143 06/07/18 AT 6:40 AM Google commemorated the 109th birth anniversary of Dr. Virginia Apgar, the American obstetrical anesthetist, who discovered the APGAR score, a series of quick steps to check the health of a baby moments after its birth. She was credited with reducing child mortality within the first 24 hours after birth.The doodle showed an anime-version of a smiling Apgar standing in front of various babies, taking notes on a clipboard as she conducted the APGAR test.Here are a few interesting facts to know about Apgar:1. Apgar originally wanted to become a surgeon after completing two years of a surgical internship at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, but due to the sexism prevalent in society at the time, she was urged by her male professors to pursue the newer and less prestigious field of … [Read more...] about Virginia Apgar Facts: Google Doodle Celebrates APGAR Score Founder’s 109th Birthday
Google slammed for flogging app on Google Play Store that wirelessly scans credit card details
GOOGLE has been slammed for flogging a smart phone app that lets people skim credit card details from strangers. Credit Card Reader NFC has been downloaded more than a million times on Google Play by would-be crooks across the world. A phone with the £5 app installed only needs to be quickly waved near somebody’s wallet or pocket to work. It siphons highly sensitive banking data including 16-digit long card numbers, expiry dates and lists of recent transactions. The phone takes information from contactless credit cards’ electronic chips. It cannot pick up the name of the cardholder and the three digit security code on the back. But many retailers including Amazon and Booking.com do not require either set of information – meaning fraudsters who skim cards are free to go on spending splurges. Online reviewers have blasted Google for allowing Credit Card Reader NFC to remain on sale. One said on the Google Play site: “Surely this app is extremely irresponsible … [Read more...] about Google slammed for flogging app on Google Play Store that wirelessly scans credit card details