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The Shame Machine: Who Profits In The New Age Of Humiliation

We discuss the public shaming on social media, where one tweet or post can make you the subject of humiliation by millions of people and end your career in an instant.

Air Date: April 19, 2022 10:00 am

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Terrence Floyd, brother of George Floyd, is working with the organization Confront Art to release 9,000 non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, on mintNFT.com on April 15 in a campaign to raise funds for various charities. Here, he speaks at the unveiling of sculptures of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and the late Rep. John Lewis in New York City on Sept. 30, 2021.
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9,000 digital art NFTs are being released to raise funds in George Floyd’s memory

In the fight to get justice for his brother's murder, Terrence Floyd has turned to the unlikeliest corners to do just that: NFTs — or non-fungible tokens.

4 years ago

Tesla Elon Musk speaks at the Tesla Giga Texas manufacturing
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Money

Elon Musk is offering to buy Twitter for $43 billion in cash

Musk's offer comes after the Tesla and SpaceX CEO became Twitter's largest shareholder. Musk says he will unlock Twitter's potential.

4 years ago

A young visitor experiences
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Community

Museums turn to immersive tech to preserve the stories of aging Holocaust survivors

Artificial intelligence and virtual reality are among the cutting-edge tools employed by the USC Shoah Foundation and Illinois Holocaust Museum.

4 years ago

Cellist Ajibola Rivers performs with members of the Philadelphia Orchestra
Arts & Entertainment

Philadelphia Orchestra has new collaborator: artificial intelligence

A white monolith shares the stage with the Orchestra, exploding with 3D imagery generated in real time by an AI classical music lover.

4 years ago

A Comcast van is pictured on a Philly street
Community

Comcast and federal programs provide low-cost or free internet to families with low income

Comcast is increasing the internet speed available through its existing affordable program. Tying it to a new federal program can mean free internet for eligible households.

4 years ago

Elon Musk speaks during a news conference at SpaceX's Starbase facility near Boca Chica Village in South Texas on Feb. 10. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)
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Twitter is working on an edit feature and says it didn’t need Musk’s help to do it

News broke this week that Musk had taken a 9% stake in the company, becoming its single largest shareholder.

4 years ago

Close-up of Elon Musk speaking at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition March 9, 2020 in Washington.
Money

Elon Musk joins Twitter board after amassing massive stake

Elon Musk is joining Twitter’s board of directors, one day after it was disclosed that the Tesla CEO took a 9% stake in the social media platform.

4 years ago

An illustration of Philly City Hall is overlayed with bitcoin
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Billy Penn

Impossible to track and sensitive to inflation: Philly ends talks about CityCoin cryptocurrency

Technologists say there are plenty of improvements to be made, but are concerned the group is resistant to change.

4 years ago

In this May 28, 2019, photo, Mark D'Amico stands during his arraignment to charges including theft by deception at Burlington County Superior Court in Mount Holly, N.J. D'Amico, who conspired with his former girlfriend to cook up a feel-good story about a helpful homeless man and then used the lie to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations online has been sentenced in federal court. D’Amico received a 27-month term on Friday, April 1, 2022
Courts & Law

N.J. man in GoFundMe scam gets 27-month federal prison sentence

Prosecutors say Mark D'Amico, his ex-girlfriend and a homeless veteran concocted a scheme about the vet giving the woman $20 when her car ran out of gas in Philadelphia.

4 years ago

File photo: In this March 13, 2019, photo, a student re-images a laptop in a school computer lab (Carolyn Thompson/AP Photo)
Community

Work to close Delaware’s ‘digital divide’ now underway

More than 11,000 homes and businesses that until now have not had wired, high-speed service will get access to a minimum of 100 megabits per second download speeds.

4 years ago

This image made available by NASA shows an illustration of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). Scheduled for an April 2018 launch, the spacecraft will prowl for planets around the closest, brightest stars. These newfound worlds eventually will become prime targets for future telescopes looking to tease out any signs of life
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Science

There are more than 5,000 confirmed planets beyond our solar system, NASA says

These so-called exoplanets include rocky worlds similar in size to Earth, gas giants larger than Jupiter and even"'mini-Neptunes."

4 years ago

U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser for Cyber and Emerging Technology Anne Neuberger warned companies that the Russian government could be preparing to launch cyberattacks. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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Community

The U.S. warns companies to stay on guard for possible Russian cyberattacks

The White House is warning companies that Russia could be planning to launch cyberattacks against critical U.S. infrastructure.

4 years ago

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Science

How the way we eliminate toxic PFAS from water also takes an environmental toll

Granular activated carbon is most effective at absorbing PFAS, but it contributes to the carbon footprint — a conundrum scientists want to solve.

4 years ago

FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2015, file photo, actor Daniel Craig poses for the media as he arrives for the German premiere of the James Bond movie 'Spectre' in Berlin, Germany. Amazon, on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, is buying MGM, the movie and TV studio behind James Bond, “Legally Blonde” and “Shark Tank,” with the hopes of filling its video streaming service with more stuff to watch
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Arts & Entertainment

Amazon buys MGM in a multibillion-dollar deal

MGM is the film and television studio behind iconic films like the James Bond franchise, Rocky and The Silence of the Lambs.

4 years ago

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