More than 170 attacks have been committed against politicians in the lead-up to the June elections. This violence has put campaigns under tension and is sowing doubts about governability in several regions. Specialists warn that the line between the Mexican state and organized crime is increasingly blurred...
A pro-Palestinian app created to help consumers boycott Israeli products has gained traction on TikTok amid calls in Hebrew-language media for Google to ban it....
Look up specifically what Admob, Crashlytics, and Firebase analytics track.
That’s the thing about data collection: its a lot of money to store. How are they funding the operation unless turning you into the product?
Are you referring to data on users, or data on the products this app tracks? The app doesn't need to store user data beyond what is required for it to function. Even if it stored such data, each user will only take up kilobytes to maybe a few megabytes because it's just text data.
As for the data on the products, by far the largest files would be images. The rest is just text data.
Standard Google Cloud Storage is $0.20/GB per month. There's no need for this app to store 16k+ photos, so the actual storage costs are negligible.
According to reports in several Israeli media, the United States is part of a last-ditch diplomatic effort to prevent the International Criminal Court from issuing arrest warrants against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials....
Trade groups claimed the state law is preempted by former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai's repeal of net neutrality rules. Pai's repeal placed ISPs under the more forgiving Title I regulatory framework instead of the common-carrier framework in Title II of the Communications Act....
It's not quite broadband speed, but it's pretty close and certainly enough for most internet usage.
I'm usually streaming games at 1080p to multiple chatrooms on a laptop with no issues.
It's definitely possible to have landline broadband at $15/month, but all the excess profits these people have been making are going to be used to protect more profits.
Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa had called for Lisbon to find ways to compensate its former colonies, including canceling debt. The government says it has not initiated any process to that effect....
Saddam Hussein, in an attempt to maintain legitimacy with conservative Islamic fundamentalists, brought in anti-woman legislation, such as the 1990 presidential decree granting immunity to men who had committed honour crimes.[123]: 202 However, despite Saddam’s appeals to the anti-women elements of Iraqi society, according to local NGOs, they concluded that “women were treated better during the Saddam Hussein era and their rights were more respected than they are now.”
It looks to me like this would've happened anyways, it was just a matter of time.
Did you think they were going to stop "attempting to maintain legitimacy with conservative Islamic fundamentalists" at any point?
1991 takes place after 1990, which is when Saddam "brought in anti-woman legislation, such as the 1990 presidential decree granting immunity to men who had committed honour crimes."
They started “attempting to maintain legitimacy with conservative Islamic fundamentalists” before the 1991 Gulf War, yet you think the 1991 Gulf War is what caused them to "maintain legitimacy with conservative Islamic fundamentalists”?
You also think that if it wasn't for a war that took place after they started "attempting to maintain legitimacy with conservative Islamic fundamentalists” that they would've magically stopped "attempting to maintain legitimacy with conservative Islamic fundamentalists.”
Thirty years after the end of apartheid, South Africa is looking back on a democratic but deeply divided society. Political divisions have fueled a growing disappointment with Nelson Mandela's liberation party, the ANC....
The women who came forward against Harvey Weinstein reacted with fury after the disgraced media mogul’s rape and sexual assault convictions were overturned by a New York appeals court on Thursday....
by allowing prosecutors to call witnesses whose allegations were not related to the charges at hand.
I don't understand. If the witnesses allegations "were not related to the charges at hand," then they shouldn't affect the outcome of the trial, right?
Who exactly gets to determine if witness allegations are related to the charges, anyways? Apparently not the jury! Lol.
Also, a 4 to 3 decision? Really doesn't look good for New York's "highest court." Seems like their palms were greased just enough to let this guy slide.
The law exists for rich people and only rich people.
I guess my issue is having some "higher authority" determine what evidence is relevant and what evidence is not relevant for jurors.
That should be for the jurors to decide. If a peer thinks that 80 women coming forth to testify that you raped them is relevant to their decision, then how can someone not on the jury just cancel them out?
Seems to me like a prosecutor bringing in their cousin to tell the jury he had an orange for breakfast is irrelevant, but that should be for each juror to decide for themselves. If the prosecution wants to waste time with irrelevant information, then that shouldn't help their case. If the information actually helps their case, then is it really irrelevant?
If the peers disagree with the judges, the judges win. At that point it's not a trial by your peers. It's a trial by judges.
I suppose it's also hilarious because "relevancy" is not something that can be measured or quantified. It's essentially just how much you can convince others that it's relevant or not.
Mexico is heading towards its most violent election ever, with 30 candidates murdered, 77 threatened and 11 kidnapped ( english.elpais.com )
More than 170 attacks have been committed against politicians in the lead-up to the June elections. This violence has put campaigns under tension and is sowing doubts about governability in several regions. Specialists warn that the line between the Mexican state and organized crime is increasingly blurred...
Promoted on TikTok, ‘No Thanks’ boycott app targets products tied to Israel ( www.timesofisrael.com )
A pro-Palestinian app created to help consumers boycott Israeli products has gained traction on TikTok amid calls in Hebrew-language media for Google to ban it....
Israel, US said working to prevent ICC arrest warrant against Netanyahu ( www.timesofisrael.com )
According to reports in several Israeli media, the United States is part of a last-ditch diplomatic effort to prevent the International Criminal Court from issuing arrest warrants against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials....
Court upholds New York law that says ISPs must offer $15 broadband ( arstechnica.com )
Trade groups claimed the state law is preempted by former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai's repeal of net neutrality rules. Pai's repeal placed ISPs under the more forgiving Title I regulatory framework instead of the common-carrier framework in Title II of the Communications Act....
Kristi Noem defends killing her own puppy ( www.motherjones.com )
Portugal says no plans to pay colonial reparations ( www.dw.com )
Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa had called for Lisbon to find ways to compensate its former colonies, including canceling debt. The government says it has not initiated any process to that effect....
Iraq makes same-sex relations punishable by up to 15 years in jail ( www.theguardian.com )
Amendments to anti-prostitution law also enable courts to sentence trans people to three years in prison...
Mexico's likely next president would be its first leader with a Jewish background and first female elected ( apnews.com )
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Why people are boycotting Asus all of a sudden? Asus outrage explained ( youtu.be )
30 years on, South Africa's dream of unity lies shattered ( www.dw.com )
Thirty years after the end of apartheid, South Africa is looking back on a democratic but deeply divided society. Political divisions have fueled a growing disappointment with Nelson Mandela's liberation party, the ANC....
Mount Fuji: Iconic view to be blocked to deter tourists ( www.bbc.com )
Weinstein victims’ fury as rape conviction overturned as Bragg commits to retry case ( www.independent.co.uk )
The women who came forward against Harvey Weinstein reacted with fury after the disgraced media mogul’s rape and sexual assault convictions were overturned by a New York appeals court on Thursday....