The Morning After: Senator calls for an end to 'Big Tech's failure of self-regulation'
Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts is calling on Congress to pass new legislation to curb tech companies after Twitter boss Elon Musk ignored a request for information. "Elon Musk was able to respond to my tweets but did not respond to my letter by yesterday's deadline and did not answer basic Twitter verification questions," Markey tweeted on Saturday.
>The senator sent a letter on Nov. 11 regarding Twitter's paid account verification feature. After the initial rollout, trolls could impersonate celebrities, politicians, and corporate brand accounts, with the latter leading to real-world effects on stock prices.
Musk answered one of Markey's questions when he announced Twitter's new verification system on Friday. It will feature manual authentication and different color ticks for different types of users. "Gold check for businesses, gray check for government, blue for individuals (celebrity or not) and all verified accounts will be manually authenticated prior to check activation," Musk said. He also said that registrations have reached an all-time high.
– Mat Smith
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The FCC has announced that it is officially enforcing the Secure Equipment Act, which means that certain future equipment from Huawei, ZTE, Hytera, Hikvision and Dahua will not be authorized for sale in the United States. Existing equipment from these companies, all listed on the FCC's Covered List, is not affected by the law. Last year, the Biden administration signed into law the Secure Equipment Act, which sought to block authorization of network licenses from several Chinese companies whose equipment has been deemed a threat to national security.
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The capsule traveled farther than any spacecraft designed to carry humans before.
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The Artemis 1 Orion crew vehicle has set a record for a NASA flight. On Saturday, Orion flew further than any spacecraft designed to carry human astronauts before, surpassing the previous record set by Apollo 13 in 1970 — not that that was the mission's purpose. Oddly enough, it's fitting that Artemis 1 was the only one to do this. As Space.com points out, the original Apollo 13 flight plan did not call for a record flight. It was only after a mid-mission explosion forced NASA to chart a new return route that Apollo 13's Odyssey command module set the previous record at 248,655 miles (400,171 kilometers). of the Earth.
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You can read over 15,000 letters from the pioneer of evolutionary science.The University of Cambridge has published all of the evolutionary scientist's surviving correspondence online, including 400 letters that have surfaced or recently been "reinterpreted". The searchable collection now spans more than 1...
Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts is calling on Congress to pass new legislation to curb tech companies after Twitter boss Elon Musk ignored a request for information. "Elon Musk was able to respond to my tweets but did not respond to my letter by yesterday's deadline and did not answer basic Twitter verification questions," Markey tweeted on Saturday.
>The senator sent a letter on Nov. 11 regarding Twitter's paid account verification feature. After the initial rollout, trolls could impersonate celebrities, politicians, and corporate brand accounts, with the latter leading to real-world effects on stock prices.
Musk answered one of Markey's questions when he announced Twitter's new verification system on Friday. It will feature manual authentication and different color ticks for different types of users. "Gold check for businesses, gray check for government, blue for individuals (celebrity or not) and all verified accounts will be manually authenticated prior to check activation," Musk said. He also said that registrations have reached an all-time high.
– Mat Smith
The Morning After isn't just a newsletter - it's also a daily podcast. Receive our daily audio briefings, Monday through Friday, by subscribing here.
The greatest stories you could have missed The agency is implementing the rules of the Secure Equipment Act 2021.< p>Getty Pictures
The FCC has announced that it is officially enforcing the Secure Equipment Act, which means that certain future equipment from Huawei, ZTE, Hytera, Hikvision and Dahua will not be authorized for sale in the United States. Existing equipment from these companies, all listed on the FCC's Covered List, is not affected by the law. Last year, the Biden administration signed into law the Secure Equipment Act, which sought to block authorization of network licenses from several Chinese companies whose equipment has been deemed a threat to national security.
Continue reading.
The capsule traveled farther than any spacecraft designed to carry humans before.NASA
The Artemis 1 Orion crew vehicle has set a record for a NASA flight. On Saturday, Orion flew further than any spacecraft designed to carry human astronauts before, surpassing the previous record set by Apollo 13 in 1970 — not that that was the mission's purpose. Oddly enough, it's fitting that Artemis 1 was the only one to do this. As Space.com points out, the original Apollo 13 flight plan did not call for a record flight. It was only after a mid-mission explosion forced NASA to chart a new return route that Apollo 13's Odyssey command module set the previous record at 248,655 miles (400,171 kilometers). of the Earth.
Continue reading.
You can read over 15,000 letters from the pioneer of evolutionary science.The University of Cambridge has published all of the evolutionary scientist's surviving correspondence online, including 400 letters that have surfaced or recently been "reinterpreted". The searchable collection now spans more than 1...
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