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Some of the most powerful conservative judges in the United States took collective aim Wednesday at the idea that homeless people with nowhere else to go have a right to sleep in public, excoriating their liberal colleagues for ruling as much.Their scathing comments came in a set of responses to a decision Wednesday by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals not to rehear a case in which a smaller three-judge panel affirmed such rights in September.In their responses, the court’s conservative wing painted a dystopian…

Over half a dozen companies including Paytm, Bharat Matrimony, Shaadi.com, Match Group (which owns Tinder), ShareChat, and Spotify have written to the Committee on Digital Competition Law (CDCL), saying they don’t agree with apex internet industry association’s submission on the digital competition bill.Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) had submitted its views to the CDCL opposing the prescription of ex-ante regulations for digital companies, saying that ex-ante measures “may limit growth not only of the…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new study analyzing online search terms used every day by millions of Russians suggests that—contrary to official data from Russian polling agencies—the invasion of Ukraine did not lead to a national "war rally" in happiness and life satisfaction among the Russian population. In fact, levels of…

SAN FRANCISCO — When Apple held a corporate retreat in California’s Carmel Valley about five years ago to discuss its next major product, Jony Ive, its longtime design chief, captivated a room of the company’s 100 top executives with a concept video as polished as an Apple commercial. The video showed a man in a London taxi donning an augmented reality headset and calling his wife in San Francisco. “Would you like to come to London?” he asked, two people who saw the video said. Soon, the couple were sharing the sights of…

The impressive feature debut from actor turned director Manuela Martelli, 1976 is an elegantly circumspect Spanish-language drama set against the backdrop of Pinochet-era Chile. Carmen (Aline Küppenheim) is a chic older woman whose marriage to a doctor has afforded her an enviably sheltered lifestyle. Her primary concern when we meet her is choosing exactly the right paint colour for the renovations on her summer home. But then the local priest persuades her to care for a wounded radical, Elías (Nicolás Sepúlveda), and…

Tesla won’t tolerate any dissent against Elon Musk as it fired two employees over what it considered an “attack,” according to NLRB complaints. Earlier this year, SpaceX fired several employees who were drafting an internal letter to let the company’s leadership know that Musk’s behavior is “a frequent source of distraction and embarrassment.” The fired employees are fighting back in a labor complaint. Now Tesla is finding itself in a similar situation according to new complaints filed…

An unflinching chronicle of the pro-democracy protests that sent shock waves through Hong Kong in 2019, Choi Ka Yan and Lee Hiu Ling’s vital, politically urgent documentary witnesses the fight for freedom from the frontline. Dynamically structured around personal testimonials, the film gives voice to the activists who dared to brave the clouds of teargas.Mounted in response to a highly controversial plan from the Hong Kong government that would allow for extradition to mainland China, the demonstrations escalated in scale…

Photo: STRF/STAR MAX/IPx (AP)An anonymous whistleblower tip sent to Facebook last year contains a slew of accusations mirroring many of those found in an ongoing federal lawsuit facing Meta and OnlyFans. The anonymous tip, according to a copy provided to Gizmodo, was submitted more than six months before the lawsuit began.The report, which makes allegations of bribery and deferential treatment toward OnlyFans content, was sent to Meta’s investigations team in Washington D.C. in August 2021 by a person claiming to work…

Sandeep Ravindranath, an Indian filmmaker, posted his latest work to YouTube in May. The video, a nine-minute fictional drama with no dialogue titled Anthem for Kashmir, depicts a young political activist on the lam from authorities. Indian viewers likely picked up on its numerous references to alleged extrajudicial murders in the heavily militarised province, which India and Pakistan have contested for decades. In late June, YouTube sent Ravindranath a note saying a government entity had complained about the film. The…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Public primary schools were created by states to reinforce obedience among the masses and maintain social order, rather than serve as a tool for upward social mobility, suggests a study from the University of California San Diego. …