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YouTube recommendations serve up most videos viewers wish they’d never seen, study says
Joan E. Solsman | CNET.Com Troy Warren for CNT When YouTube viewers volunteered to report videos they regretted watching, 71% of them were recommended by YouTube's own algorithms, according to a Mozilla study. YouTube's almighty recommendations surfaced most of the videos that a crowdsourced army of volunteers said they regretted watching, according to a study released Wednesday by Mozilla based on "regret" reports from YouTubeusers. Of the videos people said they regretted, 71% were recommended by YouTube's artificial intelligence. YouTube also recommended people watch videos that it later removed for breaking its own rules, the report said, and videos that people regretted were…
Trump files lawsuits against Google, Facebook and Twitter
Erin Carson, Queenie Wong | CNET.Com Troy Warren for CNT After being banned earlier in the year, the former president is on the offensive. Former President Donald Trump said Wednesday he's filed lawsuits accusing Google, Facebook, Twitter and their CEOs of First Amendment violations for alleged censorship. The three lawsuits, which specifically name Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, come after Trump was banned from major social media platforms earlier this year. Facebook, Twitter and Google-owned YouTube booted Trump in the wake of the deadly US Capitol riot on Jan. 6, citing concerns that he would incite more…
Idea of 4-day workweek gains steam after ‘overwhelming success’ in Iceland
By ArLuther Lee, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for CNT Iceland tested a four-day workweek for several years that proved to be an “overwhelming success” as thousands of workers improved productivity while spending fewer hours on the job, according to results of the study published Sunday. The large-scale study, conducted between 2015 and 2019 in the Nordic island nation off the coast of Greenland in the Norwegian Sea, found “groundbreaking evidence for the efficacy of working time reduction.” About 2,500 workers were permitted to shorten their work week by a day and moved from a 40-hour week to a 35- or 36-hour week while…
Canada Eases Restrictions on Travel From the United States
PATRICK CLARKE | TravelPulse.Com Troy Warren for CNT Canada has begun the long-awaited process of easing restrictions on travel from the United States. As of July 5, Canadian citizens and permanent residents who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can bypass the country's 14-day quarantine requirement that's been in effect since the coronavirus pandemic was first declared back in March 2020. What's more, eligible air travelers no longer have to spend their first three days in the country at a government-approved hotel, the Associated Press confirmed. However, non-essential travel between Canada and the U.S. remains restricted until at least July 21.…
Presenting Car and Driver’s 2021 EV of the Year
BY ERIC TINGWALL | CarAndDriver.Com Troy Warren for CNT Foreshadowing a future when an electric vehicle's range is secondary to how it drives, the Ford Mustang Mach-E is our EV of the Year. If an automaker wanted to convert people from EV skeptics to EV evangelists, it's hard to imagine a better vehicle for the job than the Ford Mustang Mach-E. It arrives in the familiar shape and size of the crossovers Americans love, at a price that competes with gas-powered alternatives, and with a design that gets noticed. The Mach-E has the range and charging speed to wave off the most…
8 Items You Should Never Put in Your Compost Bin
By Rita Pelczar | BHG.Com Troy Warren for CNT Plus, a few surprising things you actually can add. Composting is a simple way to turn your kitchen and yard wastes into something useful for your garden. But not all of these materials are equally good to compost for one reason or another. For example, some food wastes will create an odor that may attract pests. And certain yard wastes can slow down or halt the decomposition process, which can be frustrating. Plus, you don't want to add anything that could harm you or your plants when you use the finished compost in your garden.…
Expert: Simplify your health goals to achieve success
By Cynthia Weiss, Mayo Clinic News Service Troy Warren for CNT Adjust your outlook to break the cycle of exercise and diet plans that aren’t sustainable DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am a mom of three kids under 10, and I have struggled with weight loss for years. I am challenged between family and work obligations to maintain a healthy lifestyle. I always start off strong, but then I get overwhelmed and stop. Last month, despite trying to eat right and working out daily, I gained weight after two weeks instead of losing it. And then if I miss several days at the…
Kaseya says 800 to 1,500 businesses hit by cyberattack
By The Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT The software company targeted by a holiday weekend ransomware attack said between 800 and 1,500 small businesses managed by its customers were compromised. Still, Kaseya says the cyberattack it experienced over the July Fourth holiday weekend was never a threat and had no impact on critical infrastructure. The Dublin-based company said Tuesday that it was alerted on July 2 to a potential attack by internal and external sources. It immediately shut down access to the software in question. The incident impacted about 50 Kaseya customers. Many of Kaseya’s customers are managed service…
Joey Chestnut Broke the Hot Dog Eating Record Again — Even as Technical Difficulties Kept Viewers From Seeing It
By Jelisa Castrodale | FoodAndWine.Com Troy Warren for CNT ESPN's live feed cut out in the midst of the July 4th feeding frenzy. There are a few traditions that you can count on every Fourth of July: a stranger will yell "America!" when you make eye contact with him, you'll half-watch your neighborhood's fireworks display because you're scrolling through Instagram pics of other neighborhoods' fireworks displays, and Joey Chestnut will eat more hot dogs in 10 minutes than most of us eat in a year. During this year's Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest, Chestnut broke his own record, downing 76…