Audi will bis Ende 2020 drei Elektroautos auf den Markt bringen. Alle sollen unter dem gemeinsamen Namen E-Tron vermarktet werden, den Audi bisher für Hybridfahrzeuge und ein Supercar nutzt. (Audi, GreenIT)
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Werden Roboter zerstört oder getötet? Was denken Sie, wenn Sie sich nackt vor einen Roboter stellen? Empfinden Sie Scham? In Aarhus wird derzeit über diese Fragen diskutiert.
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Abgesehen von der Blockchain findet die Europäische Zentralbank wenig Gutes an Kryptowährungen. Sie stellt sich voll hinter einen Vorschlag der EU-Kommission, der eine zentrale Datenbank für Nutzer von Kryptogeld-Börsen vorsieht.
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A graph from the ADL's study showing spikes in anti-Semitic harassment on Twitter.
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Harassment and abuse on Twitter is rampant. In recent years, the platform has become a primary destination for trolls and hate groups. And as the election season reaches its final stretch, the social network can feel increasingly toxic to women and minority groups. Today, a recently published report by the Anti-Defamation League offers some hard data that suggests Twitter is growing more and more anti-Semitic and increasingly hostile toward journalists.
The report — which spans nearly one year from August 2015 to July 2016 — monitored the anti-Semitic targeting of journalists throughout the current Presidential race. The study found roughly 2.6 million anti-Semitic tweets, creating more than 10 billion impressions across the web. Of those tweets, 19,253 were directed at journalists.
“The words that show up most in the bios of Twitter users sending anti-Semitic tweets to journalists are &039;Trump,&039; &039;nationalist,&039; &039;conservative,&039; &039;American&039; and &039;white.&039;”
The ADL report shows that during the study&039;s time frame, at least 800 journalists were the target of an anti-Semitic tweet. Distribution was far from even, with the top 10 most targeted journalists receiving 83% of the abusive, anti-Semitic tweets. According to the ADL, the harassment it charted was carried out largely by a vocal minority. The report found that just 1,600 Twitter accounts generated 68% of the anti-Semitic tweets aimed at journalists during this time period.
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The report was commissioned by the ADL after a series of conversations with journalists who&039;d noted an uptick in anti-Semitic harassment on Twitter. “Historically this kind of bigotry is not tolerated in the mainstream, but we were really starting to hear a pattern from journalists about a growing hate taking place on Twitter specifically,” Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO and National Director of the ADL, told BuzzFeed News. “50 years ago, people were saying this sort of stuff while hiding behind white hoods — now they&039;re hiding behind smartphones and keyboards.”
Most concerning to the ADL is the chilling effect hate speech targeted at journalists might have on the freedom to report and investigate. “We&039;re hearing from some journalists that they&039;re self-censoring and not writing particular stories for fear of repercussion of harassment,” Greenblatt said, noting that roughly 60 percent of the anti-Semitic abuse came in direct replies to journalists&039; tweets. “We&039;ve also heard from journalists considering leaving the profession because of the degree of invective, which they didn’t see as part of their job description.”
According to the report, the increase in anti-Semitic abuse toward journalists corresponds with mounting toxicity of the Presidential race, and provides “evidence that a considerable number of the anti-Semitic tweets targeting journalists originate with people identifying themselves as Trump supporters, &039;conservatives&039; or extreme right-wing elements.”
The ADL&039;s report explicitly cautions that its findings do not imply that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump or the conservative party have endorsed hate speech. That said, a number of identifying factors suggest the current presidential election has inspired an increase in anti-Semitic abuse on Twitter. “The words that show up most in the bios of Twitter users sending anti-Semitic tweets to journalists are &039;Trump,&039; &039;nationalist,&039; &039;conservative,&039; &039;American&039; and &039;white,&039;” the ADL explains. The report shows spikes in anti-Jewish invective on Twitter during key moments in the election, like on February 29, 2016, when Trump initially refused to disavow the Ku Klux Klan.
The release of the ADL report comes as criticism of the mainstream media has taken on a markedly darker tone in recent weeks. Over the weekend, Trump repeatedly accused the media of rigging the election against him. And last week, a CNN reporter expressed his anxiety after he found a sign at a Florida rally that said “MEDIA” with a Swastika next to it. “We&039;re already seeing this spread into the real world and mainstreaming in a way we’ve never seen in our over-100-year history as an organization,” Greenblatt said.
According to the ADL, of the 1,600 Twitter accounts the group found to be most abusive, 21% were suspended during the course of its study. Greenblatt told BuzzFeed News that the ADL is in constant communication with Twitter and other big tech companies (last year it worked with Twitter and others on best practices for responding to cyber hate), and suggested that, considering journalists are doxxed, swatted, and threatened on a regular basis, there&039;s a great deal of work to be done.
“This is not just an ADL problem or a Twitter problem. It’s everyone’s problem,” Greenblatt said.
The ADL plans to issue a set of recommendations for curbing anti-Semitic abuse on Twitter in November. In the meantime, the micro-blogging service will no doubt turn a closer eye to its problem with harassment; this week multiple reports suggested that both Salesforce and Disney opted not to pursue acquisition bids for Twitter, citing worries about trolls and abuse.
Quelle: <a href="Anti-Defamation League Study Shows “Significant Uptick” In Anti-Semitic Twitter Abuse“>BuzzFeed
Glassdoor is putting its trove of user-reported salary data to use with a new tool that estimates an employee’s “market value.” Called Know Your Worth, the tool relies on a combination of personal information — including location, industry, education level, and years of experience — as well as the local demand for labor. It then spits out an estimated dollar amount workers can reasonably expect to earn at that moment in a given market.
The tool, which is available in beta as of Tuesday night, is powered by several million salary reports and over four million job postings, is supposed to give Glassdoor users a sense of where they stand in comparison to peers with similar levels of experience.
It also compares this figure to average pay for people in your position, and provides a chart showing how market value for workers of your experience in your location has changed over time.
BuzzFeed News calculated market value for a small group of people contacted via Twitter and Facebook prior to the tool’s beta release.
“I know I’m underpaid,” said a 26-year-old project manager working for a tech company in New York City. She earns a base salary of $95,000 a year, but Know Your Worth suggested her market value was more like $108,000. Though the tool only confirmed suspicions she already had, it could serve another purpose, she said. “I would definitely bring this into a negotiation.”
In Chicago, a project manager at a startup also making $95,000 a year echoed her sentiment, saying he plans to bring this Glassdoor data into a salary negotiation later this week. “It's always a bit unsettling to see it presented so badly: You are making less money than you should be. That being said, I knew I was a bit below market,” he said. “Seeing it just output like that with only a comparatively small amount of information needed from me is pretty neat!”
Others were more surprised by the results they received. According to Glassdoor, a 26-year-old male software engineer at Uber in San Francisco with two years of experience and a bachelor’s degree from Stanford is worth more than $140,000 a year. Given these results, an engineer who is actually making $128,000 a year said he “knew the base salary was less than market, but that is a more substantial difference than I expected.” He, too, said the data from Glassdoor could play a role in future salary negotiations.
Know Your Worth was less helpful for those in less straightforwardly corporate jobs For example, a microbiologist with a doctorate working for the USDA in the Bay Area and earning $70,000 a year was surprised to find his market value was actually lower than what the government was paying him. “I had figured I was more underpaid in order to work on what I value. But it turns out, I&039;m not worth shit,” he said. “I know if I left my research job to do strictly data stuff, I&039;d be worth much more.”
Other highly educated workers felt Glassdoor’s tool underestimated their potential earnings. For example, according to Glassdoor, a thirty-year-old public defender with a law degree from Harvard earning $60,000 a year in the Bronx, has a market value of around $108,000. But she says the tool wasn’t as useful as word of mouth. Plenty of the lawyers she graduated with are already making $160,000, she said, which she knows “because in law school, all everyone talks about is the starting salary at law firms.”
Glassdoor’s new tool was also ineffective for people who aren’t traditionally employed. For example, a 35-year-old Marriage and Family Therapist who charges clients $150 an hour in a private practice was unable to get any results from Know Your Worth. Glassdoor said that the tool should work for someone who is self-employed, but did say, for now, it won’t work for a freelancer who works multiple jobs for multiple employers. “Our goal in future iterations of the tool is to take into account even more information to help all people and give them even more personal information,” said Corporate Communications Director Scott Doboroski via email.
Of course, Know Your Worth is only as strong as the data Glassdoor receives, which means people in certain jobs might not be able to get an accurate quote. The company says its data set is constantly being updated, and that those who don’t find it useful can still make sense of the more basic Salary Explorer feature.
Glassdoor says know your worth will continue to learn over time as new data enters the system, and employees can sign up for regular updates as conditions develop.
Quelle: <a href="Here&039;s How Much You Should Actually Earn (According To Glassdoor)“>BuzzFeed
You can now record configuration changes to your S3 buckets with AWS Config. The detailed bucket configuration recorded by AWS Config includes the bucket policy, Access Control List (ACL), lifecycle configuration, Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) configuration and more. Review our documentation to get a full list of bucket attributes recorded by AWS Config. AWS Config provides a complete history of configuration changes for your bucket. With AWS Config, you can dive deep into how your bucket was configured at any point in time. For example, you can use the configuration history provided by AWS Config to determine how your bucket’s policy or ACL changed over time.
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Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta included Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Apple CEO Tim Cook in a list of possible vice presidential candidates, according to an email released Tuesday by WikiLeaks.
Podesta said in the March 2016 email that he organized the possible candidates into “food groups.” The candidates with careers in politics—the bigger portion of the group—were largely grouped by their ethnicities, but the tech executives were among a group of prominent businesspeople that included Starbucks CEO Howard Shultz, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation co-founder Melinda Gates, Michael Bloomberg, and Xerox CEO Ursula Burns. Senator Bernie Sanders was at the bottom of the list in a “food group” all his own.
Over the past several days, Wikileaks has released emails from the account of John Podesta, the Clinton campaign chairman. The US government, in a statement last week, blamed Russia for a series of hacks on Democratic Party officials, stating, “the recent disclosures of alleged hacked e-mails on sites like DCLeaks.com and WikiLeaks and by the Guccifer 2.0 online persona are consistent with the methods and motivations of Russian-directed efforts.”
The full text of the email is below:
Quelle: <a href="Clinton Camp Considered Tim Cook, Bill Gates For Veep“>BuzzFeed
After all US airlines banned passengers from bringing the recalled Galaxy Note7 phone on planes, Samsung has installed stations in high-traffic airports where Note7 owners can turn in their phones for a refund or replacement.
Samsung recalled the Note7 after reports of the phones' batteries smoking and exploding, most notably on a Southwest Airlines flight that was forced to land. Last week, the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Transportation warned that passengers who attempt to sneak phones onto planes could face criminal charges.
A Samsung spokesperson said that the booths would be at “some of the most frequently visited airports around the country,” but it did not provide a list. Passengers at less highly trafficked airports have been forced to throw away their Note7s, according to ABC News. According to the Verge, Samsung has set up booths in Australia, South Korea, and the US.
In a prepared statement, Samsung recommended that Note7 owners visit local carriers to exchange the phone or obtain a refund before traveling. A spokesperson said airport reps are for “last-minute travel support.”
A Samsung representative on the recall hotline did not have an estimate for how many phones had been returned at airports thus far. She said that Samsung was operating at the “top 20 American airlines with a minimum of five representatives per airport.” She also said that Samsung would recommend that customers take the full refund for the Note7 rather than “downgrade to the Galaxy S7 or S7 Edge.” Many wireless carriers are offering exchanges.
Samsung released the Note7 in August 2016. But after nearly 100 reports that the smartphone was overheating and exploding, the company issued a recall for the 1.9 million phones sold and offered replacements in conjunction with the US Consumer Product Safety Commission. Consumers then reported that these replacements were overheating as well—one of the replacements even grounded a Southwest Airlines flight. The CPSC and Samsung then recalled all replacement phones, prompting the Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration to ban the phone from all flights. Experts estimate that there are still one million Note7s in circulation and that many owners are ignoring the recall warnings.
Here&039;s the Samsung&039;s spokesperson&039;s statement in full:
“All Galaxy Note7 owners should visit their local carrier or retail store and participate in the U.S. Note7 Refund and Exchange Program immediately and before traveling. We are coordinating with various partners to communicate the U.S. Department of Transportation’s recent order to ban all Galaxy Note7 devices in carry-on and checked baggage on flights across multiple touch-points. We are providing support to Galaxy Note7 owners by exchanging their devices or refunding them in a wide range of places, including at some of the most frequently visited airports around the country. These on-site reps are there to help customers with last minute travel support and can be located by calling the Galaxy Note7 hotline at 1-844-365-6197. But we urge all Galaxy Note7 owners to exchange their device or obtain a refund before they arrive at their airport. We know this is an inconvenience to our customers but their safety has to remain our top priority.”
Quelle: <a href="Samsung Is Setting Up Galaxy Note7 Recall Stations In Airports“>BuzzFeed
Today we are announcing two new features for Amazon Aurora, AWS Lambda Integration and Direct Data Load into Aurora Database Tables from Amazon S3.
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Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa
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Two weeks before Julian Assange accused the Ecuadorian government of cutting his access to the internet, the country's president made a surprise endorsement — casting his lot with Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
Assange, who has been living in the Ecuadorian embassy in London since 2012, has been using his Wikileaks site to publish thousands of hacked emails, most recently from the email of Hillary Clinton&039;s campaign chief John Podesta. The White House has said that at least some of the emails, those from the Democratic National Committee, were obtained by Russian state hackers.
On Monday, Wikileaks said on Twitter that Ecuador cut off Assange&039;s access to the internet over the weekend, “shortly after publication of Clinton&039;s Goldman Sachs speeches.”
Shortly after, Wikileaks alleged that US Secretary of State John Kerry had asked Ecuador to stop Assange from publishing Clinton documents. (An op-ed published Tuesday on state-run outlet Russia Today followed suit, suggesting a “potential US cyberattack” had taken down Assange&039;s internet.)
In a statement, State Department spokesperson John Kirby denied the allegations. “Reports that Secretary Kerry had conversations with Ecuadorian officials about this are simply untrue,” Kirby said in a statement to BuzzFeed News. “Period.”
Some have accused Assange of actively agitating against Clinton, including releasing his own medical records shortly after Clinton fell ill at a September 11th memorial ceremony.
The common thread between Wikileaks&039; possible connection with Russian hackers and Russian President Vladimir Putin&039;s clear preference for Republican nominee Donald Trump have also raised eyebrows. Assange has refused to reveal his sources.
But in a little-noticed Sept. 30 interview, Ecuador&039;s President, Rafael Correa, told Russia Today&039;s Spanish-language outlet that an electoral win for Clinton would be preferable for the US and the world.
“I want Hillary, whom I know and appreciate greatly, to win,” Correa said.
He went on to say, however, that Latin America “would be better off with Trump. When did progressive governments get to power [in Latin America]?… With Obama or with Bush?”
Julian Assange
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The US-educated leader&039;s relationship with the United States has been strained for years. This summer, Correa accused the CIA of financing opposition politicians in Ecuador. In 2009, he ordered the withdrawal of US troops from a military base in the coastal city of Manta. The decision to host Assange in 2012 did not help matters.
An employee at the Ecuadorian embassy in London said authorities in Ecuador had instructed them to tell journalists that they would not answer questions and to refer them to a press release. Foreign Ministry authorities “ratify that the protection given [to Assange] by the Ecuadorian State will continue while the circumstances that led to the granting of asylum remain,” the release said.
Ecuadorian Ambassador Carlos Abad Ortiz did not reply to a request for comment on what was the cause of the internet outage at the embassy.
Quelle: <a href="Ecuador&039;s President Endorsed Clinton Ahead Of Julian Assange Losing His Internet“>BuzzFeed
