There’s a Bigger Difference Between 6 and 10 Than You Think
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. What the hell? This is exactly what it looks like. A large research university decided to switch its teaching evaluation surveys from a 10-point scale to a 6-point scale. In most fields, this made little difference. But in fields that are traditionally male-dominated, the enormous…
Lawmakers Want Facebook to Stop Spying on Minors
Facebook was collecting the data of teenagers through an application that avoided Apple review.Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The day after Tech Crunch revealed that Facebook paid minors to monitor their phone usage, lawmakers are demanding that Facebook stop collecting data on teenagers. “It is inherently manipulative…
Yes, There’s Yet Another Story About Facebook and Privacy
Ron Sachs/CNP/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Last night I read a story at TechCrunch about a research project run by Facebook. Long story short, they used an Apple program that allows unapproved iPhone apps to be released internally to employees, and instead used it to release an app…
At 13, Alysa Liu Could be the Dazzling Future of American Figure Skating
Alysa Liu during her free skate at the 2019 US Figure Skating Championships in Detroit, Michigan. Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire/AP Before Alysa Liu, only three American women were able to land a triple axel—one of the most difficult skating moves—in a national competition. Last week, Liu became the first to land two in one program. At 13,…
Foxconn Drops US Manufacturing Plans
The Foxconn site last year, when President Trump was taking credit for the entire thing.Brian Cassella/TNS via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Remember that huge factory Foxconn was going to build in Wisconsin? The one that Scott Walker and Donald Trump were so excited about? The one that got…
No One Likes the State of the Union Address. So Why Bother?
Mother Jones illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The annual State of the Union address: What exactly is the point? On the one hand, Nancy Pelosi’s Shutdown Smackdown put President Donald Trump in a corner by threatening to deny all that attention and adulation during a prime-time slot. On the…