Facebook Suspends 200 Apps That May Have Misused Users’ Data
Maciej Luczniewski/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Facebook announced Monday that 200 apps have been suspended from its service as part of its review of how third parties use Facebook users’ personal information. The suspensions come as Facebook wades through thousands of programs designed for its platform…
Why Is Europe So Afraid of Fighting Back Against Trump?
Jeff Malet/Newscom via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. John Bolton went on TV yesterday to make it clear that the United States will sanction European companies that continue to do business with Iran. In response, Europe expressed their very slight annoyance over this: European officials have said they are…
With Each Pharma-Funded Meal, Doctors’ Opioid Prescriptions Rise
SARINYAPINNGAM/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Amid a spiraling overdose epidemic, opioid prescribing is still on the rise for a small subset of physicians: those who receive funding from opioid manufacturers. That’s according to a research letter published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The study combined two datasets:…
Israel Kills Dozens of Protesters as Trump’s Family Celebrates New Jerusalem Embassy
Sebastian Scheiner/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As Israeli forces killed dozens of Palestinians protesting the opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem on Monday, President Donald Trump published a video message commemorating what he hailed as a long overdue and “historic” move to officially recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s “true”…
Big Cities and High Rents: A Roundup
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. For the past couple of weeks I’ve been posting bits and pieces of data related to urban density. This morning I want to tie it all together in a single post and offer a few thoughts. This is not some Olympian pronouncement about What Needs…
Hinds’ Noisier, Messier Second Album Is Punk Perfection
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. HindsI Don’t RunMom + Pop While lots of young bands struggle to record a strong followup to a promising debut, the women of the Spanish quartet Hinds take a big leap forward on I Don’t Run. Although the recipe is essentially the same as before—jangly,…