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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/01/sports-betting-regulation-gambling-addiction ‘We’re killing the youth of America’: calls grow for crackdown on US gambling Worries that gambling addiction has spiked in the US as legal sports betting booms have led to calls for increased...

https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2023-11-17/massachusetts-becomes-fifth-state-in-nation-to-make-prison-calls-free Massachusetts becomes fifth state in nation to make prison calls free A prison inmate makes a phone call at the York Community Reintegration Center on May 24, 2016 in Niantic...

https://newrepublic.com/article/176854/republican-red-states-brain-drain Timothy Noah/ November 22, 2023 SMART MOVES The Red State Brain Drain Isn’t Coming. It’s Happening Right Now. As conservative states wage total culture war, college-educated workers—physicians, teachers, professors...

https://www.fastcompany.com/90985257/you-shouldnt-be-driving-over-100-mph-and-your-car-shouldnt-let-you 11-18-23 You shouldn’t be driving over 100 mph—and your car shouldn’t let you The NTSB recommended that automakers be required to install technology to prevent reckless speeding...

https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxj7wq/getting-rid-of-gas-stoves-could-lead-to-mass-renovictions-advocates-say Getting Rid of Gas Stoves Could Lead to Mass Renovictions, Advocates Say Decarbonizing California's housing stock could have some serious unintended consequences for renters. RA By...

https://wpde.com/news/nation-world/nikki-haley-vows-to-abolish-anonymous-social-media-accounts-its-a-national-security-threat-tik-tok-twitter-x-facebook-instagram-republican-presidential-candidate-hawley-hochul Nikki Haley vows to abolish anonymous social media accounts: 'It's a national...

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-64973186 China's matchmaking mums have a powerful ally: The Party Published 1 day ago IMAGE SOURCE,GETTY IMAGES Image caption, Young Chinese are turning away from traditional choices like marriage and children By Fan Wang BBC News, Singapore Chen...

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/02/world/asia/china-communist-party-xi-women.html China’s Male Leaders Signal to Women That Their Place Is in the Home The Communist Party’s solution to the country’s demographic crisis and a slowing economy is to push women back into traditional roles...

https://www.aol.com/china-removes-anonymity-bloggers-accounts-105017632.html China removes anonymity of bloggers' accounts with more than 500,000 followers October 31, 2023 at 8:22 AM BEIJING (Reuters) - China's most popular social media platforms on Tuesday announced that "self-media"...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-tech-that-s-radically-reimagining-the-public-sphere/ar-AA1jcNQ1?cvid=56ca26aeefc04244fcad37107c69db83&ei=9 The Tech That’s Radically Reimagining the Public Sphere Story by Jesse Barron • 28m The Tech That’s Radically Reimagining the Public Sphere©...

https://www.businessinsider.com/sam-altman-and-demis-hassabis-just-want-to-control-ai-2023-10 AI one-percenters seizing power forever is the real doomsday scenario, warns AI godfatherHasan Chowdhury Oct 30, 2023, 10:11 AM EDT AI godfather Yann LeCun has fired shots at notable AI leaders...

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/30/biden-unveils-us-governments-first-ever-ai-executive-order.html TECH Biden issues U.S.′ first AI executive order, requiring safety assessments, civil rights guidance, research on labor market impact PUBLISHED MON, OCT 30 20235:17 AM EDTUPDATED 2 HOURS AGO Hayden...

https://www.thecity.nyc/2023/10/16/adams-taps-ai-robocalls-languages-he-doesnt-speak/ Tongue Twisted: Adams Taps AI to Make City Robocalls in Languages He Doesn’t Speak New York City law requires public documents and announcements be made available in a wide range of languages, but the mayor’s...

https://www.wired.com/story/united-nations-igf-saudi-arabia-russia/ JUSTIN LING SECURITY OCT 11, 2023 7:00 AM The UN Risks Normalizing Internet Censorship The United Nations' top internet governance body will allegedly host its next two annual meetings in countries known for repressive...

https://blog.eladgil.com/p/ai-regulation AI Regulation There have been multiple call to regulate AI. It is too early to do so. ELAD GIL SEP 17, 2023 [While I was finalizing this post, Bill Gurley gave this great talk on incumbent capture and regulation]. ChatGPT has only been live for ~9...

https://www.wbur.org/news/2023/08/24/healey-massachusetts-massreconnect-higher-education-cost-free-students Community college is now free for Mass. residents 25 and older. Millions qualify August 24, 2023 Max Larkin Gov. Maura Healey wants to get the word out: Attending community college is...

https://time.com/6303701/a-rape-in-mississippi/ She Wasn't Able to Get an Abortion. Now She's a Mom. Soon She'll Start 7th Grade. Ashley in Clarksdale, Miss., Aug. 1, 2023. Lucy Garrett for TIME BY BY CHARLOTTE ALTER/CLARKSDALE, MISS. AUGUST 14, 2023 6:00 AM EDT Ashley just had a baby...

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/08/rural-montana-housing-crisis-supply/674950/ The Anti-California How Montana performed a housing miracle By Annie Lowrey Justin Sullivan / Getty AUGUST 9, 2023, 11:02 AM ET This article was featured in One Story to Read Today, a newsletter in...

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/08/rural-montana-housing-crisis-supply/674950/ The Anti-California How Montana performed a housing miracle By Annie Lowrey Justin Sullivan / Getty AUGUST 9, 2023, 11:02 AM ET This article was featured in One Story to Read Today, a newsletter in...

https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/texas-argues-fetus-doesn-t-right-life-new-18292079.php A prison guard says she was forced to stay at her post during labor pains. Texas is fighting compensation for her stillbirth. The seven-months-pregnant officer reported contraction-like...