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Twitter faced some criticism last year after some users noticed that its image cropping algorithm appeared to show bias, with a preference of showing images of white people. In a new post on Twitter’s official blog, the company admitted that its algorithm was indeed biased, and shared its analysis of its image cropping algorithm CNN reports. Software engineering […]
Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical advisor to President Biden, fears that many Americans are “misinterpreting” the most recent update to the CDC’s guidance on wearing masks. Speaking with Mike Allen for Axios this week, Fauci stressed the importance of fully reading and absorbing the guidance, noting that the most recent update was meant to signify […]
One half of the so-called “Ken and Karen” Republican couple, surely most known for being photographed while pointing guns at protesters in 2020, has announced a Senate run. On Tuesday, St. Louis attorney Mark McCloskey—the rifle-brandishing “Ken” of the infamous couple—announced his Senate run during an appearance on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show. “All we hear […]
The New York attorney general’s office has announced that it is expanding its investigation into the Trump Organization to see if any crimes were committed, CNN reports. It was also announced that the New York attorney general’s office will be working with the Manhattan district attorney’s office in the probe. A civil investigation into the Trump Organization […]
During an interview on ABC’s This Week on Sunday, Republican Representative Liz Cheney suggested that another attempted insurrection against the government could happen. “I think there’s no question,” Cheney said, when asked if an attack similar to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot could occur again. “We’ve now seen the consequences. We’ve seen how far President Trump […]
Joel Greenberg, an associate of GOP Congressman Matt Gaetz, has pleaded guilty to sex trafficking of a child. The 37-year-old politician was arrested and charged last year with 33 federal crimes stemming from his time as a Florida tax official. The Huffington Post reports Greenberg pleaded guilty to six of those charges—including aggravated identity theft, wire fraud, and […]
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s recent “verbal assault” on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez could result in an investigation by the Ethics Committee. During a press conference, Pelosi referenced the incident, saying that Greene had engaged in “verbal assault” and “abuse.” The incident, reported on by the Washington Post on Wednesday, occurred outside […]
Body camera footage released Wednesday night shows a D.C. cop being attacked during the fatal Capitol riot, which occurred during the final month of Trump’s presidency. The footage was released during an episode of CNN Tonight With Don Lemon, with the host providing some context for the footage—noting that the video comes from DC Metropolitan […]
The Food and Drug Administration has granted emergency use authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for people in the United States between the ages of 12 and 15 years old, CNN reports. An advisory committee for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is scheduled to meet Wednesday to review the data provided by Pfizer, […]
The Biden administration is restoring health care protections for transgender people. On Monday, per the Associated Press, President Biden announced that the Department of Health and Human Services had again affirmed that federal laws against sex discrimination also protected gay and transgender Americans. During the Trump era, notably, the previous administration had insisted on the […]
