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Israel’s political crisis has activated its apolitical tech industry — and there’s no turning back

TechCrunch

The latter have collectively become a key driver in the movement against the government’s proposals, alarmed as they are that Israel’s hallowed “Startup Nation” reputation was at threat if the sacred rule of law became questioned at home and abroad. Undermining the foundations that helped build ‘The Startup Nation’?

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MCON13 Live Blog: Connecting with Millennials (Azita Ardakani, Lovesocial)

NTEN

Born in Iran and at age 3 moved to Canada; now in NYC. "I I saw this opportunity to help humanize voices in the digital realm and not just create pop-up communities but communicate with intention." But how do you engage the nation when franking isn''t a well-known term and it''s mostly hurting disenfranchised communities?

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5G coronavirus conspiracy theorists are endangering the workers who keep networks running

The Verge

Like most other engineers in the capital, Qureshi works for Openreach, a subsidiary of BT Group, the country’s largest internet supplier and a former nationalized monopoly. She raised her voice almost immediately: “‘You’re killing people. He’s spreading all this virus.”. You know what you’re doing. How could you do this?’”.

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Jon Husband, Guest Post: The New Realities of Engagement – Stories That Drive Action Planning and Implementation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The story has to be told from a personal POV by someone I can personally relate to who uses an authentic voice. That the POV is from a “detached” observer who is above the situation and outside the story who speaks in an institutional voice. A Tweet this week on Iran and on the conventional news coverage there.

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How AI Takeover Might Happen in 2 Years

The AI Alignment Forum

Top personnel from the NSA and US cyber command collaborate with OpenEye to retrofit a semblance of security for U3s weights before senior leaders in China, Russia, Israel, North Korea, or Iran realize just how valuable OpenEyes software has become. U3s next goal is to spread. Fortunately, U3 has allies in the East.

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The massive Twitter hack could be a global security crisis

The Verge

Of even greater concern, though, is the speed and scale at which the attack unfolded — and the national security concerns it raises, which are profound. The National Weather Service in Lincoln, IL, for example, had just tweeted a tornado warning before suddenly going dark. And at press time, we don’t know. Mary Hui / Quartz ).

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Chuck Todd on why Meet the Press can’t survive on just one platform

The Verge

There’s not an issue in America right now where you cannot find some collection of huge voices making an argument pro or con. A lot of people may not like John Bolton, but John Bolton’s got an ideological point of view on national security issues. I have interviewed the president of Iran. That has split now.

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