Sinclair's new media-bashing promos rankle local anchors
"This is so manipulative." That's an anchor at a local TV station owned by Sinclair, describing the company's latest mandate, a promotional campaign that sounds like pro-Trump propaganda.
March 2018
Nearly one-in-five Americans now listen to audiobooks (Pew Research Center)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 03/08/2018 - 11:12The Army’s costly quest for the perfect radio continues (Ars Technica)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 03/08/2018 - 11:12Meet the Campaign Connecting Affluent Techies with Progressive Candidates Around the Country (The Verge)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 03/08/2018 - 10:51DHS Needs to Take Urgent Action to Identify Its Position and Critical Skill Requirements (Government Accountability Office)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 03/08/2018 - 10:48
This is What The White House Science And Tech Office Has Been Up To
President Donald Trump has yet to name a director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy but that doesn’t mean the office hasn’t been working on the administration’s tech priorities. The office released a rundown of the Administration’s tech achievements to date in which OSTP staff had a hand, touching on: artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, education, government technology, health tech, and space exploration.
Daily Digest 3/8/2018
Submitted by benton on Thu, 03/08/2018 - 10:20The Obama Administration’s proposal to mandate a vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication system in all new cars is reportedly on life support at the more deregulatory Trump Department of Transportation (DOT). A V2V signaling mandate has been criticized as outdated, costly, and lengthy; it could take 20 years or more to become fully effective.
The agenda at this meeting will feature a report from each of the ACDDE Working Groups.