“Twitter has shut down a network of sites dedicated to archiving deleted tweets from politicians around the world. The sites — collectively known as Politwoops — were overseen by the Open State Foundation (OSF), which reported that Twitter suspended their API access on Friday, August 21st.”
Read: Twitter shuts down 30 sites dedicated to saving politicians’ deleted tweets
“Rapper Wiz Khalifa was forced to the ground and handcuffed at Los Angeles international airport on Saturday after refusing to dismount his “hover board” — a self-balancing, two-wheeled scooter.”
Read: Wiz Khalifa forced to the floor and handcuffed for riding a ‘hoverboard’
“The $60.2 million that Straight Outta Compton made in its first weekend in the US and Canada was the kind of opening that turns Hollywood conventional wisdom on its ear. Sure, Compton, a biopic of influential gangsta rap group N.W.A., was likely to win the weekend.”
Read: Universal made more money than any movie studio ever this year — without a superhero movie
“Welcome to the second annual Verge Hack Week.”
“The Obama administration’s no-fly lists and broader watchlisting system is based on predicting crimes rather than relying on records of demonstrated offenses, the government has been forced to admit in court.”
Read: No-fly list uses ‘predictive assessments’ instead of hard evidence, US admits
“Watching a neural network trying to work out what it’s seeing in the opening credits of Star Trek: The Next Generation is both fascinating and kind of sad.”
Read: Watch a machine try to work out what’s in the Star Trek intro
“Arizona State University is addressing society’s dramatic changes in science, technology and innovation with a new school that will train students to take an active role in shaping a future they would want to inhabit.”
“The tech industry has a problem with women. Despite the industry’s rapid growth, the percentage of female workers has actually decreased, from 35 percent in 1990 to just 26 percent today.”
Read: Google X Roboticist Speaks Out on Tech’s Gender Crisis (Video)
“Marvel’s effort to encourage diversity on its pages is still going strong. Entertainment Weekly reports that the comics company now plans on launching a new title this fall that doesn’t star an already popular white superhero.”
Read: Marvel’s next female superhero is a little girl with a dinosaur
“Apple has released its second diversity report, showing small improvements in its hiring of women and minorities. Apple’s overall makeup has swayed by 1 percent in the past year, so that women now make up 31 percent of the company.”
Read: Tim Cook says Apple has ‘a lot more work’ to do on diversity