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Trump promised the ‘largest deportation operation.’ He brought chaos to American streets – The Independent
Trump promised the ‘largest deportation operation.’ He brought chaos to American streets The president’s campaign to arrest and deport thousands of immigrants has turned cities run by his political enemies into conflict zones, Alex Woodward reports Sunday 18 January 2026 08:06 EST Nearly one year after returning to the White House with a promise to…
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Our Phones Are Wrecking Our Attention Span; Here’s What to Do About It – ELLE Canada Magazine – Beauty, Fashion and Lifestyle Trends & Celebrity News
Health & Fitness Our Phones Are Wrecking Our Attention Span; Here’s What to Do About It Anna Lembke, addiction expert and author of Dopamine Nation, calls smartphones “modern-day hypodermic needles,” as they deliver digital dopamine 24-7 and make users vulnerable to compulsive use. Is a “dopamine detox” the key to breaking the habit? by :…
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Libraries Use Cloud and Other Tech to Reimagine Traditional Services | EdTech Magazine
From cloud services to smart assistants, campus libraries are rewriting the book on innovation. “A few years ago, for example, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte’s J. Murrey Atkins Library moved all its infrastructure to Amazon Web Services. It has never looked back, says Bob Price, the library’s associate dean of technology and digital…
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The Open Library Now Faces The National Writers Union
After the UK’s Society of Authors asked the Open Library to stop making its scanned books available to people in the UK, the US’ National Writers Union published a letter making similar demands. Source: The Open Library Now Faces The National Writers Union
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The Obama Presidential Library That Isn’t – The New York Times
Editor’s Note: Not a research library after all, and no documents except online.. not so good, even in the 21st Century… “But the center, which will cost an estimated $500 million, will also differ from the complexes built by Barack Obama’s predecessors in another way: It won’t actually be a presidential library.In a break with…
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Erasing history – Columbia Journalism Review
When an online news outlet goes out of business, its archives can disappear as well. The new battle over journalism’s digital legacy. Source: Erasing history – Columbia Journalism Review
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‘Irresistible’ by design: It’s no accident you can’t stop looking at the screen | Minnesota Public Radio News
Technology is designed to be addictive, offering gratification that’s similar to that of drug abuse or gambling. Author Adam Alter says a new frontier could soon provide another escape from reality. Source: ‘Irresistible’ by design: It’s no accident you can’t stop looking at the screen | Minnesota Public Radio News
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Memory of Mankind: All of Human Knowledge Buried in a Salt Mine – The Atlantic
Fearful of digital decay, a ceramicist wants to return data storage to a more lasting medium: clay. Source: Memory of Mankind: All of Human Knowledge Buried in a Salt Mine – The Atlantic
