Intern Sabotages TikTok Project and Gets Fired

Article: TikTok owner sacks intern for sabotaging AI project - BBC

Being an intern was pretty boring. So, hearing that an intern sabotaged an entire project is certainly more than I ever got to do!

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Snapchat Uses Artificial Intelligence for Lens Tool

Article: Snapchat AI turns prompts into new lens - The Verge

Using different lens is a popular activity on Snapchat. The model will take the user's surroundings and create AI-generated backgrounds. In time, users will be able to use prompts to generate specific backgrounds that they want.

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TikTok Introduces New Artificial Intelligence Tools

Article: Meet TikTok Symphony, our new Creative AI suite - TikTok

TikTok Symphony is a suite of Artificial Intelligence products, including Creative Assistant which helps users put together posts. Plus, Ad Manager to help optimize ads being run on TikTok. Another feature are Custom Avatars which give users the ability to create avatars for things like foreign language posts, etc.

TikTok is, of course, owned by China and is operating here in the United States. Because of that, I do not use it, since I don't want my data being used by the Chinese.

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YouTube Trying to Make Ads Unskippable

Article: YouTube Pitches Massive TV Viewership, Ad Targeting at Upfront - Adweek

The ads on YouTube are INSANE! I get it that they're trying to force them on people any way they can. But, I think that more people are just going to stop watching instead of sitting through them. But, YouTube is trying to find ways to make people sit through them, no matter what. It's fine having a few ads, but when you get three minutes of ads in an eight-minute video, that is just crazy.

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YouTube Goes Hard Against Ad Blockers

Article: YouTube is getting serious about blocking ad blockers - The Verge

YouTube is getting hardcore when it comes to people using Ad Blockers to stop seeing ads when watching YouTube content. While I understand they're wanting to make money, the amount of ads on YouTube has gotten out of control, even on short videos. I believe that it is all a way to funnel people into paying the exorbitant $14/month to avoid seeing ads on the platform.

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Threads to Get Web Version

Article: Meta to soon launch web version of Threads in race with X for users - Reuters

Apple Version: Threads app - Instagram

Android Version: Threads app - Instagram

Threads has emerged as a potential competitor for Elon Musk's X/Twitter. So far, it has been available as an app for Apple iOS and Google's Android. Now, to hopefully get more users, Meta is going to roll out Threads to web page users. If you are like me and you do most of your social media from a laptop, this will be welcome news! I will certainly be using it more often now.

Click on the Apple or Android link to download the app versions. The Article Link is above that for more information on this.

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Crew-1 Rendezvous and Docking

NASA TV: NASA TV Public Feed - NASA.gov

Article: SpaceX-NASA mission: Four astronauts to dock with International Space Station - CNN

Mission Updates: Crew-1 Updates - NASA.gov



At 11:00 p.m. EST (4:00 a.m. UTC), the NASA SpaceX Resilience spacecraft will dock with the International Space Station.

Watch on NASA TV. That link is below.

Continuing mission coverage:

 • NASA TV: NASA TV Public Feed - NASA.gov

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Crew-1 on Facebook Live

Facebook Live: Crew-1 Live from Crew Dragon - Facebook

Mission Updates: Crew-1 Updates - NASA.gov



At 4:48 p.m. EST (9:48 p.m. UTC), the NASA SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts give you a LIVE tour of their spacecraft Resilience. Click the Facebook Live link above to watch! Or, as always, watch on NASA TV. That link is below.

Follow the continuing mission coverage:

 • NASA TV: NASA TV Public Feed - NASA.gov

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Crew-1 Has Launched!

Live Coverage: NASA Live - NASA.gov

Article: SpaceX's Crew-1 astronaut launch for NASA: Live updates - Space.com



At 7:27 p.m. ET., NASA and SpaceX launched their second manned Dragon capsule aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Kennedy in Florida. The crew of four are now enroute to the International Space Station. This was the second launch from U.S. soil in almost a decade. SpaceX head Elon Musk wasn't able to attend due to an inconclusive COVID test.

Follow the continuing mission coverage:

 • NASA TV: NASA TV Public Feed - NASA.gov

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Manned Launch Tonight!

Live Coverage: NASA Live - NASA.gov

Article: SpaceX's Crew-1 astronaut launch for NASA: Live updates - Space.com



Today's launch is on for 7:27 p.m. ET. The launch will take a crew of four to the International Space Station. This will be the second launch from U.S. soil in almost a decade. SpaceX is again sending a manned Dragon capsule aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Kennedy in Florida. SpaceX head Elon Musk cannot attend due to an inconclusive COVID test.

There are two ways to watch the launch coverage:

 • NASA TV: NASA TV Public Feed - NASA.gov

 • Discovery Coverage: Space Launch Live - Discovery Channel - Live broadcasts on both Discovery Channel and Science Channel.

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Join Online NASA Meet Up for Mars Mission

Article: #CountdownToMars Social - NASA.gov

NASA has been hosting in-person get-togethers for a decade now. During these times, however, they are doing them online, and it's easy to participate.

Just go to their Facebook page: #CountdownToMars Virtual NASA Social Answer a few questions, and get approved. You will then be able to participate. This is a great opportunity to be part of the historic launch later this month, when the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover will launch on its mission to the red planet.

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American Manned Launch Scrubbed for Today

Article: SpaceX delays 1st astronaut launch for NASA due to bad weather - Space.com

Live Webcast: NASA TV Public Feed - NASA.gov

Discovery Coverage: Space Launch Live - Discovery Channel



Today's launch has been scrubbed. The launch would have had to take place at exactly 4:33:33 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time in order to reach the International Space Station. The next attempt will be on Saturday at 3:22 p.m. EDT (1922 GMT). If that doesn't work out, SpaceX could try again on Sunday (May 31) at 3 p.m. EDT (1900 GMT).

This launch is for the first manned mission to the International Space Station on a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Kennedy in Florida.

There are two ways to watch the launch coverage:

 • NASA TV: NASA TV Public Feed - NASA.gov

 • Discovery Coverage: Space Launch Live - Discovery Channel - Live broadcasts on both Discovery Channel and Science Channel.

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Live Launch Coverage of Manned Mission

Live Webcast: NASA TV Public Feed - NASA.gov

Discovery Coverage: Space Launch Live - Discovery Channel



Today at 4:33:33 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time is the proposed launch for the first manned mission to the International Space Station on a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Kennedy in Florida.

There are two ways to watch the launch coverage:

 • NASA TV: NASA TV Public Feed - NASA.gov

 • Discovery Coverage: Space Launch Live - Discovery Channel - Live broadcasts on both Discovery Channel and Science Channel.
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SpaceX Launch Crew Arrives at Kennedy

Live Webcast: NASA TV Public Feed - NASA.gov

Article: Event Schedule for SpaceX Manned Launch - NASA.gov

Today, May 20, at 4 p.m. EDT – SpaceX Demonstration Mission 2 crew arrives at Kennedy Space Center for a media question and answer session. Click on the link above to watch the webcast.

Here is the full schedule of events leading up to next Wednesday's Crew Dragon launch:

Wednesday, May 20
4 p.m. - Crew arrival news conference at Kennedy (limited in-person media only):

Friday, May 22
3:15 p.m. - Virtual Demo-2 Crew engagement at Kennedy

Monday, May 25
Time TBD or one hour after Launch Readiness Review completion – Prelaunch briefing at Kennedy

Tuesday, May. 26
10 a.m. - Administrator Countdown Clock Briefing (limited in-person media only)
12:15 p.m. – NASA TV launch coverage begins for the 4:32 p.m. liftoff
6 p.m. – Administrator postlaunch news conference at Kennedy

Thursday, May. 28
11:29 a.m. – Docking (NASA Television will have continuous coverage from launch to docking)

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Manned Launch NASA Social Get Together

Article: Event Schedule for SpaceX Manned Launch - NASA.com

NASA has been hosting in-person get-togethers for a decade now. During these times, however, they are doing them online, and it's easy to participate.

Just go to their Facebook page: Launch America NASA Social Answer a few questions, and get approved. You will then be able to participate. This is a great opportunity to be part of the historic launch next Wednesday, May 27, when two astronauts launch on a SpaceX rocket to the International Space Station.

Here is the schedule of events:

Wednesday, May 20
4 p.m. - Crew arrival news conference at Kennedy (limited in-person media only):

Friday, May 22
3:15 p.m. - Virtual Demo-2 Crew engagement at Kennedy

Monday, May 25
Time TBD or one hour after Launch Readiness Review completion – Prelaunch briefing at Kennedy

Tuesday, May. 26
10 a.m. - Administrator Countdown Clock Briefing (limited in-person media only)
12:15 p.m. – NASA TV launch coverage begins for the 4:32 p.m. liftoff
6 p.m. – Administrator postlaunch news conference at Kennedy

Thursday, May. 28
11:29 a.m. – Docking (NASA Television will have continuous coverage from launch to docking)

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Orion Launch Event at Johnson Space Center!

Mission Page: NASA Orion - NASA

Flight Test 1 Fact Sheet: (from Johnson Space Center) - NASA

JSC Home: Johnson Space Center - NASA

Yes! I have been selected to go to Johnson Space Center on December 3 & 4 for the briefing and viewing of the historic Orion Spacecraft Exploration Flight Test-1 launch.

The program is being put on by NASA Social, who partners NASA with Social Media users like me! On December 3, our group will get a tour of JSC, including the current and historic Mission Controls. JSC is where our astronauts train for their missions, including the Neutral Buoyancy Pool you might have seen in movies like "Armageddon." There, astronauts get to experience weightless simulation in the pool, with full mock-ups of the Space Station components they work on while on EVA's.

Not as much seen are the full-scale mock-ups of NASA hardware like parts of the International Space Station. And, great for us attendees, a full-scale mock-up of the Orion Spacecraft. That should be especially cool!

Another great benefit is that we will get to talk to Orion engineers, managers and also NASA astronauts! I am hoping to get lots of great information, and pass it along to you via photos, videos, and blog posts and tweets.

Three weeks to go! Stay tuned.

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Yelp - Why I'm Quitting

Yelp portrays itself as a community-driven organization that wants you to believe that it is all about reviewers helping customers make informed decisions about where to shop, eat, etc. But, in reality, Yelp is as cold a corporation as any other. They don't care about you as a user. Their objective is to take the free content you provide, then treat you however they want.

I was made part of their Yelp Elite program for two years. This is where you are invited to special get togethers. But, just as quickly as you are made part of that program, you can be pulled just as quickly.

So was the case this year. When I wanted to post a review of a Yelp Elite event, there was no page for it, as was usually the case. So, I posted my review on the Yelp restaurant page where the event was held. My review was quickly pulled, with a rebuke from the city's Community Manager.

When I questioned this, I was met with derision from that manager. Then, soon after, my Elite status was pulled. I personally do not think this is a coincidence.

When you post reviews of businesses for Yelp, TripAdvisor or whomever, you are providing content for free. They are getting you to provide them with the material that keeps their site going and growing. In exchange for that, you should at least be treated reasonably by that company. But, that isn't the case. You are essentially being treated as a sucker for giving them that free content.

So, why give them anything? There is no reason. And, I am not going to contribute to Yelp any more. Furthermore, I am pulling my reviews and photos from their site. I will instead be posting them here. My content should be going to my site. And, if there is anyone to receive benefit from these reviews, it should be me. I am the author of the reviews, so I should receive the clicks to the ads on my site, and receive the revenue from those clicks.

Why give something to someone when you can't even be treated with basic respect in return? There is no reason.

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