# German government unimpressed by Facebook stablecoin’s rebrand

# German government unimpressed by Facebook stablecoin’s rebrand

“# German government unimpressed by Facebook stablecoin’s rebrand ” Facebook’s Diem stablecoin, which recently changed its name from Libra, is still failing to impress German regulators. As reported by Reuters,  German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz voiced his criticism of the project on Monday after a conference between G-7 finance ministers and central bank directors. Scholz called Facebook’s…

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#Facebook posts help detect psychiatric illness, study finds

#Facebook posts help detect psychiatric illness, study finds

“#Facebook posts help detect psychiatric illness, study finds” The content of your Facebook posts could predict whether you will develop schizophrenia or mood disorders, according to a new study. The findings were based on machine learning algorithms of users’ “linguistic footprint” utilized by Northwell Health’s Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research and computer scientists at IBM….

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#Facebook’s ‘anti-hate’ algorithm assumes only some bigotry matters

#Facebook’s ‘anti-hate’ algorithm assumes only some bigotry matters

“#Facebook’s ‘anti-hate’ algorithm assumes only some bigotry matters” Facebook is overhauling its algorithms for removing hate speech, The Washington Post reports, because policies it thought were race-blind were upsetting a lot of black users and employees. Specifically, it’s telling its robots to focus on “the worst of the worst,” according to internal documents the paper…

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# Congresspeople speak out against Tlaib’s anti-stablecoin bill

# Congresspeople speak out against Tlaib’s anti-stablecoin bill

“# Congresspeople speak out against Tlaib’s anti-stablecoin bill ” On Wednesday night, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib introduced a bill before the U.S. House of Representatives looking to make fiat-pegged stablecoin operators abide by the same rules and registration requirements expected of banks. The legislation, under the name “the Stablecoin Tethering and Bank Licensing Enforcement (STABLE) Act,”…

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#Stranger hosts couple’s pandemic wedding on NYC stoop

#Stranger hosts couple’s pandemic wedding on NYC stoop

“#Stranger hosts couple’s pandemic wedding on NYC stoop” After nearly a decade together and two children, Latoya Ingram and Donnell Lewis were finally ready to tie the knot. Unfortunately, they couldn’t think of a great venue for a socially distant pandemic wedding. They considered a City Hall celebration, but quickly realized it was closed. So…

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