My colleague kennedy is here with me for more on the grammy nominations. Adrian beyonce is leading the pack. Are you surprised that surprised . Yes. 9 nominations and she extends her lead. As the most nominated female artist of all time. Of course the grammy controversy with, by the own say is how many grammys she goes on to win. She does have 24. 00 free grammys already, but she was nominated times in the past, so missed out 47 times. And sometimes in the big states this categories instantly husband jay z. Is now tied with legendary producer quincy jones as the most nominated. But the gender gap is closing, and hes only won a head of beyond safe nomination. He has 80, she has 7, you know, so shes catching up pretty ok. But in general, this is really a female dog. Youre of nominations is major. Thats right. For the 1st time ever, the female lineups in the rock before mints and country album categories. And the 2nd most nominated artist is who other than taylor swift or swift most as i
I agree, it is too hot. Lets talk about this. I know people had some Power Outages yesterday, which made the hot date even hotter and a hot night. I dont think we are out of this yet . We will not get rid of this heat for the next couple of days temperatures will drop slightly for the weekend and then back up again peaking on tuesday. Outside right now, most areas never really cooled off. A lot of 60s and 70s out there to start the day. A live look over east bay where you can see some hayes and some fog along the northbay coastline. It is 64 in santa rosa. 67 semper cisco. Upper 60s in oakland and low 70s and livermore and san jose. A little bit of clear sky at there compared to the cloud cover we have been starting with over the last couple of days. In any case, temperatures are supposed to be there warm once again. Heres what we can expect with bart advisories getting as well. For nurse by those, especially, San Francisco peninsula and santa cruz, we have the heat advisory that will
My name is emma morris, and im the Global Policy director. I would like to start by thanking congressman cardenas and his staff for securing the room for us for having this important discussion today. Briefly, by way of background for those not familiar with the safety institute, were an International Nonprofit organization looking to make the online world safer for kids and their families. We are pleased to host the panel today to discuss one of the most important issues facing families and kids privacy on the internet. In the united states, the collection and processing of childrens data has primarily been regulated by the childrens Online Privacy protection act for over 20 years. This law long preceded facebook, snapchat, youtube and hello barbie. Weve seen numerous legislative proposals to change the way childrens information is regulated and at the beginning of the summer, the federal trade Commission Published a request for public comment. With all of this activity in mind, it re
The subcommittees will presume from our recess and i want to thank the witnesses for coming today. I want to introduce the second panel. And apologize. [background sounds] i am looking for the biographies of the panels. Here we have doctor, by mispronouncing a word. The donkey. Hes an assistant from of Computer Science and director of the master science in file monies program. He was born in iran. Is now a legal permanent resident living in baltimore, maryland. He holds a phd in Computer Science. In australia and clause of the band, his wife, who he married in australia 2015, and is filed for an immigrant visa, to come to the United States is unable to come to u. S. To live with him her husband. He also has a phd she also has a phd and received a post job offer at the university of Maryland College park with funded by the National Institutes of health. However, clause of man, she is yet to obtain a visa to come and join her husband his welltodo his distinguished work in the United Stat
I want to thank everyone for being here today to examine the use of persuasive technologies on internet platforms. Each of our Witnesses Today has a great deal of expertise with respect to to algorithms and as well as in the more narrow context of engagement and persuasion and brings unique perspectives to these matters. Your participation in this hearing is appreciated. I con vain this hearing in part to inform legislation i am developing to give consumers the option to engage with the platform without having the experience shaped by algorithm use specific data. Internet platforms have transferred the way we interact and made positive ways on society in ways too numerous to counting. The vast majority of content is innocuous and at its best it is entertaining, educational and beneficial to the public. However, the powerful mechanisms behind these platforms also have the ability or at least the potential to influence the thoughts and behaviors of literally billions of people. As one re