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A recent New York Times op-ed, titled “Stopping the Manipulation Machines,” derided the use of dark patterns: design tricks that push people to do things online by confusing or deliberately inconveniencing them. Liar, liar, paper on fire. Kudos to the writer, Greg Bensinger, a member of the Times’ editorial board, who does a laudable job calling out obnoxious dark patterns. His first target is the Amazon Prime unsubscribe process, which he calls “a labyrinthine process that requires multiple screens and clicks.” Bensinger claims Amazon deters customers from canceling Prime with a ...

Liberia: Dr. Fallah To Panel Major Global Health Engagements Liberia: Dr. Fallah To Panel Major Global Health Engagements Share MONROVIA – The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Refuge Place International (RPI), Dr. Mosoka P. Fallah, has been invited as one of the panelists at ensuing ‘Decolonising Global Health in Africa’ Webinar. The event is to be hosted by Newmark Group IMC and the Global Health Decolonisation Movement in Africa (GHDM-Africa). In a communication from the Senior Management at the ‘Decolonising Global Health in Africa’ Webinar, Patrick K. Lumumba, the event will be ...

Are people in N.J. really lying to get the vaccine before it’s their turn? Updated Mar 14, 2021; Posted Mar 12, 2021 Registration kiosks are set up inside the Gloucester County COVID-19 vaccination site in Sewell, N.J. on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. Facebook Share Tom lives and works in a border county in New York, where his job sometimes requires him to work in a health care setting. In January, when he learned he qualified for the COVID-19 vaccine, he tried — and failed — to get an appointment in the Empire State. So he registered instead on New Jersey’s Vaccine Scheduling System and g...

Mediahuis Ventures, the venture capital arm of Independent News & Media owner Mediahuis, is investing in artificial intelligence coaching start-up Bunch. Along with investment partners M13 and Atlantic Labs, Mediahuis will inject €1m into Bunch to help improve international growth plans for its new AI leadership coaching product, an iPhone app. The app is used by millennial managers to get personalised, two-minute daily coaching, according to a statement from Mediahuis. New York and Berlin-based Bunch launched the app last November. Already almost 20,000 people are using the app, which is g...

What you can learn from the secrets of masters to become more productive Hint: Shut the door on the noise Note to readers: Hello world is a program developers run to check if a newly installed programming language is working alright. Startups and tech companies are continuously launching new software to run the real world. This column will attempt to be the "Hello World" for the real world. Stephen King has written 61 novels. And some 200 short stories. With over 350 million copies sold, he’s hard to miss. You’ve probably read his books and seen some of his novels adapted into movies — ...