Showing posts with label Influence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Influence. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 7, 2019

5/7/2019: Coming to store shelves: cameras that guess your age and sex - To fight K-pop’s influence in China, a club teaches young boys to be alpha males

Today's Article: Coming to store shelves: cameras that guess your age and sex
From: AP News
Readability Score: 10.0


The supermarket shelf is watching you and judging your emotions. How does THAT make you feel?

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https://www.izzit.org/events/index.php


Today's Alternate Article: To fight K-pop’s influence in China, a club teaches young boys to be alpha males
Readability Score: 8.8

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Wednesday, April 17, 2019

4/17/2019: Military Stores Asked to Stop Showing 'Divisive' News on their TVs - The Incentives That Influence Our Decisions

Today's Article: Military Stores Asked to Stop Showing 'Divisive' News on their TVs
From: NPR.org
Readability Score: 10.5


People are talking everywhere about how divided our nation is becoming or has become. Now the agency running the largest military retail exchanges has encouraged stores to stop showing news. Instead, the stores are encouraged to show sports programming. Is this a smart move or a form of censorship? Talk about it!

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https://www.izzit.org/events/index.php


Today's Alternate Article: The Incentives That Influence Our Decisions
Readability Score: 7.7

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