Monday, July 17, 2023

British National Bibliography, Maritime Cyber ​​Attack Database, Google NotebookLM, More: Monday ResearchBuzz, July 17, 2023

British National Bibliography, Maritime Cyber ​​Attack Database, Google NotebookLM, More: Monday ResearchBuzz, July 17, 2023
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NEW RESOURCES

British Library Digital Scholarship Blog: Share Family: British National Bibliography (Beta) service is live. “The British National Bibliography (BNB), first published in January 1950, is a weekly listing of new books and journals published or distributed in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland…. BNB is now available to explore in Beta: https://bl.natbib-lod.org. You can search for publications, original works and people.”

Port Technology: Maritime cyber attacks database launches. “Researchers led by NHL Stenden’s Stephen McCombie have launched the Maritime Cyber ​​Attack Database (MCAD) database to map maritime cyber attacks from around the world. The database lists more than 160 incidents which demonstrate the relevance and vulnerabilities of cyber security across the board in today’s maritime industry, says NHL Stenden Maritime IT Security Lecturer, Stephen McCombie.”

TWEAKS AND UPDATES

Ars Technica: Google’s language model “NotebookLM” app hits public testing. “Google has a company-wide mandate to pump out products that use a ChatGPT-style language model, and the latest is Google NotebookLM. This is Google’s third notebook app, after Google Notebook (2008-2012) and Google Keep (2013-). This was originally announced at Google I/O as ‘Project Tailwind,’ but now it’s hitting limited public testing.”

Associated Press: OpenAI strikes deal with Associated Press to license archive of news stories for ChatGPT. “ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and The Associated Press said Thursday that they’ve made a deal for the artificial intelligence company to license AP’s archive of news stories.”

AROUND THE INTERNET WORLD

Engadget: Bluesky allowed people to include the n-word in their usernames. “No social media network is free from racists, but the fact that Bluesky didn’t already filter for something so basic as the n-word is surprising when you consider Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is one of the company’s backers.”

Vancouver Sun: Langara’s Studio 58 creates impressive digital theatre database with focus on equity and diversity. “.. a new cross-disciplinary project — involving instructors and students from Studio 58, the web and mobile app design and development, and library and information technology programs — is developing a digital database of stage works that don’t adhere to the standard Western theatre canon.”

SECURITY & LEGAL

Boing Boing: Ghosthunting YouTubers stumble upon murder victim while live-streaming. “Popular Indian paranormal investigators Lalhmangaihzuala (Angaiha) and Lalhminghlua (Sena), who are brothers, were livestreaming a ghosthunting expedition along a river in Aizawl, Mizoram when they stumbled upon a very freaky scene—a rather decomposed body.”

Huffpost: Gov. Greg Abbott Is Sued For His TikTok Ban on College Campuses. “A group of Texas professors filed a lawsuit Thursday against Gov. Greg Abbott (R), alleging that his ban on TikTok at Texas public universities violates the First Amendment and prevents professors from conducting their TikTok-related research.”

PR Newswire: FTX Debtors Launch Online Claims Portal for Customers (PRESS RELEASE). “FTX Trading Ltd. (d.b.a. FTX.com), and its affiliated debtors (together, the ‘FTX Debtors’), today announced the launch of the online customer claims portal for customers. The portal can be accessed at https://claims.ftx.com. The portal will allow customers to login using their FTX credentials to view historical transaction information and account balances as of the FTX Debtors’ filing date of November 11, 2022.”

RESEARCH & OPINION

Video Game History Foundation: The Game Availability Study, Explained. “Today, the Video Game History Foundation and the Software Preservation Network published a major new study which shows that 87 percent of classic games released in the United States are out of print. The results are striking, and it proves that we need to rethink the commercial marketplace’s role in game preservation. It’s a big study, and to help you digest it, we wrote this guide explaining the main points: Why we did it, how we did it, what we found, and why it matters.”

The Conversation: Streaming services are removing original TV and films. What this means for your favourite show – and our cultural heritage. “Programs that were removed after being cancelled on Disney+ have included Big Shot, Diary of a Future President, Just Beyond, The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers, The Mysterious Benedict Society, The World According to Jeff Goldblum, Turner & Hooch and Willow. What needs to be considered with many of these is that they are ‘originals’, meaning they were created by Disney for Disney. The removal of original content from streaming services, in most instances, means they will not be accessible to viewers anywhere.”

University of Michigan: Reviewing evidence improves crowdworkers’ misinformation judgments, reduces partisan bias. “People make better and less biased judgments about misinformation after searching the internet for corroborating evidence, according to a new University of Michigan study.” Another reason not to flood the Internet with infosewage. Good morning, Internet…

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July 17, 2023 at 05:31PM
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