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NEW RESOURCES
Southeast Iowa Union: Fairfield library’s newspaper archives being uploaded to internet. “The Fairfield Public Library is undertaking a project to upload all newspapers in Jefferson County’s history so that they will be searchable online. The ambitious project involves digitizing newspapers from as long ago as 1847, and covers newspapers such as The Fairfield Ledger as well as newspapers that have not published for decades such as The Fairfield Tribune, The Lockridge Times and The Batavia News.”
TWEAKS AND UPDATES
WordPress: Introducing Footnotes, Details Block, and Writing Flow Improvements. “The team at WordPress is always working to enhance your writing and publishing experience, whether adding brand-new features or fixing bugs and minor inconveniences. The latest round of updates includes a feature you’ve long been asking for, a new block, and a few improvements to the general flow and convenience of publishing.”
Lifehacker: You Can Finally Auto-Mute TikTok. “Opening TikTok with the sound blaring can be a bit embarrassing, especially if you’re in an academic or professional setting. And thanks to the auto-paying feed, this just goes on and on until you either hurriedly close the app, or find the mute switch. But TikTok has now added a much-needed feature that mutes the app on every launch—the videos will still automatically play, but now without sound.”
USEFUL STUFF
Genealogy’s Star: MyHeritage gives free access to 1.3 billion French records for Bastille Day. “We’re giving free access to all 1.3 billion French historical records on MyHeritage, from July 12–16, 2023!”
AROUND THE INTERNET WORLD
New Zealand Herald: Top Auckland restaurants hit by fake Google reviews amid scam fears – Cassia, Masu, French Cafe, Sidart, Sugar Club. “People choosing to dine out are being urged to ‘read beyond reviews’ after top restaurants have been flooded by fake reviews on Google, the Restaurant Association says. A number of restaurants, including The French Cafe, Sidart, The Sugar Club and Cassia at SkyCity, have been ‘spammed’ with reviews – most believed to be fake – in the past week.”
WIRED: How AI Can Make Gaming Better for All Players. “The project was inspired by Lance Carr, a quadriplegic video game streamer who utilizes a head-tracking mouse as part of his gaming setup. After his existing hardware was lost in a fire, Google stepped in to create an open source, highly configurable, low-cost alternative to expensive replacement hardware, powered by machine learning. While AI’s broader existence is proving divisive, we set out to discover whether AI, when used for good, could be the future of gaming accessibility.”
SECURITY & LEGAL
Reuters: Musk’s Twitter sues four Texas entities for data scraping -report. “Twitter has filed a lawsuit against four unnamed entities in Texas for data scraping, a local TV station said on Wednesday, explaining why the Elon Musk-owned social network had recently placed daily limits on the number of tweets a user could read.”
ERR: Estonia’s strawberry database helps fight crime. “A reference database cataloging varieties of Estonian strawberries will help prevent fraud and will be able to test if fruit advertised as locally grown really did originate in Estonia. Knowing the geographical origin of strawberries is important because it helps protect the Estonian market and supports farmers and strawberry growers. Until now it has not been possible to do so thoroughly.”
RESEARCH & OPINION
Johns Hopkins University: Unleashing the digital Michelangelo from your smartphone. “…what if you could take a video of an object or scene with your smartphone and turn it into an accurate, detailed model, the way a master sculptor creates masterpieces from marble or clay? Its creators claim that the aptly named Neuralangelo does just that through the power of neural networks—and with submillimeter accuracy.”
Stanford News: Satisfaction with online dating app depends on what you’re looking for. “With an estimated 75 million active users each month, Tinder is the most popular dating app in the world. But a new study by Stanford Medicine researchers and collaborators has found, surprisingly – though perhaps not to users of the app – that many users are not swiping for dates. In a survey of more than a thousand Tinder users, half said they were not interested in meeting offline, and nearly two-thirds were already married or ‘in a relationship.'”
University of Sydney: Russia’s TikTok: Micro-influencers amplifying misinformation. “Dr Olga Boichak, a sociologist and social media expert, unpacks the rise of micro-influencers on Russian TikTok and the radicalised narratives around the Russia/Ukraine war.”
OTHER THINGS I THINK ARE COOL
Hackaday: Recreating The Golden Era Of Cable TV. “[Irish Craic Party] has gone to great lengths here to recreate the feel of cable TV from decades ago. It has recreations of real channels like HBO, Nickelodeon, and FX including station-appropriate bumpers and commercials. It’s also synchronized to the clock so shows start on the half- or quarter-hour. Cartoons play on Saturday morning, and Nickelodeon switches to Nick-at-Nite in the evenings.” Wow. Good morning, Internet…
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July 14, 2023 at 05:31PM
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