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NEW RESOURCES
KVUE: Texas DSHS launches fentanyl data dashboard. “The dashboard reflects an expansion of data on fentanyl and other drug poisoning deaths published online by the DSHS. Texans can now access information that includes fentanyl-related deaths from 2014 to 2023, and the dashboard lets users view that data over time, by demographics or by geography.”
TWEAKS AND UPDATES
Reuters: Elon Musk says Twitter’s cash flow still negative as ad revenue drops 50%. “Twitter’s cash flow remains negative because of a nearly 50% drop in advertising revenue and a heavy debt load, Elon Musk said on Saturday, falling short of his expectation in March that Twitter could reach cash flow positive by June.”
Boing Boing: This year’s new emojis revealed. “Among the new emojis coming for the 2023-2024 season of internet-based communications: a broken link, a lime and a plain brown mushroom. The depictions above are mockups by Emojipedia; they’ll actually look different depending on platform or application.”
AROUND THE INTERNET WORLD
Foreign Policy: Elon Musk’s Twitter Is Becoming a Sewer of Disinformation. “That Musk calls this service ‘verification’ is an ingenious piece of disinformation itself. Twitter Blue accounts have fueled the spread of disinformation, especially about the Russia–Ukraine war—a topic on which Musk has repeatedly adopted Kremlin talking points.”
Engadget: Reddit is removing years of chats and messages. “If you have fond memories of chatting with Reddit friends, you might want to check your archives. Reddit has confirmed user reports that it’s removing all chats and messages from before 2023. As the social site explained in June, it’s moving to a new chat architecture and believes pulling older messages will enable a ‘smooth and quick transition’ to the new architecture.”
CNBC: Google quietly ditched plans for an A.I.-powered chatbot app for Gen Z. “Google was working on an artificial intelligence-powered mobile chatbot app for Gen Z users that features interactive digital characters, CNBC has learned. However, the company recently ‘deprioritized’ those efforts amid an internal reorganization, according to materials seen by CNBC. Typically, when a product is deprioritized at Google, work on it ceases.”
SECURITY & LEGAL
San Francisco Chronicle: These Google contractors unionized. Weeks later they were laid off. “Last Thursday, [Casey] Padron got an email summoning her and her coworkers to a mandatory meeting that day…But instead of being in a typical meeting with her coworkers, she found herself on a one-way Zoom call with Accenture managers and human resources personnel. Padron said employees were told they were being let go, ‘Because of changes in budget allocations.'”
ABC News: Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo’s emails hacked in Microsoft cyber breach: Source. “Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo’s emails were hacked as part of the Microsoft cyber breach, according to a source familiar with the investigation. Microsoft’s Outlook systems were breached by Chinese hackers, according to the company. The breach was discovered in May.”
Associated Press: Senators move to require release of US government UFO records. “The Senate in the coming days is expected to consider a bipartisan measure that would compel the U.S. government to publicly release records relating to possible UFO sightings after decades of stonewalling.”
RESEARCH & OPINION
Brookings Institution: AI makes rules for the metaverse even more important. “Every use of the term ‘metaverse’ should be read as ‘AI-enabled metaverse.’ The metaverse is a creature of AI in that much of what happens in the metaverse is determined by AI algorithms. Just because the metaverse has disappeared from public consciousness does not mean it should disappear from public concern.” Good afternoon, Internet…
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July 17, 2023 at 12:46AM
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