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NEW RESOURCES
National University of Singapore: All surviving drafts, including three rediscovered pages, of Origin of Species revealed. “On the 164th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s magnum opus, all known surviving pages of the rough draft of Origin of species have been published online. Three recently rediscovered pages from Darwin’s draft of Origin of Species have been published for the first time together with all the other known surviving pages in a new online edition. These documents are added to Darwin Online, a scholarly portal dedicated to Charles Darwin and helmed by Dr John van Wyhe, at the NUS Department of Biological Sciences.”
TWEAKS AND UPDATES
Lifehacker: You Can Now Try ChatGPT’s ‘Chat With Voice’ Feature for Free . “OpenAI rolled out voice chat to ChatGPT Plus users back in September. The feature replaces the text-based ChatGPT interface with something more like a voice assistant: As you speak to ChatGPT, you’ll see a waveform reacting in kind. The assistant will automatically recognize when you’re done talking, and will switch into a ‘thought bubble’ interface as it responds to your question or request. The company always planned to bring voice chat to free users, and while it took a couple months, the feature is finally here.”
TechCrunch: Flipboard stops tweeting, launches new podcast about decentralized social apps. “Social magazine app Flipboard had already committed to joining the ‘fediverse’ — the decentralized social web, which includes apps like Mastodon. Now, it’s doubling down on those ambitions with an announcement that it will stop tweeting while also launching a new podcast devoted to exploring the topic of decentralized social media.”
USEFUL STUFF
MakeUseOf: A Complete Guide to Tab Management in Google Chrome. “Are you having a difficult time organizing your tabs in Google Chrome? In this guide, we’ll explore some solutions to stay on top of your Google Chrome tabs and upgrade your productivity online. Learn how to manage Chrome tabs better in this helpful guide.”
AROUND THE INTERNET WORLD
Kyiv Independent: Ukraine elected to UNESCO World Heritage Committee for the first time. “Ukraine was among the nine countries elected to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee during the Nov. 22 vote for the first time in history. The country submitted its candidacy in July last year. Ukraine is joining the other 20 members and will hold the seat on the Committee for the period 2023-2027.”
AFP: Internet out: India deploys shutdowns in name of security. “With the world’s largest biometric ID database, a pioneering digital payment system for daily transactions and a flagship space and satellite programme, India knows the power of connected technology. But when trouble brews with political unrest or sectarian violence, authorities are quick to sever internet service to stem disinformation — cutting off millions of people who depend on the web for communication, information and business.”
RESEARCH & OPINION
Newswise: Digital payment platforms can easily be misused for drug dealing. “Digital payment platforms such as Venmo work great for sharing a dinner bill with friends, buying gifts at a pop-up shop or making payments without cash or credit cards. But these digital payment platforms have a dark side: They can be misused for drug dealing and other illicit activity, suggest researchers from the University of California, Davis. And social media apps such as TikTok and Instagram can act as marketing tools for digital drug dealing.”
Imperial College London: Altering our language can help us deal with the intelligence of chatbots. “Were these LLMs to be used by bad faith actors, for example scammers or propagandists, people could be vulnerable to handing over their bank details in pursuit of connection, or being swayed politically. Now a new paper sets out recommendations to prevent us over-empathising with AI chatbots to our detriment.”
UCLA: Using Google Trends To Detect Revenue Misreporting. “You don’t need an advanced degree in accounting or finance to grasp the head-scratching mismatch of reporting strong sales growth when your products seem to be less popular, as measured by Google search volume. Indeed, the researchers found that MUP [“managing revenue up”] firms in their study had 165% higher odds of subsequently restating (correcting) their initial reported revenue, compared with firms that didn’t set off a MUP alarm.”
OTHER THINGS I THINK ARE COOL
On GitHub, discovered via Boing Boing: Awesome Engineering Games. “A curated list of some of the best engineering games on PC. All titles are rated Very Positive or higher on Steam. Games are divided into broad categories based on the type(s) of engineering they’re most related to, such as civil engineering & city-building, transportation & route-building, computer science & electrical engineering, etc. See the Table of Contents for a full breakdown of categories.” Good afternoon, Internet…
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November 25, 2023 at 01:24AM
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