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NEW RESOURCES
McGill University Health Centre: Find your neighbourhood and see which environmental factors influence your health . “… a new tool combines environmental datasets from different sources with demographic data from the Canadian census to present a portrait of environmental equity in over 125 cities across Canada. It identifies avenues for tackling climate change risks and environmental inequities while improving public health.”
CBS 2 Iowa: USDA launches new website services to help individuals & agencies find access to federal services. “The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development unveiled two new web resources on Monday…. One of the new features should make it easier to find federal resources in one place, with an easy-to-use search function to find what you need. The Find Programs and Opportunities tool includes hundreds of millions of dollars in financing and technical assistance opportunities.”
EVENTS
Cornell Chronicle: Tech companies capitalize on misconceptions of ‘free speech’. “Since the 1980s, doxing, harassment and extremism have all found a home on the internet. Today’s social media companies could limit this type of speech but often choose not to because it serves their bottom line, said Mary Anne Franks, the Eugene L. and Barbara A. Bernard Professor in Intellectual Property, Technology and Civil Rights Law at George Washington Law School, in a presentation Dec. 7 at Gates Hall.”
TWEAKS AND UPDATES
CNN: Elon Musk’s welcoming of extremists puts a spotlight on the NFL’s mega-partnership with X amid renewal talks. “The sports and entertainment juggernaut is in talks to renew its $100 million deal with Elon Musk’s troubled social media platform, X, formerly known as Twitter, The Wall Street Journal reported in November. But Musk’s unhinged behavior and the surge in hate and extremism on his platform have complicated the partnership, which The Journal reported expires in April, and raised the question of whether the NFL will renew its deal with the imperiled social media company.”
Search Engine Land: Google Ads updates Cryptocurrencies and related products policy. “Google is updating its Cryptocurrencies and related products policy to provide clear guidance on the scope and requirements for advertising Cryptocurrency Coin Trusts. Starting Jan. 29, advertisers offering Cryptocurrency Coin Trust targeting the U.S. will need to be certified and meet Google’s specific requirements, according to Google’s announcement.”
AROUND THE INTERNET WORLD
Dexerto: Arthur “cooks” Elon Musk in “savage” official TikTok. “The original clip has to do with Arthur being surprised by his friends, who he believed were tied up ‘solving unsolvable problems.’ They reveal they simply stopped trying to solve the problem and left. In the remix of the clip, titled To Each Their Own, Arthur’s friends are labeled ‘X’s Advertisers’ in the captions. When two other characters conclude there is nothing to learn from the unsolvable problems, they’re labeled as Elon.”
Boing Boing: Meet the man who spreads joy and connection across the globe by asking, “Can you teach me your favorite dance move?”. “Meet Ed People, a content creator and dancer originally from Belgium, who travels around the world asking strangers: ‘Can you teach me your favorite dance move?’ He then learns and performs the dances with his newfound friends, films the heartwarming interactions, and shares them on his social media.”
Absolutely appalling, from Reuters: Meet Ashley, the world’s first AI-powered political campaign caller. “Ashley is not your typical robocaller; none of her responses are canned or pre-recorded. Her creators, who intend to mainly work with Democratic campaigns and candidates, say she is the first political phone banker powered by generative AI technology similar to OpenAI’s ChatGPT. She is capable of having an infinite number of customized one-on-one conversations at the same time.”
SECURITY & LEGAL
The Verge: Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight . “Three years after Fortnite-maker Epic Games sued Apple and Google for allegedly running illegal app store monopolies, Epic has a win. The jury in Epic v. Google has just delivered its verdict — and it found that Google turned its Google Play app store and Google Play Billing service into an illegal monopoly.”
Vice: The Names of Thousands of Neo-Nazi Music Fans Just Got Leaked. “For years if a white supremacist wanted to get their hands on select neo-Nazi music one of their likely stops would be Midgård, a Scandinavian online shop specializing in racist tunes. While the site offered a wide range of neo-Nazi music, clothing, and paraphernalia, its customers learned last week one thing they didn’t offer was infosec. This tough lesson was taught by AFA Sweden, a group of Stockholm-based anti-fascists, who ruined thousands of the site customers’ holidays by releasing Midgård’s customer register.”
Hollywood Reporter: Elon Musk Twitter Takeover Lawsuit Gains Steam as Judge Advances Investors’ Claims. “On Monday, a federal judge advanced a lawsuit from investors who say they suffered losses when they sold their shares in Twitter, now known as X, because of posts from Musk claiming the platform has a major issue with fake accounts and that he could wiggle out of the deal because of it. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer found that several of Musk’s statements were false or misleading, in part, because he waived due diligence.”
RESEARCH & OPINION
US National Science Foundation: NSF launches EducateAI initiative. “The U.S. National Science Foundation is excited to announce the EducateAI initiative. The goal of the initiative is to enable educators to make high-quality, audience-appropriate artificial intelligence educational experiences available nationwide to K-12, community college, four-year college and graduate students, as well as adults interested in formal training in AI.” Good morning, Internet…
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December 13, 2023 at 06:31PM
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