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NEW RESOURCES
National Security Archive: U.S. Foreign Policy in the Carter Years, 1977-1981. “The latest in the Archive’s award-winning Digital National Security Archive series, U.S. Foreign Policy in the Carter Years, 1977-1981: Highest-Level Memos to the President comprises more than 2,500 communications and top-level policy-making records that Carter personally viewed and, in many cases, commented on directly.”
DigitalNC: From Fires to Finances, New Reports Now Available from the Raleigh Fire Museum. “Thanks to our partners at the Raleigh Fire Museum, we’re proud to announced that a new collection of vintage fire records are now available on DigitalNC! This new batch contains annual financial reports, fire protection reports, and even a booklet detailing the rules and regulations of Raleigh’s fire department. Ranging from as early as 1948 to as late as 1984, these documents capture the development and growth of Raleigh through the eyes of its firefighters.”
TWEAKS AND UPDATES
Toronto Star: Trudeau’s government sets dollar figures for Google payments to media companies. “The federal government has outlined how its $100-million news deal with Google will be broken down, ruling that broadcasters — particularly the CBC — will get a lower share of the cash, with written media receiving two-thirds of the funds. Ottawa on Thursday published the final regulations that will determine how the Liberal government’s contentious Online News Act will be implemented.”
USA Today: Where is Santa? Here’s when NORAD and Google’s Santa Claus trackers will go live. “Tracking Santa has been a job NORAD has dutifully performed for over 60 years as people around the world wait for Old Saint Nick to deliver presents to all the good boys and girls on Christmas. For those looking to keep tabs on the big man, or simply plan ahead to Christmas Eve, here’s what to know about the NORAD Santa tracker, and when it officially goes live.”
AROUND THE INTERNET WORLD
Hawaii News Now: Group wants Google to remove map where visitor miraculously survived 1,000-foot plunge. “An Oahu hiking group is trying to get Google to remove a dangerous Nuuanu hike from its maps after a 34-year-old visitor miraculously survived a 1,000-foot fall. He says he relied on the online maps to chart his course.”
Fine Books & Collections: Letters from Design’s Industrial Revolution. “From the mid-fifteenth to the nineteenth century, the letterpress dominated printing, allowing for little design variation. New techniques developed in the 1800s, such as chromolithography with multi-colored prints, rotary printing presses, and hand-drawn lithographed typography, led to a burgeoning time of printed ephemera, especially in advertising. Richard Sheaff, a graphic and publication designer, has amassed one of the leading collections of this material.”
Reuters: Google to test new feature limiting advertisers’ use of browser tracking cookies. “Alphabet’s Google said on Thursday it will begin testing a new feature on its Chrome browser as part of a plan to ban third-party cookies that advertisers use to track consumers. The search giant is set to roll out the feature, called Tracking Protection, on Jan. 4 to 1% of Chrome users globally, that will restrict cross-site tracking by default.”
SECURITY & LEGAL
404 Media: About Using Smart Device Microphone Audio to Target Ads on Their Podcast. “MindSift, a small New Hampshire-based company of just three employees, is part of a new push that aims to target ads by listening to peoples’ everyday conversations through microphones in their smart devices, according to a review of recently deleted sections from MindSift’s website and comments made on a podcast unearthed by 404 Media.”
DefenseScoop: New DDS bug bounty to include rapid response capability. “The Defense Digital Service is launching a longer-lasting bug bounty for white-hat hackers that will also include a ‘rapid response’ capability. The organization, which is part of the Chief Digital and AI Office (CDAO), is partnering with Bugcrowd, a crowdsourced security platform, on the vulnerability disclosure effort.”
The Verge: Epic CEO Tim Sweeney: the post-trial interview. “Sweeney is Epic’s CEO, co-founder, and importantly its controlling shareholder. He’s the one behind these lawsuits, and it was his idea to challenge these companies in court. It’s been his fight from the very beginning, and he watched almost the entire trial in person from the best seat in the house — with a clear view of the jury, the judge, each witness, and the faces of Google’s lawyers. Last night, I asked him why, what he learned, and what’s next.”
RESEARCH & OPINION
EurekAlert: Germany’s journey towards open access of scientific publications. “In a conversation with Prof. Dr. Gerard Meijer, Director of the Department of Molecular Physics at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, member of the German Council of Science and Humanities (‘Wissenschaftsrat’) and vice-speaker of the DEAL-consortium, the significance of Open Access and of the recently signed agreements between the DEAL consortium and the major publishers Elsevier, Wiley and Springer Nature are discussed.”
OTHER THINGS I THINK ARE COOL
Florida International University: Harmony for humans and insects: Architecture students create sustainable art for garden visitors and pollinators. “The student groups each chose a specific part of the garden for their inspiration, identified the animal and plant species that present there, studied their growth and behavior and the qualities of their habitats and then extrapolated those characteristics into complex three-dimensional forms with elaborate textured materials. During the process, they identified insects that can directly benefit from the structures and created designs that would allow plants to grow within and around them over time.” Good morning, Internet…
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December 17, 2023 at 06:32PM
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