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NEW RESOURCES
Bellingcat: Using the Wayback Machine and Google Analytics to Uncover Disinformation Networks . “Bellingcat has developed a lightweight open source research tool—Wayback Google Analytics — which automates the collection of tracking codes and discovery of relationships between websites using copies of sites maintained by The Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine. This will help researchers sidestep recent changes to how Google manages its analytics data.”
Armenian Weekly: Digital archive of Armenian music now accessible via Armenian Museum of America website. “Over the past year, the Armenian Museum of America’s Sound Archive program has taken a giant step forward. Each month, the Museum posts a handful of songs digitized and restored from its collection of 78 rpm records on its website along with a historical writeup about the artists. Along with more conventional musical recordings, some of the recordings touch on Armenian cultural, political and educational history, as well as the history of recording technologies.”
KFOR: Choctaw Nation launches informational website to celebrate Marvel’s ‘Echo’ series. “The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (CNO) has launched a new website dedicated to Marvel’s five-part series, ‘Echo,’ and giving an in-depth look into the Choctaw representation showcased throughout the show.”
TWEAKS AND UPDATES
Google Blog: What we announced at CES 2024. “Android is all about giving you the ability to choose the devices that work best for you and making sure they connect seamlessly together, regardless of what brand they are. Today at CES, we’re announcing updates to help you get more done across your phone, laptop, Bluetooth accessories, TV, smart home and car.”
WHIO: Federal judge temporarily blocks Ohio’s new social media parental consent law. “A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking the new Ohio law that limits children’s social media access. As News Center 7 previously reported on Friday, NetChoice, which represents Meta and TikTok, filed a lawsuit against the State of Ohio.”
AROUND THE INTERNET WORLD
New York Magazine (Intelligencer): BuzzFeed’s ‘Dire’ Debt Problem. “BuzzFeed — once a media-industry success story, a shining example of the social internet in action — now faces a very uncertain future. As a public company, almost nothing has gone to plan: The SPAC cash dwindled from almost $290 million to about $16 million; the social-media networks that BuzzFeed relied on for a large share of its traffic pivoted to different kinds of content; investors fled, driving down the company’s stock price by 98 percent and its overall market value to a tiny $37 million.”
Boing Boing: Did a ChatGPT glitch reveal Twitter’s huge bot problem?. “Writer Parker Malloy posted a video that appears to be bot responses to a Twitter post. Each of the responses is a variation on ‘I’m sorry, but I cannot provide a response to your request as it goes against OpenAl’s content policy.’ This suggests that these are all bots that use ChatGPT to auto-generate responses to tweets. Interestingly, almost all of the accounts have blue checkmarks.”
SECURITY & LEGAL
404 Media: Sealed Indictment Shows Case Against Hacker Behind Massive T-Mobile Data Breach. “The U.S. has accused a man living in Turkey for hacking T-Mobile in 2021 and then selling stolen data on more than 40 million people, according to sealed court records obtained by 404 Media. The man, John Erin Binns, previously claimed responsibility for the hack in an interview with journalists, in which he described T-Mobile’s security as ‘awful.’ Now, Binns tells 404 Media he does not think he will be extradited from Turkey to face the charges.”
Reuters: Google faces $1.67 billion damages demand at AI-related patent trial. “Alphabet’s Google went before a federal jury in Boston on Tuesday to argue against a computer scientist’s claims that it should pay his company $1.67 billion for infringing patents that allegedly cover the processors used to power artificial intelligence technology in Google products.”
RESEARCH & OPINION
IANS: Google Trends Data Can Help Gauge Inflation Fears: ICRA Report. “Google search interest regarding the prices of just three vegetables — tomatoes, onions, and potatoes (TOP) — has turned out to be a useful indicator of price anxiety in India, according to an ICRA study released on Tuesday.”
University of Washington: Q&A: UW researchers answer common questions about language models like ChatGPT. “…a team of researchers at the University of Washington noticed that, even amid a year of AI commotion, many people struggle to find accurate, comprehensible information on what language models are and how they work. News articles frequently focus on the latest advances or corporate controversies, while research papers are too technical and granular for the public. So recently, the team published ‘Language Models: A Guide for the Perplexed,’ a paper explaining language models in lay terms.”
Pasifika Medical Association Group: New year, new look: The New Zealand Medical Journal to launch new website and free open access model. “The New Zealand Medical Journal (NZMJ) will launch its new website and branding, now offering a free open access model for subscribers on Friday 19 January…. Individuals are now able to subscribe to the NZMJ for free, both within New Zealand and overseas. Institutional subscribers are encouraged to pay a fee for a subscription.” Good morning, Internet…
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January 10, 2024 at 06:31PM
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