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NEW RESOURCES
Puerto Rico State Department, and machine-translated from Spanish: Puerto Rico State Department launches powerful online tool to search and access laws and regulations. “As part of its policy of preserving our legal and historical heritage and fulfilling its ministerial responsibility, the Department of State of Puerto Rico launched its new ‘Virtual Legal Library’ on the portal in agency line ( https://bibliotecavirtual.estado.pr.gov/ ), providing free access to an extensive archive of laws dating from 1902 to the present, announced the Secretary of State, Omar J. Marrero Díaz.”
Newswise: New database of more than 83,000 surgical outcomes aimed at advancing research and training artificial intelligence algorithms now online. All personal information has been stripped from the data. “The repository, which had been in the works since 2012, fills a gap in publicly accessible databases that researchers can use to train and test AI algorithms….It contains data, collected over seven years, of hospital visits for patients undergoing surgery at UCI Medical Center, consisting of comprehensive electronic health record and high-fidelity physiological waveforms.”
TWEAKS AND UPDATES
FamilySearch: What to Expect from FamilySearch in 2024. “Every year at FamilySearch brings more free genealogy records for everyone to explore and new and improved experiences that help people connect to their families, past and present. Here is a fun glance of some of the new things coming to the FamilySearch website and apps this year in 2024.”
USEFUL STUFF
New-to-me, discovered via Mastodon: Sit in Shade. “Find Best Bus Seat to Minimize Sun Exposure While Traveling,” it says on the front page, and that’s about the size of it. Select your starting point and your destination and the date/time, and you’ll get recommendations of which side of the vehicle to sit on along with information about how much sun exposure each side has.
MakeUseOf: JPEG, GIF, or PNG? Image File Types Explained and Tested. “Do you know the difference between JPEGs, GIFs, PNGs, and other image file types? Do you know when you should use one instead of the other? Or which is best for storing your photos? Here are the basics you need to know.”
AROUND THE INTERNET WORLD
Search Engine Land: Google Ads support is at an ‘all-time low’ – we asked Google why. “From incorrect account suspensions to uncomfortable sales calls ‘aggressively’ pushing automation to confusion over the platform’s own products, advertisers have told Search Engine Land that they are exasperated by the lack of help offered by their reps. And the problem only seems to be getting worse.”
BBC: ‘We need jungle’ – Amol Rajan on how a University Challenge question spawned a remix craze. “In idle moments this week, of which there have been fewer than usual, I have wondered about the precise circumstances that led Nathan Filer, a best-selling writer based at Bath Spa University, to post on Twitter/X about University Challenge. The curious thing, given what followed, was that he was playing catch-up.”
Mashable: Digital art sales aren’t done. These Bitcoin artworks are going for thousands.. “The landscape of art has invariably shifted over the last few years thanks to NFTs and the onset of digital artworks; for both art collectors and NFT enthusiasts, this boom has been both lucrative and contentious. But though the buzz may have ebbed, blockchain-supported art is still big business.”
SECURITY & LEGAL
The Verge: Google quietly updates Chrome’s incognito warning in wake of tracking lawsuit. “Weeks after agreeing to settle a lawsuit that accused Google of illegally tracking browsing activity even after users activated Chrome’s incognito mode, the company has quietly updated how the browser describes its private browsing feature. The updated text, spotted by MSPowerUser, can be found in the latest Canary build of Google Chrome, version 122.0.6251.0.”
Bleeping Computer: Google fixes first actively exploited Chrome zero-day of 2024. “Google has released security updates to fix the first Chrome zero-day vulnerability exploited in the wild since the start of the year.”
RESEARCH & OPINION
University of Grenada: Scientific study shows we are not addicted to mobile phones but to the social interaction they facilitate “A University of Granada (UGR) research team has shown for the first time that we are not ‘addicted’ to mobile phones, but to the social interaction that these electronic devices provide. The study, published in the scientific journal Psicothema, is the first experimental scientific evidence of this theory, which was developed in 2018 by Professor Samuel P.L. Veissière, a researcher at McGill University in Montreal (Canada).”
PsyPost: Popularity over fairness: How online dating platforms prioritize users. “In the ever-evolving world of online dating, a new study has brought to light the intricacies of matchmaking algorithms used by these platforms. Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Washington have uncovered a ‘popularity bias’ in these algorithms, a tendency to recommend more popular and attractive users over their less popular counterparts. The findings of this study were published in Manufacturing & Service Operations Management.” Good morning, Internet…
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January 18, 2024 at 06:30PM
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