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NEW RESOURCES
University of Oxford: New Archive of the Conservative Party releases for 2024. “Each January the Archive of the Conservative Party releases files which were previously closed under the 30-year rule. This year, files from 1993 are newly-available to access. Despite the recession of the previous couple of years coming to an end, John Major’s third year as Prime Minister was dominated by internal Party conflict over Europe and low public popularity, manifesting in two significant by-election defeats.”
TWEAKS AND UPDATES
Mashable: Kim Kardashian’s once-popular mobile game to close in April. “Pour one out for Kim Kardashian: Hollywood, the ground-breaking mobile game that proved building games for women is serious business. As of today, the game is no longer available in app stores and will no longer offer in-app purchases. A post on the game’s official message boards said current players would be able to use the app and its in-game currency until April 8, 2024.”
PC World: Audacity’s cool audio AI tools are now free for you to try. “As AI PCs debut, one question you’ll be asking yourself is: What can I do with them? Audacity has an early answer, with the release of its on-chip audio AI tools for music generation, transcription, and more. Intel used Audacity as a demo partner while describing the Meteor Lake (now rebranded as Core Ultra) architecture in Malaysia, showing off some of the tools that it formally released on Monday.”
USEFUL STUFF
Boing Boing: Ambiphone is a no-nonsense ambient sound generator. “If you want to hear ambient noises—rain, thunder, wind, water, fire, forests, traffic, trains, arcades, planes, you know—check out Ambiphone, the latest single-serving site dedicated to this oddly recurring purpose. You can layer ambiences, and add ‘binaural beats’ with theta waves and brown noise and what-have-you.”
AROUND THE INTERNET WORLD
BBC: Elvis Evolution: Presley to be brought to life using AI for new immersive show. “Singer Elvis Presley is set to be brought back to life virtually as part of a new immersive concert experience. Elvis Evolution will use AI and feature holographic projections of the star, created from thousands of his personal photos and home-video footage.”
SECURITY & LEGAL
Radio New Zealand: Hackers hit Australian state’s court recording database. “Hackers accessed the court recordings database in Australia’s Victoria state and disrupted the audio-visual in-court technology network, impacting recordings and transcription services, an official said on Tuesday. Recordings of some court hearings between 1 November and 21 December 2023 may have been stolen, Court Services Victoria chief executive Louise Anderson said in a statement.”
The Verge: LastPass will finally enforce a 12-character minimum master password. “BleepingComputer spotted a release from LastPass confirming the change that acknowledges 12 characters was already the default setting, but preexisting users previously had the option to set a shorter password. LastPass removed this option last April, requiring new customers and anyone resetting their master password to hit the 12-character requirement. But if your account had a shorter, less secure password, you’ll be forced to change it soon.”
Reuters: Google, Meta and Tiktok’s debts removed from Russian database – bailiffs. “Fines imposed by Russian courts on Alphabet’s Google and YouTube, Meta, TikTok and Telegram appear to have been settled as the companies are no longer registered as debtors in the state bailiffs’ database. But the database, accessed by Reuters on Wednesday, still includes X (formerly Twitter) and Twitch, with fines totalling 51 million roubles ($560,730) and 23 million roubles ($252,879), respectively.”
RESEARCH & OPINION
Chalkbeat: Can artificial intelligence help teachers improve? A network of NYC schools wants to find out.. “A network of small public high schools in New York City is exploring whether artificial intelligence can change the way teachers receive feedback about their classroom instruction. Urban Assembly, a network of 21 schools, is working with the American Institutes of Research to develop an AI-powered tool that can help instructional coaches analyze videos of teachers delivering lessons and offer feedback, according to network leaders.”
Georgetown University: Shaping tech for the common good: How Georgetown experts are limiting harms and maximizing benefits. “Leading faculty and researchers across Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy are using powerful computer algorithms and machine learning to improve public policy decision-making. Their work is driving change across diverse sectors, from internet safety and environmental justice to health care and mass migration.” Good afternoon, Internet…
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January 5, 2024 at 01:05AM
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