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Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Grand Canyon, Facebook, Air Travel, More: Tuesday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, March 3, 2020

Grand Canyon, Facebook, Air Travel, More: Tuesday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, March 3, 2020
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NEW RESOURCES

KNAU: New Website Tells Grand Canyon’s Indigenous Stories. ” A new website tells stories from five Native leaders about their cultural and spiritual ties to the Grand Canyon. The images, videos, and audio clips gathered on the site are part of a larger effort to improve education about the Grand Canyon’s indigenous history” An audio story with transcript available.

TWEAKS AND UPDATES

CNET: Facebook pulls out of SXSW conference over coronavirus concerns. “Facebook said Monday that it’s withdrawing from the SXSW conference because of coronavirus concerns, a move that comes shortly after Twitter announced it wasn’t attending the massive tech and culture event either.”

USEFUL STUFF

Lifehacker: These Airlines Will Let You Change Your Flight for Free Because of Coronavirus. “If you have a flight coming up in the next few weeks that you’re starting to get nervous about, here’s a rundown on what each airline’s policy on changes and cancellations currently is. Also, keep in mind that when an airline waives a change fee, it’s waiving the additional charge you would traditionally have had to pay to change that ticket, you’re still going to be responsible for the change in the cost of airfare between your old and new ticket, so it’s in your best interest to make a change earlier rather than later.”

MakeUseOf: 5 Apps to Fix YouTube Fails and Overcome Limitations . “Tired of how YouTube promotes mainstream media? Or how it removes videos without warning and doesn’t let you listen to podcasts in the background? With the right tools, you can fix all of these YouTube failures and limitations.”

AROUND THE SEARCH AND SOCIAL MEDIA WORLD

Daily Mail is not a resource I link to often, but in this case…. Daily Mail: Church of England to launch a ‘Google Maps for graves’ within five years enabling family historians to search for burial records and locations in an online database. “Thousands of cemeteries across the UK will be imaged and mapped over the next five years to create a comprehensive database of British burial sites. The Church of England project hopes to immortalise the tombs of millions of people buried in Anglican graveyards as well as those interred on unconsecrated land.”

Quartz: Wall Street’s watchdog is obscuring data that could protect investors. “BrokerCheck is operated by an industry-run regulator. And the way it presents data has the power to distort markets and protect the profits of financial institutions. The only reason we know this is that, finally, its grip on the data is slipping. Starting a few years ago, a handful of pioneering academics were able extract the critical firm-related data from individual profiles. It’s thanks largely to these analyses, which offer vastly more complete data on firm behavior, that we’re starting to see how little investors are being told—and how much the ignorance costs them.”

Poynter: Disinformers are targeting Taiwan as a country where coronavirus is out of control. “While struggling to fight the new coronavirus, Taiwan is also witnessing a serious digital attack driven by malicious disinformers. In the last few days, dozens of profiles and bots on Facebook and Twitter have posted different pieces of content suggesting that the COVID-19 is completely out of control in Taiwan and that the government doesn’t know what to do to protect its people. Active fact-checkers can already see political motivation behind it.”

SECURITY & LEGAL

Reuters: EU court backs Google in case over Hungary tax declaration fines. “Hungary’s system of fines imposed on Google related to the country’s tax on advertising is not compatible with EU law, the Court of Justice of the European Union said on Tuesday.”

Wired: A Simple New Tool Lets You Open Email Attachments Without Fear. “Micah Lee, the head of information security for First Look Media, plans to release an alpha version of a free tool called Dangerzone on GitHub [next Sunday], timed to a talk about it at the Nullcon conference in Goa, India. Dangerzone is a simple quarantine program that allows anyone to sanitize untrusted documents, neutering any tracking beacons, malicious scripts, or other nastiness that those files might carry.”

RESEARCH & OPINION

The Verge: How hard will the robots make us work?. “On conference stages and at campaign rallies, tech executives and politicians warn of a looming automation crisis — one where workers are gradually, then all at once, replaced by intelligent machines. But their warnings mask the fact that an automation crisis has already arrived. The robots are here, they’re working in management, and they’re grinding workers into the ground.” Good afternoon, Internet…

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Wall Street Journal, VHS Tapes, Opioid Crisis, More: Tuesday ResearchBuzz, March 3, 2020

Wall Street Journal, VHS Tapes, Opioid Crisis, More: Tuesday ResearchBuzz, March 3, 2020
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Wall Street Journal has apparently dropped its paywall for March 3-5. From the tweet: “ to remind yourself that http://WSJ.com is free with unlimited access starting Super Tuesday, March 3 – 5. ”

NEW RESOURCES

The Verge: The Internet Archive’s VHS Vault will send you on a 90s nostalgia trip. “The Internet Archive, perhaps best known for the extremely handy Wayback Machine you can use to find older versions of webpages, also has free movies, books, software, and music. Yet a little known part of the organization’s media trove includes uploaded recordings from VHS tapes, as I learned today thanks to this Vice article. They live on The VHS Vault, and as of this writing, there are more than 20,000 recordings you can peruse.”

Cache Valley Daily: USU Extension and USU Libraries launch digital library focused on opioid crisis. “The Utah State University Extension Health Extension: Advocacy, Research, & Teaching (HEART) Initiative, in partnership with USU Libraries, recently launched a digital library collection featuring stories from people affected by the opioid crisis.”

TWEAKS AND UPDATES

CNET: Google Stadia 2020 plans, newest games and everything else you need to know. “Google Stadia, the megacorp’s service to stream playable games on TVs and mobile devices without a console or PC, is the company’s leap into the melee of cloud gaming. Google is typically the biggest fish in any pond, but in cloud gaming it competes with other heavy hitters like Microsoft (xCloud), Nvidia (GeForce Now) and Sony (PlayStation Now).”

TechCrunch: Facebook Messenger ditches Discover, demotes chat bots. “Chat bots were central to Facebook Messenger’s strategy three years ago. Now they’re being hidden from view in the app along with games and businesses. Facebook Messenger is now removing the Discover tab as it focuses on speed and simplicity instead of broad utility like China’s WeChat.”

AROUND THE SEARCH AND SOCIAL MEDIA WORLD

Vox: Most Americans are not prepared for a disaster. Now survival kits are all over Instagram.. “It was a bit odd to see the Kardashians pivot from pushing detox tea to preaching the preparedness gospel, but they weren’t the only influencers lining up behind the idea. Popular accounts, including those of Olivia Culpo, Nyle DiMarco, Comments by Celebs, Haylie Duff, WeWoreWhat, Makeup by Mario, and not one but two Real Housewives of New Jersey, posted Stories or photos featuring their own orange gear, part of a new line of preparedness kits called Judy.”

CNET: Activist investor seeks to replace Jack Dorsey as Twitter CEO, report says. “Paul Singer, the billionaire founder of the activist fund Elliott Management, is preparing a plan to try to replace Jack Dorsey as CEO of Twitter, according to a report Friday by Bloomberg.”

Times Now News: Search engine firm Baidu reports 5% revenue growth in 2019. “China’s leading search engine and AI tech firm Baidu has reported total revenues of 107.4 billion yuan (about $15.4 billion) in 2019, representing a 5 per cent year-on-year (YoY) growth.”

SECURITY & LEGAL

Washington Post: How the cloud has opened new doors for hackers. “Cloud providers such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft’s Azure and Google Cloud have their own security features, but they typically manage security only for the underlying infrastructure. Customers are responsible for securing the applications and databases that they put on top of that infrastructure. Software that powers smart thermostats, smart speakers, online shopping, online games — nearly everything anyone does online these days — runs through applications and databases in the cloud.”

Phys .org: Updated legal maps show marginal change in U.S. state fair housing laws. “Two updated datasets published to LawAtlas.org today show minimal change in state fair housing laws and city nuisance property ordinances since 2017, in spite of the continued housing crisis in the United States.”

TorrentFreak: DMCA Notices Took Down 14,320 Github Projects in 2019. “Github has revealed that throughout 2019, the coding hosting platform took down more than 14,300 projects following DMCA complaints. Of the total notices received, only a tiny proportion was contested via counter-notice. Interestingly, the Microsoft-owned platform also reveals that one copyright complaint cannot be detailed as it’s the subject of a gagging order.”

RESEARCH & OPINION

Slate: The Smithsonian Archive Brings the Breadth of Black Womanhood Into View. “The archives present a kaleidoscope of the reality of Black womanhood: These women were musicians like jazz vocalist Maxine Sullivan; playwrights like Elizabeth Shearer White, known for her production of Othello featuring an all-Black cast; milliners like Mae Reeves; and athletes like golfer Ethel Funches. They registered voters, wrote letters to their loved ones and studied a variety of skills at the Manual Training and Industrial School for Colored Youth in Bordentown, New Jersey. Some joined Masonic societies, worked fields, sold pralines, and hit jigs at the Cotton Club.” Good morning, Internet…

March 3, 2020 at 07:24PM
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Monday, March 2, 2020

VidSpark, Google Knowledge Graph, Twitter, More: Monday Evening ResearchBuzz, March 2, 2020

VidSpark, Google Knowledge Graph, Twitter, More: Monday Evening ResearchBuzz, March 2, 2020
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TWEAKS AND UPDATES

Google Blog: Reaching a new generation of news viewers with VidSpark. “People in their teens and twenties are looking for content that’s important, but also engaging, fun, and relatable. We don’t need to seek out information; thanks to a variety of social feeds and specialized algorithms, it comes to us. But it doesn’t always come from trustworthy sources. Meanwhile, mainstream local news is struggling to meet young audiences where they are. If they rely only on their traditional methods of distribution, they risk becoming irrelevant to the next generation. With the support of the Google News Initiative, Poynter is announcing VidSpark—a program helping local newsrooms reach younger viewers online with engaging, shareable social video.”

Search Engine Journal: Google Lets People Customize Their Profile Cards For Search Results. “Google is testing the ability for people to customize their own Knowledge Graph cards that are displayed in search results. Three official support pages have been published by Google (which have since been taken down) with details on how customizing profile cards works.”

Neowin: Covid-19: Twitter suspends non-critical business travel and events. “As a result of the Covid-19 outbreak in many countries around the world, Twitter has revealed that it notified its employees and partners that it was suspending all non-critical business travel and events effective immediately.”

USEFUL STUFF

Slate: Why You Should Dox Yourself (Sort Of). “The best defense is to make it harder for abusers to track down your private information. That’s why newsrooms, including the New York Times, are starting to train their own journalists to ‘dox’ themselves. Not literally, of course—I’m not talking about posting all your information on Twitter. Rather, put yourself in the position of someone trying to mine your personal information to attack you.”

Creative Boom: How to start a podcast in 2020: A step-by-step guide for beginners. “Well, it’s been three weeks since The Creative Boom Podcast went live, and I have to say, it’s been hugely rewarding. It’s already opened doors. People are approaching me, sending me lovely messages, and I’m growing my network. It’s given me a real boost. If you’ve wanted to launch a podcast, but something has held you back – whether that’s fear, lack of time or not knowing how – I’ve pulled together some beginner tips to help.”

AROUND THE SEARCH AND SOCIAL MEDIA WORLD

Getty Blog: The Simone Forti Archive Comes to Getty. “The Getty Research Institute has acquired the archive of artist, dancer, performer, and writer Simone Forti, who is one of the most influential artists in the history of Minimalism and experimental dance in the United States.”

Northern Arizona University: Historic Route 66 Association of Arizona endowment to support NAU’s Cline Library, preserve historical records . “Route 66 is more than just a road—it’s a representation of Arizona’s history and its future. The Historic Route 66 Association of Arizona is committed to the preservation of the mother road and all the memories that come along with it. In keeping with its mission, the association made a gift of $50,000 to the Northern Arizona University Foundation to establish an endowment that will help to preserve, protect and promote Arizona’s Route 66 history.”

SECURITY & LEGAL

Mashable: This Supreme Court case could criminalize online immigration activism. Here’s why.. “The case, U.S. v. Sineneng-Smith, originates from a federal district court in California where a federal grand jury convicted immigration consultant Evelyn Sineneng-Smith for fraud after she told her undocumented clients they could maintain legal status under a program she knew had expired. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals did little to overturn that conviction. What it did overturn, however, was a separate conviction that found Sineneng-Smith guilty under a 1986 federal law that makes it a crime to ‘encourage’ and ‘induce’ known undocumented immigrants to reside in the U.S. And it did so on First Amendment grounds.”

New York Times: F.C.C. to Fine Cellphone Carriers for Selling Customers’ Locations . “The Federal Communications Commission is set to propose about $200 million in fines against four major cellphone carriers for selling customers’ real-time location data, according to three people briefed on the discussions.”

RESEARCH & OPINION

Phys .org: Big data helps farmers adapt to climate variability. “A new Michigan State University study shines a light on how big data and digital technologies can help farmers better adapt to threats—both present and future—from a changing climate.” Good evening, Internet…

March 3, 2020 at 06:58AM
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Mao Era in Objects, Let’s Encrypt, Google Featured Snippets, More: Monday Mid-Afternoon ResearchBuzz, March 2, 2020

Mao Era in Objects, Let’s Encrypt, Google Featured Snippets, More: Monday Mid-Afternoon ResearchBuzz, March 2, 2020
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NEW RESOURCES

Yale Daily News: Professor contributes to new Mao China project. “Mundane objects — from cutlery to wall decorations — form an integral part of everyday life, according to assistant history professor Denise Ho, who used this basic principle to co-advise an online exhibit about Mao-era China. The ‘Mao Era in Objects’ project, spearheaded by professor Jen Altehenger from the University of Oxford, compiled information and photographs regarding 24 objects from Mao-era China.” Another article with no URL I can find. The resource is at https://maoeraobjects.ac.uk/ .

TWEAKS AND UPDATES

Neowin: Let’s Encrypt has issued its billionth certificate. “Let’s Encrypt has announced that its billionth certificate was issued today. By automating the issuance of website certificates, Let’s Encrypt hoped to increase the number of HTTPS-compatible websites, making the web more secure for everyone. The announcement comes just a week after Let’s Encrypt introduced support for multi-perspective domain validation.”

USEFUL STUFF

Search Engine Journal: Google Featured Snippets: A 2020 SEO Guide. “For several years now, SEO professionals have shared common best practices used to earn these coveted paragraph, list, or table results. But Google has unveiled a handful of new updates to featured snippets in the past couple of years, which affect which content is selected and how the snippets appear in the search results.”

Make Tech Easier: Top 3 Resources to Teach Kids to Code. “As a former elementary teacher who also spent time teaching technology to young children, I’ve identified a few sites that allow students as young as four to begin learning about code. There are many others out there, but these are three of the most engaging, and they use sound teaching practices.”

AROUND THE SEARCH AND SOCIAL MEDIA WORLD

South China Morning Post: Malaysian Instagram slang bank creates a graphic archive of the country’s unique urban language. “Loading” according to the Cambridge dictionary is defined as putting goods onto a vehicle, or in finance it means a charge added to an investment. But to Malaysians, since the arrival of the internet, ‘loading’ refers to someone slowly processing information. This is one of the 300 Malaysian slang terms posted so far on the on MySlangBank Instagram account, an archive of urban language made famous by social media and terms already woven into the country’s culture and identity.”

CNN: A high school student created a fake 2020 candidate. Twitter verified it. “Andrew Walz calls himself a ‘proven business leader’ and a ‘passionate advocate for students.’ Walz, a Republican from Rhode Island, is running for Congress with the tagline, ‘Let’s make change in Washington together,’ or so his Twitter account claimed. Earlier this month, Walz’s account received a coveted blue checkmark from Twitter as part of the company’s broader push to verify the authenticity of many Senate, House and gubernatorial candidates currently running for office. Twitter has framed this effort as key to helping Americans find reliable information about politicians in the leadup to the 2020 election. But there’s just one problem: Walz does not exist.”

SECURITY & LEGAL

Stuff NZ: Street art – public property or copyrighted art?. “It had been a common conversation among street artists for years – their work getting ripped off without permission or pay. If it wasn’t calendars it was postcards, or T-shirts, or advertising campaigns. They always thought there was nothing they could do. But they were wrong.”

ZDNet: Android malware can steal Google Authenticator 2FA codes. “Security researchers say that an Android malware strain can now extract and steal one-time passcodes (OTP) generated through Google Authenticator, a mobile app that’s used as a two-factor authentication (2FA) layer for many online accounts.”

RESEARCH & OPINION

New York Times: Cloud Computing Is Not the Energy Hog That Had Been Feared. “The computer engine rooms that power the digital economy have become surprisingly energy efficient. A new study of data centers globally found that while their computing output jumped sixfold from 2010 to 2018, their energy consumption rose only 6 percent. The scientists’ findings suggest concerns that the rise of mammoth data centers would generate a surge in electricity demand and pollution have been greatly overstated.”

ZME Science: Hunter-gatherer “social media” accelerated our evolution. “As far back as the Stone Age, humans were developing complex and intricate cultural systems. These social networks played a key role in accelerating our development, a new study shows.” Good afternoon, Internet…

March 3, 2020 at 02:27AM
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African-American History, Forced Arbitration, Google, More: Monday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, March 2, 2020

African-American History, Forced Arbitration, Google, More: Monday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, March 2, 2020
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NEW RESOURCES

Christian Science Monitor: New website shines light on hidden figures in black history. “The website Black Quotidian features profiles of hundreds of lesser known African American figures who made their marks in U.S. society. The creator, a Dartmouth College professor, wanted to provide a fresh look at the lives of ordinary black Americans.” I didn’t see the URL of the site anywhere in the story! It’s http://blackquotidian.org/ .

Washington Post: New database aims to expose companies that make employees arbitrate sexual harassment claims. “Using the same spreadsheet-style activism she did with #GrabYourWallet, Shannon Coulter emailed some 500 companies, asking detailed questions about their forced arbitration policies for sexual harassment, which require employees to resolve complaints out of court. She and her partners, social impact investor Rachel Robasciotti and principal Iris Kuo, then published their answers — or lack thereof — on a public site, listing contact details for company representatives.”

TWEAKS AND UPDATES

Bloomberg Quint: Google Cancels Internal Conference Over Virus Concerns. “Google canceled a major internal gathering over concerns about the spread of coronavirus, the latest in a wave of events and conferences being called off around the world. The internet giant’s sales and marketing event was set to take place in Las Vegas in March, a Google spokesman said.”

Search Engine Journal: LinkedIn Will Soon Get An Instagram-Like Stories Feature. “LinkedIn confirmed that it will soon be following Instagram, Facebook, and Snapchat by adding its own stories feature. Pete Davies, head of content products at LinkedIn, informed the community that stories are currently being tested in an effort to spark more conversation on the network.”

USEFUL STUFF

Bustle: 13 Instagram Music Hashtags To Explore If You Need New Tunes. “There are endless ways to use hashtags on Instagram: you may throw one in your caption, add some to help your post get more attention, or use them to scope out the best destinations in the city you’re visiting next. And while Instagram isn’t a music app, it doesn’t mean you can’t use it to search for the latest songs too. It just takes knowing what hashtags to follow to find new music on Instagram.”

AROUND THE SEARCH AND SOCIAL MEDIA WORLD

ZDNet: The for-profit takeover of the non-profit ‘.org’ top-level domain. “At first glance, the proposed deal makes little sense. The Internet Society is trying to sell the non-profit Public Interest Registry (PIR), the registry for the ‘.org’ top-level domain (TLD), to the new private-equity firm Ethos Capital for $1.135 billion. There are about 10.5 million .org domains, and most — but not all — are non-profits. Where’s the money?”

Route Fifty: Census Advocates Spread the Word on New Online Forms. “With only weeks remaining until the 2020 census count begins, states and cities are scrambling to make sure residents know what to expect when they open their mail in mid-March. From teach-ins in New York City libraries to mailbox-themed ads in Alabama, local officials are trying to spread the message that it’s both important and safe to go online and respond.”

Vox: Tikked off: What happens when TikTok fame fades. “As he was entering his junior year of high school last August, 16-year-old Sam Benarroch had about 166,000 followers on TikTok. It wasn’t the sort of following that regularly turned heads in public, but it was enough to feel special, like what he created mattered to people.”

SECURITY & LEGAL

New York Times: Founder of 8chan Faces Arrest on ‘Cyberlibel’ Charge. “Fredrick Brennan, who founded but later distanced himself from the 8chan message board that has given encouragement and visibility to violent extremists, is facing arrest in the Philippines in a ‘cyberlibel’ case brought by the site’s current owner.”

RESEARCH & OPINION

News .com .au: Microsoft storing world’s open source GitHub code in Norwegian archive vault for the next millennium. “The secrets of Australia’s unique biodiversity and the collected history of our national library are among the digital treasures being kept in a vault 250 metres underground in an abandoned Norwegian coal mine. The GitHub Arctic Vault program is part of the now Microsoft-owned code repository GitHub, where programmers can share code with others to check for bugs or for them to implement in their own programs.” Good afternoon, Internet…

March 2, 2020 at 11:15PM
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Sustainable Finance, Australia Quality of Life, Underrepresented Composers, More: Monday ResearchBuzz, March 2, 2020

Sustainable Finance, Australia Quality of Life, Underrepresented Composers, More: Monday ResearchBuzz, March 2, 2020
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NEW RESOURCES

The Fifth Estate: New digital library helps financiers dig deeper into sustainability. “There has been plenty of talk recently about a sea change in attitudes regarding climate-related financial risks but making the business case for sustainable finance isn’t always easy. Responsible investment expert Pablo Berrutti is hoping to change that with a not-for-profit digital library and resource centre that will help people understand the role finance must play in addressing sustainability challenges.”

UNSW Sydney: New index ranks Australian states and territories on social performance. “A new index to measure the quality of life for people across Australia was launched today by leading research organisation the Centre for Social Impact (CSI), which is based at UNSW Business School. The Australian Social Progress Index (SPI) ranks states and territories on their social progress, providing the first-ever holistic measure of Australia’s social performance that is independent of economic factors.”

University of Missouri-Kansas City: UMKC Libraries “Shining a Light” on underrepresented composers. “With UMKC Libraries’ new online exhibit, ‘Shining a Light,’ you can now discover many 21st century composers from historically underrepresented groups…. ‘Shining a Light’ allows people to listen to a variety of scores and learn more about the composers who come from marginalized communities.” There are over 70 composers here (with the possibility of more coming) with extensive bios and in many cases links to compositions.

TWEAKS AND UPDATES

How-To Geek: How to Play Microsoft Edge’s Secret Surfing Game. “Remember SkiFree? Microsoft is one-upping Google Chrome’s hidden dinosaur game. The new version of Microsoft Edge has a secret surfing game that works offline. It’s SkiFree with a fresh new coat of paint, swapping out yetis for the Kraken.”

National and University Library in Zagreb: Croatian Web Archive launches new website. “On 20 February 2020, the Croatian Web Archive (Hrvatski arhiv weba, HAW), a system of the National and University Library in Zagreb for cataloguing, archiving and enabling long-term preservation of and access to Croatian web resources, launched its new website. The Archive’s website’s new, third interface follows the latest developments in the advance of the World Wide Web, and the related technologies and services, as well as the changing requirements of its users, and makes available new features aimed at enhancing user experience.”

USEFUL STUFF

Hypergrid Business: Best Places To Learn AR and VR Development Online in 2020. “There are quite a handful of platforms that allow you to develop virtual reality and augmented reality apps and content, but it is not easy to find an offline virtual reality school or academy with which to train for those interested in developing AR and VR apps. Udemy may be the popular place to learn VR and AR, but there are other free or cheaper subscription options.” I liked this one a lot. Extensive, lots of annotation.

MakeUseOf: 7 HQ Trivia Alternatives for Fans of Quizzes . “HQ Trivia was a live quiz app that gave out real money to people for answering a series of questions correctly. Unfortunately, HQ Trivia is no more thanks to a diminishing audience and lack of funds. So, in this article, we list the best HQ Trivia alternatives for former fans.”

SECURITY & LEGAL

The Next Web: A massive cache of stolen OnlyFans videos have been dumped online. “Someone has leaked terabytes of content stolen from OnlyFans, a subscription site popular among influencers, sex workers, and pornographic actors. Photos and videos of specific users and performers is now out from behind the site’s paywall, meaning content creators are no longer able to profit from their work. And it doesn’t seem like there’s anything they can do.” As the article indicates, it’s not clear at all what happened or even how much material was released.

TorrentFreak: Reddit’s Copyright Infringement Removals Increased by 500% Last Year. “Reddit has published new data which shows that 124,247 pieces of content were removed following copyright takedown notices last year. This is a fivefold increase compared to the year before. For the first time, the site also reported details on its repeat infringer policy which resulted in 283 users and 137 subreddits being banned.”

RESEARCH & OPINION

Eye on the Arctic: Archeologists create digital blueprints of historic sites on Canadian Arctic island. “The impacts of climate change can be hard to notice on an incremental basis, but when archeologist Peter Dawson stepped off a Twin Otter aircraft onto Yukon’s Herschel Island after a decades-long absence, there was nothing subtle about what he saw.”

ESRI ArcGIS Blog: Mapping coronavirus, responsibly. “Technology allows, and actively supports rapid, democratized mapping. Data, compiled and published in near real-time (if not actual real-time) encourages people to get their hands dirty to see what they can make. Media outlets all rush to provide their audience with fast, visible content. Social media drives sharing of these maps at a breathtaking pace. When you throw in a developing human health story the ingredients are ripe for maps to take centre stage, as they have become with the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. Let’s take a look at how maps can help shape the narrative and, as concern (fear?) grows, how to map the data responsibly.”

OTHER THINGS I THINK ARE COOL

Outside my wheelhouse, sharing anyway. Michigan State University: New resource helps food pantry staff serve clients with diabetes. “On average, 33% of all households that use food pantries have at least one family member with diabetes. Unfortunately, these factors can often lead to a cycle of poor health outcomes — food insecurity is more common among households with a person living with diabetes, yet food insecurity is a risk factor for developing diabetes. To help fight this problem, MSU Extension has created a free online learning module called Navigating the Food Pantry with Diabetes. This course helps food pantry staff better serve clients who are managing diabetes.” Good morning, Internet…

March 2, 2020 at 06:12PM
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Sunday, March 1, 2020

Australia Energy Infrastructure, Complex Emotion Expression Database, Museum of Chinese in America, More: Sunday ResearchBuzz, March 1, 2020

Australia Energy Infrastructure, Complex Emotion Expression Database, Museum of Chinese in America, More: Sunday ResearchBuzz, March 1, 2020
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NEW RESOURCES

Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO): DER register goes live. “On 1 March 2020 Australia will have its first database of distributed energy resources (DER) installed throughout the National Electricity Market (NEM) when the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) launches its DER Register. Distributed energy resources are consumer-owned devices that can generate (rooftop solar) or store electricity (batteries, electric vehicles), or have ‘smart’ capabilities to actively manage energy usage (air conditioners, pool pumps, etc).”

Penn State News: Emotion expression database new resource for researchers. “The ability to understand facial expressions is an important part of social communication. However, little is known about how complex facial expression signal emotions related to social behavior and inner thoughts. To answer these questions, Penn State researchers developed the Complex Emotion Expression Database (CEED), a digital stimulus set of 243 basic and 237 complex emotional facial expressions.”

TWEAKS AND UPDATES

Hyperallergic: Scorched Museum of Chinese in America Archives Building Will Be Rebuilt. “After it was gutted by a five-alarm fire in January, the Chinatown building that housed the archives of the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) will be torn down and rebuilt, the city announced this week. The announcement ended concerns by members of the community that the city may have neglected its pledge to help recover the museum’s damaged archives.”

PC World: Microsoft begins blocking ‘unwanted applications’ like adware and cryptominers, using Edge. “Beginning with the current version of Microsoft Edge, Microsoft will begin blocking adware, Bitcoin miners, and other unwanted apps that sometimes accompany apps that users download from the web.”

USEFUL STUFF

Nature: Free lists of grants and fellowships around the world available online. “Early-career researchers worldwide are are availing themselves of an important but formerly obscure resource: three downloadable databases of hundreds of global funding opportunities and fellowships.”

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The Construction Index: Industry archive broken up and at risk. “An historic construction industry archive collection is being broken up and some is at risk of being lost forever because the volunteers who look after it are running out of time to move all the material out.”

WPVI: Nora the Piano Cat still on key after 13 years of internet fame. “A musical couple lives in perfect harmony with their cat, Nora. Born in 2004, the gray tabby was rescued off the streets of Camden, New Jersey. Burnell Yow! and Betsy Alexander, two musicians and artists, adopted her. Betsy is an avid pianist who provides lessons to locals. With music constantly ringing throughout the house, it’s no wonder why Nora, the cat, picked up an ear for it. One day, she hopped up on the bench and began to play the piano herself.” I love everything about this story. I love the cat, I love the people, I love their house…

Florida State University News: FSU professor establishes new Emmett Till Lecture and Archives Fund. “The Emmett Till Lecture and Archives Fund will provide much needed support to maintain, enhance, promote and grow the Emmett Till Archives at Florida State University Libraries. The fund will primarily support an annual Emmett Till Archives lecture and add to the collection. Other activities provided by the fund may include travel for researchers and students to work with the collections and funds for student scholarships and projects produced from the Till Archives.”

SECURITY & LEGAL

Washington University in St. Louis: ‘Surfing attack’ hacks Siri, Google with ultrasonic waves. “Attacks on cell phones aren’t new, and researchers have previously shown that ultrasonic waves can be used to deliver a single command through the air. However, new research from Washington University in St. Louis expands the scope of vulnerability that ultrasonic waves pose to cellphone security. These waves, the researchers found, can propagate through many solid surfaces to activate voice recognition systems and — with the addition of some cheap hardware — the person initiating the attack can also hear the phone’s response.”

BET: Chicago Police Department Set To Reintroduce Controversial Gang Database. “The Chicago Police Department is planning to reintroduce their controversial gang database. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the Criminal Enterprise Information System is scheduled to launch within the next six to 12 months and aims to ultimately replace CPD’s existing gang database, which has been characterized as ineffective, inaccurate and outdated.”

RESEARCH & OPINION

ZDNet: AI’s big problem: Lazy humans just trust the algorithms too much. “It’s all well and good to recommend that humans consistently monitor the decisions made by AI systems, especially if those decisions impact decisive fields like warfare or policing. But in reality, how good are humans at catching the flaws of those systems?”

Institute of Cancer Research: World’s largest sarcoma research database aims to revolutionise sarcoma treatment after multi-million pound investment. “Researchers at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, working alongside collaborators from around the globe, are set to begin work on the world’s largest digital hub of sarcoma clinical and research data after receiving a £2.5m grant.” Good morning, Internet…

March 1, 2020 at 06:39PM
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