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Monday, August 2, 2021

Early Modern Food And Agriculture, North Carolina Newspaper, Open Government Projects, More: Monday ResearchBuzz, August 2, 2021

Early Modern Food And Agriculture, North Carolina Newspaper, Open Government Projects, More: Monday ResearchBuzz, August 2, 2021
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NEW RESOURCES

Folger Shakespeare Library: New Website Showcases Before ‘Farm to Table’ Project Discoveries. “The website includes early modern recipes; interactive features examining how food made it from farm to table in an increasingly global marketplace; and recorded panel discussions, essays, and blog posts showing the project’s wide-ranging scholarly research and intersecting interests with food professionals, farmers, bioarcheologists, and a public fascinated by food and its production.”

DigitalNC: 1941 to 1975 Transylvania Times Issues Now Available. “This batch includes issues from the years 1941 to 1975, adding over 1,000 issues. Published weekly, the paper focuses on education updates (such as at Brevard College and high school), music camps and performances, local and national news, and community events. Featured articles and topics from this batch include the end of World War II and the fight against polio.”

State of Rhode Island: Attorney General launches new open government database ahead of 23rd Annual Open Government Summit. “Attorney General Peter Neronha will host the 23rd Annual Open Government Summit, in partnership with the Roger Williams University School of Law Alumni Association, this Friday, July 30th…. Ahead of this year’s summit, the Office unveiled its new online database for open government findings. Developed by Clerkbase, a company that specializes in online transparency solutions for government agencies, the Attorney General’s new database allows users to browse all open government decisions and seek out specific decisions using advanced search options.” The summit was a livestreamed virtual event. A video is available on YouTube.

AROUND THE SEARCH AND SOCIAL MEDIA WORLD

Hawke’s Bay Today: Quake confusion: Hawke’s Bay residents thrown by Google cellphone alert issued after 5.1 magnitude earthquake. “It wasn’t just the 5.1 magnitude earthquake which woke many residents across the east coast of the North Island. Many bleary-eyed Android users were left confused by the shake just after 1am after receiving a Google mobile phone alert which described it as a 6.0 magnitude quake off the coast.”

Indiana University Bloomington: Papers of seminal African filmmaker Paulin Vieyra acquired by IU Black Film Center/Archive. “The Indiana University Black Film Center/Archive has acquired the papers of Paulin Vieyra, the first French-speaking sub-Saharan African to direct a film, 1955’s ‘Afrique-sur-Seine.’ Vieyra served as a pioneering critic, historian and producer during the decolonization era of the 1960s, and he was a mentor to Ousmane Sembène, who has been referred to as the father of African cinema.”

British Library: How to Digitise Scrolls: A Step-by-Step Guide from the Lotus Sutra Project. “These scrolls were procured by the British-Hungarian archaeologist Sir Marc Aurel Stein (1862-1943), when he travelled to Dunhuang. He was followed by several other foreign explorers who also took away a large number of manuscripts and other items. By digitising this corpus of texts, we can facilitate access to these historic items and bring them together digitally, after they were scattered around the globe.”

SECURITY & LEGAL

Politico: Jihadists flood pro-Trump social network with propaganda. “Just weeks after its launch, the pro-Trump social network GETTR is inundated with terrorist propaganda spread by supporters of Islamic State, according to a POLITICO review of online activity on the fledgling platform.”

Thanks to Tish W. for the heads-up! Axios: The push for a “PBS for the internet”. “The concept of a new media ecosystem that’s non-profit, publicly funded and tech-infused is drawing interest in policy circles as a way to shift the power dynamics in today’s information wars.”

AP: Turn it off, then turn it back on: Simple step can thwart top phone hackers. “Regularly rebooting phones won’t stop the army of cybercriminals or spy-for-hire firms that have sowed chaos and doubt about the ability to keep any information safe and private in our digital lives. But it can make even the most sophisticated hackers work harder to maintain access and steal data from a phone.”

RESEARCH & OPINION

Search Engine Journal: WordPress Dominates Market Share Of Top 10,000 Websites . “It was expected that the majority of top sites would use a private custom content management system, and the research confirmed that, with 7,612 (76.12%) of top sites using a CMS that was not publicly available. However, of the top sites with a publicly available content management system, WordPress was the platform of choice for 1,057 (10.57%).” Respect to the sites out there still using Blogger.

EurekAlert: Misplaced trust: When trust in science fosters pseudoscience. “A new study finds that people who trust science are more likely to believe and disseminate false claims containing scientific references than people who do not trust science. Reminding people of the value of critical evaluation reduces belief in false claims, but reminding them of the value of trusting science does not.”

University of Texas at San Antonio: Three professors use data science to tackle educational inequities for minority students. “Three UTSA professors across disciplines are working together on a project to increase data-based research capacity among higher education institutions that serve a large share of Black and Latinx students.” Good morning, Internet…

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August 2, 2021 at 05:51PM
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Sunday, August 1, 2021

Drought Resources, Mastodon, Color Tools, More: Sunday Evening ResearchBuzz, August 1, 2021

Drought Resources, Mastodon, Color Tools, More: Sunday Evening ResearchBuzz, August 1, 2021
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NEW RESOURCES

Bureau of Reclamation: Reclamation launches website with real-time information, interactive resources on drought. “The portal is user friendly and provides easy-to-understand features, explanations and current information on cutting-edge science, drought actions, current conditions and climate change visualizations that will help the public understand the complex drought conditions in the West.”

TWEAKS AND UPDATES

The Verge: Mastodon now has an official iPhone app. “Decentralized social network Mastodon now has an official iPhone app. The nonprofit behind Mastodon launched the app on iOS today, supplementing an existing web version and several third-party apps for iOS, Android, and other platforms. The app is free and offers a similar feature set to Mastodon’s core service, although it doesn’t include Mastodon’s broad local and federated timelines.”

USEFUL STUFF

Smashing Magazine: Color Tools And Resources. “Do you need a little inspiration boost? We’ve collected some useful color tools and resources that we’ve discovered lately — to help you get the most out of your creativity. We’ve also just recently covered CSS auditing tools, CSS generators, accessible front-end components, front-end boilerplates and VS code extensions — you might find them useful, too.”

AROUND THE SEARCH AND SOCIAL MEDIA WORLD

CNBC: Google founders have sold $1 billion in stock since May, the most since 2017. “Google founders and controlling Alphabet stakeholders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have sold more than $1 billion worth of stock combined since May of this year. Beginning in May, the two sold Class A and Class C shares worth more than $1.07 billion, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission compiled by OpenInsider.”

Echo Nigeria: How The New “Viral Challenges” Are Helping Nigerian Artistes Sell Their Songs – Naija Info – ECHOnigeria. “Recently artistes like Simi, Ladipoe, Falz, Mayorkun & Korede Bello have had their songs blow up thanks to viral challenges. In this article, we’ll be enlightening our viewers to the new social media tool and act that our artistes are now imploring to sell their song, get us the consumer to buy, and fall in love in no time. Also to get a wider audience.. That the Tik Tok social App and creating Challenges.”

Colossal: The Sketchbook Project Needs Help After Its Brooklyn Collection Grows to 55,000 Globally Submitted Books. “Colossal editor-in-chief Christopher Jobson spoke with Steven Peterman, the founder and managing director of The Sketchbook Project, in July 2021. This conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity.”

SECURITY & LEGAL

New York Times: A Fire in Minnesota. An Arrest in Mexico. Cameras Everywhere.. “One night in the Twin Cities, shortly after the killing of George Floyd, someone set a fire in a Goodwill. That led to an international search for the culprits — and it exposed a growing system of global surveillance.”

Chattanooga Times Free Press: Athens police Google Nest cameras went missing, got returned. “Late last year, the police chief of Athens, Tennessee, went to the district attorney with concerns about two missing Google Nest cameras, suggesting City Manager Seth Sumner had something to do with it. The cameras reappeared — one in a supply closet, one in a laptop case — and District Attorney Steve Crump told the Times Free Press ‘there is no evidence that there was any criminal act involved in the disappearance or reappearance of the cameras.’ But the incident has reverberated for months in this town of 13,000.”

RESEARCH & OPINION

Techdirt: Stop The Antitrust Gerrymandering. “The social media app TikTok was reported to have passed more than 3 billion total downloads in July and was the most downloaded app in the first half of the year. This growth is impressive as it not only was banned in India but is the first app not owned by Facebook to pass 3 billion downloads. Yet in the recent antitrust cases from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the states attorneys general against Facebook, there is little mention of the popular app.”

Ubergizmo: IBM’s AI Can Predict How Parkinson’s May Progress In Individuals. “…thanks to the efforts of researchers from IBM and the Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF), they believe that they have developed an AI that can predict how Parkinson’s will progress in individuals. This means that in the future, doctors can use this AI to better understand how the disease will progress in their patients, which in turn would allow them to better manage their patient’s symptoms.” Good evening, Internet…

August 2, 2021 at 05:02AM
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California Newspapers, Malaysia Performing Arts, Edwardian England Photography, More: Sunday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, August 1, 2021

California Newspapers, Malaysia Performing Arts, Edwardian England Photography, More: Sunday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, August 1, 2021
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NEW RESOURCES

The Current (UC Santa Barbara): Windows on the Past. “The Gazette was the city’s first newspaper, and published weekly until May 15, 1857. And now all 104 editions of the paper are open to the public. The UC Santa Barbara Library has digitized the Gazette, with issues available through its Alexandria Digital Research Library(link is external).”

The Star (Malaysia): How Malaysian arts portals are keeping creative communities connected. “After a massive housekeeping exercise and user upgrade, theatre collective Five Arts Centre can now boast a new website that is a one-stop centre, detailing its past, present and future. For the big rewind, the archival material features Five Arts Centre projects from 1984 to present day. More than 200 projects are available for research or casual nostalgic reading.”

BBC: Cork: How sheep and goats uncovered hidden headstones. “Hidden by nature for centuries, hundreds of long-forgotten graves are being rediscovered in an Irish churchyard – with the help of the natural world itself. Goats and sheep have been drafted in to clear the overgrown graveyard beside St Matthew’s church in Templebreedy in County Cork.”

TWEAKS AND UPDATES

KFOR: National Weather Service adding ‘damage threats’ to thunderstorm warnings. “Starting Monday, Aug. 2, the National Weather Service is making changes to the way it issues severe thunderstorm warnings, specifically the information provided in the warnings about how destructive the storm will be.”

USEFUL STUFF

Make Tech Easier: 9 iOS Security Settings You Should Change Right Now. “In today’s digital world, you can never be too careful when it comes to your privacy. There will always be something or someone trying to steal your sensitive information. Apple gives you a full set of privacy-focused options on your iPhone. Here are 9 essential iOS security settings you should change right now.”

AROUND THE SEARCH AND SOCIAL MEDIA WORLD

The Independent: Century-old sunshine: Photos of an Edwardian family enjoying summer holidays are saved from the refuse tip. “John Thomson, 43, discovered 400 photos on glass plate negatives and rolls of film when he was working in a secondhand book shop 12 years ago…. John, from Bath, Somerset, started processing the pictures using his smartphone and online software and shared them on Twitter.”

Brisbane Times: Giving pieces a chance: The incredible rock music collection hidden for decades. “For years, late music journalist Ritchie Yorke’s incredible music collection sat out of sight in a suburban Brisbane home. Now, it will have a public home with the National Sound and Film Archive.”

BBC: The perfect storm striking World of Warcraft. “On YouTube, Reddit and Twitter, there are stories about people leaving the game. Some cite long delays for new content in a game that charges a monthly fee; others are annoyed at a lack of communication. Players have been flocking to competing games in larger numbers than ever – led by a wave of famous streamers and content creators jumping ship Then, the allegations of widespread sexual harassment and discrimination at Activision Blizzard came.”

RESEARCH & OPINION

Syracuse University News: Forensic Scientists Design the First Machine Learning Approach to Forensic DNA Analysis. “Michael Marciano, research assistant professor and director for research in the Forensic and National Security Sciences Institute (FNSSI) within the College of Arts and Sciences, and Jonathan Adelman, research assistant professor in FNSSI, have invented a novel hybrid machine learning approach (MLA) to mixture analysis (U.S. patent number 10,957,421). Their method combines the strengths of current computational and expert analysis approaches with those in data mining and artificial intelligence. Their MLA enables rapid and automated deconvolution (separation) of DNA mixtures with increased accuracy compared to current methods, potentially.”

Antara News: Gaining insights into Lampung’s culture through ancient manuscripts. Lampung is a province of Indonesia. “Lampung Province, also known as ‘Sai Bumi Ruwa Jurai,’ not only has abundant agricultural products, such as pepper, coffee, and cloves, but is also rich in customs and culture that can captivate all those who study it. Through various types of ancient manuscripts, Lampung philologists began to explore several puzzles about the culture that developed in Lampung over the past centuries.” Good afternoon, Internet…

August 2, 2021 at 01:11AM
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Rickrolling, Telegrams, Kindle, More: Sunday ResearchBuzz, August 1, 2021

Rickrolling, Telegrams, Kindle, More: Sunday ResearchBuzz, August 1, 2021
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TWEAKS AND UPDATES

Tubefilter: Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up” Rickrolls Its Way Past 1 Billion YouTube Views. “The cult-favorite music video for Rick Astley’s 1987 single ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ has joined YouTube’s illustrious 1 billion views club. YouTube notes that the video emerged as an unexpected smash thanks to the ‘Rickrolling‘ meme, which sees pranksters proffering an enticing link that is actually a bait-and-switch for the ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ music video.”

Ubergizmo: Older Kindle Models Will Lose Their Internet Access In December. “The big deal here is that by no longer being able to access the internet, these Kindle devices cannot download new content wirelessly. Amazon says that your purchased content will stay where it is, and if you’ve already downloaded it you can keep reading it on your device, but future content will no longer be possible.”

The Verge: Telegram’s group video calls can now have up to 1,000 viewers. “Telegram has announced the latest new features and improvements making their way to the popular messaging app. Video is the focus this time around. After launching group video calls last month, those sessions are now able to tally up to 1,000 viewers.”

AROUND THE SEARCH AND SOCIAL MEDIA WORLD

SupChina: ‘Scumbags’: Influencers caught stealing rescue boat to fake saving people in Henan floods. “The boat-stealing influencers weren’t the only small-time social media personalities to use the deadly floods to grow followers, likes, and views. China Youth Daily reported (in Chinese) that in the immediate aftermath of the disaster, hundreds of influencers flocked to Henan, despite officials advising the concerned public to leave rescue work to professionals and not to go to affected areas to take up local resources.”

TechCrunch: Pittsburgh Google contractors ratify deal with HCL. “Nearly two years ago, contractors for Google’s Pittsburgh operations voted to join the United Steelworkers union in a bid to secure more labor rights representation. It was an early example of a building union movement for tech workers across the spectrum. But as other hard-fought battles have been waged among blue and white collar workers alike, both sides have continued hashing out negotiations. This week, those have finally resulted in something more concrete.”

ARTNews: Hermitage Museum to Sell Monet, Leonardo Paintings as NFTs. “The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, is minting several masterpieces from its collection as NFTs. The sale of NFT versions of works by Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, and Leonardo da Vinci will take place at the end of August on the Binance online marketplace.”

SECURITY & LEGAL

Techdirt: Top German Court Says Facebook Must Inform Users About Deleting Their Posts Or Suspending Their Account, Explain Why, And Allow Them To Respond. “We’ve just written about Germany’s constitutional court grappling with the issue of whether government users of zero-days for surveillance have a responsibility to report the flaws they use to the relevant developers. Another senior court in the country has been pondering an even thornier question that is occupying judges and lawmakers around the world: how should social media police so-called ‘hate speech’ on their services in a way that respects fundamental rights on all sides?”

Route Fifty: It’s a Pivotal Moment for Expanding High-Speed Internet Access. “As the pandemic forced people to work from home, and children to attend school online, it put a harsh spotlight on service and affordability gaps. On the upside, there’s billions in new federal funding available for broadband initiatives under ARPA, and the bipartisan infrastructure framework that U.S. Senate lawmakers voted to move ahead with on Wednesday includes $65 billion for high-speed internet investments.”

RESEARCH & OPINION

PC Magazine: Americans Spend Nearly 60 Billion Hours a Year on Google. “Collectively, Americans spent 57.3 billion hours on Google per year. Its video equivalent, YouTube, comes in second with a combined 142.6 billion hours, which is how much time it can feel like you’ve spent there when you go down a video rabbit hole.”

Purdue University: Dark mode may not save your phone’s battery life as much as you think, but there are a few silver linings. “When Android and Apple operating system updates started giving users the option to put their smartphones in dark mode, the feature showed potential for saving the battery life of newer phones with screens that allow darker-colored pixels to use less power than lighter-colored pixels. But dark mode is unlikely to make a big difference to battery life with the way that most people use their phones on a daily basis, says a new study by Purdue University researchers. That doesn’t mean that dark mode can’t be helpful, though.”

CNET: Hospitalized young patients ‘run the bases’ at Dodger Stadium, via robots. “Young patients at a Los Angeles hospital got to run the bases at Dodger Stadium, virtually at least, thanks to telepresence robots that transported them from their beds onto the baseball field. With tablets in hand, 10 patients at UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital moved the wheeled robots around the diamond, and even chatted with Los Angeles Dodgers players face to face.”

OTHER STUFF I THINK IS COOL

GameRant: Zelda Fan Creates a Google Maps-esque Website for Breath of Wild. “Nassim Software is a software designer and Zelda fan. One idea he had was the idea of creating something akin to Google Maps for Breath of the Wild, where one could get a 360-degree picture of a location when taken to a certain place. This set in motion the project to create a Breath of the Wild street view site.” Good morning, Internet…

August 1, 2021 at 05:37PM
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Saturday, July 31, 2021

Snapchat, Mozilla VPN, Facebook Messenger, More: Saturday Evening ResearchBuzz, July 31, 2021

Snapchat, Mozilla VPN, Facebook Messenger, More: Saturday Evening ResearchBuzz, July 31, 2021
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TWEAKS AND UPDATES

Mashable: Snap Map adds ‘My Places’ for a Google Maps feel. “What if Google Maps, but more Snapchat? That’s what the new ‘My Places’ feature on the disappearing messaging app’s map feels like. My Places, which starts rolling out Wednesday around the world, makes it easier to remember and discover nearby restaurants, bars, and new, well, places. The new map option is already in testing with a small group of users.”

Mozilla Blog: Celebrating Mozilla VPN: How we’re keeping your data safe for you. “Developed by Mozilla, a mission-driven company with a 20-year track record of fighting for online privacy and a healthier internet, we are committed to innovate and bring new features to the Mozilla VPN through feedback from our community. This year, the team has been working on additional security and customization features which will soon be available to our users.”

USEFUL STUFF

MakeUseOf: How to Use Facebook’s New Soundmojis on Messenger. “There are different ways of expressing yourself on Facebook Messenger. You can call, via audio or video, sent plain text messages, audio messages, or even use emojis, GIFs, and stickers to convey a message. In addition to that, you can also now use Soundmojis—emojis with sound—which makes chatting even better. This article will explain what Soundmojis are, how Soundmojis work, and how to use them in Facebook Messenger.”

Search Engine Journal: How to Use GMB Posts & Facebook Events for Local Marketing. “Looking for new ways to market to a local audience? Google My Business Event Posts and Facebook Events are two great ways to get a little extra exposure. In this article, you’ll learn how to utilize Google My Business Posts and Facebook Events to gain extra exposure for your local business or clients.”

AROUND THE SEARCH AND SOCIAL MEDIA WORLD

Bandwagon: 7 social audio room apps to check out – Stationhead, Spotify Greenroom, Discord Stages, Twitter Spaces, and more. “Audio room apps are developed to allow users to have live conversations with others with topics ranging from entertainment, politics, and more. Here are 7 social audio apps to check out if you feel like having a live conversation in real-time with people on the internet and beyond.”

WUSF: Google Plans To Expand Its Campus — Which Might Become Unsafe As Sea Levels Rise. “Google is expanding its campus in the San Francisco Bay Area. The company is planning to build offices as well as housing and green space near the shoreline, which is at risk from rising sea levels. And that’s raising the question of whether building there should happen at all. NPR’s Lauren Sommer has the story.”

SECURITY & LEGAL

The Register: Scam-baiting YouTube channel Tech Support Scams taken offline by tech support scam . “The Tech Support Scams YouTube channel has been erased from existence in a blaze of irony as host and creator Jim Browning fell victim to a tech support scam that convinced him to secure his account – by deleting it.”

San Diego Union-Tribune: Calif. task force recommends public archive for digital campaign ads. “A task force convened by the state agency in charge of enforcing the California Political Reform Act is recommending the creation of a digital archive to track online advertisements promoting candidates for state office. In a report released this week by the Fair Political Practices Commission, task force members say a public database of digital ads would help voters, researchers, journalists and others keep better track of campaign spending by state office seekers.”

RESEARCH & OPINION

New York Times: Social media platforms are failing to monitor anti-Semitism, two reports say.. “On Twitter, a photoshopped image of world leaders with the Star of David on their foreheads was posted above the hashtag #JewWorldOrder. And on YouTube, a video of the World Trade Center on fire was used as a backdrop for an argument that Jews were responsible for the terrorist attacks on the towers 20 years ago. All are examples of anti-Semitic content explicitly banned by social media companies.”

SlashGear: Google’s quantum computer supposedly just made a time crystal. “Google’s quantum computer has been used to build a ‘time crystal’ according to freshly-published research, a new phase of matter that upends the traditional laws of thermodynamics. Despite what the name might suggest, however, the new breakthrough won’t let Google build a time machine.” Good evening, Internet…

August 1, 2021 at 05:36AM
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Colorado History, Old Android, TikTok, More: Saturday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, July 31, 2021

Colorado History, Old Android, TikTok, More: Saturday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, July 31, 2021
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NEW RESOURCES

Vail Daily: History Colorado to award locals for work in preserving Alfred Borah photos and journals from 1882 to 1917. “The journals of Brush Creek settler Alfred Borah, brother of famed Theodore Roosevelt hunting guide Jake Borah, are now searchable and available to the public thanks to a project from the Eagle County Historical Society and the Eagle Valley Library District.”

TWEAKS AND UPDATES

Neowin: Google will no longer allow users to sign in with very old Android versions. “Google is ending support for signing into its app on Android 2.3.7 and below (via 9to5Google). The announcement was made through email to all the users who are still actively using these Android versions.”

USEFUL STUFF

The Verge: How to use TikTok’s Text-to-Speech feature. ” While Text-to-Speech is available on devices like tablets or phones via the operating system, it’s relatively forward-thinking for a social app like TikTok to make it available within the app. Other platforms like Twitter and Facebook don’t make use of this feature. Instagram does auto-caption stories but only if someone is already speaking in the video.”

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University of Illinois Chicago: Black nursing history project awarded funding. “The Midwest Nursing History Research Center at the UIC College of Nursing earned a grant from the Chicago-based Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelly Foundation to create the Chicago Black Nurses Archive Mapping project, a publicly accessible, Black-centered history of nursing in Chicago.”

The Hindu: National Film Archive of India acquires 450 glass slides of early Telugu cinema. “In a major acquisition, the National Film Archive of India (NFAI) has added more than 450 glass slides that represent the pictorial history of early Telugu cinema from the late 1930s to the mid-1950s, to its collection. All of them are in black and white covering 70 Telugu films, according to an official release.”

SECURITY & LEGAL

Ars Technica: Ajit Pai apparently mismanaged $9 billion fund—new FCC boss starts “cleanup”. “The Federal Communications Commission wants SpaceX to give up a portion of the $885.51 million in broadband funding it was awarded in a reverse auction in December 2020.”

CNBC: Amazon hit with $887 million fine by European privacy watchdog. “Amazon has been issued with a fine of 746 million euros ($887 million) by a European privacy watchdog for breaching the bloc’s data protection laws. The fine, disclosed by Amazon on Friday in a securities filing, was issued two weeks ago by Luxembourg’s privacy regulator.”

RESEARCH & OPINION

Analytics India: Tech Behind Storywrangler, The Analytics Tool Crawling Billions Of Social Media Posts . “In a research paper, ‘Storywrangler: A massive exploratorium for sociolinguistic, cultural, socioeconomic, and political timelines using Twitter,’ researchers from the University of Vermont, in collaboration with Charles River Analytics, and MassMutual Data Science, detailed the working of a tool that curated over 150 billion tweets containing 1 trillion 1-grams from 2008 to 2021.”

Library of Congress: Computing Cultural Heritage in the Cloud: How We’re Working with Researchers. “As we recently announced, we are working with three digital humanities researchers as part of the Computing Cultural Heritage in the Cloud (CCHC) initiative, where we are exploring how the Library could make its digital collections available as data via cloud infrastructure. Our complex working relationship with these researchers is central to the initiative, and we appreciate all the ways we are getting to learn along with them.”

No Camels: Paralympic Swimmer To Rep RightHear, An Israeli Accessibility App For The Visually Impaired. “Last week, Becca Meyers, a deaf-blind Paralympic swimmer was forced to withdraw from Team USA just five weeks before the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo because she was told she had to navigate the city and the Olympic Village alone. It’s these kinds of situations and stories that emphasize the urgent need for more inclusion and accessibility for those with disabilities. Israeli startup RightHear, the developer of a navigation app for the blind and visually impaired, has been working for six years to make that inclusion a reality.” Good afternoon, Internet…

August 1, 2021 at 12:25AM
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Haynes Auto Repair Manuals, China Lunar Samples, Tab Management, More: Saturday ResearchBuzz, July 31, 2021

Haynes Auto Repair Manuals, China Lunar Samples, Tab Management, More: Saturday ResearchBuzz, July 31, 2021
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NEW RESOURCES

Daily Record: Haynes offers new AutoFix digital help for motorists. “AutoFix has been designed to ensure that people new to motoring DIY can build skills over time as they get to grips with maintaining and repairing a car. So it covers simple but essential maintenance tasks such as identifying what warning lights mean, learning how to replace bulbs, guidance around monitoring tyre pressures and advice on fluid checks and top-ups.”

Xinhua: China publishes second batch of lunar sample data online. “China’s space agency has released the online database of the second batch of the lunar samples brought back by the Chang’e-5 probe.”

USEFUL STUFF

Lifehacker: How to Use the Hidden Search Tabs Feature in Chrome, Safari, and Firefox. “It’s easy to get lost in a sea of open tabs between multiple browser windows—sometimes even with the same website in multiple tabs. Instead, use the built-in search tabs feature in your browser to keep things organized. You’ll find this feature in all major browsers like Chrome, Safari, and Firefox. And while the new Microsoft Edge runs on the Chromium engine it doesn’t have Chrome’s search tabs feature yet—but you can replicate it using an extension.”

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Washington Post: These self-described trolls tackle climate disinformation on social media with wit and memes. “Most days, when Mary Heglar wakes up, the first thing she does is reach for her phone in search of a fight. Armed with her Twitter handle and ‘deep reserves of anger,’ the 37-year-old climate essayist and podcaster haunts the feeds of fossil fuel companies, harnessing memes and the native language of the Internet to engage her particular brand of climate activism against the flow of misinformation in the digital ether.”

9to5 Google: Google Fi investigating issue that prevents some subscribers from calling poison control. “An ongoing issue with Google Fi sees some subscribers unable to call poison control in certain scenarios. The company is aware of the problem and actively investigating. Calling the Poison Help line connects you to a ‘specially trained nurse, pharmacist, or doctor at your local poison center’ in all 50 states, D.C., Guam, Federated States of Micronesia, Puerto Rico, and American Samoa.” As the article notes, Google Fi users calling the number to “test” their phones could cause difficulties getting through for callers who need the expertise of poison control.

Mount Mary University: University receives grant to fund fashion archive digitization project. “Mount Mary’s Fashion Archive, a historic collection with 10,000 items, will soon be available to the public online. The collection includes both couture and ready-to-wear garments from such fashion luminaries as Cristóbal Balenciaga, Coco Chanel, Christian Dior, Oscar de la Renta, Karl Lagerfeld and more.”

SECURITY & LEGAL

CityNews 1130: BC Hydro warns against dangerous selfies in the name of social media glory. “Don’t do it for the ‘Gram — that’s the message from BC Hydro which finds too many people are risking their lives for social media glory. The utility is urging people to think twice before they do something that could have serious consequences. From climbing transmission towers to swimming in restricted areas, a new report from the utility suggests there has been a 200 per cent increase in trespassing incidents at dams, reservoirs, and recreation sites.”

University of Maryland, Baltimore County: UMBC launches Maryland Institute for Innovative Computing. “Governor Larry Hogan yesterday announced the launch of the Maryland Institute for Innovative Computing (MIIC) at UMBC during a cybersecurity summit in Annapolis. The MIIC will address pressing challenges related to computing, analytics, and workforce in state agencies, with a focus on cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and data science. UMBC faculty, students and staff will work with MIIC partners to provide expertise on the complex process of recovering from cyberattacks.”

AP: Justice Department says Russians hacked federal prosecutors. “The department said 80% of Microsoft email accounts used by employees in the four U.S. attorney offices in New York were breached. All told, the Justice Department said 27 U.S. Attorney offices had at least one employee’s email account compromised during the hacking campaign.”

RESEARCH & OPINION

Amateur Photographer: Brits Lose Over Two Days Selecting Social Media Images. “Research released by GoPro has shown that Brits are suffering from content fatigue, with respondents reporting that they spend 21 to 30 minutes on average sorting through photos after an event to identify the stand out shots; resulting in over two days a year lost to curating their camera roll.”

Nature: Fewer citations for female authors of medical research. “Research findings published by women in elite medical journals are substantially less likely to be cited than are similar articles authored by men, a study finds. The study, published in JAMA Network Open, examined citation data for more than 5,500 papers published in top medical journals between 2015 and 2018.” Good morning, Internet…

July 31, 2021 at 07:03PM
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