“U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and John Kennedy (R-LA) [on April 24, 2018] announced privacy legislation that will protect consumers’ online data. Social media and other online platforms routinely capture users’ behavior and personal information, which is then used to help advertisers or other third parties target those users. The bipartisan legislation would require companies… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: April 2018
Paper – Labor 2030: The Collision of Demographics, Automation and Inequality
Labor 2030: The Collision of Demographics, Automation and Inequality. February 07, 2018. Bain report. “Demographics, automation and inequality have the potential to dramatically reshape our world in the 2020s and beyond. Our analysis shows that the collision of these forces could trigger economic disruption far greater than we have experienced over the past 60 years.… Continue Reading
Traffic Violations Have Highest Growth Rate for Secure Communities Removals
“Recently released ICE removal-by-removal records from Secure Communities — current through October 2017 — provide a portrait of deportations of immigrants from each state and county in the nation. While the new administration initially did successfully ramp up deportations nationally, the latest data show no further increase. The number deported under this program – including… Continue Reading
Points of Law Wins 2018 AALL New Product Award
American Association of Law Libraries Recognizes Bloomberg Law AI and Machine Learning Tool – “The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) has named Points of Law as its 2018 New Product Award winner. Introduced in 2016 using artificial intelligence and machine learning to assist in legal research, Points of Law is a product of Bloomberg… Continue Reading
Daily Table of Contents – April 24, 2018
Pete Recommends – weekly highlights on cyber security issues – April 23 2018 – LLRX MIT Explainer: What is a blockchain? | beSpacific New on LLRX – Pete Recommends – weekly highlights on cyber security issues – April 23 2018 | beSpacific Emails Suggest Interior Dept. Prioritizing Fossil Fuel Interests Over Wildlife Well-Being | beSpacific … Continue Reading
MIT Explainer: What is a blockchain?
Blockchain – Where it came from, what it does, and how you make one by MIT Technology Review Editors. April 23, 2018. “What is it? A public, permanent, append-only distributed ledger. What’s that? A mathematical structure for storing data in a way that is nearly impossible to fake. It can be used for all kinds… Continue Reading
New on LLRX – Pete Recommends – weekly highlights on cyber security issues – April 23 2018
Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – weekly highlights on cyber security issues – April 23 2018 – Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health/medical, to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and… Continue Reading
Emails Suggest Interior Dept. Prioritizing Fossil Fuel Interests Over Wildlife Well-Being
Pacific Standard – Records reveal that, following requests by fossil fuel industry groups, a top official at the Department of the Interior appeared to take credit for helping to delay new federal protections for a once-endangered species. “The Texas hornshell is a sleek green-gray mussel that once thrived in the Rio Grande watershed, its habitat… Continue Reading
How merchants use Facebook to flood Amazon with fake reviews
Washington Post: “On Amazon, customer comments can help a product surge in popularity. The online retail giant says that more than 99 percent of its reviews are legitimate because they are written by real shoppers who aren’t paid for them. But a Washington Post examination found that for some popular product categories, such as Bluetooth headphones… Continue Reading
Supply Chain Vulnerabilities from China in US Federal Information and Communications Technology
Supply Chain Vulnerabilities from China in U.S. Federal Information and Communications Technology, April 2018. This research report was prepared at the request of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission to support its deliberations. “The U.S. government needs a national strategy for supply chain risk management (SCRM) of commercial supply chain vulnerabilities in U.S. federal… Continue Reading
50+ Sites to Download Free Sound Effects for Almost Everything
Hongkiat: “Imagine a movie or video without sound effects. Even a magnificent film like Titanic would look nothing more than a joke if there are no ‘Wham’, ‘Bam’ and ‘Smash’ sounds in it. Background music and sound effects are important for making a video (or even an audio production) engaging and in its full essence.… Continue Reading
Navigating through Wikipedia articles on desktop just got a lot easier
Page previews, deployed today, is one of the largest changes to desktop Wikipedia made in recent years. “If you’re on a computer, or have access to one, go to Wikipedia and check out your favorite article. At first, what you see there will be very familiar—the core reading experience on the site hasn’t changed much… Continue Reading
