The State of Artificial Intelligence in 2018: A Good Old Fashioned Report – 156 page slide deck by Nathan Benaich [h/t Marcus Zillman] Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: July 2018
NIH-funded scientists put socioeconomic data on the map
NIH: “The Neighborhood Atlas (link is external), a new tool to help researchers visualize socioeconomic data at the community level is now available. This online platform allows for easily ranking and mapping neighborhoods according to socioeconomic disadvantage. Seeing a neighborhood’s socioeconomic measures, such as income, education, employment and housing quality, may provide clues to the effects… Continue Reading
US: Economic indicators and trade with EU
EU: “The USA remains the EU’s top trading partner and export market. The EU and US economies account for about half the entire world’s GDP, and for nearly a third of world trade flows. The European Commission reported in 2016 that over 10 million European jobs depend on exports to the USA. This Infographic provides… Continue Reading
State rankings identify cost of electric bills
24/7 Wall St: Where You’ll Pay the Most in Electric Bills – From powering kitchen appliances to leaving a light on at night to getting on the internet, electricity is at the center of many of modern life’s most basic functions. However, the cost of electricity is not fixed nationwide and running a refrigerator could… Continue Reading
NSO Group malware used to hack iPhones stolen by company employee
Motherboard: NSO Group Employee Allegedly Stole Company’s Powerful Spyware for Personal Profit “NSO Group sells some of the most potent, off-the-shelf malware for remotely breaking into smartphones. Some versions allow a law enforcement or intelligence agency to steal essentially all meaningful data from an iPhone with no interaction from the target. Others just require the… Continue Reading
Will Google Duplex AI replace call centers?
Quartz – “The robots on the other side of the customer support line could soon start to sound a lot more human. Google is reportedly shopping its Duplex AI system around as a tool for call centers, according to The Information, including a large insurance company. Duplex would handle simple calls for the insurance company,… Continue Reading
Scott Pruitt Resigns as EPA Administrator and judge orders document production on his climate change claims
Scientific American – Judge Orders EPA to Produce Science behind Pruitt’s Warming Claims – The EPA head [who resigned on July 5, 2018] has suggested humans are not the main cause of climate change: “EPA must produce the opposing body of science Administrator Scott Pruitt has relied upon to claim that humans are not the primary… Continue Reading
The Things They Carried: Items Confiscated From Migrants in the Last Decade
The New York Times: “…For more than a decade, Mr. Kiefer worked as a janitor at the Customs and Border Protection center in Why, Ariz., before leaving in 2014. There, he collected tens of thousands of items that were confiscated and thrown in the trash by Border Patrol agents from undocumented migrants crossing the border… Continue Reading
How Smart TVs Track More Than What’s On Tonight
The New York Times: How Smart TVs in Millions of U.S. Homes Track More Than What’s on Tonight: “… people’s data is also increasingly being vacuumed right out of their living rooms via their televisions, sometimes without their knowledge. …”Samba TV has struck deals with roughly a dozen TV brands — including Sony, Sharp, TCL… Continue Reading
Which are the world’s 10 most dangerous countries for women?
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – “India was named as the world’s most dangerous country for women in a survey of global experts released on Tuesday. The Thomson Reuters Foundation survey of about 550 experts on women’s issues ranked war-torn Afghanistan and Syria in second and third place, with Somalia and Saudi Arabia next. The survey… Continue Reading
8 Ideas for Better Court wayfinding
Open Law Lab / Margaret: “For the court user testing I am working on at the Legal Design Lab, we have been testing different ideas to make court process more navigable — getting litigants’feedback and agenda on them. Now, we will turn to a more specific branch of innovation ideas, around how to improve wayfinding… Continue Reading
Climate Change Is Making Nighttime Clouds More Visible
Yale Environment 360: “Those wispy, iridescent, high-altitude clouds sometimes seen at dawn and dusk are becoming more visible due to climate change, according to a new study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. Rising methane emissions have increased the amount of water vapor in the middle atmosphere, the study found, which then freezes around… Continue Reading
