BuzzFeedNews – This is everything (we know of) owned by “The Everything Store.” – “Everything about Amazon in 2019 is inconceivably big: Amazon will make up an estimated 38% of the US e-commerce market this year, according to the online commerce research firm eMarketer, and already dominates 67% of the online books, music, and video market;… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: July 2019
The book lovers guide to summer – NYT
The New York Times – Includes recommendations in genres including: thrillers, travel, true crime, sports, music, historical fiction, horror, cooking, and the great outdoors. Read on! Continue Reading
Facebook Knows You Better Than You Know Yourself
Digital Information World: “Before you go through this entire piece, imagine a figure in your mind (and note it down on a piece of paper) as how much data – according to you – gets generated in a minute. According to Domo (cloud-based operating system), the internet users have risen from 2.2 billion in 2012 to whopping… Continue Reading
USPTO denies Cardi B’s application to trademark a popular term
USPTO, May 7, 2019 – The assigned trademark examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and has determined the following: “…Registration is refused because the applied-for mark is a slogan or term that does not function as a trademark or service mark to indicate the source of applicant’s goods and/or services and to identify and… Continue Reading
Your Professional Decline Is Coming (Much) Sooner Than You Think
The Atlantic – Arthur C. Brooks – president of AEI: “…In The Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets Better After 50, Jonathan Rauch, a Brookings Institution scholar and an Atlantic contributing editor, reviews the strong evidence suggesting that the happiness of most adults declines through their 30s and 40s, then bottoms out in their early 50s.… Continue Reading
Methods of Data Research for Law
Custers, Bart, Methods of Data Research for Law (October 28, 2018). Custers B.H.M. (2018), Methods of data research for law. In: Mak V., Tjong Tjin Tai E., Berlee A. (Eds.) Research Handbook in Data Science and Law. Research Handbooks in Information Law Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. 355-377. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3411873 “Data science and big data… Continue Reading
An Introduction to Legal Research
Burnett, Anne and Wolfson, Stephen, “An Introduction to Legal Research” (2019). Presentations. 170. “Presented in Classroom L to UGA Summer Academy Legal Camp students on June 12th and June 19th. These two sessions were sponsored by and in collaboration with UGA School of Law’s Office of Admissions. Abstract – As part of UGA Summer Academy… Continue Reading
Information Mischief Under the Trump Administration
Cortez, Nathan, Information Mischief Under the Trump Administration (May 21, 2019). Chicago-Kent Law Review, Vol. 94, No. 2, 2019; SMU Dedman School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 418. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3391965 “The Trump administration has used government information in more cynical ways than its predecessors. For example, it has removed certain information… Continue Reading
Everything You Need To Know About The Invisible E-Mail Tool That Tracks You
The Verge – What is a tracking pixel and what was Superhuman up to? Is it true that an app called Superhuman lets me spy on people using email? That’s what we heard, too: When you sent an email using this $30-a-month invite-only app, it automatically tracked every time a recipient looks at that email,… Continue Reading
Bitcoin’s energy consumption ‘equals that of Switzerland’
BBC – “Bitcoin uses as much energy as the whole of Switzerland, a new online tool from the University of Cambridge shows. The tool makes it easier to see how the crypto-currency network’s energy usage compares with other entities. However, one expert argued that it was the crypto-currency’s carbon footprint that really mattered. Currently, the… Continue Reading
‘Fingerprinting’ to Track Us Online Is on the Rise. Here’s What to Do.
The New York Times – Advertisers are increasingly turning to an invisible method that pulls together information about your device to pinpoint your identity. “Fingerprinting involves looking at the many characteristics of your mobile device or computer, like the screen resolution, operating system and model, and triangulating this information to pinpoint and follow you as… Continue Reading
Will California’s New Bot Law Strengthen Democracy?
The New Yorker – “When you ask experts how bots influence politics—that is, what specifically these bits of computer code that purport to be human can accomplish during an election—they will give you a list: bots can smear the opposition through personal attacks; they can exaggerate voters’ fears and anger by repeating short simple slogans;… Continue Reading
