Tech Republic: “This is a complete guide on how to use Google Bard. Learn how Google Bard can help you boost your productivity, creativity and more. Bard is Google’s public entry into the highly competitive field of artificial intelligence chatbots, which also includes OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Google intends Bard to be a “creative and helpful collaborator” that people may chat with using natural language. The following guide covers what you need to know as you chat and explore the capabilities of Google Bard.”
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Daily Archives: October 8, 2023
Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, October 7, 2023
Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, October 7, 2023 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex… Continue Reading
What will climate change cost you?
Risk Factor – Search an address to see its risk from flooding, wildfire, heat, and wind. Continue Reading
Medicare Disadvantage
Hartmann Report: The report, titled Our Payments, Their Profits, opens with this shocking exposé: “By our estimate, and based on 2022 spending, Medicare Advantage overcharges taxpayers by a minimum of 22% or $88 billion per year, and potentially by up to 35% or $140 billion. By comparison, Part B premiums in 2022 totaled approximately $131… Continue Reading
Solidarity Not Charity: A Rapid Report
Solidarity Not Charity: A Rapid Report – “This report, commissioned by Grantmakers in the Arts, is about the ways that arts and culture grantmakers can engage in systems-change work. The cultural sector is actively seeking alternatives to business-as-usual to create economic and racial justice in the sector and beyond. Grantmakers can play a role in… Continue Reading
The Moral Case for No Longer Engaging With Elon Musk’s X
Bloomberg Opinion, David Lee: “The former Twitter is incentivizing violent content, which will only become worse to stand out to users. “…X is now an app that forcibly puts abhorrent content into users’ feeds and then rewards financially the people who were the most successful in producing it, egging them on to do it again… Continue Reading
I Will Vote
Let’s Vote – Select your state, make sure you’re registered to vote, then choose how you’re going to vote this year. Continue Reading
Hackers selling data of millions lifted from 23andMe’s genetic database
The Verge: “23andMe posted a blog yesterday saying that data from users of its genetic testing and analysis platform has been circulating on dark web forums after hackers used recycled logins to gain access to get into accounts. BleepingComputer wrote on Thursday that a hacker leaked what they said was “1 million lines of data”… Continue Reading
Research: Can You Tell How You Come Across on Zoom?
HBR: “…In our research, we tested which of these two assumptions prevailed. To do so, we had 305 people come into our lab before the Covid-19 pandemic (in groups of four to eight) and 555 people join a Zoom session during the pandemic (again, in small groups of three to nine). People would meet one… Continue Reading
If you want to cancel a subscription from Apple or Google
“Anytime you accept a free trial subscription for a smartphone app, cancel it immediately. You will still be able to use the app until the trial ends, and you won’t get charged if you decide you don’t like it but forget to cancel it before the trial expires. Here’s how to cancel a subscription from… Continue Reading
