The New Stack: “Most people know that cyberthreats lurk around every corner. Be it an opportunistic lone criminal or a hacker with the power of a nation-state behind them, it can feel like the world and its dog want to access your private data. Beyond this, though, how well do people grasp the threat? According… Continue Reading
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Wikipedia:Database download
Wikipedia offers free copies of all available content to interested users. These databases can be used for mirroring, personal use, informal backups, offline use or database queries (such as for Wikipedia:Maintenance). All text content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License (CC-BY-SA), and most is additionally licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License… Continue Reading
AI-Generated Junk Science Is a Big Problem on Google Scholar
Gizmodo: “AI-generated scientific research is polluting the online academic information ecosystem, according to a worrying report published in the Harvard Kennedy School’s Misinformation Review. A team of researchers investigated the prevalence of research articles with evidence of artificially generated text on Google Scholar, an academic search engine that makes it easy to search for research published… Continue Reading
How Will Trump’s Executive Orders Change Government?
What the New Orders Mean for a New Order – “President Trump issued a wave of executive orders in his first day in office, too many to make sense of them all in one sitting. Here, I focus on the changes that relate to the organization and delivery of public services, and how they matter… Continue Reading
Trump officials pause health agencies’ communications, citing review
Washington Post [unpaywalled]: “The Trump administration has instructed federal health agencies to pause all external communications, such as health advisories, weekly scientific reports, updates to websites and social media posts, according to nearly a dozen current and former officials and other people familiar with the matter. The instructions were delivered Tuesday to staff at agencies… Continue Reading
Trump Orders Federal D.E.I Efforts to Shut Down by Wednesday Night
The New York Times [unpaywalled]: The Trump administration on Tuesday ordered that officials overseeing diversity, equity and inclusion efforts across federal agencies be placed on leave and to take steps to close their offices by Wednesday evening. In a memo from the Office of Personnel Management, the heads of departments and agencies were ordered to… Continue Reading
Trump Admin Accused of Using AI to Draft Executive Orders
Futurism: “Mere hours after being sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on Monday, returning President Donald Trump got to work signing dozens — and counting — of executive orders, which range from commands for the US to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement and the World Health Organization to ordering an… Continue Reading
Trump issues sweeping pardon for convicted Jan6 insurrectionists
WTF Happened Today – Trump issued a sweeping executive order pardoning nearly 1,600 people convicted for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot and commuting the sentences of 14 others, including members of extremist groups like the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers. The move effectively ended the Justice Department’s four-year investigation into the… Continue Reading
The Forgotten Woman Who Transformed Forensics (by inventing the rape kit)
The Atlantic – gift article: “One of the most powerful inventions of the 20th century is also an object that no one ever wants a reason to use. The sexual-assault-evidence collection box, colloquially known as the “rape kit,” is a simple yet potent tool: a small case, perhaps made of cardboard, containing items such as… Continue Reading
The Teacher-Friendly Guideᵀᴹ to Climate Change
Paleontological Research Institution: “Welcome to enhanced and updated digital chapters of The Teacher-Friendly Guideᵀᴹ to Climate Change Links below go to these chapters on PRI’s Digital Encyclopedia of Earth Science and Here on Earth: Regional Guides. A guide for teachers (and others). The Teacher-Friendly Guideᵀᴹ to Climate Change, first published in 2017, includes both the… Continue Reading
About a quarter of U.S. teens have used ChatGPT for schoolwork
“As debates continue over whether chatbots should have a role in the classroom, more teens are turning to ChatGPT to help with schoolwork. The share of teens who say they use ChatGPT for their schoolwork has risen to 26%, according to a Pew Research Center survey of U.S. teens ages 13 to 17. That’s up… Continue Reading
What Trump Did on Day 1: Executive Orders
“Here are list of the most significant moves the president made on Day 1. unpaywalled New York Times – [Note – All Presidential actions are published here] Mr. Trump issued a sweeping grant of clemency to all of the nearly 1,600 people charged in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, issuing… Continue Reading
