quantum of sollazzo – This is all about distraction, so if you find you want a get away from all the news for few minutes and watch the blinking lights, check in on these memories of how the “web” used to be [note – there are some NSFW gifs here] The 88×31 GIF Collection: A… Continue Reading
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“Who’s On First” the final recorded performance
Abbott & Costello perform their greatest routine one last time for a mass audience on The Steve Allen Show, October7, 1956, to commemorate the induction of Who’s On First into The Baseball Hall of Fame. May we all have our greatest routines ready as we need them. Continue Reading
Your boss is watching
MIT Technology Review [unpaywalled]: “…A New York Times investigation in 2022 found that eight of the 10 largest private companies in the US track individual worker productivity metrics, many in real time. Specialized software can now measure and log workers’ online activities, physical location, and even behaviors like which keys they tap and what tone… Continue Reading
What Is OpenAI’s Powerful New Deep Research Tool Capable Of? I Use It to Analyze the Legality of President Trump’s Pause of Federal Grants
Via LLRX – What Is OpenAI’s Powerful New Deep Research Tool Capable Of? I Use It to Analyze the Legality of President Trump’s Pause of Federal Grants – On February 2, 2025 OpenAI released Deep Research, an AI agent capable of completing multi-step research tasks and synthesizing large amounts of online information. OpenAI’s chief product officer… Continue Reading
Google Doing Away With SMS Codes for Gmail Authentication
CNET – Codes sent via SMS messages will be replaced by QR codes sent to user’s phones to verify Gmail accounts. Gmail users will soon see a big change in the way their accounts are secured and how their two-factor authenticated logins are handled. Google is planning to stop sending 2FA codes via text message… Continue Reading
Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, February 22, 2025
Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, February 22, 2025 – 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
DOGE Understands Something the US Policy Establishment Does Not: Technology is the Spinal Cord of Government
Tech Policy Press “I was a founding member of the US Digital Service, the organization that as of January 20 became the US DOGE Service following an executive order under President Donald Trump. I have remained fairly silent over the past few weeks, largely because I have been processing the reality of an organization dedicated… Continue Reading
The untold history of how the internet almost didn’t happen
Inc. Magazine: “My name is Christine Haughney Dare-Bryan, and my dad is a founding father of the internet. From 1979 through 1981, my father, Major Joseph Haughney, ran one of the earliest versions of the internet, called the Arpanet. Back then, the Arpanet was a military-run project that allowed academics to do research if they… Continue Reading
AI can now model and design the genetic code for all domains of life with Evo 2
“Arc Institute researchers have developed a machine learning model called Evo 2 that is trained on the DNA of over 100,000 species across the entire tree of life. Its deep understanding of biological code means that Evo 2 can identify patterns in gene sequences across disparate organisms that experimental researchers would need years to uncover.… Continue Reading
A Digital Extension of Historical Bias: Arab Americans and the New Frontier of Algorithmic Discrimination
Via LLRX – A Digital Extension of Historical Bias: Arab Americans and the New Frontier of Algorithmic Discrimination – The integration of artificial intelligence into U.S. national security operations has automated and amplified discriminatory practices established in the post-9/11 era, creating unprecedented barriers for Arab Americans. This paper by Natalie Abdou examines how AI systems… Continue Reading
How to find climate data and science the Trump administration doesn’t want you to see
Via LLRX – How to find climate data and science the Trump administration doesn’t want you to see – Research librarian Alejandro Paz and policy scholar Eric Nost, who belong to a network called the Public Environmental Data Partners, a coalition of nonprofits, archivists and researchers who rely on federal data in our analysis, advocacy and… Continue Reading
Trump Cancels The SEC’s Westlaw Subscription
Above the Law: “The new administration has made it clear that they don’t have much interest in enforcing the nation’s securities laws. Except maybe as an avenue to accuse companies of dishonoring shareholders by promoting ESG initiatives. The point is, Trump has a meme coin to sell and a media company stock to fluff so… Continue Reading
