Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology – “Metadata, or “data about data,” is collected and recorded to describe data, identify trends, administer algorithmic solutions, and model potential scenarios. When one understands how to make sense of seemingly random metadata or how to pair the data with other exfiltrated data pools, there are limitless possibilities for social… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: July 2017
Google Earth for Desktop
View satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings, galaxies far in space, and the deepest depths of the ocean. See also Google Maps timelapse shows how big Houston’s neighborhoods have gotten over the past 30 years Continue Reading
NYT As Elites Switch to Texting Watchdogs Fear Loss of Transparency
As Elites Switch to Texting, Watchdogs Fear Loss of Transparency, Kevin Roose – “Lawmakers, executives and other leaders are turning to encrypted chat apps to keep their communications under wraps, causing problems in industries where careful record-keeping is standard procedure…Secure messaging apps like WhatsApp, Signal and Confide are making inroads among lawmakers, corporate executives and other… Continue Reading
Report – 66% of US law firms reported a breach in 2016
NetSecurity – “The majority of US-based law firms are not only exposed in a wide variety of areas, but in many cases, unaware of intrusion attempts. These findings were based on Logicforce survey data from over 200 law firms, anonymous system monitoring data and results from their on-site assessments. The degree of preparation and vigilance… Continue Reading
16 yrs of change in global terrestrial human footprint and implications for biodiversity conservation
Article is open – Sixteen years of change in the global terrestrial human footprint and implications for biodiversity conservation. Nature Communications 7, Article number: 12558 (2016). doi:10.1038/ncomms12558. “Human pressures on the environment are changing spatially and temporally, with profound implications for the planet’s biodiversity and human economies. Here we use recently available data on infrastructure, land cover… Continue Reading
Pew – Globally, More Name U.S. Than China as World’s Leading Economic Power
“The past decade has witnessed significant changes in the global economy as many nations around the world have struggled with the Great Recession and its aftereffects. While the United States and other relatively wealthy Western nations have slowly bounced back from the crisis, economic growth rates have been low compared with those of China, India… Continue Reading
Pew – Local TV News Fact Sheet
“Local television news programming has shed audience over the past decade, including this past year in most timeslots studied. Even with these viewership losses, local TV news still garners more viewers on average than cable and network news programs. However, for election news in particular – a big part of last year’s news agenda –… Continue Reading
Pew – Growth in mobile news use driven by older adults
“Mobile devices have rapidly become one of the most common ways for Americans to get news, and the sharpest growth in the past year has been among Americans ages 50 and older, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in March. More than eight-in-ten U.S. adults now get news on a mobile device (85%),… Continue Reading
Paper – Distributed Persistent Identifiers System Design
Golodoniuc, P., Car, N.J. & Klump, J., (2017). Distributed Persistent Identifiers System Design. Data Science Journal. 16, p.34. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/dsj-2017-034 “The need to identify both digital and physical objects is ubiquitous in our society. Past and present persistent identifier (PID) systems, of which there is a great variety in terms of technical and social implementation,… Continue Reading
September 1942 Making the New York Times
Mashable – September 1942, Making the New York Times, Page one from square one, by Alex Q. Arbuckle. More than two dozen black and white photos with captions provide a view onto the multiplicity of different expert jobs performed, machines engaged their respective roles performed to publish one day’s copies of the New York Times… Continue Reading
Google AI has learned to walk, jump, run and climb
Business Insider: “Google’s artificial intelligence company, DeepMind, has developed an AI that has managed to learn how to walk, run, jump, and climb without any prior guidance. The result is as impressive as it is goofy.” Continue Reading
Browser extension locates books and ebooks from your local library
Library Extension – “The #1 Browser Extension that lets you instantly see book and e-book availability from your local library. Easily see what titles are available at your local library as you browse for books! As you browse books and e-books, the Library Extension can check your library’s online catalog and display the availability of… Continue Reading
