The Guardian: “Every two years, a new volume of The Atlas of Design is released, showcasing some of the world’s most intriguingly designed maps. In the latest edition, a new set judged by an expert panel is unveiled, with each accompanied by author commentary…” Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: August 2018
When Westlaw Fuels Ice Surveillance: Ethics in the Big Data Policing Era
Lamdan, Sarah, When Westlaw Fuels Ice Surveillance: Ethics in the Big Data Policing Era (August 14, 2018). New York University Review of Law & Social Change, Forthcoming. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3231431 “Legal research companies are selling surveillance data and services to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other law enforcement agencies. This article discusses… Continue Reading
A neuroscientist explains what tech does to the reading brain
The Verge – “For anyone who has ever been a reader, there’s much to sympathize with in Maryanne Wolf’s Reader, Come Home. The UCLA neuroscientist, a great lover of literature, tries to read Hermann Hesse’s Glass Bead Game, an old favorite, only to realize that she finds him boring and too complex. She wonders why… Continue Reading
Here’s How Much Time You’ll Waste Commuting in Your Lifetime (by City)
How Many Days Americans Waste Commuting In The Course Of A Lifetime, Mapped By City “Commuting is the most stressful part of the day for many people. It’s like a recurring nightmare — day after day, week after week, year after year spent sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic, stuck behind the wheel instead of spending time… Continue Reading
Using Twitter to Visualize Polarization
Center for Data Innovation – “MIT Technology Review has created a set of visualizations that uses data about Twitter activity to illustrate the polarization of political discourse in the United States. The visualizations include multiple cluster maps demonstrating that accounts that follow each other tweet similar content. In addition, diagrams show that the most partisan… Continue Reading
This Browser Extension Is Like an AntiVirus for Fake Photos
Wired: “…Doctored images are the scourge of the web-wide fight against fake news. Tech companies and researchers can analyze the behavior of a typical bot in order to sniff out new ones. They can limit the reach of news outlets that perpetually share stories flagged as false. They can see when accounts are coordinating their… Continue Reading
Concealed Carry Permit Holders Across the United States: 2018
Lott, John R., Concealed Carry Permit Holders Across the United States: 2018 (August 14, 2018). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3233904 “Despite the expectations of many after the 2016 elections, the number of concealed handgun permits has increased for the second year in a row. In 2018, the number of concealed handgun permits soared to now over… Continue Reading
Fanning the Flames of Hate: Social Media and Hate Crime
Müller, Karsten and Schwarz, Carlo, Fanning the Flames of Hate: Social Media and Hate Crime (May 21, 2018). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3082972 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3082972 “This paper investigates the link between social media and hate crime using Facebook data. We study the case of Germany, where the recently emerged right-wing party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) has… Continue Reading
Best PDF editors: Reviewed and rated
PCWorld: “Though it’s nearly 25 years old, the PDF may be more useful than ever in our increasingly multi-device, cross-platform world. Much of the time you can get by with a free PDF reader to review and comment on these files. But inevitably, particularly in a business setting, you’ll need to edit a PDF file… Continue Reading
The best free movies on YouTube
Digital Trends: “Google quietly began rolling out the youtube.com/movies section in 2011. Since then, its library of titles for rent, purchase, or streaming has grown considerably, adding up to more movies than you could watch in a lifetime. If you don’t want to pay for a streaming service like Netflix or HBO, you can view some… Continue Reading
NASA releases thousands of hours of Apollo 11 mission audio
The Hill: “NASA and the University of Texas have teamed up to digitize 19,000 hours of recordings from the Apollo 11 mission that landed the first two people on the moon. The audio was uploaded to the Internet Archive, a nonprofit website that hosts digitized versions of cultural artifacts. “One of the things that comes… Continue Reading
Google made new search tools to help veterans find better jobs
Google Blog – Helping veterans make their next move in civilian life: “…Through Grow with Google, our initiative to help create opportunities for all Americans, we hope to use our technology to help veterans understand the full range of opportunities open to them across many different fields. Right now those opportunities are getting lost in… Continue Reading
