Emojis Have Unsettled Grammar Rules (and Why Lawyers Should Care) – Eric Goldman discusses a new article by three Dutch researchers on the grammar of emojis, or more precisely, the lack thereof. Their abstract concludes: “while emoji may follow tendencies in their interactions with grammatical structure in multimodal text-emoji productions, they lack grammatical structure on their own.” Goldman states, in other words, when emoji symbols are strung together, we don’t have a reliable way of interpreting their meaning. He goes on to discuss the impact of emojis and the law.
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Daily Archives: September 15, 2019
Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, September 14, 2019
Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, September 14, 2019 – Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the… Continue Reading
Inversions in US Presidential Elections: 1836-2016
Inversions in US Presidential Elections: 1836-2016 – Michael Geruso, Dean Spears, Ishaana Talesara – NBER Working Paper No. 26247. Issued in September 2019. “Inversions—in which the popular vote winner loses the election—have occurred in 4 US Presidential elections. We show that rather than being statistical flukes, inversions have been ex ante likely since the 1800s.… Continue Reading
How patterns in data affect getting legal work done
FT.com – Special Report – Innovative Lawyers in Europe – How patterns in data affect getting legal work done – This article includes a annotated chart that ranks law firms and in-house teams for Data, Knowledge and Intelligence per the FT Innovative Lawyers Europe awards. Continue Reading
Deep Space & Deep Fakes: New “Center for Strategic Foresight” Launched
“The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) formally launched its new Center for Strategic Foresight activities today with a conference focused on critical issues confronting policymakers today. The inaugural conference brought together experts to explore two topics with a direct bearing on the future security and well-being of the United States: the management of space policy… Continue Reading
Google elevating original reporting in Search
Google Blog: “Google Search was built to provide everyone access to information on the web—and with tens of thousands of web pages, hundreds of hours of video, thousands of tweets and news stories published every minute of the day, our job is to sift through that content and find the most helpful results possible. With… Continue Reading
How deepfakes undermine truth and threaten democracy
TED Talk: “The use of deepfake technology to manipulate video and audio for malicious purposes — whether it’s to stoke violence or defame politicians and journalists — is becoming a real threat. As these tools become more accessible and their products more realistic, how will they shape what we believe about the world? In a… Continue Reading
The Dark Web: A guide for business professionals
“The Dark Web is used to sell stolen data, drugs, and weapons—but it’s also used by legitimate outfits, like news organizations and the UN. This ebook looks at what the Dark Web is and how it affects you. The Dark Web is a network of websites and servers that use encryption to obscure traffic. Dark… Continue Reading
Chicago’s New Tool Library Is Awesome, Exactly What It Sounds Like
InsideHook – That DIY project you’ve been putting off for months just got a whole lot easier – “Need audio equipment to record a podcast? Want to make your own tagliatelle pasta? Lacking the right wire strippers to build your own quadcopter drone? The new Chicago Tool Library has your back, so you can explore your… Continue Reading
