Fast Company – “Newly published research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates that recovery from COVID-19 is a very long process for many sufferers, even younger ones. In a new survey of coronavirus outpatients, the agency found 35% had not returned to what they would consider normal health within two to three… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: July 2020
How to take screenshots on your iPhone
The Verge: “Screenshots are handy. You can use them to show your grandparent how to use a new app. You can use them to send a shot of that strange error message to your company’s IT department. You can use them to capture tweets — yours or someone else’s — before they disappear down the… Continue Reading
Tackling the misinformation epidemic with “In Event of Moon Disaster”
MIT News – “Can you recognize a digitally manipulated video when you see one? It’s harder than most people realize. As the technology to produce realistic “deepfakes” becomes more easily available, distinguishing fact from fiction will only get more challenging. A new digital storytelling project from MIT’s Center for Advanced Virtuality aims to educate the… Continue Reading
The three worst things about email, and how to fix them
Washington Post – You’ve got (too much) mail! A buzzy new service called Hey isn’t for everyone, but helps us see how we lost control of Gmail, Outlook and Yahoo Mail. Apologies if you’ve been waiting for an email from me. My Gmail has 17,539 unread messages. Raise your hand if you have even more.… Continue Reading
NIST study finds that masks defeat most facial recognition algorithms
NIST: “Now that so many of us are covering our faces to help reduce the spread of COVID-19, how well do face recognition algorithms identify people wearing masks? The answer, according to a preliminary study by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), is with great difficulty. Even the best of the 89 commercial… Continue Reading
The World’s Supply Chain Isn’t Ready for a Covid-19 Vaccine
Bloomberg: “The industries that shepherd goods around the world on ships, planes and trucks acknowledge they aren’t ready to handle the challenges of shipping an eventual Covid-19 vaccine from drugmakers to billions of people. Already stretched thin by the pandemic, freight companies face problems ranging from shrinking capacity on container ships and cargo aircraft to… Continue Reading
Travelers to DC Must Quarantine
“Beginning Monday July 27, 2020, anyone visiting or returning to the District for non-essential activities from 27 high-risk states will need to isolate themselves and self-monitor for symptoms of COVID-19 for 14 days. The list is valid until Aug. 10, when local officials will reevaluate and post an updated list on the D.C. health department’s… Continue Reading
Lift Every Voice: The Urgency of Universal Civic Duty Voting
Brookings – The following is the preamble to “Lift Every Voice: The Urgency of Universal Civic Duty Voting,” a report from the Working Group on Universal Voting convened by The Brookings Institution and The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School. Download the full PDF report here. “Imagine an American democracy… Continue Reading
A Vaccine Reality Check
The Atlantic – So much hope is riding on a breakthrough, but a vaccine is only the beginning of the end: “Nearly five months into the pandemic, all hopes of extinguishing COVID-19 are riding on a still-hypothetical vaccine. And so a refrain has caught on: We might have to stay home—until we have a vaccine.… Continue Reading
Amazon alternative – Public Goods’ products are high quality, eco-friendly, and affordable
FastCompany – “Chances are, you order a lot of things from Amazon. A lot of people do. In fact, more than 197 million people shop with the Internet giant each month—and those numbers have only risen since the coronavirus pandemic began (in May the company announced a 26 percent increase in its first-quarter revenue). But… Continue Reading
New Normal Of Legal Telework Likely To Outlast Pandemic
Law360: “The coronavirus has forced the majority of the legal workforce out of the office, but as firm leaders learn that their attorneys and staff can work efficiently from home, many say it is unlikely that they will ever go back to the prepandemic way of work….Most lawyers and law firm staff have enjoyed working… Continue Reading
Visualizing COVID-19’s Impact on Travel Worldwide
Washington Post – “Travel is one of the clearest ways to show how the coronavirus has disrupted the world. This globe shows the disappearance of flights over a five-month period, as covid-19 emerged in China and restrictions on global travel began to take hold…The pandemic has impacted global travel like no other event in history:… Continue Reading
