CNET – “Now that there are two vaccines granted for emergency approval, where’s your place in line? Will you have to pay anything? What can you do after you’re vaccinated? Here’s what you need to know. This month, two COVID-19 vaccines were authorized by the Food and Drug Administration for emergency use in the US — Moderna and Pfizer. All 50 states have already received millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses, with states already administering the first set of shots, with the first person already receiving their second shot. Government leaders in the nation’s capital have also been receiving their first round of shots — President-elect Joe Biden received his on Dec. 21. As you wait for your turn, there are a lot of questions we can help answer. Is a vaccination completely free or will you have to pay? How long will you personally have to wait to receive it, when will you know when you can get it and where, and is there anyone who shouldn’t get a COVID-19 vaccine right now? There’s plenty we don’t know yet, but we’re keeping a close eye on the situation and will update this story as we learn more about the vaccine against COVID-19. Note that this story isn’t intended to serve as medical advice…”
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Daily Archives: December 29, 2020
Masks and mandates: How individual rights and government regulation are both necessary for a free society
Via LLRX – Masks and mandates: How individual rights and government regulation are both necessary for a free society – Professor Martha Ackelsberg is political theorist – she studies how communities are organized, how power is exercised and how people relate to one another in and between communities. Through talking to friends, and thinking about… Continue Reading
Top 5 legal technology stories of 2020
Via LLRX – Top 5 legal technology stories of 2020 – Nicole L. Black discusses the wide ranging effects on the legal technology space from the pandemic across all corners of the legal technology world. The shift to remote work had a dramatic impact on both the practice of law and the business of law,… Continue Reading
Financial Sources on the Internet 2021
Via LLRX – Financial Sources on the Internet 2021 – Marcus P. Zillman, new guide comprises a list of actionable financial resources from the U.S. and abroad, organized by four subject areas: Corporate Conference Calls Resources, Financial Sources, Financial Sources Search Engines, and Venture Capital Sources. Content includes: sources for news and updates on business, corporations… Continue Reading
New At-Home Covid Test Gets Green Light From FDA
The New York Times – “The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday issued an emergency authorization for the country’s first coronavirus test that can run from start to finish at home without the need for a prescription. People as young as 2 years old are cleared to use the test, which takes just 15 to… Continue Reading
To lock down or not to lock down? An evidence-based approach to anti-covid measures
Science and Philosophy – Massimo Pigliucci: “As you might have noticed, we have been in the middle of a pandemic for about nine months now. There has been much talk, and much controversy, about what does and does not work to counter the spread of the covid-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) inducing agent, known as severe… Continue Reading
60 Minutes profiles ascendant pianist Igor Levit
“The pandemic not only took his audiences away, its restrictions against gatherings also made millions of people lonely. So German pianist Igor Levit found a way to overcome the pandemic’s effects on him and ease people’s loneliness at the same time by streaming his world-renowned music on Twitter. The Grammy hopeful spoke to Jon Wertheim… Continue Reading
Biased language models can result from internet training data
Search Engine Land – “The controversy around AI researcher Timnit Gebru’s exit from Google, and what biased language models may mean for the search industry. George Nguyen on December 29, 202 – Last year, Google announced BERT, calling it the largest change to its search system in nearly five years, and now, it powers almost… Continue Reading
Researchers developed an AI system that predicts the likelihood people will spread misinformation based on words they use
Poynter: “University of Sheffield researchers Yida Mu and Dr. Nikos Aletra report they’ve developed an artificial intelligence system to help identify Twitter users who are more likely to share unreliable news sources. In their study published in the journal PeerJ Computer Science, the researchers found strong correlations between specific language patterns and the propensity to… Continue Reading
