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Daily Archives: June 14, 2021
How to Protest Without Sacrificing Your Digital Privacy
Vice: “Thousands of protesters are filling the streets of American cities to protest the police killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, and police brutality writ large. Police officers have shown they’re more than willing to escalate violence with pepper spray, tear gas, rubber bullets, vehicles, and other dangerous crowd suppression measures. In addition,… Continue Reading
How to Take Screenshots of Anything
Gizmodo: “Whether you’re showing off your gaming skills, trying to troubleshoot a problem, or capturing someone’s terrible tweet before it’s inevitably deleted, screenshots are an essential part of our digital lives. It’s not always obvious just how to pull off a screengrab though, especially if you’re jumping between different devices, so here’s a quick guide… Continue Reading
NYC’s Street Trees
“The New York City Street Tree Map is the world’s most accurate and detailed map of a city’s street trees. Through this map, you can explore our city’s urban forest, mark trees as favorites and share them with your friends, and record and share all of your caretaking and tree stewardship activities. Our tree map… Continue Reading
What Data About You Can the Government Get From Big Tech?
The New York Times: “The Justice Department, starting in the early days of the Trump administration, secretly sought data from some of the biggest tech companies about journalists, Democratic lawmakers and White House officials as part of wide-ranging investigations into leaks and other matters, The New York Times reported last week. The revelations, which put… Continue Reading
The Best Ways to Compress PDFs for Free
Life Hacker: “Have you ever noticed how strict websites are about PDF sizes? Whether it’s uploading a resume, submitting a school project, or sending an important file to a colleague, most of us have probably found ourselves needing to compress a PDF to meet a website’s clandestine PDF size restrictions. While Adobe Acrobat DC is… Continue Reading
Investigator’s Guide to Tumblr
SMI Aware: “Founded in 2007, Tumblr is a microblogging and social networking website. The platform allows users to share text, images, quotes, links, video, audio, and chats. As a microblogging site, Tumblr allows users to be creative and build independent content on a personalized page with little effort. How does Tumblr work? A large part… Continue Reading
How Software Is Eating the Car
IEE Spectrum: “…Once, software was a part of the car. Now, software determines the value of a car,” notes Manfred Broy, emeritus professor of informatics at Technical University, Munich and a leading expert on software in automobiles. “The success of a car depends on its software much more than the mechanical side.” Nearly all vehicle innovations by auto… Continue Reading
6 One-Person Blogs for Smart Articles Worth Reading for the Curious Mind
Make Use Of: “Stay curious with these excellent one-person blogs that will make you keep coming back for more.Do you miss blogs on the old internet, where witty people wrote their thoughts and musings? Well, you’re in for a treat. Check out these smart, funny, and entertaining blogs run by a single writer. Personal blogs… Continue Reading
New York Legislature Passes Library E-book Bill
Publishers Weekly: “After votes on successive days this week in the Assembly and the Senate, the bill crossed the finish line just before the June 10 close of the legislative session and is now headed to Governor Andrew Cuomo’s desk. If signed, the law would be the second such piece of digital library legislation to… Continue Reading
G.O.P. Bills Rattle Disabled Voters: ‘We Don’t Have a Voice Anymore’
The New York Times: “Legislation across the country would restrict voting methods and accommodations that people with disabilities are disproportionately likely to rely on… For years, advocates have worked to mobilize Americans with disabilities — more than 38 million of whom are eligible to vote, according to researchers at Rutgers University — into a voting… Continue Reading
