The Verge: “In a personal crisis, many people turn to an impersonal source of support: Google. Every day, the company fields searches on topics like suicide, sexual assault, and domestic abuse. But Google wants to do more to direct people to the information they need, and says new AI techniques that better parse the complexities… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: April 2022
Pete Recommends Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, April 2, 2022
Via LLRX – Pete Recommends Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, April 2, 2022 – Privacy and cybersecurity 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 increasingly… Continue Reading
Preserving the Past in the Digital Age Is Still a Massive Headache
San Francisco Classical Voice – Preserving the Past in the Digital Age Is Still a Massive Headache Continue Reading
Climate change increases risk of extreme rainfall following wildfire in the western United States
Climate change increases risk of extreme rainfall following wildfire in the western United States – Science Advances • 1 Apr 2022 • Vol 8, Issue 13 • DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abm0320 “Post-wildfire extreme rainfall events can have destructive impacts in the western United States. Using two climate model large ensembles, we assess the future risk of extreme… Continue Reading
Ukraine: Apparent War Crimes in Russia-Controlled Areas
Human Rights Watch – Summary Executions, Other Grave Abuses by Russian Forces The New York Times – “As Russian forces retreated from around Kyiv, the devastating toll of the war became clearer. Western leaders redoubled calls for war crimes investigations, declaring the images of dead civilians “abhorrent…” BBC News – Killings in Bucha are deliberate… Continue Reading
Human Rights and Disinformation Under the Trump Administration: The Commission on Unalienable Rights
Blitt, Robert C., Human Rights and Disinformation Under the Trump Administration: The Commission on Unalienable Rights (2021). St. Louis University Law Journal, Vol. 66, 2021, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4046025 – “The former administration of Donald J. Trump shattered norms governing the responsibility to relay accurate, truthful information to the public. Whether regarding trivialities or vital… Continue Reading
