“Today, New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) Superintendent Adrienne A. Harris released Guidance to banking organizations that wish to engage in virtual currency-related activities. The Guidance is applicable to all New York regulated banking organizations, as well as branches and agencies of foreign banking organizations licensed by the Department (“Covered Institutions”). Covered Institutions are… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: December 2022
TikTok pushes harmful content promoting eating disorders and self-harm into young users’ feeds
Center for Countering Digital Hate Report – Deadly By Design: “Two-thirds of American teenagers use TikTok, and the average viewer spends 80 minutes a day on the application. The app, which is owned by the Chinese company, Bytedance, rapidly delivers a series of short videos to users and has overtaken Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube in… Continue Reading
Teens and Cyberbullying 2022
“Nearly half of U.S. teens have been bullied or harassed online, with physical appearance being seen as a relatively common reason why. Older teen girls are especially likely to report being targeted by online abuse overall and because of their appearance. While bullying existed long before the internet, the rise of smartphones and social media… Continue Reading
Trump Special Counsel Subpoena Shows New Grand Jury in Place Through March
Bloomberg: “Justice Department Special Counsel John L. “Jack” Smith’s latest subpoena shows the investigation into efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to undermine the 2020 election results is before a newer grand jury in place at least through March 2023. A subpoena received earlier this week by Georgia Secretary of State Brad… Continue Reading
America Online: A Cautionary Tale
The Nation $: On the rise and fall of the quintessential ’90s online service provider—and a warning about today’s social-media giants. “…America Online debuted in 1991, the same year that the World Wide Web opened to the public. With revenue from advertising and subscriber fees, AOL had a market cap that soared past $150 billion… Continue Reading
JFK Assassination Records – 2022 Additional Documents Release
“The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is processing previously withheld John F. Kennedy assassination-related records to comply with President Joe Biden’s Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies on the Temporary Certification Regarding Disclosure of Information in Certain Records Related to the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, requiring disclosure of releasable… Continue Reading
A Fifth of American Adults Struggle to Read. Why Are We Failing to Teach Them?
Pro Publica: The nation’s approach to adult education has so far neglected to connect the millions of people struggling to read with the programs set up to help them. In a nation whose education system is among the most unequal in the industrialized world,.. where race and geography play an outsize role in determining one’s… Continue Reading
The Politics of Loneliness
The Bulwark – Social, economic, and technological trends contribute to widespread feelings of isolation—and there’s a role for policy in making things better. by Chris Murphy: “Today’s Americans should be the least lonely in our nation’s history: More of us than ever before live in densely populated parts of the country, and technology offers us more… Continue Reading
The 2022 tech breakthroughs that could advance medicine
Mashable: “Technology and medicine have shared history for so long that the two have practically become inseparable. It’s difficult to imagine where modern medicine and, in fact, humanity, would be today without photography, microscopes, pacemakers, prosthetic devices, you name it. Thinking of how far we’ve come, from the ability to detect and diagnose disease, to… Continue Reading
How to take a full-page screenshot in Google Chrome four ways
ZDNET: “Picture this: you want to take a screenshot of an entire webpage, small bits at the bottom and all. Usually, you’re only able to capture what’s within the four corners of your screen, leaving behind elements that you’d have to scroll down for. Don’t give up. It may seem impossible to capture everything in… Continue Reading
How to Use Chrome’s @ Shortcut to Find Things in Your Browser
MakeUseOf: “If you’re a Chrome user who often has plenty of open tabs and bookmarks saved, then you’ll know how frustrating it is to lose these pages in your browser. Nobody wants to spend time looking for lost pages! While Chrome already has a tab search feature, there’s an even more effective way to find… Continue Reading
Riana Pfefferkorn on End-to-End Encryption for iPhone Backups to iCloud
LawFare Podcast: “Last week, Apple made an announcement about some new security features it would be offering to users. One of those features involves users’ ability to opt in to encryption for iPhone backups to iCloud. While this new feature will enhance data privacy and security for those users who choose to opt in, it… Continue Reading
