Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, July 29, 2023 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and online security, often without our situational awareness. Four highlights from this week: New Tool Shows if Your Car Might Be Tracking You, Selling Your Data; Crypto Sector Is Rife With ‘Fraud’ and ‘Hucksters’ Warns Gary Gensler; This Stalkerware is Spying On Thousands: Here’s What To Do; and How researchers broke ChatGPT and what it could mean for future AI development.
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Daily Archives: July 30, 2023
ChatGPT vs Google for Queries Related to Dementia and Other Cognitive Decline Comparison of Results
Journal of Internet Medical Research [full text free] Published on 25.7.2023 in Vol 25 (2023) Background: People living with dementia or other cognitive decline and their caregivers (PLWD) increasingly rely on the web to find information about their condition and available resources and services. The recent advancements in large language models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT,… Continue Reading
Biden administration launches new income-driven student debt repayment plan
Fact Sheet via WH: “Federal Student Aid, a part of the U.S. Department of Education, is the largest provider of student financial aid in the nation. At the office of Federal Student Aid, our more than 1,400 employees help make college education possible for more than 10 million students each year. Federal Student Aid is… Continue Reading
YouTube now dubs videos with AI-generated voices
rest of world: YouTube’s automatic dubbing system is competing with human firms to help creators scale the language barrier.In an open letter earlier this year, Neal Mohan, the recently appointed head of YouTube, made a pledge to creators that better translation tools were coming. Now, YouTube is delivering on that promise with Aloud — a… Continue Reading
The Complete Guide to Editing Images in PowerPoint
Make Use Of: “Want to make your PowerPoint presentations more visually appealing? Learn how to edit images in PowerPoint with this complete guide. Images, graphs, or charts can make your PowerPoint presentations more engaging. However, if you want to add plenty of images that require minor edits, using third-party tools can be time-consuming. Fortunately, PowerPoint… Continue Reading
How to Reverse Image Search With Google Images
How To Geek: “Google Image Search is a great way to find images that are similar to one you already have or to help you track down the original source of a photo. We’ll show you how to do a reverse image search.” Continue Reading
Next Generation Covid Vaccines Update
PLOS – Absolutely Maybe: “This update is packed with news, with 3 developments standing out in particular. The first is the “major hat” in this post’s title. It’s a new consortium of major scientific groups, along with a major global pharmaceutical company, spanning bases in Israel, the US, and Europe. That’s everything that’s needed for… Continue Reading
Most Clever Google Maps Settings Everyone Should Be Using
Lifehacker: “Google Maps has become so much more than a simple navigation app: You can use it to find the best restaurants, gas stations, tourist spots, and so much more. But Google Maps has lots of useful features that aren’t enabled by default, so we’ve compiled our favorites for you here. The next time you… Continue Reading
62% of Legal Professionals Are Not Using AI — And Feel The Industry Is Not Ready For The Technology
BusinessWire: ” Litify, the legal industry’s end-to-end operating solution for law firms and in-house legal departments, today released the results from a 2023 State of AI Report, which identifies the use and impact of artificial intelligence across the legal sector. The report is a result of a survey commissioned by an independent market research firm. The… Continue Reading
How to Switch Browsers Without Losing Your Bookmarks and Passwords
Wired: “Jumping between Chrome and Safari, or Firefox and Edge? Here’s how to keep your precious data with you. If you’re thinking of switching browsers—maybe because you like the features in a different application, or you’re fed up with the one you’re using—all of your accumulated data, extensions, and bookmarks can feel like a reason… Continue Reading
