“Contrary to the assumption that the death penalty is widely used in the U.S., only a few jurisdictions employ capital punishment extensively, according to a new report released today by the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC). Only two percent of the counties in the U.S. have been responsible for the majority of cases leading to… Continue Reading
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Guardian – NSA, GCHQ target Tor network that protects anonymity of web users
One technique developed by the agency targeted the Firefox web browser used with Tor, giving the agency full control over targets’ computers by James Ball, Bruce Schneier and Glenn Greenwald “The National Security Agency has made repeated attempts to develop attacks against people using Tor, a popular tool designed to protect online anonymity, despite the… Continue Reading
Cyberattack on Adobe includes information on 2.9 million customers
Adobe Blog – “Cyber attacks are one of the unfortunate realities of doing business today. Given the profile and widespread use of many of our products, Adobe has attracted increasing attention from cyber attackers. Very recently, Adobe’s security team discovered sophisticated attacks on our network, involving the illegal access of customer information as well as… Continue Reading
Pew – Technology Adoption by Lower Income Populations
Presentation: Technology Adoption by Lower Income Populations – Oct 8, 2013 at American Public Health Services Association “Aaron Smith, Senior Researcher at the Pew Research Center’s Internet Project, discusses the Project’s latest research about internet usage, broadband adoption, and the impact of mobile connectivity among lower-income populations.” Continue Reading
Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act
H.R. 3223 – To provide for the compensation of furloughed Federal employees. September 30, 2013. On October 5, 2013 the House of Representatives voted 407-0 to pass this bill to provide furloughed federal employees with retroactive pay at the conclusion of the government shutdown. Continue Reading
Committee Inquiry on Electronic Mass Surveillance of EU Citizens – Sixth Hearing
LIBE Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. 07-10-2013: LIBE Committee Inquiry on Electronic Mass Surveillance of EU Citizens – Sixth Hearing – Programme “Session I focuses on the impact of mass surveillance programmes on the rights of EU citizens to data protection, either these programmes are implemented by third countries or by EU Member States.… Continue Reading
Excerpt from forthcoming report – The Obama Administration and the Press
“Leonard Downie, a former executive editor of The Washington Post, is the Weil family professor of journalism at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University. This article is based on his report The Obama Administration and the Press, forthcoming Thursday from the Committee to Protect Journalists. “With the passage of the Patriot… Continue Reading
NYT – Selling Secrets of Phone Users to Advertisers
Selling Secrets of Phone Users to Advertisers – by Claire Cain Miller and Somini Sengupta, October 5, 2013 “Now, smartphones know everything — where people go, what they search for, what they buy, what they do for fun and when they go to bed. That is why advertisers, and tech companies like Google and Facebook,… Continue Reading
Learning from Economic Downturns: How to Better Assess, Track, and Mitigate the Impact on the Health Sector
Learning from Economic Downturns : How to Better Assess, Track, and Mitigate the Impact on the Health Sector, by Hou, Xiaohui; Velényi, Edit V.; Yazbeck, Abdo S.; Iunes, Roberto F.; Smith, Owen. October 4, 2013] “Many countries around the world are moving toward universal health coverage, while navigating through periods of economic crisis. The impact… Continue Reading
Study – Eye Contact Increases Resistance to Persuasion
In the Eye of the Beholder – Eye Contact Increases Resistance to Persuasion by Frances S. Chen, Julia A. Minson, Maren Schöne, Markus Heinrichs. Published online before print September 25, 2013, doi: 10.1177/0956797613491968. Psychological Science September 25, 2013 0956797613491968. “Popular belief holds that eye contact increases the success of persuasive communication, and prior research suggests… Continue Reading
Trading Strategies and Market Microstructure: Evidence from a Prediction Market
Trading Strategies and Market Microstructure: Evidence from a Prediction Market – David M. Rothschild, Microsoft Research – NYC; Rajiv Sethi; Barnard College, Columbia University; Santa Fe Institute. September 8, 2013 “We examine transaction-level data from Intrade’s presidential winner market for the two weeks immediately preceding the November 2012 election. The data allow us to compute… Continue Reading
Three Paradoxes of Big Data
Three Paradoxes of Big Data by Neil Richards (Washington University in Saint Louis – School of Law) and Jonathan King (Washington University in Saint Louis) “Big data is all the rage. Its proponents tout the use of sophisticated analytics to mine large data sets for insight as the solution to many of our society’s problems.… Continue Reading
