“The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) today deployed the Investigations Database System (IDS), an innovative new data management tool that captures, manages, and displays USITC investigation-related information. Users are encouraged to visit the USITC website at https://ids.usitc.gov to explore this new tool. A major new feature is the ability to conduct quick searches and… Continue Reading
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Chris Olah on what the hell is going on inside neural networks
80,000 Hours: “Big machine learning models can identify plant species better than any human, write passable essays, beat you at a game of Starcraft 2, figure out how a photo of Tobey Maguire and the word ‘spider’ are related, solve the 60-year-old ‘protein folding problem’, diagnose some diseases, play romantic matchmaker, write solid computer code,… Continue Reading
8 Ways to Discover the Most Popular Online Content
The return – again of RSS via Make Use Of: ” With the internet fill of content, it can be hard to know where to turn. Here are some ways to discover popular content online. These days, most people get their daily dose of news from Facebook posts, Twitter, Reddit threads, and more. However, if… Continue Reading
ArchivedWeb
“ArchivedWeb was born our of the necessity of people to search the web’s cached pages. Google is full of awesome search functionality which is hidden inside their engine, cache search is one of these functions. Of course going through their documentation and knowing how to use the computer, everyone can find out how to search… Continue Reading
The Supply and Demand of Legal Help on the Internet
Hagan, Margaret, The Supply and Demand of Legal Help on the Internet (October 17, 2022). Margaret D. Hagan “The Supply and Demand of Legal Help on the Internet,” Legal Tech and the Future of Civil Justice, edited by David Freeman Engstrom. Cambridge University Press, Forthcoming., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4250390 “Faith in technology as a way… Continue Reading
GovInfo Jan6th Resources
The official version of the 845-page report is available from the Government Publishing Office. It is available free on the web. GovInfo – House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol – About House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol. The jurisdiction… Continue Reading
5 DuckDuckGo Features You Should Be Using
How to Geek: “DuckDuckGo is primarily known for its focus on privacy. But the search engine (and now browser) offers several helpful features, many of which aren’t even available on Google or Bing. So if you are new to DuckDuckGo, here are five features to improve your search experience.” See also Gizmodo – DuckDuckGo Will… Continue Reading
Microsoft and OpenAI working on Chat-GTP powered Bing in Challenge to Google
The Information: “Microsoft could soon get a return on its $1 billion investment in OpenAI, creator of the ChatGPT chatbot, which gives humanlike text answers to questions. Microsoft is preparing to launch a version of its Bing search engine that uses the artificial intelligence behind ChatGPT to answer some search queries rather than just showing… Continue Reading
Google will pay $9.5 million to settle Washington DC AG’s location-tracking lawsuit
engadget: “Google has agreed to pay $9.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by Washington DC Attorney General Karl Racine, who accused the company earlier this year of “deceiving users and invading their privacy.” Google has also agreed to change some of its practices, primarily concerning how it informs users about collecting, storing and using… Continue Reading
The best books of 2022 according to BookTok
Mashable: “BookTok is revolutionizing the literature world. For the past two years, books have been climbing the charts not on the backs of movie and TV deals or some miraculous PR stunt, but because users on TikTok deemed it worthy. Kristen McLean, the executive director of business development at NPD Books, told the New York… Continue Reading
How Google Autocomplete works
Search Engine Land – “When you go to the Google homepage, you’ll most likely know what you’re about to type into the search box – whether you’re checking in on the weather forecast, looking for a business or service, or want to find out where you recognize that actor from. (Unless you’re “feeling lucky,” that is.)… Continue Reading
Brave launches FrodoPIR, a privacy-focused database query system
Via Brave – FrodoPIR: a new privacy-preserving approach for retrieving data. “To read more about our FrodoPIR scheme, you can find details here. The paper has been accepted to the Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETS), Vol. 2023, Issue 1, and will also appear here.” Bleeping Computer: “Brave Software developers have created a new privacy-centric… Continue Reading
