“This wikiHow teaches you how to download a video from Twitter on a computer. You can use a couple of different third-party websites to do this; in the event that one of the sites is down or not working for one of your videos, the other will most likely work. Unfortunately, you cannot download Twitter… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: June 2019
Twitter adds labels for tweets that break its rules with potential implications for Trump’s account
Washington Post – The social media site will also down-rank such tweets via its algorithms to reduce circulation – “Twitter has long said it is unlikely to take down politicians’ most vitriolic tweets — including President Trump’s — but it now plans to label them if they break its rules. The new label applies to all… Continue Reading
How to fight the spies in your Chrome browser
Washington Post: “Is your Web browser spying on you? My recent column about the stark privacy differences between Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox generated a lot of conversation — and questions from readers about what you can do to avoid surveillance while you surf. The main lesson: If Google is a data vampire, Chrome is… Continue Reading
Soon, satellites will be able to watch you everywhere all the time
MIT Technology Review – Can privacy survive? “Every year, commercially available satellite images are becoming sharper and taken more frequently. In 2008, there were 150 Earth observation satellites in orbit; by now there are 768. Satellite companies don’t offer 24-hour real-time surveillance, but if the hype is to be believed, they’re getting close. Privacy advocates… Continue Reading
The Library as a Movement
Vimeo video: The Library as a Movement – “A conversation between Marie Østergaard, Library Director Aarhus Public Libraries in Denmark and R. David Lankes, Director of the University of South Carolina’s School of Library and Information Science on the idea that the library is a movement of communities members, librarians, politicians, partners and more.” Continue Reading
MIT Technology Review – 35 Innovators Under 35 2019
“As part of our ethos that technology can and should be a force for good. Our annual list of 35 innovators under 35 is a way of putting faces on that idea. In these profiles you’ll find people employing innovative methods to treat disease, to fight online harassment, and to create the next big battery… Continue Reading
Pew – Annual State of the News Media
“Since 2004, Pew Research Center has issued an annual report on key audience and economic indicators for a variety of sectors within the U.S. news media industry. These data speak to the shifting ways in which Americans seek out news and information, how news organizations get their revenue, and the resources available to American journalists… Continue Reading
Seeing Isn’t Believing – The Fact Checker’s guide to manipulated video
Washington Post – “The Internet is increasingly populated with false and misleading videos. These videos — spread by politicians, advocacy groups and everyday users — are viewed by millions. The Fact Checker set out to develop a universal language to label manipulated video and hold creators and sharers of this misinformation accountable. We have found… Continue Reading
A hacker assault left mobile carriers open to network shutdown
CNET: “Hackers have quietly infiltrated more than a dozen mobile carriers around the world, gaining complete control of networks behind the companies’ backs. The attackers have been using that access over the last seven years to steal sensitive data, but have so much control they could shut down communications at a moment’s notice, according to… Continue Reading
The college students who live in homeless shelters
Politico: “As college costs rise to the top of the American political debate, the housing crisis faced by many students has recently begun to surface as an underappreciated crisis that can be far more harmful than even the high price of tuition. This week, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders revamped his “College for All” education… Continue Reading
DC Court of Appeals rules OPM responsible for hacking of 22 million personnel records
Washington Post: “A federal appeals court has revived the chances of monetary awards being paid to federal employees and others whose personal information was exposed in hacks of two government databases that were revealed in 2015. The ruling criticized the Office of Personnel Management for failing to safeguard that information despite having been the target… Continue Reading
Firefox Will Give You a Fake Browsing History to Fool Advertisers
Vice: “Security through obscurity is out, security through tomfoolery is in. That’s the basic philosophy sold by Track THIS, “a new kind of incognito” browsing project, which opens up 100 tabs crafted to fit a specific character—a hypebeast, a filthy rich person, a doomsday prepper, or an influencer. The idea is that your browsing history… Continue Reading
