Day archives: July 13th, 2021

How Much Internet Speed Do You Need?

Consumer Reports: “We all want fast internet service—but how fast? That’s an important question for making sure you’re getting the right internet plan and not paying for a higher tier of service than you need. It all depends on what your family does online, and whether they do it at the same time. This calculator …

Subjects: Internet

Machines Learning the Rule of Law

Sümeyye Elif Biber – Verfassungsblog: EU Proposes the World’s first Artificial Intelligence Act. “On 21 April 2021, the European Commission (EC) proposed the world’s first Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA). The proposal has received a warm welcome across the EU as well as from the US, as it includes substantial legal provisions on ethical standards. After …

Subjects: AI, Civil Liberties, Government Documents, Legal Research

Keeping Track of Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Progress and Targets in 167 Cities Worldwide

Keeping Track of Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Progress and Targets in 167 Cities Worldwide: “Actions in cities shape the outcome of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission mitigation and our climate change response. Accurate and consistent carbon inventories are essential for identifying the main sources of emissions and global comparison of carbon reduction progress and would help …

Subjects: Climate Change, Energy, Environmental Law, Health Care, Legal Research

Is our machine learning?

Ars Technica Ars takes a dip into artificial intelligence: “In the first part of a new series, we look at matching the problem to the tool. Every day, some little piece of logic constructed by very specific bits of artificial intelligence technology makes decisions that affect how you experience the world. It could be the …

Subjects: AI, Internet, Knowledge Management

The five-day workweek is dead

Vox – It’s Time for Something Better: “The five-day workweek is so entrenched in American life that everything, from vacation packages to wedding prices to novelty signs, is built around it. When you live it every Monday through Friday, year in and year out, it can be hard to imagine any other way. But there’s …

Subjects: Economy, Knowledge Management

How laws affect the perception of norms: empirical evidence from the lockdown

Roberto Galbiati, Emeric Henry, Nicolas Jacquemet, Max Lobeck. How laws affect the perception of norms: empirical evidence from the lockdown. 2020. hal-02957434 – “Laws not only affect behavior due to changes in material payoffs, but they may also change the perception individuals have of societal norms, either by shifting them directly or by providing information …

Subjects: Health Care, Knowledge Management, Legal Research