Day archives: April 6th, 2022

Facial Recognition Goes to War

The New York Times – “Services that put a name to a face, including Clearview AI, are being used to identify Russian soldiers, living or dead, and to verify that travelers in Ukraine are who they claim…Identifying dead soldiers and notifying their families is part of a campaign, according to a Telegram post by the …

Subjects: AI, Civil Liberties, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Defense, E-Records, Knowledge Management, Privacy

Microplastics found deep in lungs of living people for first time

The Guardian: “Microplastic pollution has been discovered lodged deep in the lungs of living people for the first time. The particles were found in almost all the samples analysed. The scientists said microplastic pollution was now ubiquitous across the planet, making human exposure unavoidable and meaning “there is an increasing concern regarding the hazards” to …

Subjects: Climate Change, Environmental Law

A Code of Conduct for the Supreme Court? Legal Questions and Considerations

CRS Legal Sidebar: A Code of Conduct for the Supreme Court? Legal Questions and Considerations Updated April 6, 2022:  “The Code of Conduct for United States Judges (the Code) is a set of ethical canons that the Judicial Conference of the United States (Judicial Conference) has adopted to promote public confidence in the integrity, independence, …

Subjects: Congress, Courts, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

The Museum of Endangered Technology Sounds

Kottke: “The Museum of Endangered Sounds is a soundboard of dozens of sounds from old technologies, from the ICQ message notification (“uh oh!”) to the Windows 95 startup sound to a rotary telephone to a dial-up modem. Suuuuper nostalgic. See also Conserve the Sound.” (via swissmiss). I especially miss the sounds of the TI Silent …

Subjects: Internet