Google Virtual Tour – 2022 Holidays at The White House
Explore rooms throughout the White House holiday décor which represents what brings us together during the holidays and throughout the year.
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When McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World’s Most Powerful Consulting Firm
London Review of Book, Laleh Khalili – “When McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World’s Most Powerful Consulting Firm by Walt Bogdanich and Michael Forsythe. Bodley Head, 354 pp., £20, October, 978 1 84792 625 8: “…Bogdanich and Forsythe’s book is a damning account of the way McKinsey has made workplaces unsafe, ditched consumer protections, disembowelled regulatory agencies, …
Twitter’s Rivals Try to Capitalize on Musk-Induced Chaos
The New York Times $: “New start-ups and other social platforms sense opportunity as Twitter grapples with changes from Elon Musk, its new owner…A race is on to dethrone Twitter and capitalize on the chaos of its new ownership under Elon Musk, the tech mogul who bought the social media company for $44 billion in …
Redfin Adds Zoning Data for More Than 70 Million Homes
Redfin: “Today, we added zoning and land use information to home description pages on Redfin.com. This information, which is provided by our partners at Zoneomics, will help you understand the implications of your local zoning guidelines and how your property can and cannot be used. In addition to determining what property types and density are …
Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act: Data Integration and Individual Rights
CRS Report – Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act: Data Integration and Individual Rights, December 6, 2022: “Computers and information technologies have increased the amount of data that can be collected, stored, and processed. Computers make it easier to exchange, share, and match data on individuals across programmatic and agency boundaries, enabling the use of …
Darwin Correspondence Project
University of Cambridge: “For nearly fifty years successive teams of researchers on both sides of the Atlantic have been working to track down all surviving letters written by or to Charles Darwin, research their content, and publish the complete texts. The thirtieth and final print volume, covering the last four months of Darwin’s life, will …
Amazon is offering customers $2 per month for letting the company monitor the traffic on their phones
Insider: “Amazon’s Ad Verification program offers select users $2 per month for sharing their traffic data. It is part of Amazon’s Shopper Panel, an invite-only program that offers users financial rewards. The voluntary program could raise privacy concerns over how Amazon handles customer data… Under the company’s new invite-only Ad Verification program, Amazon is tracking …
The ‘office apocalypse’ is upon us
Insider: “Before the pandemic, 95% of offices were occupied. Today that number is closer to 47%. Employees’ not returning to downtown offices has had a domino effect: Less foot traffic, less public-transit use, and more shuttered businesses have caused many downtowns to feel more like ghost towns. Even 2 1/2 years later, most city downtowns …
Extreme temperatures around the world and related links
Via mherrera.org National and Continental Extreme Temperatures includes the national extreme temperatures with dates and sources Monthly Temperatures Records includes the world and continental extreme temperatures month by month.It also includes statistics of temperature records by latitude and altitude. Countries without frost includes a list of the countries where frost has never been recorded. Snowfalls …
Google Search’s new topic filters make it easier to refine results or expand searches
TechCrunch: “Google announced today that it’s making it easier for users to drill down on a search and explore related topics. Search currently has a few filters to help you refine and separate your search results between videos, news, images or shopping results. Now, the search giant is going to start showing users a scrollable …
Legal Astroturfing
Cheung, Alvin, Legal Astroturfing (November 17, 2022). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4279133 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4279133 “This Article identifies the phenomenon of legal astroturfing and considers it in relation to other aspects of “democratic backsliding” and contemporary authoritarianism. In particular, I argue that legal astroturfing is especially pernicious not because it is illiberal or anti-democratic (although it is …
Stop Before You Shop – Are Your Shopping Apps Sharing Access to Your Device?
incogni blog: “In a recent consumer survey, 88% of respondents reported having at least one shopping app installed on their mobile device. Given their popularity, you might think these apps are pretty harmless. In our previous research, we already looked into the Google Play Store data safety section and how to determine the amount of …
