Category «Internet»

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, October 5, 2024

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, October 5, 2024 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and …

Subjects: AI, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Internet, Legal Research, Privacy, Search Engines, Social Media

License Plate Readers Are Creating a US-Wide Database of Political Lawn Signs and Bumper Stickers

Wired: While people put up signs in their yards or bumper stickers on their cars to inform people of their views and potentially influence those around them, the ACLU’s Stanley says it’s intended for “human-scale visibility.” not to that of machines. “They may want to express themselves in their communities, to their neighbors, but they …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Records, Internet, Legal Research, Legislation, Privacy, Transportation

WH Science and Technology Policy report – implementation of federal scientific integrity policy and practice

Science.gov: Protecting scientific integrity in government is vital to the Nation. Scientific integrity is defined as: “The adherence to professional practices, ethical behavior, and the principles of honesty and objectivity when conducting, managing, using the results of, and communicating about science and scientific activities. Inclusivity, transparency, and protection from inappropriate influence are hallmarks of scientific …

Subjects: E-Government, Education, Environmental Law, Government Documents, Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management

AI assistants are blabbing our embarrassing work secrets

Washington Post [unpaywalled]: “Corporate assistants have long been the keepers of company gossip and secrets. Now artificial intelligence is taking over some of their tasks, but it doesn’t share their sense of discretion. Researcher and engineer Alex Bilzerian said on X last week that, after a Zoom meeting with some venture capital investors, he got …

Subjects: AI, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy

Microsoft brings AI-powered overviews to Bing

TechCrunch: Microsoft has launched its answer to Google’s AI-powered search experiences: Bing generative search. On the heels of a pilot in July, Bing generative search — albeit still under development — began rolling out to all U.S. users this morning. The easiest way to invoke it is by searching “Bing generative search” on Bing; Microsoft also …

Subjects: AI, Internet, Microsoft, Search Engines

Download Over 33,000 Sounds from the BBC Sound Effects Archive

“The BBC Sound Effects Archive is available for personal, educational or research purposes. There are over 33,000 clips from across the world from the past 100 years. These include clips made by the BBC Radiophonic workshop, recordings from the Blitz in London, special effects made for BBC TV and Radio productions, as well as 15,000 …

Subjects: Education, Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries, Search Engines

Tor and Tails privacy projects merge

BoingBoing: “The Tor Project protects user privacy and anonymity on the network. Tails is a portable operating system that does so in the software. The two projects are merging, writes Pavel Zonaff, who hails the move as the “natural outcome of the Tor Project and Tails’ shared history of collaboration and solidarity.”Countering the threat of …

Subjects: Censorship, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy

How I Use Microsoft Word to Instantly Check Documents for Plagiarism

How to Geek: “Microsoft Word isn’t just for typing documents; it has a built-in feature called the Similarity Checker that checks your document plagiarism right from your word editor. This tool not only highlights potential plagiarism but also guides you in citing sources correctly. [This is a front line use case, and other applications are …

Subjects: Education, Internet, Knowledge Management, Microsoft