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The Coming AI Hackers – Bruce Schneier – “Artificial intelligence—AI—is an information technology. It consists of software. It runs on computers. And it is already deeply embedded into our social fabric, both in ways we understand and in ways we don’t. It will hack our society to a degree and effect unlike anything that’s come before. …
Blind blog Workspace Insights: “Anxiety over returning to the office is very real. Blind, an anonymous community of verified professionals with 4 million+ users, began running a survey gauging if professionals were anxious about returning to the office and why. 65% of professionals on Blind are anxious about the office reopening, according to results. 4,200 users across different …
PCWorld – “Monday [April 19, 2021] marked the first day of widespread eligibility across the U.S. for a COVID-19 vaccination, but some people have still struggled to find appointments. While luck does play a part in success, you can increase your chances by tuning into crowdsourced info and using websites that crawl vaccine appointment pages …
Paper Notebooks vs. Mobile Devices: Brain Activation Differences During Memory Retrieval Keita Umejima1, Takuya Ibaraki, Takahiro Yamazaki2 and Kuniyoshi L. Sakai, Department of Basic Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. 2NTT Data Institute of Management Consulting, Inc., Tokyo, Japan. “It remains to be determined how different inputs for …
govfresh – “The U.S. General Services Administration’s 18F has a great post on why distributed government is critical to highly-functioning public service teams, emphasizing a ‘distributed first’ approach to work. The post touches on key issues that make work cultures great and how distributed operations facilitate these, including issues related to: Inclusivity Accessibility Trust and …
CRIV Blog – CRIB Blog – Prepare to Practice, New and Notable: The Ever-Growing Collection of Practice Ready Tools from Bloomberg Law, Lexis, and Westlaw – “At this time of the year, as the spring semester winds down (how is that already possible?!?), my mind always seems to wander to thoughts of law students heading off …
The Corkboard: “A recent library learning analytics project highlights the wide—if not widening—gap between advocates of the technology and those concerned that the value of student privacy isn’t being fully attended to. The project argues that privacy “hinges” on confidentiality. In this brief post, I will succinctly argue why confidentiality is not privacy, but privacy …
Mashable: “There’s really nothing like making it through a good book. It can expand your understanding of the world, give you something to do while you wait at the doctor’s office, and everything in between. But not everyone has the time to sit down and crack open a tome. For those people, audiobooks are the …
Google Arts & Culture – Celebrate World Heritage Day by taking a virtual tour of 10 World Heritage Sites
New WETA Channel Features the Best of PBS and Life in the DMV – “WETA President and CEO Sharon Percy Rockefeller announced today a new WETA television channel lineup that includes WETA Metro, offering even more public media programming to viewers in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. The WETA television line-up now consists of WETA …
The Atlantic – “The winning entries of the annual World Press Photo Contest have just been announced. This year, according to organizers, 74,470 images were submitted for judging, made by 4,315 photographers from 130 different countries. Winners in eight categories were announced, including Contemporary Issues, Environment, General News, Long-Term Projects, Nature, Portraits, Sports, and Spot …
The New York Times – “The history of this strange document can tell job-seekers what works and what doesn’t. In the last decade, I have revised 3,000 résumés while working as a college career adviser. Here is my advice: The strongest will fit on a single page. Exceptions are few. An 8.5 x 11 inch …
