s2032618 by https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4 Digital Culture! en-us 2020-01-19 12:34:39 UTC 2025-10-24 01:06:20 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f469-1f4bb.png Met police to begin using live facial recognization cameras in London s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/433472113 The only independent study on this issue found that the new facial recognization software to be used by the Metropolitan police is only verifiably accurate in 19% of cases. Critics say this facial recognization technology is a threat to civil liberty. ]]> 2020-01-19 23:48:05 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/433472113 Voting by Smartphone s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/434657926 A district in Seattle will be the first in the American democracy to cast votes via a smartphone. Many cybersecurity experts do not support mobile voting due to security concerns. The district plans to verify the votes by looking at previous paper signatures. ]]> 2020-01-22 17:01:01 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/434657926 California OKs highly questioned LA County voting system s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/437564187 The secretary of state for California approved LA's new publicly owned computerized voting system (first of its kind). It still has security issues and technical problems that need to be addressed. Elections in the US are dominated by three voting equipment and services companies. These companies control roughly 90% of the market. Cybersecurity experts have stated that the black-box touch screen systems used for voting are highly vulnerable. ]]> 2020-01-29 14:37:07 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/437564187 Data from Behind Enemy Lines: How Russia May have Used Twitter to Seize Crimea s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/437571658 New research shows real-time social media data may have been a source of military intelligence for the Kremlin and potentially other governments. Through examining the political discourse on Twitter, governments can figure out the political dispositions of certain communities. ]]> 2020-01-29 14:46:07 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/437571658 When Community Becomes Your Competitive Advantage s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/437582273 Many companies center their platforms on a sense of community in order to retain and engage customers.]]> 2020-01-29 14:58:12 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/437582273 The Technology 202: These scientists are trying to help Congress get smarter about tech s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/439013189 Government scientists and technologists are trying to help lawmakers understand tech issues. There is momentum on Capital Hill to revive the Office of Technology Assessment to help keep Congress up to date with tech issues. ]]> 2020-01-31 20:58:00 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/439013189 Have a Search Warrant for Data? Google Wants You to Pay s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/439015094 Google has begun to charge U.S. law enforcement for requests for users information with prices varying on the type: subpoena, wire tap, and search warrant. Under Federal law, companies can charge the government for reimbursement fees like this. Privacy experts support the fees as a way to deter over broad surveillance. ]]> 2020-01-31 21:03:00 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/439015094 Singapore releases latest AI Framework edition to improve governance and trust s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/439019732 2020-01-31 21:17:00 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/439019732 Melinda Gates’ nonprofit launches $50M initiative to increase representation of women in tech hubs s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/439020793 This Gender Equality in Tech (GET) initiative aims at increasing the number of women working in tech in three cities. The number of female computer science graduates was greater in 1985 (37% of CS graduates) than today (18% of CS graduates). ]]> 2020-01-31 21:20:32 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/439020793 A man diagnosed with Wuhan coronavirus near Seattle is being treated largely by a robot s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/439022095 The nursing staff use a robot to take vitals and talk with the patient that must be quarantined. ]]> 2020-01-31 21:24:13 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/439022095 Employers use algorithms to rate job interviewees. A new Illinois law gives candidates rights s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/439023591 Illinois Artificial Intelligence Video Interview Act requires companies to notify interview candidates when AI will be used to screen them. They must explain how the technology works, and how it will be used to evaluate candidates. It also prohibits the sharing of these videos. ]]> 2020-01-31 21:28:40 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/439023591 How the Iowa Democratic Party Botched the Iowa Caucuses s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/441900275 There were many issues with the reporting of the Iowa state caucus results. The app was not seen as secure, and the app only reported partial data due to a coding error. Additionally, the app was difficult for users to use. This resulted in delayed caucus results. ]]> 2020-02-06 23:06:57 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/441900275 USMCA Formalizes Free Flow of Data, Other Tech Issues s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/442432599 The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) prevents the countries from imposing data-localization requirements, allowing for the free flow of data across borders. Additionally, it prohibits these 3 countries from imposing tariffs on data transfers. ]]> 2020-02-07 22:05:16 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/442432599 Iowa Caucus chaos likely to set back mobile voting s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/442433679 This article discusses how the coding errors for the app used for the Iowa Caucus will set back online voting technology. The Nevada Democratic Party announced they are no longer planning to use the app for their primary. There is a lot of concern for security with any internet voting based system. Voter confidence and public opinion will have to support mobile voting before it will ever be a possibility in future elections.]]> 2020-02-07 22:10:05 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/442433679 Congress Passes Bill to Spur Veterans’ Participation in STEM Fields s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/442436511 Congress passed a bipartisan bill to help integrate veterans into STEM jobs in order to help close the gap in the workforce. The bill aims to help veterans switch to next-generation civilian jobs. ]]> 2020-02-07 22:20:49 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/442436511 Artificial intelligence-created medicine to be used on humans for first time s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/442437373 A drug to treat OCD "invented" by AI will be used in human trials. ]]> 2020-02-07 22:23:33 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/442437373 U.K. Companies Tackle Brexit’s Effect on Tech Hiring s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/442437942 Technology recruiters in the U.K. are concerned about the impact of Brexit on their ability to talented technical workers. There is a lot of uncertainty concerning visas and work permits with Brexit. ]]> 2020-02-07 22:25:52 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/442437942 Online game has transnational impact as “vaccine” against fake news s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/442439488 A study by the Universities of Uppsala and Cambridge found  playing a game called Bad News showed an improvement in players' ability to detect fabricated news reports.  ]]> 2020-02-07 22:32:24 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/442439488 Israel’s Sheba unveils first known coronavirus telemedicine program s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/442440143 The Sheba Medical center is using telemedicine to protect their staff from the coronavirus and to treat sick patients. They would also like to use the telemedicine to treat less sick patients in their own homes. ]]> 2020-02-07 22:35:18 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/442440143 The Virtues and Downsides of Online Dating s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/442788511 According to a Pew Research Study, 30% of American Adults say they have used an online dating app or site, and 12% say they have been in a committed relationship or married to someone they met on a dating site or app. Young adults and those who identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual are more likely to use online dating sites or apps. LGB adults are twice as likely to use a dating app/site when compared with their straight counterparts.
 
]]> 2020-02-09 23:43:21 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/442788511 YOUTUBE AD REVENUE, DISCLOSED BY GOOGLE FOR THE FIRST TIME, TOPPED $15 BILLION IN 2019 s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/442940683 In 2019, YouTube brought in $15.1 billion in ad revenue, and majority of this money goes to the creators of videos on the platform. This is the first time Google has disclosed its revenue for YouTube. According to the terms of service, Google keeps 45% of the ad revenue shown in videos. A lot of the advertising revenue comes from brand advertisement before videos play on the platform. ]]> 2020-02-10 11:11:10 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/442940683 Instagram Brings In More Than a Quarter of Facebook Sales s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/443653657 In 2019, Instagram brought in $20 billion in ad revenue, which was more than a quarter of Facebook's revenue for 2019. The app makes money by selling ads that look like posts in user's feeds, and Facebook has increased the frequency of ads in the past couple of years. ]]> 2020-02-11 13:48:43 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/443653657 Australia to focus on blockchain potential with new roadmap s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/443658556 The Australian government wants to use blockchain technology to create jobs and new economic growth. They created a roadmap that focuses on three areas: Regulation and standards; skills, capability, and innovation; and international investment and collaboration. The government hopes to implement this 12 step plan by the end of 2025. ]]> 2020-02-11 13:55:15 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/443658556 Facial Recognition Moves Into a New Front: Schools s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/443663932 The Lockport City School District in New York will start using facial recognition technology to monitor who is on its property. The public school district argues that it is a crucial crime-fighting tool. However, others have concerns over privacy, accuracy, and racial bias. 300 cameras have been installed, and the district spent $1.4 million on this project. ]]> 2020-02-11 14:02:34 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/443663932 What’s your brand? A new algorithm analyzes social media data to help brands improve their marketing s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/443839145 Using algorithm that analyzed data of consumer's daily activity on social media, researchers created an algorithm that can correctly predict consumer purchases. ]]> 2020-02-11 17:25:59 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/443839145 Countries Debate Openness of Future National IDs s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/443846745 The High Court in Kenya ruled that a new amendment requiring for national biometric digital identification went to far on the counts of links to DNA or GPS records. Over half of African countries are developing some form of biometric or digital national ID. This raises concerns of data protection and privacy. The court ruled that the passing of the overall law was valid. ]]> 2020-02-11 17:34:38 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/443846745 Brazil takes a page from China, taps facial recognition to solve crime s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/445367045 There is a push for facial recognition technology in Brazil in order to fight violent crime. Many people feel that privacy is a price they must pay for security. The article highlights that many U.S. cities such as San Francisco have banned facial recognition technology due to concerns of accuracy and potential abuse. A lot of the facial recognition technology being used in Brazil comes from China. ]]> 2020-02-14 00:17:34 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/445367045 Occupational Gender Bias Prevalent in Online Images, Rutgers Study Finds s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/445368620 A study by Rutgers researchers found that online images of men and women in the professions of librarian, nurse, computer programmer and civil engineer reinforce existing gender stereotypes. Men were typically displayed as the computer programmer and civil engineer and women were portrayed as the librarian and the nurse. However, the study did find that when individuals generate content directly, the stereotypes of gender in certain occupations were challenged. ]]> 2020-02-14 00:22:39 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/445368620 Artificial intelligence finds disease-related genes s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/454249957 Researchers are using AI to find patterns of gene expression with machine learning. ]]> 2020-03-04 11:42:34 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/454249957 Study finds quarter of climate change tweets from bots s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/454251620 In a study at Brown University, researchers found that a quarter of tweets about climate change were from bots and gave the impression that there was a high level of climate denial. ]]> 2020-03-04 11:47:19 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/454251620 Coding for uncertainty increases security Researchers develop algorithm to protect against poaching and other “green” security challenges s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/454256766 Drones in South Africa are used to detect poachers. Computer Scientists at Harvard came up with an algorithm that accounts for uncertainty in catching poachers. The algorithm calculates whether or not the drone should signal for a ranger if it sees a poacher and a ranger isn't nearby. ]]> 2020-03-04 12:02:20 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/454256766 New artificial intelligence algorithm better predicts corn yield s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/454260130 At the University of Illinois they are trying to change how people run agronomic research by working more directly with farmers to develop algorithms to generate yield predictions. ]]> 2020-03-04 12:10:46 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/454260130 Mapping coronavirus: South Koreans turn to online tracking as cases surge s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/454261378 Private software developers et up websites and apps to track cases of the coronavirus in South Korea and help people avoid places where the infected have been. They created an interactive map at Coronamap.live and update it with new cases. There is also a similar site called Wuhanvirus.kr. ]]> 2020-03-04 12:14:46 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/454261378 Algorithms are better than people in predicting recidivism, study says s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/454263941 A study by California researchers found that algorithms are better at predicting recidivism. The algorithm approached 90% accuracy, while human predictions were at 60% accuracy. ]]> 2020-03-04 12:21:41 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/454263941 Texas man close to exoneration after computer algorithm leads to new suspect s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/454667748 A software program was used to reanalyze the DNA used in the case of Lydell Grant. This program showed that Grant's DNA did not match the DNA in evidence. The software runs the DNA through a statistical algorithm to untangle DNA mixtures. ]]> 2020-03-04 20:44:42 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/454667748 Attackers can impersonate other mobile phone users s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/454671949 Researchers found a vulnerability in the mobile communication standard LTE. Hackers can impersonate the phone user and purchase subscriptions in the phone user's name and access websites using the victim's identity. However, the attacker has to be nearby to exploit the vulnerability. ]]> 2020-03-04 20:52:12 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/454671949 Activate This ‘Bracelet of Silence,’ and Alexa Can’t Eavesdrop s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/454673396 Computer Science professors at the University of Chicago designed this bracelet that will jam any microphones near the wearer. Smart devices like Alexa have microphones that are always on, but are only supposed to start recording with a wake word.]]> 2020-03-04 20:54:21 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/454673396 UC smartphone lab delivers test results in 'spit' second s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/454679683 A professor at the University of Cincinnati designed a lab device that plugs into a mobile phone and connects to a doctor's office. Using a plastic chip, the device can diagnose infectious diseases with a drop of blood or saliva. ]]> 2020-03-04 21:06:05 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/454679683 Robot completes first round of "supermicrosurgeries" on human patients s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/454958045 A robotic tool called Musa performed its first round of surgeries on humans. ]]> 2020-03-05 11:06:54 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/454958045 This mobile phishing scam targeted bank app users; thousands clicked through s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/454958985 A phishing scam sent mobile phone users a text that there was unusual activity on their bank account, and the link provided took them to a fake website that looked like their bank's website. User's entered their login details, giving the hackers their information. ]]> 2020-03-05 11:09:20 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/454958985 Britain to Create Regulator for Internet Content To push Google, Facebook and other internet giants to police their own platforms, Britain said its media watchdog would become an internet authority. s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/454960238 Britain introduced a plan that would give the government more authority to regulate internet content through the country's media regulator, Ofcom. It gives the media regulator the power to issue penalties against companies that didn't do enough to combat "harmful and illegal terrorist and child abuse content." ]]> 2020-03-05 11:13:11 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/454960238 Researchers devise approach to reduce biases in computer vision data sets s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/454962321 Researchers from Princeton and Stanford University have developed methods to obtain fairer datasets containing images of people. They propose changes to ImageNet (a database of over 14 million images) such as removing offensive categories, such as racial and sexual characterizations, from person categories in the database. ]]> 2020-03-05 11:19:00 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/454962321 Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook must accept some state regulation s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/454963254 Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has stated that Facebook must accept some form of state regulation. He classifies the company as a content provider between a newspaper and a telephone company. He also stated that Facebook is now employing 35,000 staff committed to monitoring content and security on the platform. ]]> 2020-03-05 11:21:39 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/454963254 Twitter is Testing Tweets that Vanish After 24 Hours s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/455181539 Twitter introduced a new concept called "fleets," which are tweets that self-destruct after 24 hours. It is launching fleets in Brazil. They hope to increase engagement with the self-deleting tweets. ]]> 2020-03-05 16:31:42 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/455181539 National Day of Unplugging s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/456214309 There is a national day of unplugging from March 6-7 2020. It is a campaign to disconnect from digital devices for 24 hours, similar to the digital detox in our class. 112,000 people have joined the movement. ]]> 2020-03-07 12:24:45 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/456214309 Should All Children Learn to Code by the End of High School? s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/456214543 There is a push to include coding as a subject high school students need to show proficiency in before they graduate. Many companies have shortages of employees with programming skills. There are arguments for this movement that say coding literacy is something everyone needs for the future. The arguments against this movement don't want to cater to the needs of technology company CEOs. ]]> 2020-03-07 12:26:50 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/456214543 How To Reduce Bias in AI? Selective Amnesia. s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/456215055 AI is becoming more prevalent in daily lives, so it is important to make sure that it is unbiased. Researchers developed an adversarial forgetting approach for AI that teaches AI to disregard unwanted data factors in order to make the results produced unbiased. ]]> 2020-03-07 12:31:33 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/456215055 Swarming Robots Avoid Collisions, Traffic Jams New algorithm could help control driverless cars, automated warehouses s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/456215867 Researchers at Northwestern University have developed the first decentralized algorithm with a collision-free, deadlock-free guarantee. ]]> 2020-03-07 12:37:55 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/456215867 Computer Scientists’ New Tool Fools Hackers into Sharing Keys for Better Cybersecurity s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/456317910 In a new cybersecurity defense approach, computer scientists at the University of Texas encourage hackers to attack a decoy site so that the computer can learn the tactics of the hacker. ]]> 2020-03-07 21:38:59 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/456317910 Pentagon adopts new ethical principles for using AI in war s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/456318751 As the Pentagon is accelerating the use of AI technology on the battlefield, it has adopted new ethical principles concerning AI. The new principles call for people to "exercise appropriate levels of judgement and care" when deploying and using AI systems. ]]> 2020-03-07 21:44:35 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/456318751 Tech Platforms Aren’t Bound by First Amendment, Appeals Court Rules Judges decided against Prager University, which claimed YouTube didn’t have right to flag videos s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/456319537 A court in California ruled that privately operated internet platforms are allowed to censor content they don't like in an unanimous decision. A YouTube channel operated by Prager University that promoted conservative ideas was flagged by YouTube as "inappropriate," and Prager University fought these flags in this court case. This case brings up the wider debate about the right to free speech in the digital age. ]]> 2020-03-07 21:49:38 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/456319537 Researchers Tackle the Flu with Breakthrough Virus Simulations s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/456320303 Researchers form the University of California San Diego and the University of Pittsburgh have a new approach for developing treatments for the flu. They developed new virus stimulations to model atomic movements in the viral envelope. This will help with new anti-flu drug development. ]]> 2020-03-07 21:55:39 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/456320303 In Coronavirus Fight, China Gives Citizens a Color Code, With Red Flags A new system uses software to dictate quarantines — and appears to send personal data to police, in a troubling precedent for automated social control. s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/456322182 China now has software that people can get on their smart phones that determines whether they should be quarantined or allowed in public spaces. New York Times analysis of this code determined the system also shares information with the police. The program sends the person's location, city name and identifying code number to a server that likely can be accessed by the police. In some places in China, it is nearly impossible to get around without showing this code on your phone. It is unclear how the codes are determined.]]> 2020-03-07 22:12:27 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/456322182 BIG DATA HELPS FARMERS ADAPT TO CLIMATE VARIABILITY s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/456323568 A study by Michigan State University shows how digital technologies can help farmers adapt to threats from changing climates. It uses big data to identify areas within individual fields where yield is unstable. ]]> 2020-03-07 22:23:37 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/456323568 AI Is the Next Workplace Disrupter—and It’s Coming for High-Skilled Jobs s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/456324010 A study by the Brookings Institution found that the occupations must vulnerable to AI include marketing specialists, financial advisers, and computer programmers. Other jobs that are also vulnerable are certain types of engineers, optometrists, graphic designers, software developers, and sales managers. "AI enables computers to analyze data, predict outcomes, learn from experience by recognizing patterns and make decisions. Such tasks are currently done by professional workers, many with college degrees." ]]> 2020-03-07 22:26:49 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/456324010 New Jersey Lawmakers Push Data-Privacy Bill s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/456327238 Legislators in New Jersey are proposing a bill that would require companies to get permission from consumers before they collect and sell personal data. Under the bill, consumers would be able to ask companies to provide them with the data they sell to third parties and ask for their personal information to be deleted. ]]> 2020-03-07 22:53:58 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/456327238 How Computer Modeling Of COVID-19's Spread Could Help Fight The Virus s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/456327653 Computer models can provide insight to the spread of the virus. In this article, they talked about how modelers looked at how feasible it would be to control the virus by isolating sick people and tracking down every person they had contact with. They also looked at the utility of screening airport travelers to detect infected people. They can use these models to help advise health officials on the next best course of action concerning the virus. ]]> 2020-03-07 22:57:20 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/456327653 This radically simple tool could solve one of our democracy’s worst problems s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/456328305 Political scientists from Harvard and Boston University are using sophisticated mapping algorithms to ensure their solution to gerrymandering is as fair as possible. ]]> 2020-03-07 23:02:41 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/456328305 Zoom Memes for Self Quaranteens s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/466487097 A meme group created by students to help cope with online classes and schedule disruption during the coronavirus. ]]> 2020-03-19 15:28:11 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/466487097 Working from home during a global pandemic bingo s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/466488817 A bingo game with funny sayings about working from home during a pandemic.]]> 2020-03-19 15:29:05 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/466488817 Facebook says it will ban ads for medical face masks s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/469935173 "Facebook is temporarily banning advertisements for medical face masks as part of an effort to prevent use of its platform to exploit people's concerns about the new coronavirus." ]]> 2020-03-22 18:32:19 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/469935173 How to Make Money in Your Sleep Some TikTok users are going viral, gaining followers and even making cash by live-streaming themselves overnight. s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/469938693 TikTok users have begun live-streaming themselves sleeping. One user, Brian Hector, had thousands of people tune in to watch him sleep and some donated to him. People hope to gain followers from sleep-streams. Sleep-streams also create the opportunity for live online chat. ]]> 2020-03-22 18:35:53 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/469938693 Startups Pitch Tech Hubs Far From Silicon Valley s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/469948647 "States between the coasts have long touted their low cost of living or quality of life to attract talent away from more-populous peers. The new crop of entrepreneurs is bringing relocation services, tech training and investor dollars to accomplish similar goals." ]]> 2020-03-22 18:45:53 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/469948647 US internet bill seen as opening shot against end-to-end encryption s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/469954529 "US senators have proposed a new law which would make key legal protections that online platforms rely on contingent on those platforms adopting specific practices related to privacy and the prevention of child sexual exploitation." The bill would allow individuals to sue tech companies who don't take proper steps to prevent online child exploitation. Previous legislation "indemnifies internet platforms against being viewed as the publishers of content they host." ]]> 2020-03-22 18:51:47 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/469954529 Robot designed in China could help save lives on medical frontline s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/492167303 Researchers at a Chinese university have designed a robotic arm on wheels that can perform various functions such as ultrasounds and listening to patient's organs. ]]> 2020-04-04 06:32:16 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/492167303 Robinhood experienced two major outages in two days s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/492168235 Robinhood experienced two major outages in two days due to the infrastructure not being able to support increased usage on the platform. ]]> 2020-04-04 06:34:55 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/492168235 Location Data to Gauge Lockdowns Tests Europe’s Love of Privacy s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/492169315 "Officials in Austria and Italy are starting to use location data transmitted by mobile phones to determine the effectiveness of their coronavirus lockdowns. Telekom Austria AG, the country's biggest telecom network operator, is providing 'anonymized data' to relevant authorities" These companies have to be careful with this data because European countries have some of the strictest rules concerning the use and sharing of mobile phone location. "While the companies say they will anonymize the data so no individual can be identified, research often shows otherwise. A joint study by Imperial College London and the University of Louvain in Belgium published in August showed how anonymized datasets can be traced back to individuals by way of reverse engineering using machine learning."]]> 2020-04-04 06:38:08 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/492169315 Customers Want Customization, and Companies Are Giving It to Them s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/492171179 "More and more industries and companies are joining the mass-customization bandwagon. Many are niche manufacturers and start-ups, unencumbered by expensive legacy factories and supply chains. Others are big brands that have added customization options to extend their product lines and increase sales."

"High-speed connectivity and robotized factories also have a part. To keep costs low, mass-customized products often combine bespoke components with mass-produced ones, with the bespoke elements added toward the end of a production run. So-called smart factories are best positioned to add bespoke elements to otherwise standardized products in a cost-efficient way."]]> 2020-04-04 06:43:44 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/492171179 White House urges researchers to use AI to analyze 29,000 coronavirus papers s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/492534589 The White House's Office of Science Technology and Policy is encouraging researchers to use AI to analyze coronavirus papers in order to answer questions about the coronavirus. ]]> 2020-04-04 15:43:56 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/492534589 Buffed-up avatars deter us from exercising hard s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/492541985 "An award-winning paper from the University of Bath shows people perform better in VR exercise games when they compete against a realistic avatar of themselves."

"your performance improves when they compete against an avatar that more closely matches your authentic self."]]> 2020-04-04 15:52:39 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/492541985 Panel outlines massive federal cybersecurity overhaul s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/492567853 "A congressionally created commission on Wednesday proposed sweeping changes to how the federal government approaches cybersecurity in an effort to better defend the U.S. against increasingly bold and devastating digital attacks. After nearly a year of work... the commission made more than 75 recommendations, including the creation of a Senate-confirmed National Cyber Director, House and Senate Cybersecurity Committees, a special fund to respond to and recover from cyberattacks and the creation of a Bureau of Cyber Statistics."]]> 2020-04-04 16:24:49 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/492567853 Education robots offer leg-up to disadvantaged students s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/492837727 "Autistic children find robots’ simplified facial features easier to understand than humans" ]]> 2020-04-05 00:56:52 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/492837727 Israel takes step toward monitoring phones of virus patients s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/492839628 The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet authorized "the Shin Bet security agency to use its phone-snooping tactics on coronavirus patients." He acknowledged that it is a violation of privacy and that this technology has never been used on its citizens before, but given the unprecedented situation they find it necessary. ]]> 2020-04-05 01:04:12 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/492839628 Glimpse s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/492841780 A platform where video calls with friends are for two minutes one on one. ]]> 2020-04-05 01:13:30 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/492841780 Big 'gram on campus: At USC, students train to become influencers s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/492843029 At the University of Southern California, professor Robert Kozinets created a class focused on the social media influencing industry. There is also a club called reach at USC for student content creators and social media managers. ]]> 2020-04-05 01:18:06 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/492843029 Wireless, skin-mounted sensors monitor babies, pregnant women in the developing world s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/495397845 Researchers at Northwestern University developed a wireless, batter-charged monitoring system for new born babies. This technology can also monitor pregnant women during labor. ]]> 2020-04-06 17:40:30 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/495397845 Tech Firms Seek to Head Off Bans on Facial Recognition s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/495403078 Some technology companies are pushing for federal regulation for the use of facial-recognition systems to prevent more serious prohibitions put in place by certain cities such as San Francisco. ]]> 2020-04-06 17:43:01 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/495403078 Facebook, Twitter dismantle Russian interference campaign targeting African Americans s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/495472746 This campaign was another attempt by Russia to bring discord to the U.S. The campaign workers were tasked with spreading divisive and polarizing messages specifically targeted at black social media users in the United States. ]]> 2020-04-06 18:17:37 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/495472746 Chinese agriculture drone makers see demand rise amid coronavirus outbreak s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/495497210 "Large farms, local governments and agricultural products distributors are buying high-tech equipment as the spread of the coronavirus puts an impetus on reducing human contact."]]> 2020-04-06 18:28:45 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/495497210 Rhode Island, North Dakota Work to Bridge Workforce Skills Gap s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/495618377 Rhode Island and North Dakota have partnered with Microsoft, Code.org, and local colleges and universities to help fill their workforce skills gap by expanding computer science education at the K-12 level. ]]> 2020-04-06 19:40:12 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/495618377 Robots that admit mistakes foster better conversation in humans s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/495627116 In a Yale study of a robots' effects on human-to-human interactions, human teams with a robot that expressed vulnerability communicated more with each other and reported have a more positive group experience when compared with groups paired with a silent robot or a robot that only state the game score.]]> 2020-04-06 19:45:53 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/495627116 Smile! Your Boss Is Tracking Your Happiness. Employers are turning to sentiment-tracking software, daily surveys and apps to monitor workers’ mental states. Does this pose a new threat to employee privacy? s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/495630850 Some companies monitor emails and Slack messages with software that looks for words associated with depression or fatigue. Other companies use surveys to assess happiness. ]]> 2020-04-06 19:48:38 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/495630850 New Data Rules Could Empower Patients but Undermine Their Privacy s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/495641357 "New federal data-sharing requirements will enable people to use consumer apps to retrieve their medical information directly from their doctors."

The Trump administration announced new rules that will allow patients to access their medical records through mobile apps. However, organizations such as the American Medical Association are concerned about the risks to patient privacy without federal safeguards to accompany these new rules. ]]> 2020-04-06 19:55:34 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/495641357 Reddit Tweeted about being committed to keeping communities informed along with Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/495668202 "We are working closely together on COVID-19 response efforts. We're helping millions of people stay connected while also jointly combating fraud and misinformation about the virus, elevating authoritative content on our platforms, and sharing critical updates in coordination with government healthcare agencies around the world. We invite other companies to join us as we work to keep our communities healthy and safe."]]> 2020-04-06 20:14:50 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/495668202 Here's Why Facebook Has Been Marking Posts About The Coronavirus As Spam s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/495674451 There was a bug on Facebook that flagged posts about the coronavirus with links to reputable news sites as spam. Zuckerberg stated the problem was caused by a "technical error" ]]> 2020-04-06 20:19:14 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/495674451 The researchers who once studied WoW's Corrupted Blood plague are now fighting the coronavirus s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/495678060 In 2005, a plague went through the game World of Warcraft and killed off many servers of players. Researchers wrote a paper using the World of Warcraft incident to model future epidemics. Now these same researchers are working on fighting the Covid-19. ]]> 2020-04-06 20:21:54 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/495678060 Amazon, Netflix, YouTube Cut Stream Quality to Ease Networks s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/495686238 To ensure that the European networks can handle increased usage during the outbreak, Amazon, Netflix, and YouTube are reducing the quality of their video streaming in Europe.]]> 2020-04-06 20:28:03 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/495686238 Israel Begins Tracking And Texting Those Possibly Exposed To The Coronavirus s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/495690402 "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the country's Shin Bet domestic spy agency, usually tasked with monitoring Palestinian and Israeli extremists, to launch the cellphone surveillance. It locates people who could have the virus and messages them." ]]> 2020-04-06 20:31:27 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/495690402 Disney+ Joins Netflix, Apple, Amazon And YouTube In Throttling Streaming Quality During Coronavirus Outbreak s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/497098557 Disney+ was set to launch in Europe on March 24th, but they will also be throttling streaming quality to help the broadband systems cope with increased usage. Additionally, Disney pushed its launch in France back until April 7th. ]]> 2020-04-07 15:51:01 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/497098557 Houseparty s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/497115785 Houseparty is another social networking platform that was popular a couple years ago, but some people are starting to use it again since they are stuck at home for the foreseeable future. ]]> 2020-04-07 15:58:41 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/497115785 Facebook Is ‘Just Trying to Keep the Lights On’ as Traffic Soars in Pandemic The social network is straining to deal with skyrocketing usage as its 45,000 employees work from home for the first time. s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/497121907 Facebook is struggling to deal with the increased usage on its platform due to COVID-19. Employees are also having issues adapting to working at home because executives at the company value face-to-face meetings. There is also the issue of contractors not having the technology set up at home to work remotely in order to moderate Facebook's posts.]]> 2020-04-07 16:01:24 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/497121907 Pro and amateur cyclists meet in VR amid coronavirus race cancellations s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/497847955 During this time of year, normally bike races would be occurring across Northern Europe, so professional cyclists have taken up racing online. ]]> 2020-04-08 01:41:55 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/497847955 Neighbors Are Reaching Out on Nextdoor Homebound city dwellers are turning to a neighborhood app to connect, organize and help each other without risking physical contact. s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/497855922 Neighbors have been offering to help people they don't even know to pick up things such as prescriptions. Nextdoor is an app that neighbors can use to get recommendations and air grievances. It has seen an increase in engagement in some neighborhoods. ]]> 2020-04-08 01:51:37 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/497855922 A.I. Versus the Coronavirus s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/497862625 "The new institute will seek new ways of slowing the pathogen’s spread, speeding the development of medical treatments, designing and repurposing drugs, planning clinical trials, predicting the disease’s evolution, judging the value of interventions, improving public health strategies and finding better ways in the future to fight infectious outbreaks."]]> 2020-04-08 02:00:42 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/497862625 There Is a Racial Divide in Speech-Recognition Systems, Researchers Say s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/497863993 "Technology from Amazon, Apple, Google, IBM and Microsoft misidentified 35 percent of words from people who were black. White people fared much better."]]> 2020-04-08 02:02:33 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/497863993 Facebook Offers Clues to Medical Distress, Research Shows s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/497868888 "The language people use on Facebook subtly changes before they make a visit to the emergency department (ED), according to a new study" ]]> 2020-04-08 02:07:08 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/497868888 Tech Giants Prepared for 2016-Style Meddling. But the Threat Has Changed. s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/497952879 Platforms such as Google and Facebook are spending billions to try and fix the problems of spreading fake news and misinformation on their platforms. However, they face new challenges as some of this misinformation comes from American (not Russian) led campaigns. Additionally, the coronavirus pandemic is straining Facebook's technical infrastructure.]]> 2020-04-08 03:55:04 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/497952879 With Medical Equipment in Short Supply, 3-D Printing Steps Up in Coronavirus Crisis s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/497960828 "Health-care workers are 3-D printing face masks and nasal swabs needed for Covid-19 testing"]]> 2020-04-08 04:06:26 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/497960828 Washington State signs facial recognition curbs into law; critics want ban s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/497961864 "Washington’s law requires government agencies to obtain a warrant to run facial recognition scans, except in case of emergency. The software used must have a way to be independently tested for “accuracy and unfair performance differences” across skin tone, gender, age and other characteristics, according to the legislation, which applies to all public agencies in the state.

The law also requires training and public reporting around usage of facial recognition."

Microsoft supports this new law and sells facial recognition software. The State Senator that sponsored the legislation is a senior program manager at Microsoft.
]]> 2020-04-08 04:07:53 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/497961864 Some mobile phone apps may contain hidden behaviors that users never see Study indicates a large number of apps may be vulnerable to hacking. s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/497963748 A research team evaluated 150,000 apps from the Google Play store and found that about 8.5% contained "backdoor secrets- hidden behaviors within the app that accept certain types of content to trigger behaviors unknown to regular users." Some of the apps also had a master passwords, which allows anyone with the password to access the app and its private data. ]]> 2020-04-08 04:10:42 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/497963748 Study: Fake Russian Twitter accounts politicized discourse about vaccines s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/497967006 "Activity from phony Twitter accounts established by the Russian Internet Research Agency (IRA) between 2015 and 2017 may have contributed to politicizing Americans’ position on the nature and efficacy of vaccines, a health care topic which has not historically fallen along party lines, according to new research published in the American Journal of Public Health."]]> 2020-04-08 04:16:01 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/497967006 Attackers can use Zoom to steal users’ Windows credentials with no warning s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/497970433 "Users of Zoom for Windows beware: the widely used software has a vulnerability that allows attackers to steal your operating system credentials, researchers said." The attack works using the Zoom chat window. ]]> 2020-04-08 04:20:25 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/497970433 Facebook launches an app for couples to talk to each other s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/500988092 The new app Tuned creates a social network just between the couple. Users can share their mood, exchange music, and create a digital scrapbook. ]]> 2020-04-09 17:21:36 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/500988092 Lawmakers outline proposals for virtual voting s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/505134917 "A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Tuesday called on House leaders to consider allowing votes on legislation by phone or video conferencing so they can conduct congressional business while still abiding by health guidelines amid the coronavirus pandemic."]]> 2020-04-13 19:24:24 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/505134917 Apple and Google are launching a joint COVID-19 tracing tool for iOS and Android s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/505139652 Apple and Google are working together to create a contract tracing app in order to help health authorities track the spread of the disease. There are some privacy concerns about centralized data collection. Apple and Google say they are committed to creating something that doesn't compromise personal privacy. ]]> 2020-04-13 19:27:48 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/505139652 Meet Your Meme Lords s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/505400483 "A small team at the Library of Congress is archiving internet culture as fast as it can (now, from home).]]> 2020-04-13 23:49:57 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/505400483 Supreme Court to hear cases on Trump's financial docs, religious freedom and Electoral College via telephone s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/507150120 The Supreme Court of the United States is transitioning to hear cases over the telephone in order follow public health guidance about social distancing. ]]> 2020-04-14 19:10:56 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/507150120 Quibi Hits 1.7 Million Downloads in First Week s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/509060822 Quibi is a new mobile video service that offers short programs designed to be viewed on the go. ]]> 2020-04-15 17:31:36 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/509060822 Did You Fall For A Coronavirus Hoax? Facebook Will Let You Know s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/513764223 In order to help stop the spread of false information, Facebook will be informing users if they interacted with fake posts. Users will be directed to the WHO's myth busters page.]]> 2020-04-17 21:50:12 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/513764223 UN chief: world faces misinformation epidemic about virus s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/513775398 The U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is urging social media organizations to do more to stop the spread of misinformation about the Coronavirus. ]]> 2020-04-17 22:02:09 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/513775398 How Coronavirus Is Eroding Privacy Technology to track and monitor individuals aims to slow pandemic, but raises concerns about government overreach s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/514569920 "The Covid-19 pandemic is ushering in a new era of digital surveillance and rewiring the world’s sensibilities about data privacy.

Governments are imposing new digital surveillance tools to track and monitor individuals. Many citizens have welcomed tracking technology intended to bolster defenses against the novel coronavirus. Yet some privacy advocates are wary, concerned that governments might not be inclined to unwind such practices after the health emergency has passed."
]]> 2020-04-18 17:38:18 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/514569920 Google blocking 18m coronavirus scam emails every day s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/527010416 There have been an increase in phishing attacks related to the coronavirus. Google blocks 18 million scam emails per day. ]]> 2020-04-23 22:11:12 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/527010416 Do Not Track Documentary s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/529000535 This is an interactive documentary series that shows how we are tracked online and how others benefit from tracking us. ]]> 2020-04-24 17:48:35 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/529000535 Disconnect Company s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/529002949 This is a company aimed enabling people to protect their privacy on the internet and stop unwanted tracking and sharing of your personal information.]]> 2020-04-24 17:49:50 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/529002949 What does Google know about you? s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/529024549 This article goes over all the information that Google probably has about you. Google knows your search history,  your interests, identifying personal information, and much more. ]]> 2020-04-24 18:00:15 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/529024549 U.K. Parliament votes to continue democracy by Zoom s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/529092430 On Tuesday, U.K. lawmakers approved virtual Parliament. ]]> 2020-04-24 18:34:46 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/529092430 The Great Hack s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/529321844 The Great Hack is a documentary that explores data exploitation in the context of the Facebook/Cambridge analytic scandal. ]]> 2020-04-24 21:00:15 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/529321844 Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) s2032618 https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/531627233 COPPA imposes certain requirements on operators of websites or online services directed to children under 13 years of age, and on operators of other websites or online services that have actual knowledge that they are collecting personal information online from a child under 13 years of age.]]> 2020-04-26 18:28:25 UTC https://padlet.com/s2032618/74l6vnt3cmt4/wish/531627233