NEW RESOURCES
American Iron and Steel Institute: American Iron and Steel Institute Announces New Website Search Tool for Past Great Designs In Steel Presentations. "GDIS is the steel industry's hallmark event which tens of thousands of steel and auto industry experts have attended over the past 21 years. The new database allows for users to search over 140 presentations on a wide range of topics by using keywords from the abstract or presentation, title of presentation, topic, presenter, company or year."
TWEAKS AND UPDATES
Bloomberg: Cracks in Putin's Disinformation Machine Emerge After Uprising. "While Russia's most infamous troll is in exile after an abortive uprising, don't expect Vladimir Putin's disinformation efforts to stumble."
CODART: Hermitage Museum in Amsterdam Rebrands as H'ART Museum. "Amsterdam's Hermitage Museum, once the largest satellite of the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, will change its name into H'ART Museum.... The rebranding and repositioning came more than a year after the Amsterdam museum cut ties with its parent museum in March 2022, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine."
AROUND THE INTERNET WORLD
KHON: Hawaii gets Al Bundy moments as Aloha Stadium video archive goes online. "The entire archive of Aloha Stadium is now under the stewardship of the state archives, which is dedicated to converting thousands of hours of tapes and DVDs into an online format for public enjoyment. From 1991 to 2019, the archive covers a gamut of events, including high school commencements, soccer, baseball, and football games."
Poynter: Fact-checkers' bus tour taught older people in Spain useful internet tips. Here's what they learned . "Polling data has long shown that, in Spain, older people report that they often encounter disinformation but feel they lack the skills to identify it or protect themselves from it, said Clara Jiménez Cruz, CEO and co-founder at Maldita.es. Maldita wanted to provide media literacy education to older people outside of major Spanish metropolitan areas and reach a 'very offline community' who wouldn't encounter fact-checking work online, Jiménez Cruz said. And so, the BuloBús — which translates as "HoaxBus" — project was born."
SECURITY & LEGAL
World Trademark Review: Alarm as imitation USPTO website emerges, linked to suspicious filing platforms. "WTR has identified a website that impersonates the USPTO's Trademark Assistance Center, with links to trademark filing platforms based in Karachi, Pakistan."
New York Times: Barred From Grocery Stores by Facial Recognition. "Facewatch, a British company, is used by retailers across the country frustrated by petty crime. For as little as 250 pounds a month, or roughly $320, Facewatch offers access to a customized watchlist that stores near one another share. When Facewatch spots a flagged face, an alert is sent to a smartphone at the shop, where employees decide whether to keep a close eye on the person or ask the person to leave."
NBC News: FBI and SEC respond to complaints about Twitter audio star Mario Nawfal. "Federal authorities are reviewing complaints filed against Mario Nawfal, an entrepreneur who has emerged in recent months as one of Twitter's biggest audio stars, according to two people who said they spoke with FBI and SEC officials this week."
RESEARCH & OPINION
Brown University: New tool explains how AI 'sees' images and why it might mistake an astronaut for a shovel. "A team of Brown brain and computer scientists developed a new approach to understanding computer vision, which can be used to help create better, safer and more robust artificial intelligence systems."
UC Berkeley: State funds development of first-of-its-kind police misconduct database. "California allocated $6.87 million in its 2023-24 budget to UC Berkeley to develop the Police Records Access Project, a first-of-its-kind, state-wide database of police misconduct and use-of-force records." Good afternoon, Internet...
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