NEW RESOURCES
Harpers UK: Old Vine database goes live. "The Old Vine Registry currently has 2,200 vineyards recorded from entries collected over 13 years. Portugal and Spain lead with 822 and 383 old vineyards registered respectively. The United States comes in third with 334 vineyards, followed by Australia and France with 208 and 142 respectively."
TWEAKS AND UPDATES
WordPress: WordPress 6.3 Beta 2 . "WordPress 6.3 Beta 2 is ready for download and testing. This is the first release of the 6.3 cycle, as there was no Beta 1 due to technical issues with packaging the release. Rather than further delaying a beta release, the release squad has decided to package and ship Beta 2."
Ars Technica: Brave aims to curb practice of websites that port scan visitors. "Starting in version 1.54, Brave will automatically block website port scanning, a practice that a surprisingly large number of sites were found engaging in a few years ago."
USEFUL STUFF
Boing Boing: Get rid of ridiculous faces: DeArrow extension crowdsources non-hideous YouTube thumbnails . "If you can't stand the horrible thumbnails people use on their YouTube videos to grab your attention, the DeArrow browser extension is for you. It's an 'open source browser extension for crowdsourcing better titles and thumbnails on YouTube. The goal is to make titles accurate and reduce sensationalism. No more arrows, ridiculous faces, and no more clickbait.'"
MakeUseOf: The 7 Best Apps and Websites to Set Multiple Timers. "Do you find it difficult to multitask and often don't get much done? Multitasking can be stressful, especially in today's era with daily activities transitioning online. Setting multiple timers relieves the stress of multitasking at home and work, and it saves you from recalculating how long to spend on different projects." Shoutout to all the other timer nerds.
AROUND THE INTERNET WORLD
9to5 Mac: Reddit plagued with 1-star App Store reviews over API debacle as users search for 0-star button. "Despite site-stopping protests by mods and users, Reddit leadership chose to brute force its way through any reasonable way of continuing third-party app support. Instead, the company hopes its luxury-priced API will be its secret shortcut to an overvalued IPO. As a result, Reddit's official iOS app is being torpedo'd in the App Store."
CNN: Melinda French Gates says more women must join the AI race to help prevent bias. "As Silicon Valley and beyond is gripped by the fervor of artificial intelligence, Melinda French Gates is raising the alarm that more women must be involved in developing these tech tools."
SECURITY & LEGAL
Bloomberg: Europe to Open AI 'crash test' centres to ensure safety . "The Europe Union is introducing 'crash test' systems for artificial intelligence to ensure new innovations are safe before they hit the market. The trade bloc launched four permanent testing and experimental facilities across Europe on Tuesday, having injected ₹220 million ($240 million) into the project."
National Academies: New Report Recommends Ways That U.S. Colleges and Universities Can Mitigate Risks Related to Foreign-Funded Language and Culture Institutes. "The report, developed in response to a mandate from Congress, follows one released in January that examined Confucius Institutes — Chinese government-funded language and culture centers — and recommended conditions that a college or university should meet for the U.S. Department of Defense to consider granting a waiver to the institution to host a CI while receiving DOD funding for research."
New York Times: Publishers Clearing House Pays $18.5 Million in 'Dark Patterns' Suit. "Publishers Clearing House, the direct marketing company that uses sweepstakes to sell magazine subscriptions, agreed on Monday to pay $18.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the Federal Trade Commission, which accused the company of using what's known as dark patterns to trick customers into paying for products or giving up their data."
RESEARCH & OPINION
New Atlas: Technique turns maps of lost neighborhoods into possible VR landscapes. "Using old insurance fire maps, researchers have enabled a machine-learning system to recreate 3D models of neighborhoods that no longer exist. Not only could the technique lead to VR tours of the 'hoods, but it could help study the economic impact of urbanization."
Axios: Online hate and harassment continues to rise. "More than half of Americans say they have experienced hate or harassment online, according to a new survey from the Anti-Defamation League, with a dramatic rise in incidents over the last 12 months, especially among teens." Good morning, Internet...
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