NEW RESOURCES
NIST: New NIST Database of 'Forever Chemicals' Will Help Scientists Monitor Environmental Pollution. "... researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a database that can help others identify and categorize PFAS in chemical analysis data, including 'untargeted' chemical analysis data containing information on both known PFAS and unknown PFAS that may be lurking in a sample. The database is the first of its kind and can be useful for environmental pollution monitoring and other applications."
Leiden University: Firearms incidents in the EU tracked in real-time in online database. "Leiden criminologists have co-developed an artificial intelligence technology that tracks the nature and extent of firearm violence in the European Union in real-time in an online database. The technology identifies firearms incidents by continuously scanning more than 350 news sources."
TWEAKS AND UPDATES
Ars Technica: Twitter front-end Nitter dies as Musk wins war against third-party services. "An open source project that let people view tweets without going to Twitter.com has shut down, as Elon Musk's changes seem to have closed off all possible ways to access the Twitter network without a user account. Nitter provided an alternative front-end to Twitter but has been struggling for months. Nitter.net, the official Nitter instance, went down a few weeks ago."
Hollywood Reporter: Kids' Streamer Noggin Shutting Down Amid Paramount Layoffs. "Noggin features a library of educational games, books and videos aimed at kids under 7, along with shows from Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. roster including Blue's Clues & You, Paw Patrol and Peppa Pig. As of 2019, the service — which charges $8 monthly or $71 for an annual subscription — had about 2.5 million subscribers. Programming currently housed on Noggin will be shifted to Paramount+ under the Nick Jr. banner. Current users will be given the option of transitioning to a Paramount+ subscription."
Search Engine Land: Google's new search experiences in the European Economic Area. "Google has launched a number of new search experiences today to in 'preparations for the Digital Markets Act (DMA)' the search company said. This includes new rich results, aggregator units, and refinement chips, plus new flight search results."
AROUND THE INTERNET WORLD
Reuters: Google to Launch Anti-Misinformation Campaign Ahead of EU Elections. "Google is preparing to launch an anti-misinformation campaign across five countries in the European Union (EU), the company told Reuters ahead of the bloc's parliamentary elections and tougher new rules tackling online content."
Cape York Weekly: Tourists survive seven-day Cape York ordeal following Google Maps failure. "After discovering the Archer River crossing on the Peninsula Developmental Road was closed due to floodwater, the pair decided to follow the alternative route proffered by Google Maps, unaware it was telling them to drive through the closed – and impassable – Oyala Thumotang National Park. It was a mistake that ended up taking seven days and a 100km walk through muddy scrub, and across swollen creeks and rivers to rectify before they were rescued at the Coen aerodrome on 13 February."
TechCrunch: Google makes more Gemini models available to developers. "Google is expanding the range of Gemini large language models it is making available to developers on its Vertex AI platform today. Gemini 1.0 Pro (which was still known as Gemini Pro 1.0 only a week ago — because Google is very good at branding) is now generally available after being in public preview for a while. Meanwhile, Google says that Gemini 1.0 Ultra (which you may also remember under its previous guise of Gemini Ultra 1.0) is now generally available 'via allowlist,' which isn't exactly how general availability generally works."
SECURITY & LEGAL
Department of Justice: Foreign National Pleads Guilty to Role in Cybercrime Schemes Involving Tens of Millions of Dollars in Losses. "A Ukrainian national pleaded guilty today to his role in two separate and wide-ranging malware schemes involving tens of millions of dollars in losses."
RESEARCH & OPINION
Queensland University of Technology: Data science shown to expedite return of ancestral Indigenous remains. "The return of the ancestral human remains of Australian and other Indigenous peoples held in anthropological collections could be sped up using machine-based deep learning according to a new study led by QUT computer scientists. In a paper published in Social Science Computer Review - An Informed Neural Network for Discovering Historical Documentation Assisting the Repatriation of Indigenous Ancestral Human Remains – a research team including Dr Md Abul Bashar and Professor Richi Nayak, both from QUT's School of Computer Science, outlines how."
Bloomberg: Google Opens Paris Research Hub as France Seeks Bigger AI Role. "Alphabet Inc.'s Google opened a new Paris hub for its artificial intelligence research teams, as the French capital stakes its claim to be the European center of the emerging technology."
OTHER THINGS I THINK ARE COOL
Capital News (Kenya): Kenyan Teaches 50 Hours Of Science Non-Stop In Record Bid. "Kenyan science teacher, Rose Tata Wekesa, appears to have broken the world record for the longest non-stop science lesson. The classroom laboratory, in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, erupted into loud cheers as the clock reached 50 hours. But Ms Wekesa was not finished and has pressed on beyond the 50-hours target. The record will now need to be verified by Guinness World Records." Good morning, Internet...
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