NEW RESOURCES
DigitalNC: New Issues of The North Carolina Mason now available on DigitalNC!. "The oldest and largest fraternal organization in the state, The Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of North Carolina, was founded in 1771 and has maintained an active presence in the state since then. We are excited to add new issues of The North Carolina Mason on the site to help represent this long history. These latest additions include 1973-1993, a significant update to our preexisting collection and a valuable resource for anyone interested in the membership, activities, and philanthropy of North Carolina Freemasons in the late twentieth century."
University of Copenhagen: Asparagus and orchids are more similar than you think. "By studying plant cell walls – which are to plants what skeletons are to humans – we can reveal the composition of how leaves and stems of plants are actually constructed. This is exactly what a team of University of Copenhagen researchers has done, in a large comprehensive study. In doing so, they have created something truly novel: a large "reference catalogue" of plant cell wall compositions from 287 species, broadly representing the entire plant kingdom."
European Chemicals Agency: ECHA launches new chemicals database. "ECHA maintains the largest chemicals database in the European Union (EU), combining industry-submitted data with information generated in the EU's regulatory processes. ECHA CHEM is the new solution to share with the public the growing amount of information hosted by the Agency. In the first version of ECHA CHEM, you can find information from all the over 100 000 REACH registrations that companies have submitted to ECHA. Later this year, the database will be expanded with the redesigned Classification and Labelling Inventory, followed by the first set of regulatory lists."
KARE: Minneapolis couple launches new tool to find right summer camps for kids. "If the weather doesn't have you thinking of our next seasons, perhaps the push to plan for summer camps does. And this year, families in Minnesota have a new tool to help navigate the increasingly complicated puzzle of summer camp schedules."
TWEAKS AND UPDATES
Digital Library of Georgia: Forthcoming Newspapers – Spring 2024. "This year, the Digital Library of Georgia will be adding a variety of new newspaper titles to the Georgia Historic Newspapers (GHN) website (https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/). Below is the list of titles currently slated to be added to GHN in the Spring and Summer of 2024."
AROUND THE INTERNET WORLD
Kyiv Independent: Estonian general: Russia likely responsible for uptick in GPS jamming in Eastern Europe. "Russia is likely behind an increase in GPS jamming across Eastern Europe, said Martin Herem, the commander of the Estonian Defense Forces, in an interview with Bloomberg published on Jan. 31. Russia has been repeatedly accused of backing cyber-crime groups in attacks against its perceived rivals. Moscow has also deployed its cyber capabilities against Ukraine, including attacks on government institutions, the defense sector, and energy infrastructure."
Associated Press: Hal Buell, who led AP's photo operations from darkroom era into the digital age, dies at age 92. "Hal Buell, who led The Associated Press' photo operations from the darkroom era into the age of digital photography over a four-decade career with the news organization that included 12 Pulitzer Prizes and running some of the defining images of the Vietnam War, has died. He was 92."
Motherboard: An AI-Generated Content Empire Is Spreading Fake Celebrity Images on Google. "A website named after a legendary Hollywood magazine is churning out AI-generated content, surfacing prominently in Google results, and filling the web with fake celebrity photos. Looking into the site led Motherboard down a rabbit hole of websites using AI and a company run by an aspiring movie star that darkly promises to be 'the future of news.'"
SECURITY & LEGAL
New York Times: Meta Rejected Efforts to Improve Children's Safety, Documents Show. "Hours before Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, was set to testify on Wednesday about child safety online, lawmakers released internal documents showing how his company had rejected calls to bulk up on resources to combat the problem."
Ars Technica: OpenAI says mysterious chat histories resulted from account takeover. "OpenAI officials say that the ChatGPT histories a user reported result from his ChatGPT account being compromised. The unauthorized logins came from Sri Lanka, an Open AI representative said. The user said he logs into his account from Brooklyn, New York." The user disputes this explanation, so keep an eye out for updates.
UK Government: Cyberflashing, epilepsy-trolling and fake news to put online abusers behind bars from today . "Abusers, trolls, and predators online now face a fleet of tough new jailable offences from today (Wednesday 31 January), as offences for 'cyberflashing', sending death threats, and 'epilepsy-trolling' are written into the statute book after the Online Safety Act gained Royal Assent."
RESEARCH & OPINION
Utrecht University: Utrecht University developed performance review: "Structural evaluation of AI is needed". "A project team led by Utrecht University examined how companies can monitor their AI applications. 'Artificial intelligence is getting an increasingly important role in organisations, yet there is no structural monitoring of how AI performs its tasks,' project leader Iris Muis reveals. As a result, risks of profiling and discrimination, for example, are growing. 'Our solution is a periodic 'performance review', just as is the case with human employees.'" Good morning, Internet...
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