NEW RESOURCES
University of Virginia: CAD Library Provides Teachers With Tools Fit To Print. "Professors at the University of Virginia School of Education and Human Development are working to provide schools and universities with open-source designs for tools that can be fabricated with 3D printers and other high-tech devices.... With a seed grant from the Jefferson Trust and additional funding from the National Science Foundation, the team developed the Educational CAD Model Library. The library uses the peer-review process typically used for research journals to open hardware tools designed for K-12 schools."
TWEAKS AND UPDATES
Gizmodo Australia: Google Chrome Wants to Turn Your Favourite Websites Into Apps. "A future Google Chrome update previewed in Chrome Canary looks like it'll add support for turning all of your favourite websites into accessible Windows and Mac apps, running through Chrome, but in functionally separate windows."
USEFUL STUFF
Global Investigative Journalism Network: GIJN Toolbox: Cutting-Edge — and Free — Online Investigative Tools You Can Try Right Now . "The 2024 NICAR data journalism summit — hosted in Baltimore by Investigative Reporters and Editors — surfaced scores of innovative reporting resources and tools, primarily for US data reporters. GIJN curated these tips and databases for ones that are transferable to investigative and data reporters around the world, and we will share these globally relevant techniques in several stories in the weeks to come."
Boing Boing: Movie Span is a helpful website that allows users to easily see what time their movie will end. "Movie Span is a convenient website that allows users to easily determine the duration of a movie. To use the site, simply enter the movie title and the time you plan to start watching it, and the site will provide you with the precise ending time. This movie duration calculator is applicable for both home and theater screenings."
AROUND THE SEARCH AND SOCIAL MEDIA WORLD
LiveScience: 35 years after first proposing the World Wide Web, what does its creator Tim Berners-Lee have in mind next?. "After seeing the balance of power shift to large corporations and big tech companies, the founder of the World Wide Web is determined to give users control over their data again."
UC Santa Barbara: Archive of multicultural modernist architect Steven Ehrlich adds to UCSB art museum collection. "In a significant addition to the Art, Design & Architecture Museum (AD&A Museum) at UC Santa Barbara, the archive of renowned Los Angeles-based architect Steven Ehrlich has been donated to its Architecture and Design Collection (ADC). The acquisition underscores the ADC's status as a premier resource for the study of the built environment in Southern California from the late 19th century to the present day."
SECURITY & LEGAL
Bloomberg: EU Embraces New AI Rules Despite Doubts It Got the Right Balance. "The European Union is on the verge of enacting the most comprehensive guardrails on the fast-developing world of artificial intelligence. The bloc's parliament will vote Wednesday on the AI Act, a landmark set of rules that, in the absence of any legislation from the US, could set the tone for how AI is governed in the Western world. But the legislation's likely passage comes as companies worry the law goes too far and digital watchdogs say it doesn't go far enough."
NBC News: AI gives Russia, China new tools to sow division in the U.S., undermine America's image, intel agencies say. "Russia and China are seeking to undermine America's image in the world and aggravate divisions in U.S. society, with artificial intelligence offering both regimes new tools to interfere in American politics and elections, according to U.S. intelligence agencies."
Security Boulevard: DOJ Warns Using AI in Crimes Will Mean Harsher Sentences. "U.S. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco last month was in the UK speaking at the University of Oxford and outlining the different paths the Justice Department is taking to address the benefits and threats associated with AI. Monaco spoke about how existing laws offer a 'firm foundation' as the law regarding AI evolves, as it did with cybersecurity."
RESEARCH & OPINION
Northwestern University: Questions to ask about government use of deepfakes. "Will the lure of deepfakes prove irresistible to democratic governments? What questions should governments ask — and who in government should be asking them — when a deepfake is being considered? Two Northwestern University professors coauthored a new report examining several hypothetical scenarios in which democratic governments might consider using deepfakes to advance their foreign policy objectives and the potential harms this use might pose to democracy."
University of Illinois Chicago: Grant will allow nursing faculty to create diversity, equity, inclusion training in virtual reality. "Faculty in the UIC College of Nursing received a grant to create virtual reality simulations that will deliver diversity, equity and inclusion training to nursing students and faculty. The $20,000 in funding was provided by the American Nurses Association's National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing. It was one of 10 projects selected from more than 130 submissions."
University of Missouri: MU scientists use AI to improve flu vaccine development. "Flu vaccines could be getting a booster of their own with the help of machine learning. MAIVeSS — the Machine-learning Assistant Influenza VaccinE Strain Selection framework — functions to reduce the time it takes to choose flu strains used in annual vaccines from months to mere days. Designed and built by University of Missouri researcher Cheng Gao in collaboration with Mississippi State University, MAIVeSS is a computational model that combines algorithms to select optimal flu candidate vaccine viruses when supplied a specific strain of the flu." Good morning, Internet...
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