2024-04-27 10:39
LiveScience: Scientists create ‘toxic AI’ that is rewarded for thinking up the worst possible questions we could imagine. “The newest tool in the battle to prevent an artif… Read More
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I've been writing about search engines and online information collections since 1996. My first book, OFFICIAL NETSCAPE GUIDE TO INTERNET RESEARCH, came out that year. I'm still obsessed with them over 25 years later. ResearchBuzz Firehose contains the individual items listed in ResearchBuzz newsletter, only separately tagged and categorized so they're easier to follow via RSS feed or search feed.
2024-04-27 10:33
South China Morning Post: India election: AI deepfakes of Bollywood stars backing political parties swirl as voters grapple with information overload. “Fears over deepfake videos have… Read More
2024-04-27 10:23
Publishers Weekly: Internet Archive Files Final Appeal Brief in Book Scanning Case. “The Internet Archive has filed its final reply brief in Hachette v. Internet Archive, the closely w… Read More
2024-04-27 10:17
Los Angeles Times: Opinion: Does social media rewire kids’ brains? Here’s what the science really says. “A new round of conversation has been spurred by Jonathan Haidt&rsqu&hell…Read More
2024-04-27 09:51
Search Engine Journal: Google March 2024 Core Update Officially Completed A Week Ago. “Google has officially completed its March 2024 Core Update, ending over a month of ranking volati… Read More
2024-04-27 09:49
The Bit Times: Bitcoin historian creates lore website tracking memes. “Blockstream’s marketing and communications director Fernando Nikolić has created a new website to trac… Read More
2024-04-26 19:15
Daily Beast: The Onion Finally Found Someone to Buy It From ‘Herb’ G/O Media CEO. “G/O Media rid itself of another property on Thursday, telling staffers in a company-wide… Read More
2024-04-26 19:01
FTC: FTC Sends Refunds to Ring Customers Stemming from 2023 Settlement over Charges the Company Failed to Block Employees and Hackers from Accessing Consumer Videos. “In a complaint fi… Read More
2024-04-26 18:35
The Conversation: Our laser technique can tell apart elephant and mammoth ivory – here’s how it may disrupt the ivory trade. “Many countries have stringent controls on the… Read More
2024-04-26 18:29
University of Wisconsin-Madison: Popular social media apps use AI to analyze photos on your phone, introducing both bias and errors. “Digital privacy and security engineers at the Univ… Read More
2024-04-26 18:25
ZDNet: OpenAI rolls out new features to entice companies to build AI solutions. “Corporate customers who use OpenAI’s application programming interface (API) to power their AI to… Read More
2024-04-26 18:03
PhilStar (Philippines): ‘Foreign actor’ seen behind President Marcos audio deepfake. “A ‘foreign actor’ is likely behind the audio deepfake of President Marcos… Read More
2024-04-26 17:53
State of South Carolina: DHEC Launches Overdose Biosurveillance Dashboard to Tackle Drug Overdose Epidemic . “South Carolina has seen a significant increase in opioid-involved overdose… Read More
2024-04-26 16:49
Salt Lake Tribune: University of Utah researcher faked data for years, according to investigators. “The report on the misconduct from the U.S. Office of Research Integrity states that… Read More
2024-04-26 16:10
Isle of Man Today: Guide to Manx dance goes online 40 years being first published. “Still the ‘go-to’ reference book for both new and experienced dancers, Rinkaghyn Vannin… Read More
2024-04-26 16:02
USGS: Volcano Watch — Introducing HVO’s new online eruption map. “The production of maps to track the progress of ongoing eruptions has long been part of the USGS Hawaiian… Read More
2024-04-26 15:34
DJ Magazine: This new music search engine recommends tracks based on similarity. “Users can enter a track title in the search bar and receive multiple results, recommending music with… Read More
2024-04-26 15:29
TorrentFreak: Researchers Showcase Decentralized AI-Powered Torrent Search Engine. “Researchers from Delft University of Technology plan to amplify their BitTorrent client ‘Tribl… Read More
2024-04-26 15:25
New-to-me, from Quill & Quire: CIBA launches new online directory of indies ahead of indie bookstore day. “[The site] was launched by the Canadian Independent Booksellers Associati… Read More
2024-04-26 15:20
The Register: Over a million Neighbourhood Watch members exposed through web app bug. “Neighbourhood Watch (NW) groups across the UK can now rest easy knowing the developers behind a c… Read More
2024-04-26 15:17
Reuters: Russia’s Yandex reports Q1 revenue rise as market awaits spin-off news. “Russian internet giant Yandex reported a 40% rise in first-quarter revenue to 228.3 billion roub… Read More
2024-04-26 10:02
Philly Voice: Jim’s Steaks reopens next week and customers may feel like they’ve been transported to the Magic Gardens. “Jim’s added 1,900 square feet to its shop ove… Read More
2024-04-26 09:55
Bloomberg: Musk Escalates OpenAI Fight With Subpoena of Ex-Board Member. “Elon Musk has stepped up his court fight with OpenAI by demanding documents from ex-board member Helen Toner… Read More
2024-04-26 09:52
Boing Boing: Twitter’s ex-integrity chief demolishes Elon in epic rant. “Elon Musk purchased Twitter exactly two years ago today. To mark the anniversary, Eddie Perez, Twitter&rs&hell…Read More
2024-04-26 09:27
ABC (Australia): From COVID-19 to national cultural policy: Understanding the importance of cultural infrastructure. “I want to suggest that increased public use of the term ‘cul… Read More
2024-04-26 09:12
The Verge: Google is updating Android TVs to fix a big Gmail privacy problem. “Google is working on a fix to block crafty individuals from gaining access to the emails of accounts logg… Read More
2024-04-26 09:02
Department of Homeland Security: Homeland Security Investigations Launches HSI.gov. “Homeland Security Investigations, the principal investigative agency within the Department of Homel… Read More
2024-04-26 08:29
Global Voices: How gendered disinformation on social media harms Kenyan women seeking political office. “Some of the candidates stopped using social media to notify their constituents… Read More
2024-04-25 22:29
Japan News: Govt to Launch Searchable Database of Budget Projects; Japan Project Aims to Boost Transparency, Efficiency. “The government will create an easily searchable database of al… Read More
2024-04-25 22:09
University of Michigan-Flint: UM-Flint archive collaborates to digitize Flint’s historical Black newspapers . “Flint’s Black historical newspapers could easily have been lo… Read More
2024-04-25 21:59
Scientific Data: A new commercial boundary dataset for metropolitan areas in the USA and Canada, built from open data . “The purpose of this study is to define the geographic boundarie… Read More
2024-04-25 21:46
Associated Press: Google parent reports another quarter of robust growth, rolls out first-ever quarterly dividend. “Google’s corporate parent Alphabet Inc. on Thursday released a… Read More
2024-04-25 21:44
Courthouse News: California legislative committee approves deepfake bill. “The bill, cowritten by state Senator Josh Becker, a Menlo Park Democrat, would make it a crime when someone d… Read More
2024-04-25 21:26
UNESCO: New UNESCO report warns social media affects girls’ well-being, learning and career choices. “A new UNESCO report warns that, while digital technologies can enhance teach… Read More
2024-04-25 21:23
The Conversation: From shrimp Jesus to fake self-portraits, AI-generated images have become the latest form of social media spam. “In the early 2010s, spammers captured people’s… Read More
2024-04-25 21:15
New Zealand Herald: LA couple sue Google Maps for leading them through dangerous South Africa neighbourhood. “According to a lawsuit filed on Tuesday in Santa Clara County Superior Cou… Read More
2024-04-25 21:03
LiveScience: World’s thinnest gold leaf, dubbed ‘goldene,’ is just 1 atom thick. “The new material… could have important applications in carbon dioxide convers… Read More
2024-04-25 20:48
MIT Technology Review: Chatbot answers are all made up. This new tool helps you figure out which ones to trust.. “A new tool created by Cleanlab, an AI startup spun out of a quantum co… Read More
2024-04-25 20:46
CNBC: Philippines orders removal of Binance from Google and Apple app stores. “The Philippines’ Securities and Exchange Commission has ordered Google and Apple to remove cryptocu… Read More
2024-04-25 20:36
Loop Barbados: Public warned of fake social media posts involving the President. “Members of the public are being cautioned against participating in any schemes claiming to be in the n… Read More
2024-04-25 20:32
The Verge: The little smart home platform that could. “How do you solve the problem of growing a popular smart home platform committed to open-source, open-standard ideals into somethi… Read More
2024-04-25 12:45
SiliconAngle: Snowflake is taking on OpenAI, Google, Meta and others with its open-source Arctic AI model. “Cloud data warehouse heavyweight Snowflake Inc. is looking to make its prese… Read More
2024-04-25 10:08
Michigan Municipal League: MI Funding Hub Technical Assistance Program Launches for Michigan Municipalities. “The Michigan Department of Labor & Economic Opportunity (LEO) and the… Read More
2024-04-25 10:01
WIRED: How to Handle Online Harassment When It Happens to You. “In 2021, the Pew Research Center reported that 41 percent of US adults had experienced online harassment; the Anti-Defam… Read More
2024-04-25 09:59
University of Maine: UMaine’s new 3D printer smashes former Guinness World Record to advance the next generation of advanced manufacturing. “Surpassing its own 2019 Guinness Worl… Read More
2024-04-25 09:39
Our World in Data: We’ve improved how search works on Our World in Data. “On Our World in Data, you can find thousands of indicators and hundreds of articles covering more than 1… Read More
2024-04-25 09:01
The Guardian: Young researchers need greater access to Britain’s rich archives, says curator. “Young cultural researchers need greater access to the UK’s rich archival reso… Read More
2024-04-25 08:54
Harvard Gazette: Can we talk?. “Just talking to other people can stimulate different brain functions among socially isolated older adults, even when the interactions are internet-based… Read More
2024-04-25 08:37
MarketWatch: Alphabet earnings should show AI boosts, but Google still faces many clouds. “Contrasting opinions highlight a divergent storyline as Alphabet Inc. nears its first-quarter… Read More
2024-04-25 08:35
Reuters: Exclusive-Google rival Tuta complains to EU tech regulators about de-ranking. “German email service Tuta Mail has complained to European Union tech regulators about what it de… Read More
2024-04-24 22:05
State of Delaware: DNREC Launches Online Flood Planning Tool. “The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s Division of Climate, Coastal, and Energy and Divisi… Read More
2024-04-24 22:02
US Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York: Founders And CEO Of Cryptocurrency Mixing Service Arrested And Charged With Money Laundering And Unlicensed Money Transmitting Offe… Read More
2024-04-24 21:56
Foreign Policy: Russia Is Committing Cultural Genocide in Ukraine. “Against the backdrop of the uncounted—and uncountable—civilian deaths, mass deportations, and domicide a… Read More
2024-04-24 21:50
Government of Saskatchewan: Royal Saskatchewan Museum Launches New Online Bird Egg Database. “Nature lovers and bird enthusiasts this spring will have a new digital tool to help identi… Read More
2024-04-24 21:09
CitizenLab: The not-so-silent type: Vulnerabilities across keyboard apps reveal keystrokes to network eavesdroppers. “We analyzed the security of cloud-based pinyin keyboard apps from… Read More
2024-04-24 21:02
Creative Commons: CC At WIPO: Slow Progress On Copyright Exceptions For Cultural Heritage Institutions . “Last week, Creative Commons (CC) participated in the 45th session of the World… Read More
2024-04-24 20:57
National Autistic Society: In our Words. “The ‘In our Words: Sixty years of the National Autistic Society and the story of autism in the UK’ project has been made possible… Read More
2024-04-24 20:56
Royal School of Needlework: RSN Collection Online for First Time. “The Royal School of Needlework is home to more than 10,000 unique and priceless Collection and Archive pieces. For t… Read More
2024-04-24 12:06
General Aviation News: Fundraising campaign launched to preserve historic photo collection. “The Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame has launched a fundraising campaign to support the digi… Read More
2024-04-24 11:58
World Health Organization: Launch of WHO/Europe’s first-ever mobile app on primary health care for children and adolescents: digitalized, evidence-based guidance at health professional… Read More
2024-04-24 11:45
NiemanLab: Newsweek is making generative AI a fixture in its newsroom. “If you scroll down to the end of almost any article on Newsweek.com right now — past the headline, the art… Read More
2024-04-24 11:18
Untapped New York: The Fight To Save NYC’s Endangered Languages. “Seke. Wakhi. Yiddish. N’ko. Nahuatl. Lunaape (Lenape). These six languages are among the more than 700 lan… Read More
2024-04-24 11:05
Raphael Kabo: OpenOrb – a curated RSS and Atom feed search engine. “Two weeks ago, I built a search engine which only searches over a list of RSS feeds you expressedly give it. I… Read More
2024-04-24 10:41
Ohio State University: Social media affects people’s views on mental illness. “In a new study, researchers found that college students were more optimistic about the possibility… Read More
2024-04-24 10:35
Washington Post: How Trump has become angrier and more isolated on Truth Social. This link goes to a gift article. “For years, Donald Trump was among Twitter’s loudest and most i… Read More
2024-04-24 09:55
Quartz: Google’s growth plans aren’t so ‘hunky-dory’ anymore, search boss says. “Alphabet-owned Google had a search engine market share of almost 92% as of Febr… Read More
2024-04-24 09:52
SF Gate: SF exec defends ‘brutal’ tech trend: Lay off workers to free up cash for AI. “As wave after wave of layoffs crash over Bay Area companies and the wider tech indust… Read More
2024-04-24 09:25
University of Oxford: New database sheds light on violence in Greek detention facilities. “The University of Oxford’s Border Criminologies research network have contributed to th… Read More
2024-04-24 09:19
TechCrunch: Green search engine Ecosia launches a cross-platform browser. “Ecosia, the search engine that funds tree-planting initiatives with a portion of its search ad profits, has l… Read More
2024-04-24 09:16
Government Publishing Office: GPO Makes Available New Statutes at Large Dating Back to 1789. “The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) has added historical volumes of the United St… Read More
2024-04-24 09:10
Bloomberg: Google Postpones Phasing Out of Ad Cookies in Chrome Browser. “Google delayed its plan to phase out cookies, software that lets marketers track users, in its Chrome browser… Read More
2024-04-23 10:36
RTE: Internet watchdog unhappy with platforms’ election plans. “The head of Ireland’s internet watchdog has said he is not overwhelmed by the ‘quality’ of the p… Read More
2024-04-23 10:30
Legit (Nigeria): FactCheckAfrica Launches AI to Combat Fake News, to Begin Fellowship. “Africa’s top anti-fake news digital platform, FactCheckAfrica, has announced the launch of… Read More
2024-04-23 10:23
Iowa State University: New cybersecurity center to protect grids integrated with renewables, microgrids. “The funding will create a new cybersecurity center based at Iowa State called… Read More
2024-04-23 10:10
StateScoop: South Carolina legislature claims treasurer risked cyberattack, didn’t disclose $1.8B in state funds. “A South Carolina Senate finance subcommittee found that state T… Read More
2024-04-23 10:07
New York Times: Welcome to Scam World. “Welcome to Scam World, the seedy layer just beneath the world we live in every day. It’s cluttered with these bogus text messages, spam ca… Read More
2024-04-23 10:01
Rappler: Misinformation, disinformation surrounded Thai 2023 election. “A surge of misinformation and disinformation marked the Thai 2023 election, some of which appeared to be strateg… Read More
2024-04-23 09:58
Harvard Gazette: Art from a long-dead civilization springs back to life. “The Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East recently launched an augmented reality Snapchat Lens that offers a… Read More
2024-04-23 09:48
WyoFile: Wyoming tourism social media goes dark amid wolf furor. “Wyoming’s state tourism agency has suspended social media posts and paid ads relating to wildlife amid the world… Read More
2024-04-23 09:41
Royal BC Museum: Royal BC Museum receives landmark donation towards digitizing Indigenous AV collections for future generations. “The Royal BC Museum has received a landmark $250,000 d… Read More
2024-04-23 09:36
Cornell Chronicle: Cornell Bowers CIS to launch minor in artificial intelligence. “Beginning Fall 2024, Cornell undergraduates can minor in artificial intelligence (AI). Offered by the… Read More
2024-04-23 09:31
404 Media: Instagram Advertises Nonconsensual AI Nude Apps. “Instagram is profiting from several ads that invite people to create nonconsensual nude images with AI image generation app… Read More
2024-04-23 09:28
Turkmenportal: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan launched a digital library of international documents. “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan has launched a di… Read More
2024-04-23 09:11
Japan Today: Bill for swift removal of defamatory posts on social media enacted. “Japan’s lower house passed a bill on Friday aimed at facilitating the swift removal of defamator… Read More
2024-04-23 09:00
The Music: The Music Launches Expansive Street Press Archive To Honour Australian Music History. “TheMusic.com.au, Australia’s most visited Australian music title, launches a hi… Read More
2024-04-23 08:55
DigitalNC: Records from Raleigh Fire Department Now Findable Online!. “Thanks to our partners at the Raleigh Fire Museum, NC Digital is pleased to announced that even more records from… Read More
2024-04-23 08:52
Game Developer: ESA says members won’t support any plan for libraries to preserve games online. “The Electronic Software Association continues to not have a hand in any efforts t… Read More
2024-04-23 08:48
The Register: Protest group says Google has fired more staff over sit-ins opposing work for Israel . “After firing 28 people for protesting its cloud deal with Israel by occupying its… Read More
2024-04-23 08:43
Saving Country Music: AI Fail: X/Twitter’s “Grok” Falsely Reports Tyler Childers Postponements. “Selling out the Bridgestone on one night, let alone two marks a criti… Read More
2024-04-23 08:34
The Conversation: Elon Musk is mad he’s been ordered to remove Sydney church stabbing videos from X. He’d be more furious if he saw our other laws. “X had agreed to part of… Read More
2024-04-23 08:16
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: CDC Announces Important Advances in Protecting Americans from Heat . “…the HeatRisk Forecast Tool, developed by both CDC and NOAA, pr… Read More
2024-04-23 08:10
Sky News Australia: Facebook’s new AI chatbot condemned for political bias after ‘disgraceful’ display of favouritism in Australian politics. “Australians have been s… Read More
2024-04-23 08:07
Vermont Invasives: Vermont Forest Health Program Launches Interactive Invasive Pest Status Map. “The Department of Forests, Parks & Recreation’s Forest Health Program has unv… Read More
2024-04-23 08:00
Ars Technica: Roku forcing 2-factor authentication after 2 breaches of 600K accounts. “Everyone with a Roku TV or streaming device will eventually be forced to enable two-factor authen… Read More
2024-04-22 21:32
The Mainichi: Google pressed to reform search ad practices in Japan . “Japan’s antitrust watchdog said Monday it has asked Google LLC to voluntarily reform its business practices… Read More
2024-04-21 22:32
The Record: ‘Crude’ ransomware tools proliferating on the dark web for cheap, researchers find. “Cheap ransomware is being sold for one-time use on dark web forums, allowin… Read More
2024-04-21 22:28
The Register: OpenAI’s GPT-4 can exploit real vulnerabilities by reading security advisories. “AI agents, which combine large language models with automation software, can succes… Read More
2024-04-21 17:19
Search ReSearch: Gemini has serious hallucinations (at least when you ask about composers!). “Why not make a big spreadsheet of all the composers I could find, and then ask an LLM to t… Read More
2024-04-21 17:04
State of Kentucky: Gov. Beshear: New Website Links Kentuckians to Second-Chance Job, Education and Recovery Resources. “Today, Gov. Andy Beshear announced a secondchance.ky.gov website… Read More
2024-04-21 16:15
Rappler: How Facebook ads let foreign-managed health products spread, putting Filipinos at risk. “Since February 2022, Rappler has found and fact-checked 86 dubious health product ads… Read More
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