Curating the Internet: Science and technology digest for February 29, 2020

Artificial intelligence predicts heart attacks, strokes, and even deaths better than doctors with traditional techniques; Unisys CEO predicts a year of transition, and also a possible return of acquisition activities; Freeman Dyson was almost certainly my favorite science & technology writer. He died on Friday (Feb 28); Texas wind-power is driving a Bitcoin mining expansion in the state; and a Steem essay describing new research into leptoquarks at the Large Hadron Collider

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Curating the Internet: Science and technology digest for February 28, 2020

Smithsonian Institute puts 2.8 images into the public domain; Coinbase Child pays for parent (CPFP) technique supports zero-fee BTC transactions in its custody product; The US Department of Defense has adopted principles for ethical adoption of artificial intelligence; A summary of a recent Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) conference on ethical artificial intelligence; and a Steem post that describes a biodegradable coffee cup that can be used to plant trees

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Curating the Internet: Science and technology digest for February 27, 2020

Harvard researchers find that free open source software (FOSS) comes with a cost; Small levels of daily alcohol consumption may increase longevity, but binge drinking may reduce it; A recently declassified report reveals that the NSA phone meta-data monitoring program is expensive and unproductive; An argument that researchers need to study deceptive practices that emerge naturally in artificial intelligence (AI) systems; and a Steem essay describing a recent search for dark matter in the Earth's core.

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Curating the Internet: Science and technology digest for February 26, 2020

Researchers suggest that Moore's Law has ended and suggest a path forward; Vote-buying goes mainstream on the EOS blockchain; Tim Draper eschews stocks in favor of Bitcoin and predicts BTC $250,000 by 2022; The first known animal that doesn't breathe has been discovered; and a Steem essay talks about the use of robotics in the oil industry

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Curating the Internet: Science and technology digest for February 25, 2020

Better information doesn't always lead to better decisions; A new robot passed its first trial at taking blood samples from human patients; Archaeologists discovered a sophisticated Soviet Spy radio when digging for a Roman villa; University of North Carolina survey finds surprisingly broad support for free speech, but also disparities between political conservatives and liberals; and a Steem essay reporting on the Sunday Night Soft Fork

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Curating the Internet: Science and technology digest for February 24, 2020

Global greening confirms and mitigates climate change; Artificial intelligence discovers powerful antibiotic that even kills drug-resistant bacteria; An AI system rewrites text in a way that confuses other AI systems; A TEDed video on the nature and meaning of Viking runes; and a Steem essay announcing a new community for coronavirus discussions

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Curating the Internet: Science and technology digest for February 23, 2020

IEEE Spectrum's weekly selection of awesome robot videos; Bruce Schneier joins the effort to bring the Solid data-ownership protocol to the main-stream; Snap chat set to offer in-app mental health tools; A Youtube video about the possibility that photosynthesis uses a quantum-mechanical search technique; and a Steem essay on the topic of myotoxins or mold toxins

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Curating the Internet: Science and technology digest for February 22, 2020

Garry Kasparov looks at the growth of artificial intelligence after his 1997 chess loss to IBM's Deep Blue; A TED talk argues that people should own their digital data; Sweden is testing a government-backed digital currency, the e-korona; Solving the so-called Molyneux's Problem, bumblebees can transfer recognition of a shape from touch to sight; and a Steem essay discusses alkanes, petroleum octane, engine knocking and pollution

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Curating the Internet: Science and technology digest for February 21, 2020

First trial successful for high-precision robot-assisted surgery; A kit has been released for an open source rotary cell phone; Sia launches Skynet, a blockchain based peer to peer web hosting service; A PBS Space Time video discussing the relationship between quantum mechanics and consciousness; and a Steem essay discusses the use of virtual reality in medicine.

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Curating the Internet: Science and technology digest for February 20, 2020

A paper that claimed link between heart-attacks and vaping has been retracted; IOTA found the bug that led to their recent hack, and patched the wallet, but their network remains offline; Tech Mahindra and the Indian state of Telengana have launched blockchain accelerator with plains for creating the blockchain capital of the world, centered in Hyderabad; An argument for a grand program to put the US back ahead of China in STEM capabilities; and a Steem essay discussing research that found a link between seismic activity and movement of the Earth's poles

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Curating the Internet: Science and technology digest for February 19, 2020

An article suggests reasons why disease outbreaks frequently start in China; A mundane retraction spurs questions about the review process; Suggestions to make the study of consciousness tractable, scientifically; Disclosure of a WordPress bug that impacts 200,000 sites; and a Steem post with an embedded video discussing the science behind hypnosis

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Curating the Internet: Science and technology digest for February 18, 2020

Researchers map path for reliable bottom-to-top information flow in an organization; Cyborg grasshoppers can detect explosives; Boeing 737 Max begins test flights in preparation for return to service; Researchers publish open source 3D model for brain cancer growth; and a Steem essay discusses the related conditions of gigantism and acromegaly

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Curating the Internet: Science and technology digest for February 17, 2020

An argument that cancer screening is more about business than health, and that in 90 years, the only substantial progress at reducing cancer has been the decline of smoking; Quantum entanglement has been accomplished through 30 miles of fiber; Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) forced to postpone key-signing ceremony after being locked out of a safe; An argument against productivity metrics that ignore quality; and a Steem report on a controversial Tweet by Richard Dawkins on the topic of eugenics

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Curating the Internet: Science and technology digest for February 16, 2020

IEEE Spectrum's weekly selection of awesome robot videos; An argument for the existence of free will; A study on reporting on a relationship between university student population sex ratios on one hand and nearby feral cat populations on the other was taken down and classified as "Temporarily Removed after an outraged "Tweet Storm"; A TED talk suggests that online marketplaces can thrive by investing in local entrepreneurs who are disrupted by their incursions; and a Steem post with descriptions and photos of green-blooded skink lizards

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Curating the Internet: Science and technology digest for February 15, 2020

AI can predict which patients will benefit from anti-depression treatments; Controversial Satoshi claimaint, Craig S. Wright, claims licensing violation for the Bitcoin ledger; US DoJ arrests coin-mixing technologist for money laundering; Big news in the Steem ecosystem, TRON acquired Steemit; and a Steem photo-essay with photos of rare minerals for an upcoming gem show in Japan

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Curating the Internet: Science and technology digest for February 14, 2020

The IOTA foundation is responding to a hack; Boston Dynamics' Spot robot reports for duty on an oil rig; An "information ecology" framework for dealing with "fake news" considers misinformation and disinformation to be forms of information pollution; The University of California cancels its subscription to Elsevier; Brush fires uncover a historical stone-carved boomerang in Australia; and a Steem essay describing an ad-hoc operation to rescue an injured wild eagle

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Curating the Internet: Science and technology digest for February 13, 2020

Starting in the 1970s, the CIA and West German Intelligence used a front company to sell encryption services to unsuspecting geopolitical adversaries; Patches released for Cisco device flaws that expose corporate networks to elevated intrusion risk; Protecting supply chains against disruptions; A new implant that plugs directly into the brain is being developed for blind people; and a Steem post provides a collection of links about the Wuhan coronavirus / COVID-19

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Curating the Internet: Science and technology digest for February 12, 2020

Philadelphia fintech panel says blockchain hype died down but growth continues; Harvard faculty discusses the impact of emerging technology on business; An article highlights the long under-appreciated glial brain cells; Why Valentine's Day can be hard on some relationships; and a Steeem post describing an animal trial of 3D printer of synthetic skin for burn victims

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The Tsu brand may be rising from the ashes in early 2020

Launched in 2014, Tsu was one of the first social media sites that shared revenue with content producers. It went out of business in 2016, but now comes news that private real estate firm, Terracap Group and an intellectual property firm, Hilco Streambank bought the Tsu brand and they're working to bring it back to life.

This post first appeared on the Steem blockchain: Steemit.Com, Steempeak.Com*, StemGeeks.Net

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Curating the Internet: Science and technology digest for February 11, 2020

Background radiation linked to longer life and lower cancer mortality; AI surveillance ramping up to keep tabs on the coronavirus; Surprising diversity revealed by ancient skeletons in Mexico; Satellite photos of Wuhan before and after the coronavirus quarantine; and a Steem essay discussing the security risks of "smart buildings"

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Curating the Internet: Science and technology digest for February 10, 2020

Trials to reduce aging-related diseases move from mice to dogs; A TED talk describing the use of African bees to keep people and elephants from coming into conflict; The first US trial using CRISPR gene editing to treat cancer finds that the technique is safe; An argument that a quick retraction of an Open Access preprint shows science working as it should; and a Steem essay reports that music with a fast, strong, steady beat is best at enhancing exercise>br>

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Curating the Internet: Science and technology digest for February 9, 2020

IEEE Spectrum's weekly selection of awesome robot videos; An argument that science is not complete until a good idea has achieved practical adoption; A Stem cell procedure may reduce or eliminate the need for heart transplants; The economics of bitcoin in light of the upcoming halving that's expected in May; and a Steem essay describing an AI effort to find Wuhan coronavirus treatments

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Curating the Internet: Science and technology digest for February 8, 2020

Maxthon browswer announces features for integration with Bitcoin Satoshi Vision (BSV); Block.one launches $200,000 prize for EOSIO smart contracts that enable processing in a virtual Ethereum-like environment; Facebook AI training method speeds reinforcement learning; New research into mammalian brains' forgetting mechanism; and a Steeem essay discusses the benefits and risks of technology advances

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Curating the Internet: Science and technology digest for February 7, 2020

A "smart surface" may improve WiFi performance by a factor of 10X; An artist created a virtual traffic jam with a wagon and 99 smart-phones; Genetic analysis reveals Neanderthal ancestry in Africans; Entertainment company uses drones to create smoke-screen background for an airborne laser how; and a Steem essay describing a new AI and mapmaking initiative

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Curating the Internet: Science and technology digest for February 6, 2020

A new device helps retailers to identify counterfeit Nike and Adidas sneakers; A Hong Kong policy-maker argues for Blockchain and AI to address crises like the Wuhan coronavirus; MIT Tech Review Links on Russian spy-games, jigsaw puzzles on Instagram, and efforts to repair Voyager 2; An argument for advocates to tighten up their rhetoric on climate change; and a Steem post arguing that the intelligence cycle represents a useful learning model, and that the most important modes of collection are human intelligence and geo-spatial intelligence

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Curating the Internet: Science and technology digest for February 5, 2020

A TED talk discusses the creation and potential of robots the size of a biological cell; Department of Interior grounds all non-emergency drones; Google releases an open-source application for two factor authentication; Google sends downloaded private photos to the wrong people; and a Steem post with photos of snow under the microscope

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Curating the Internet: Science and technology digest for February 4, 2020

Pricing algorithms raise prices for consumers; An argument that the Smartphone has passed its point of peak utility; An essay asks if it would matter if high quality novels were written by computers, instead of humans; Rapidly changing pH levels in the ocean present a problem, but the oceans are not acidic; and a Steem essay gives four reasons why computer slowness increases as time goes by

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Curating the Internet: Science and technology digest for February 3, 2020

IEEE Spectrum's weekly selection of awesome robot videos; Researchers implant sheets of stem cells to treat heart disease; Twitter adds a bitcoin emoji; A TED talk describing a new protein-based class of medications that uses custom-designed constrained peptides; and a Steem post describing the use of biomass materials as a source of energy

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Curating the Internet: Science and technology digest for February 2, 2020

Japan is building a 60 foot tall humanoid gundam robot; An argument that it's important for AI designers to exhibit responsibility and transparency and to understand its proper uses; New attempts at extortion with data from the 2015 Ashley Madison data dump; Harvard's chemistry department chair has been arrested on financial charges; and a Steem essay reports that Avast is shutting down its data sales and argues for more privacy protections

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Curating the Internet: Science and technology digest for February 1, 2020

NASA's space commercialization initiative begins with space tourism plans for the ISS in 2024; SpaceX lawyer expresses the firm's hopes for 1 million rocket launches per year; A post about two distinct modes of thinking, with and without internal narration; A TED talk describing the use of virtual reality (VR) in American science education; and a Steem-based video discussion on the topic of why people believe in conspiracy theories

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