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

A TED talk gives the research history of the so-called "sex chromosomes"; Scientific theories behind the deja vu experience; A new attack tricks artificial intelligence systems into mischaracterizing images; Cancer research retracted after 14 years and more than 900 citations; and a Steem essay describes a doctor's efforts to prepare for coronavirus in Bangladesh

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

Jaron Lanier and Glen Weyl argue for data dignity, suggesting that human contributions to AI systems need to be accounted for; Microsoft Windows' Explorer and Start Menu may be getting a new look; Firefox continues its slow elimination of the unencrypted ftp protocol; Microsoft responds to allegations that the Edge browser is bad at privacy; and a Steem essay discussing Superworms that can survive by eating plastic

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

Whitehouse promotes machine learning for coronavirus solutions; Security advice for the emerging work-from-home employers; Chloroquine and hydrochloroquine may offer low cost and effective treatment against COVID-19 and other viruses; How the coronavirus pandemic is permanently reshaping the business landscape; and a Steem essay acknowledges limited data, but argues that - at the moment - coronavirus infections are not growing at an exponential rate

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

Ultrasonic attack can break into cell phones through a solid surface; Monkeys develop immunity to SARS-CoV-2 after first infection; Hiker finds two bombs from 1935 in a Hawaiian volcano; Commentary arguing that once a medical treatment comes into common practice, it persists long after it's found to be useless, or even harmful; and a Steem essay describing a dive to the USS Oriskany aka The Great Carrier Reef

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

Brave Browser files GPDR complaint against Google, claims Google violates "purpose limitation principle"; Study suggests that mothers have implicit bias about emotional expression between genders, fathers don't; Researchers suggest there is no underlying cause to mood disorders; Microsoft Teams buckled when telecommuting Europe showed up for work; and a Steem essay discussing essential aspects of remote learning

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

5G wireless is driving up the cost of smartphones; Doctors in Israel removed an entire lung from a patient, eliminated all cancerous cells, then reattached the lung; Whisper app for secret sharing revealed individuals' locations, ages, and other details; Advice for people who are working from home because of the coronavirus; and a Steem post describing a youtube video where chickens were hatched from store-bought eggs

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

Autonomous robots deployed to sterilize hospitals in China; Los Angeles Department of Water and Power accused of cybersecurity coverup; People with celiac disease may soon be able to eat gluten; IBM upgrading Watson to include advances from Project Debater; and a Steem photo-essay describes the engineering of a hundred year old Brownie camera

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

Hunter gatherers wear fitbits and researchers say they're just as sedentary as modern societies.; A caution against harming the weakest students by moving classes online; Physicist suggests that dark matter may be comprised of a six-quark particle (hexaquark); Audit finds hospitals at risk of hacking do to obsolete systems; and a Steem essay describing the profession of an underwater archaeologist

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

American consumers get gun-shy after data breaches; The Brave browser adds feature to do Wayback Machine look-ups for missing web pages; Ex-Googler, Eric Schmidt, argues for massive investment in emerging technologies and intellectual capital; Another safety and feasibility trial finds that CRISPR gene editing is safe for cancer therapies; and a Steem post with photos of the ATLAS comet (Comet C/2019 Y4)

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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 January 31, 2020

New social media platform promises to connect people with influencers in high-cost online communities; Andrew Yang calls for standardization of cryptocurrency laws and regulations in the US; A look at the ambiguous nature of Jack Dorsey's decentralized social media initiative; A curious retracted paper with four dead authors; and a Steem essay describing reasons for a corporate network security audit

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

SpaceX stock offerings incentivize employees; More about the automated dog training system; An argument that the risk from the Three Mile Island accident was exaggerated, and led to overreactions from regulators and society; An argument that surveillance is comprised of identification, correlation, and discrimination, and people who focus on facial recognition are missing the bigger picture. ; and a Steem essay describing the Tachyon Protocol for improved Internet privacy and performance

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

PinePhone: Linux-powered smart phone, begins shipping for $150; International journalist, Glenn Greenwald, charged with cybercrimes in Brazil; Researchers introduce metric for quantifying scientific rigor and transparency; Facebook's AI can navigate without a map; and a Steem essay describing conservation efforts that make use of unmanned drones

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