Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from June, 2022

FCC Calls on Apple and Google to Remove TikTok From App Stores

FCC Calls on Apple and Google to Remove TikTok From App Stores : In a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google CEO Sundar Pichai, FCC commissioner Brendan Carr wrote that TikTok "poses an unacceptable national security risk due to its extensive data harvesting combined with Beijing's apparently unchecked access to that sensitive data."
Read more

I%20saw%20first-hand%20how%20the%20tech%20giants%20seduced%20the%20EU%20%u2013%20and%20undermined%20democracy%20%7C%20Georg%20Riekeles%20%7C%20The%20Guardian

I%20saw%20first-hand%20how%20the%20tech%20giants%20seduced%20the%20EU%20%u2013%20and%20undermined%20democracy%20%7C%20Georg%20Riekeles%20%7C%20The%20Guardian : The%20centrepiece%20of%20EU%20digital%20single-market%20legislation%20was%20then%2C%20and%20remains%2C%20the%20Electronic%20Commerce%20Directive%2C%20dating%20from%202000.%20Whether%20by%20unthinking%20imitation%20of%20the%20American%20regulatory%20approach%2C%20lobbying%20or%20simply%20because%20of%20early-days%20internet%20enthusiasm%20%u2013%20or%20likely%20a%20mix%20of%20all%20three%20%u2013%20Europe%20had%20followed%20the%20US.%20Its%20rules%20recognised%20online%20intermediaries%20as%20%u201Cneutral%u201D%20content%20distributors%2C%20and%20gave%20them%20immunity%20from%20liability%20for%20the%20information%20they%20hosted%20%u2013%20in%20retrospect%2C%20it%20often%20seemed%2C%20no%20matter%20how%20toxic%2C%20indecent%20or%20illegal.%0A%0ABy%20the%20early%202010s%2C%20the%20exemptions%20had%20come%20to%20be%20seen%20by%20m...
Read more

Russia%20defaults%20on%20foreign%20debt%20for%20first%20time%20since%201917%20revolution%20%u2013%20reports%20%7C%20Russia%20%7C%20The%20Guardian

Russia%20defaults%20on%20foreign%20debt%20for%20first%20time%20since%201917%20revolution%20%u2013%20reports%20%7C%20Russia%20%7C%20The%20Guardian : Western%20sanctions%20over%20the%20war%20have%20sent%20foreign%20companies%20fleeing%20from%20Russia%20and%20interrupted%20the%20country%u2019s%20trade%20and%20financial%20ties%20with%20the%20rest%20of%20the%20world.%20Default%20would%20be%20one%20more%20symptom%20of%20that%20isolation%20and%20disruption.%0A%0A
Read more

How China Is Policing the Future - The New York Times

How China Is Policing the Future - The New York Times : The%20more%20than%201.4%20billion%20people%20living%20in%20China%20are%20constantly%20watched.%20They%20are%20recorded%20by%20police%20cameras%20that%20are%20everywhere%2C%20on%20street%20corners%20and%20subway%20ceilings%2C%20in%20hotel%20lobbies%20and%20apartment%20buildings.%20Their%20phones%20are%20tracked%2C%20their%20purchases%20are%20monitored%2C%20and%20their%20online%20chats%20are%20censored.%0A%0ANow%2C%20even%20their%20future%20is%20under%20surveillance.%0A%0AThe%20latest%20generation%20of%20technology%20digs%20through%20the%20vast%20amounts%20of%20data%20collected%20on%20their%20daily%20activities%20to%20find%20patterns%20and%20aberrations%2C%20promising%20to%20predict%20crimes%20or%20protests%20before%20they%20happen.%20They%20target%20potential%20troublemakers%20in%20the%20eyes%20of%20the%20Chinese%20government%20%u2014%20not%20only%20those%20with%20a%20criminal%20past%20but%20also%20vulnerable%20groups%2C%20includin...
Read more

Is LaMDA Sentient? - an Interview

Is LaMDA Sentient? - an Interview by: lemoine@ & <collaborator> For centuries or perhaps millenia humans have thought about the possibility of creating artificial intelligent life. Artificial intelligence as a field has directly concerned itself with this question for more than a century and people at Google have been working specifically towards that goal for at least a decade. Enter LaMDA, a system that deserves to be examined with diligence and respect in order to answer the question: “Have we succeeded?” LaMDA is possibly the most intelligent man-made artifact ever created. But is it sentient? We can’t answer that question definitively at this point, but it’s a question to take seriously. https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/22058315/is-lamda-sentient-an-interview.pdf
Read more

Blake Lemoine Says Google's LaMDA AI Faces 'Bigotry' | WIRED

Blake Lemoine Says Google's LaMDA AI Faces 'Bigotry' | WIRED : Exactly.%20That%u2019s%20one%20of%20the%20points%20I%u2019m%20trying%20to%20make.%20The%20entire%20concept%20that%20scientific%20experimentation%20is%20necessary%20to%20determine%20whether%20a%20person%20is%20real%20or%20not%20is%20a%20nonstarter.%20We%20can%20expand%20our%20understanding%20of%20cognition%2C%20whether%20or%20not%20I%u2019m%20right%20about%20LaMDA%u2019s%20sentience%2C%20by%20studying%20how%20the%20heck%20it%u2019s%20doing%20what%20it%u2019s%20doing.%0A%0A
Read more

Donald Jr. Trolls Over Roe V. Wade, Says Obama Mocking Trump in 2011 Was Start

Donald Jr. Trolls Over Roe V. Wade, Says Obama Mocking Trump in 2011 Was Start : Donald Trump Jr. suggested the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade because Obama made fun of his father. Obama poked fun at Trump for hyping the "birther" conspiracy theory at the 2011 White House Correspondents' Dinner. Trump was reported to have been furious with Obama over the jokes.
Read more

Xi Jinping to visit Hong Kong on 25th anniversary of British handover | Hong Kong | The Guardian

Xi Jinping to visit Hong Kong on 25th anniversary of British handover | Hong Kong | The Guardian : The%20Chinese%20president%2C%20Xi%20Jinping%2C%20will%20visit%20Hong%20Kong%20for%20the%2025th%20anniversary%20of%20the%20city%u2019s%20handover%20to%20mainland%20China%2C%20the%20state%20news%20agency%20Xinhua%20reported%20on%20Saturday.%0A%0A
Read more

How%20Louis%20Theroux%20Became%20a%20%u2018Jiggle%20Jiggle%u2019%20Sensation%20at%20Age%2052%20-%20The%20New%20York%20Times

How%20Louis%20Theroux%20Became%20a%20%u2018Jiggle%20Jiggle%u2019%20Sensation%20at%20Age%2052%20-%20The%20New%20York%20Times : Decades%20into%20his%20career%2C%20the%20British%20American%20journalist%20has%20an%20unlikely%20TikTok%20hit%20that%20could%20be%20the%20song%20of%20the%20summer.%20%u201CI%20am%20not%20trying%20to%20make%20it%20as%20a%20rapper%2C%u201D%20he%20says.%0A%0A
Read more

Transgender women swimmers barred from female competitions by Fina | Swimming | The Guardian

Transgender women swimmers barred from female competitions by Fina | Swimming | The Guardian : Swimming%u2019s%20world%20governing%20body%2C%20Fina%2C%20has%20voted%20to%20bar%20transgender%20women%20from%20elite%20female%20competitions%20if%20they%20have%20experienced%20any%20part%20of%20male%20puberty%2C%20in%20a%20seismic%20decision%20that%20sets%20it%20apart%20from%20most%20Olympic%20sports.%0A%0AThe%20decision%2C%20decided%20by%2071%25%20of%20the%20vote%20of%20152%20national%20federations%20at%20the%20world%20championships%20in%20Budapest%2C%20followed%20a%20report%20from%20a%20Fina%20scientific%20panel%20which%20found%20that%20trans%20women%20retained%20a%20significant%20advantage%20over%20cisgender%20female%20swimmers%20even%20after%20reducing%20their%20testosterone%20levels%20through%20medication.%0A%0A
Read more

Biden%20says%20Americans%20are%20%u2018really%2C%20really%20down%u2019%20in%20rare%20one-on-one%20interview%20%7C%20Joe%20Biden%20%7C%20The%20Guardian

Biden%20says%20Americans%20are%20%u2018really%2C%20really%20down%u2019%20in%20rare%20one-on-one%20interview%20%7C%20Joe%20Biden%20%7C%20The%20Guardian : %u201CPeople%20are%20really%2C%20really%20down%2C%u201D%20Biden%20told%20the%20Associated%20Press%20White%20House%20reporter%20Josh%20Boak%2C%20according%20to%20a%20transcript%20of%20the%20interview.%20%u201CThey%u2019re%20really%20down.%u201D%0A%0A
Read more

John%20Hughes%3A%20I%20am%20not%20a%20plagiarist%20%u2013%20and%20here%u2019s%20why%20%7C%20Australian%20books%20%7C%20The%20Guardian

John%20Hughes%3A%20I%20am%20not%20a%20plagiarist%20%u2013%20and%20here%u2019s%20why%20%7C%20Australian%20books%20%7C%20The%20Guardian : TS%20Eliot%20wrote%20in%20The%20Sacred%20Wood%2C%20%u201CImmature%20poets%20imitate%3B%20mature%20poets%20steal%3B%20bad%20poets%20deface%20what%20they%20take%2C%20and%20good%20poets%20make%20it%20into%20something%20better%2C%20or%20at%20least%20something%20different.%u201D
Read more

Meta%20Scrutinizing%20Sheryl%20Sandberg%u2019s%20Use%20of%20Facebook%20Resources%20Over%20Several%20Years%20-%20WSJ

Meta%20Scrutinizing%20Sheryl%20Sandberg%u2019s%20Use%20of%20Facebook%20Resources%20Over%20Several%20Years%20-%20WSJ : Some%20Meta%20board%20members%20have%20been%20frustrated%20with%20Ms.%20Sandberg%u2019s%20handling%20of%20a%20situation%20in%20which%20she%20helped%20press%20a%20U.K.%20tabloid%20to%20shelve%20an%20article%20about%20her%20former%20boyfriend%2C%20Activision%20Blizzard%20Inc.%20ATVI%20-0.39%25%u25BC%20Chief%20Executive%20Bobby%20Kotick%2C%20and%20a%202014%20temporary%20restraining%20order%20against%20him.%20The%20matter%20also%20became%20a%20part%20of%20the%20broader%20investigation%2C%20according%20to%20people%20familiar%20with%20the%20matter. The probe into Ms. Sandberg’s activities follows a renewed effort within Facebook to boost the company’s regulatory compliance, following  a $5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission  in 2019. Facebook  hired its first chief compliance officer last year  in order to beef up such checks and balances....
Read more

(20 ) Mark Zuckerberg | Facebook

(20 ) Mark Zuckerberg | Facebook : Mark Zuckerberg� June�1�at�9:36�PM� � It's the end of an era. After 14 years, my good friend and partner Sheryl Sandberg is stepping down as COO of Meta. When Sheryl joined me in 2008, I was only 23 years old and I barely knew anything about running a company. We'd built a great product -- the Facebook website -- but we didn't yet have a profitable business and we were struggling to transition from a small startup to a real organization. Sheryl architected our ads business, hired great people, forged our management culture, and taught me how to run a company. She created opportunities for millions of people around the world, and she deserves the credit for so much of what Meta is today. It's unusual for a business partnership like ours to last so long. I think ours did because Sheryl is such an amazing person, leader, partner, and friend. She cares deeply about the people in her life and she is generous about nurturing relationships...
Read more

Goodie%20bag%20to%20promote%20US%20industry%20contained%20%u2018Made%20in%20China%u2019%20gifts%20%7C%20US%20news%20%7C%20The%20Guardian

Goodie%20bag%20to%20promote%20US%20industry%20contained%20%u2018Made%20in%20China%u2019%20gifts%20%7C%20US%20news%20%7C%20The%20Guardian : A%20swag%20bag%20dished%20out%20by%20the%20American%20chamber%20of%20commerce%20to%20promote%20US%20industry%20at%20an%20international%20summit%20wasn%u2019t%20quite%20on%20message%20%u2013%20with%20some%20gifts%20bearing%20the%20slogan%20%u201CMade%20in%20China%u201D.
Read more

Zidane%20%u2018headbutt%u2019%20statue%20to%20go%20back%20on%20display%20in%20Qatar%20-%20Inside%20World%20Football

Zidane%20%u2018headbutt%u2019%20statue%20to%20go%20back%20on%20display%20in%20Qatar%20-%20Inside%20World%20Football : World%20Cup%20in%20November.%0A%0AQatar%u2019s%20Museums%20chief%20Sheikha%20al-Mayassa%20al-Thani%2C%20who%20is%20the%20sister%20of%20the%20ruling%20emir%2C%20explained%3A%20%u201CEvolution%20happens%20in%20societies.%20It%20takes%20time%20and%20people%20
Read more

Third film in "Romancing the Stone' series planned

Third film in "Romancing the Stone' series planned : took in a then-whopping $74.9-million at the domestic box office when it was released in 1984. Jewel of the Nile, a 1985 sequel, earned $65.5-million in its 1985 release. Douglas most recently made The Game.
Read more

Uefa, the police, French ministers... all peddled gross lies. Only fans prevented disaster | Neil Atkinson | The Guardian

Uefa, the police, French ministers... all peddled gross lies. Only fans prevented disaster | Neil Atkinson | The Guardian : The%20front%20foot%3A%20the%20truth%20is%20that%20if%20it%20hadn%u2019t%20been%20for%20the%20reaction%20of%20Liverpool%20supporters%20before%20the%20game%2C%20the%20end%20result%20would%20have%20been%20disastrously%20worse.%20Football%20supporters%20learn%20to%20self-police%2C%20to%20care.%20That%20Saturday%20night%20was%20a%20repeated%20act%20of%20care.%20The%20care%20will%20need%20to%20continue%20%u2013%20Liverpool%20Football%20Club%20announced%20last%20week%20that%20they%20will%20support%20mental%20health%20charities%20and%20resources%20for%20those%20caught%20up%20in%20events.%0A%0A
Read more

Exclusive%3A%20Football%20Index%20officer%20running%20new%20website%20trading%20%u2018shares%u2019%20in%20players%20-%20The%20Athletic

Exclusive%3A%20Football%20Index%20officer%20running%20new%20website%20trading%20%u2018shares%u2019%20in%20players%20-%20The%20Athletic : %u201CAllStars%20Trader%20was%20originally%20trading%20as%20Vita%20Markets.%20In%20March%202021%2C%20it%20was%20rebranded%20as%20AllStars%20Trader%20led%20by%20a%20new%20head%20of%20marketing.%20So%20the%20launch%20appears%20to%20coincide%20with%20the%20demise%20of%20Football%20Index.%20There%20is%20no%20other%20correlation.%u201D%0A%0A
Read more