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Uncloaking a Slumlord Conspiracy with Social Network Analysis
An economic justice organization uses InFlow SNA software to reveal a slumlord conspiracy
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Children, left behind by suburbia, need better community design
Walkable, mixed-use planning is the key to getting young people outside again and enabling their independence.
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Apple can comply with the FBI court order
Earlier today, a federal judge ordered Apple to comply with the FBI’s request for technical assistance in the recovery of the San Bernadino gunmen’s iPhone 5C. Since then, many have argued whether these requests from the FBI are technically feasible given the support for strong encryption on iOS devices. Based on my…
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The surprising connection between after-hours work and decreased productivity
Slack’s Workforce Index uncovers new findings on how to structure the workday to maximise employee productivity, well-being and satisfaction
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Government Says Secret Court Opinion on Law Underlying PRISM Must Stay Secret
In a rare public filing in the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), the Justice Department today urged continued secrecy for a 2011 FISC opinion that found the National Security Agency's surveillance under the FISA Amendments Act to be unconstitutional. Significantly, the...
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As unions decline, inequality rises
To a remarkable extent, inequality, which fell during the New Deal but has risen dramatically since the late 1970s, corresponds to the rise and fall of unionization in the United States. BLOG: Union decline and rising inequality in two charts The passage in 1935 of the National Labor Relations Act, which protected and…
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Students flee field as computer 'fad fades' (1987)
Fears about old things when they were new. Click to read Pessimists Archive Newsletter, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
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Doctors Without Borders declares the war in Gaza as genocide
Amid continued attacks, siege, and blockade, Israel is destroying conditions of life in Gaza.
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NL Judge: Meta must respect user's choice of recommendation system
Bits of Freedom komt op voor internetvrijheid door de online grondrechten op communicatievrijheid en privacy te beschermen.
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First Victim of Amazon Drones: The Credibility of CBS and 60 Minutes
Confused about AI? Discover how artificial intelligence will transform the way you work, your marketing and sales strategy, and your customers' shopping habits.
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ProtonMail blocked by Vodafone Turkey
Turkey has a track record of blocking certain websites. Here's how you can bypass Turkey's online censorship and access any site (such as Proton Mail).
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Ripple fully funded every live DonorsChoose classroom project yesterday
Discover fresh perspectives and stories on #BestSchoolDay 2018: Every Project Funded! from the heart of education, shared by teachers themselves at DonorsChoose.
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The Mueller Report Can’t Be Copyrighted, Is Flagged by Copyright Bots Anyway
Did you know that anything created by federal government employees, under American law, can’t be copyrighted? They go right into the public domain. That means it’s impossible for there to be any copyright infringement on, say, a report by the Special Counsel on the investigation into the President...
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New evidence that British workplaces are losing viewpoint diversity
In the United Kingdom, most people don’t feel comfortable bringing their whole selves to work. For two-thirds of the population, talking politics sincerely, on the job, is uncomfortable. People who hold certain, commonplace views, stay silent believing that expressing those views will carry penalty not reward. These…
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Dark Web – Justice League
Uncover the hidden world of Dark Web justice as cybercriminals settle disputes in underground courts. Explore verdicts, high-profile cases, and more.
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Yes, Amazon Is Tracking People
In order to protect civil liberties without hampering innovation, lawmakers should require public input before surveillance tools are deployed and ensure that facial recognition databases are purged of data related to law-abiding people.
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Mystery GPS Tracker on a Supporter’s Car
Being able to accurately determine your location anywhere on the planet is a useful technological trick. But when tracking isn’t done by you, but to you—without your knowledge or consent—it’s a violation of your privacy. That’s why at EFF we’ve long fought against dragnet surveillance, mobile...
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How Apps on Android Share Data with Facebook (2018)
Facebook routinely tracks users, non-users and logged-out users outside its platform through Facebook Business Tools. App developers share data with Facebook through the Facebook Software Development Kit (SDK), a set of software development tools that help developers build apps for a specific operating system. Using…
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Severing Ties with the NSA
Note: These pages make extensive use of the latest XHTML and CSS Standards . They ought to look great in any standards-compliant modern browser. Unfortunately, they will probably look horrible in older browsers, like Netscape 4.x and IE 4.x. Moreover, many posts use MathML, which is, currently only supported in…
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Why does the U.S. always run a trade deficit?
Persistent shortfalls in domestic savings, requiring funds from abroad to finance domestic investment spending, could be why the U.S. runs a trade deficit.
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Nevertheless, She Coded
She was discouraged, she was given an excuse to quit. Nevertheless, she coded.
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The "confident idiot" problem: Why AI needs hard rules, not vibe checks
We cannot fix probability with more probability. We need to re-introduce assert.
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The Great Unwind
The economy is crashing because Wall Street spent trillions shorting Japan's currency and now they're being squeezed.
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Nearly Half of Americans Are Lonely
Social isolation can be as unhealthy as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, and loneliness affects nearly half of Americans—but few organizations are addressing this critical psychosocial risk factor. Here are three strategies, shared by leading organizations, to address the epidemic.
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Cement recycling method could help solve one of the big climate challenges
Researchers from the University of Cambridge have developed a method to produce very low emission concrete at scale – an innovation that could be transformative in the transition to net zero.