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My Adult Learning Principles for the 21st Century ~ Stephen Downes

My Adult Learning Principles for the 21st Century ~ Stephen Downes
Source: downes.ca

Let’s Make the Facts Louder than the Opinions: A public service message from the Weather Channel.

Let’s Make the Facts Louder than the Opinions: A public service message from the Weather Channel.
Source: sspnet.org

The Simple Economics of Machine Intelligence. Technological revolutions tend to involve some important activity becoming

The Simple Economics of Machine Intelligence. Technological revolutions tend to involve some important activity becoming cheap, like the cost of communication or finding information. Machine intelligence is, in its essence, a prediction technology, so the economic shift will center around a drop in the...
Source: digitopoly.org

Church of England to close Surrey care home owing to lack of staff: Decision will leave 30 residents, many with dementia,

Church of England to close Surrey care home owing to lack of staff: Decision will leave 30 residents, many with dementia, of Manormead care home near Hindhead needing somewhere else to live
Source: theguardian.com

Deep Learning Reinvents the Hearing Aid: Finally, wearers of hearing aids can pick out a voice in a crowded room

Deep Learning Reinvents the Hearing Aid: Finally, wearers of hearing aids can pick out a voice in a crowded room
Source: ieee.org

Digital-native outlets in Europe are more pragmatic than innovative, report suggests

"Digital-native news outlets in Europe tend to be more focused on delivering quality journalism than on creating new business models or innovating about ways news is presented, according to a new report from Oxford’s Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism that studied 12 online startups in France,...
Source: niemanlab.org

“Pizzagate” conspiracy theory prompts gunman to “self-investigate” pizza parlor

“Pizzagate” conspiracy theory prompts gunman to “self-investigate” pizza parlor
Source: arstechnica.com

Stadium for Cornwall: Cornish Pirates' Colin Groves hopes work will start in 2017: Cornish Pirates director Colin Groves

Stadium for Cornwall: Cornish Pirates' Colin Groves hopes work will start in 2017: Cornish Pirates director Colin Groves estimates work on the Stadium for Cornwall will start "in the middle of 2017".
Source: bbc.co.uk

Spikes in search engine data predict when drugs will be recalled: An algorithm can predict drug recalls on the basis of

Spikes in search engine data predict when drugs will be recalled: An algorithm can predict drug recalls on the basis of internet searches made using Microsoft’s Bing, and might help identify faulty batches
Source: newscientist.com

Baby bracelet aims to save newborns in India from hypothermia: The 8m babies born prematurely every year in India are at

Baby bracelet aims to save newborns in India from hypothermia: The 8m babies born prematurely every year in India are at risk of hypothermia. A Bangalore startup has invented a bracelet to protect them
Source: theguardian.com

Scotland’s offer to give abortions to Northern Irish women shames Stormont | Patrick Corrigan: Theresa May must follow

Scotland’s offer to give abortions to Northern Irish women shames Stormont | Patrick Corrigan: Theresa May must follow Nicola Sturgeon’s lead in exposing the intransigence of Northern Ireland politicians and the inequality of access to terminations
Source: theguardian.com

Powerful Earthquake Exposes New Land Near Kaikoura : Image of the Day: The quake lifted rocks, seaweed, and creatures above

Powerful Earthquake Exposes New Land Near Kaikoura : Image of the Day: The quake lifted rocks, seaweed, and creatures above the water line in some coastal areas of New Zealand.
Source: nasa.gov

UK science chief urges quantum-technologies boost - physicsworld.com

UK science chief urges quantum-technologies boost - physicsworld.com
Source: physicsworld.com

Four major cities move to ban diesel vehicles by 2025 - BBC News: The leaders of four major global cities say they will

Four major cities move to ban diesel vehicles by 2025 - BBC News: The leaders of four major global cities say they will stop the use of all diesel powered cars and trucks by the middle of the next decade.
Source: bbc.co.uk

The UK government's latest deluded idea: 'banning' underage sexting on social media: When the UK government is not busy

The UK government's latest deluded idea: 'banning' underage sexting on social media: When the UK government is not busy looking for ways to invade internet users' privacy, it's looking for ways to restrict what they are able to do online -- particularly when it comes to things of a sexual nature.
Source: betanews.com

Lights for the Enlightened: An Engineering Trek in the Himalayas: How a band of techie volunteers electrified Lingshed monastery

Lights for the Enlightened: An Engineering Trek in the Himalayas: How a band of techie volunteers electrified Lingshed monastery and school
Source: ieee.org

Can third-party inspections of whether healthcare organisations are fulfilling mandatory standards improve healthcare outcomes?

Can third-party inspections of whether healthcare organisations are fulfilling mandatory standards improve healthcare outcomes? | Cochrane
Source: cochrane.org

Study: White deaths exceeded births in one-third of states: More white deaths than births were reported in 17 US states,

Study: White deaths exceeded births in one-third of states: More white deaths than births were reported in 17 US states, more than in any time in history, compared to only four in 2004. More than 121 million people -- roughly 38 percent of the total US population -- reside in the 17 states with white...
Source: eurekalert.org

Firefox zero-day can be used to unmask Tor browser users: The exploit code is reportedly a near match to the code used by

Firefox zero-day can be used to unmask Tor browser users: The exploit code is reportedly a near match to the code used by the FBI in 2013 to deanonymize Tor users; Mozilla is aware of the zero-day and is working on a fix.
Source: computerworld.com

Wales organ donations 'encouraging' in year after consent law - BBC News: A new organ donation law, brought in a year ago

Wales organ donations 'encouraging' in year after consent law - BBC News: A new organ donation law, brought in a year ago in Wales, is saving lives, say ministers.
Source: bbc.co.uk