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What to Learn from US Govt Strategy on AI. There is an urgency. It's commercial. China is already in the lead. There is

What to Learn from US Govt Strategy on AI. There is an urgency. It's commercial. China is already in the lead. There is no clear vision where to focus funding. The US has a good roadmap and wants to expand the workforce. The US is not going for general intelligence. "On October 12, 2016, President...
Source: digitopoly.org

AI improves publishing: "Robots will analyze complex editorial content of all lengths, and provide feedback to the humans

AI improves publishing: "Robots will analyze complex editorial content of all lengths, and provide feedback to the humans sitting behind the keyboard."
Source: niemanlab.org

The most disruptive phase of globalization is just beginning. Is the anger that brought us Brexit and Trump explained by

The most disruptive phase of globalization is just beginning. Is the anger that brought us Brexit and Trump explained by the declining share of the global market of the G7 countries? What did Nissan actually explain to Theresa May's government about "manufacturung" in the 21st century? Could we really...
Source: qz.com

Read Yuval Harari's Homo Deus. Great read giving insight into human behaviour from a historical perspective cautiously predicting

Read Yuval Harari's Homo Deus. Great read giving insight into human behaviour from a historical perspective cautiously predicting what the future might hold. Good account of the common myths that we hold ... like Gods and - even more widespread - money. Places modern 'humanism' at the centre of his...
Source: amazon.co.uk

Egypt has blocked encrypted messaging app Signal: The app's developer is working on a way to circumvent the ban.

Egypt has blocked encrypted messaging app Signal: The app's developer is working on a way to circumvent the ban.
Source: engadget.com

A filmmaker installed security software on a decoy phone to spy on smartphone thieves

A filmmaker installed security software on a decoy phone to spy on smartphone thieves
Source: theverge.com

The Complete Anatomy Platform: An Interview with Niall Johnston, President of 3D4Medical |: 3D4Medical's (Dublin, Ireland)

The Complete Anatomy Platform: An Interview with Niall Johnston, President of 3D4Medical |: 3D4Medical's (Dublin, Ireland) award-winning Complete Anatomy digital educational platform facilitates the exploration of human anatomical characteristics
Source: medgadget.com

Brexit uncertainty 'corrosive' for science - BBC News: Uncertainty over the nature of the UK's future relationship with

Brexit uncertainty 'corrosive' for science - BBC News: Uncertainty over the nature of the UK's future relationship with the EU is having a "corrosive" effect on science.
Source: bbc.co.uk

The Internet Archive just got a bit more useful - and a lot more political - ExtremeTech: Archive.org seems to think the

The Internet Archive just got a bit more useful - and a lot more political - ExtremeTech: Archive.org seems to think the Trump Administration will be so disastrous for data freedom that it is literally moving (a copy) to Canada.
Source: extremetech.com

Microlearning best Instructional design strategy in elearning

Microlearning best Instructional design strategy in elearning
Source: swiftelearningservices.com

Turkey blocks Tor's anonymity network: It's harder to evade the country's growing censorship efforts.

Turkey blocks Tor's anonymity network: It's harder to evade the country's growing censorship efforts.
Source: engadget.com

Multi-social millennials more likely depressed than social(media)ly conservative peers: Compared with the total time spent

Multi-social millennials more likely depressed than social(media)ly conservative peers: Compared with the total time spent on social media, use of multiple platforms is more strongly associated with depression and anxiety among young adults, the University of Pittsburgh Center for Research on Media,...
Source: eurekalert.org

New Evidence of the Superiority of Female Doctors: If all physicians were women, 32,000 fewer Americans would die every

New Evidence of the Superiority of Female Doctors: If all physicians were women, 32,000 fewer Americans would die every year.
Source: theatlantic.com

Review question: Are action plans with brief education to help patients recognise and respond to worsening symptoms effective

Review question: Are action plans with brief education to help patients recognise and respond to worsening symptoms effective in COPD? | Cochrane
Source: cochrane.org

Rise of the rebel journalist

"News is not journalism if what's being reported is only meant to extract value from communities as opposed to creating value within them."
Source: niemanlab.org

The battle for high-quality VR: "It's time to acknowledge that your audience does not need to see your every stumble on

The battle for high-quality VR: "It's time to acknowledge that your audience does not need to see your every stumble on the way to virtual reality greatness."
Source: niemanlab.org

Meet Microsoft's new chatbot, Zo: Now with (hopefully) 100% less Nazism - ExtremeTech: Microsoft is throwing its hack back

Meet Microsoft's new chatbot, Zo: Now with (hopefully) 100% less Nazism - ExtremeTech: Microsoft is throwing its hack back into the AI chatbot ring, this time with a new AI, dubbed Zo. Hopefully this one won't turn into a Nazi spambot within 24 hours of launch.
Source: extremetech.com

"Inside Amazon's clickworker platform: How half a million people are being paid pennies to train AI - TechRepublic: Internet

"Inside Amazon's clickworker platform: How half a million people are being paid pennies to train AI - TechRepublic: Internet platforms like Amazon Mechanical Turk let companies break jobs into smaller tasks and offer them to people across the globe. But, do they democratize work or exploit the disempowered?"...
Source: techrepublic.com

V2V - vehicle to vehicle communication is coming ... perhaps. "Feds push hard for vehicle-to-vehicle communication, at

V2V - vehicle to vehicle communication is coming ... perhaps. "Feds push hard for vehicle-to-vehicle communication, at least until Jan. 20 - ExtremeTech: Feds want V2V short-range safety communications on cars in the next five years. Whether that happens depends more on President Trump's transportation...
Source: extremetech.com

Forest of Carbon Nanotubes Stamps Electronic Ink Onto a Surface: Novel approach could enable various electronics from sensors

Forest of Carbon Nanotubes Stamps Electronic Ink Onto a Surface: Novel approach could enable various electronics from sensors to displays on packaging
Source: ieee.org