Author: Tech Support

    • As more seniors go online, they are largely being left out of digital literacy efforts, making them targets for misinformation and hyperpartisan rhetoric (Craig Silverman/BuzzFeed News)

    Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News: As more seniors go online, they are largely being left out of digital literacy efforts, making them targets for misinformation and hyperpartisan rhetoric  —  Older people play an outsized role in civic life.  They also are more likely to be online targets for misinformation and hyperpartisan rhetoric. As more seniors

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    • Why the world is unhappy with India’s anti-satellite missile test

    On March 27, Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, announced that the country had successfully launched an anti-satellite missile in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). With that, India became only the fourth country to test an Anti-Satellite (ASAT) weapon – used to attack enemy satellites or intercepting ballistic missiles – after the US, China, and Russia.   .@DRDO_India successfully

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    • Critics say big tech companies are formulating AI ethics boards and principles as a strategy for avoiding the possibility of government regulation (James Vincent/The Verge)

    James Vincent / The Verge: Critics say big tech companies are formulating AI ethics boards and principles as a strategy for avoiding the possibility of government regulation  —  Researchers from Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and top universities objected to the board’s inclusion of Kay Coles James, the president of right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation. Critics

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    • Australia passes law penalizing social media platforms for failing to expeditiously remove abhorrent violent content, despite strong opposition from tech firms (Paul Karp/The Guardian)

    Paul Karp / The Guardian: Australia passes law penalizing social media platforms for failing to expeditiously remove abhorrent violent content, despite strong opposition from tech firms  —  Labor supports legislation in response to Christchurch shooting that threatens jail for executives, despite media companies’ concerns Australia passes law penalizing social media platforms for failing to expeditiously

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    • Nearly half of Google's external AI board has resigned or is under fire, and the design of the board suggests Google is treating AI ethics like a PR problem (Kelsey Piper/Vox)

    Kelsey Piper / Vox: Nearly half of Google’s external AI board has resigned or is under fire, and the design of the board suggests Google is treating AI ethics like a PR problem  —  One member resigned and two more are under fire.  It’s only a week old.  —  Just a week after it was

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    • Tesla starts rolling out an update to Navigate on Autopilot in the US that will give drivers an option to use the system without having to confirm lane changes (Jon Fingas/Engadget)

    Jon Fingas / Engadget: Tesla starts rolling out an update to Navigate on Autopilot in the US that will give drivers an option to use the system without having to confirm lane changes  —  Tesla has long asked you to flick the turn stalk to confirm Autopilot’s lane changes, but you won’t have to do

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    The Three Faces Of The 555

    In these days of cheap microcontrollers, it is hard to remember there was a time when timing things took real circuitry. Even today, for some applications it is hard to beat the ubiquitous 555 timer IC. It is cheap, plentiful, and reliable. What’s interesting about the 555 is it isn’t so much a dedicated chip

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    • Researchers find that Facebook appears to deliver certain ads, despite neutral targeting parameters, in a way that aligns with race and gender stereotypes (Sam Biddle/The Intercept)

    Sam Biddle / The Intercept: Researchers find that Facebook appears to deliver certain ads, despite neutral targeting parameters, in a way that aligns with race and gender stereotypes  —  How exactly Facebook decides who sees what is one of the great pieces of forbidden knowledge in the information age … Researchers find that Facebook appears

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