https://www.technologyreview.com/s/608871/finally-a-driverless-car-with-some-common-sense
Month: September 2017
https://news.vice.com/story/indias-biometric-database-is-a-massive-achievement-and-a-dystopian-nightmare
John Iglar, a CS teacher in Addis Ababa, just posted a great “summer reading list” for CS students. I’ve read most of these and I would recommend them for adults too! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SpYTxz383-_shk9NzRqHj74eMMqF_aC-cD9vSXp2Or0/edit#heading=h.kybbmjkmlp5l
Did you know that in 2017 the information technology industry employed approximately 98 thousand individuals in the state of Minnesota?
https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2017/09/07/credit-reporting-firm-equifax-says-cybersecurity-incident-could-potentially-affect-143-million-us-consumers.html
http://blog.walmart.com/innovation/20170906/why-the-future-needs-more-girls-who-code
Would you like to be part of the next generation of voice recognition? Google is looking for volunteers to improve its understanding of different words and different accents. https://aiyprojects.withgoogle.com/open_speech_recording
Whether you played Zork as much as I did or not, this is an interesting read. Do videogames have to be fair (or winnable)? http://blog.zarfhome.com/2017/08/your-load-is-too-heavy-zork-deep-reading.html
What exactly does free speech mean in the age of the internet? https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/21/magazine/how-hate-groups-forced-online-platforms-to-reveal-their-true-nature.html https://slate.com/technology/2017/08/the-alt-right-wants-to-build-its-own-internet.html