https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/why-is-the-us-so-susceptible-to-social-media-distortion
Category: News
News and interesting articles
We often think of digital as “permanent”, but is it really? What about my VHS tapes? https://xkcd.com/1909/
I feel like I always post dire warnings, so here is something great that people are doing with robots: https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/iros-2017-honda-unveils-prototype-e2dr-disaster-response-robot
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/608871/finally-a-driverless-car-with-some-common-sense
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