Links Feb. 1-9, 2021
Feb. 9, 2021
Maine Startup Aims To Pull Carbon Out Of The Atmosphere By Growing — And Then Sinking — Kelp Farms: mainepublic.org
Coronavirus pandemic leaves China’s over-35s with uncertain job prospects scmp.com
"Four of the top 10 search results for "vaccine" on Facebook-owned Instagram were for anti-vaccination accounts, including "vaccinetruth," "vaccinefreedom," "antivaxxknowthefacts," and "cv19vaccinereactions," according to a series of searches conducted by CNN Business from multiple different Instagram handles beginning two weeks ago." cnn.com 🐤
Virus Variant First Found in Britain Now Spreading Rapidly in U.S.: nytimes.com
"Why aren’t they being fixed? Most of the security teams working at software companies have limited time and resources, she suggests— and if their priorities and incentives are flawed, they only check that they’ve fixed the very specific vulnerability in front of them instead of addressing the bigger problems at the root of many vulnerabilities." technologyreview.com
From Lightbulbs to 5G, China Battles West for Control of Vital Technology Standards: wsj.com
Politicians and prominent intellectuals say social theories from the United States on race, gender and post-colonialism are a threat to French identity and the French republic.: nytimes.com
"The Public Health Emergency Privacy Act introduced by Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Mark Warner, D-Va., and Reps. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., and Suzan DelBene, D-Wash.,—alongside more than 2 dozen other co-sponsors across the Senate and House—marks a deliberate move to improve public trust, while promoting the use of technologies that capture data in conjunction with COVID-19." nextgov.org
"My reactions to the case are mixed. The court makes a number of good points, and it identifies flaws with HHS’s interpretation of HIPAA and with its enforcement approach. But there are parts of the opinion that overreach and that are unrealistic." teachprivacy.com
“Frankly I would have sounded a greater alarm even then, except that I’d taken a lot of beatings on social media,” she explained. news.ucsc.edu
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An AI saw a cropped photo of AOC. It autocompleted her wearing a bikini.: technologyreview.com
OPINION: Don’t Stop at Big Tech—We Need to Bust Big Agriculture, Too: modernfarmer.com
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