WIRED
The Value and Ethics of Using Phone Data to Monitor Covid-19
3 min · · Google and Facebook are discussing plans with the White House to share collective data on people's movements during the coronavirus pandemic. · Shared by 78, including Backchannel, Thomas Power, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, John Nosta, Bjorn Larsen, Marc R Gagné MAPP
VICE
Zoom iOS App Sends Data to Facebook Even if You Don’t Have a Facebook Account
· Zoom's privacy policy isn't explicit about the data transfer to Facebook at all. · Shared by 363, including DHH, Swizec Teller writing a book on software rewrites, @kevinctofel@hachyderm.io 🇺🇦, Neira Jones, Molly Wood, IamNomad, OM, Stever Robbins @stever@newsie.social, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Aamir Raz, R.NFT R “Ray” Wang 王瑞光 #1A #AI, Steve Tendon, Martin Steiger 🦈, Aron Pilhofer (now here journa.host/@pilhofer), Jane, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Ethan Marcotte, Niklaus Gerber, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Audrey Watters
Aeon+Psyche
Talent, you’re born with. Creativity, you can grow yourself
5 min · · Some are born great. And some can achieve greatness by nurturing their creative brain with flexible and persistent thinking · Shared by 132, including Anita Leirfall, 🧠 Larry G. Maguire, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Gabriele, Maurizio Tondolo, Katja Evertz
The Correspondent
Algorithms that run our lives are racist and sexist. Meet the women trying to fix them
17+ min · · From insurance payments to courtroom sentencing, AI makes increasingly complex decisions about our lives. And our belief that data is neutral allows algorithms to get away with murder. The fight back… · Shared by 86, including ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Nige Roberts-Willson, Rob Wijnberg
centerforhealthsecurity.org
The Event 201 scenario | A pandemic tabletop exercise
1 min · · Event 201 simulates an outbreak of a novel zoonotic coronavirus transmitted from bats to pigs to people that eventually becomes efficiently transmissible from person to person, leading to a severe… · Shared by 9, including Charlie O'Keefe @charlieok@hachyderm.io, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN
EFF
What You Should Know About Online Tools During the COVID-19 Crisis
4 min · · A greater portion of the world’s work, organizing, and care-giving is moving onto digital platforms and tools that facilitate connection and productivity: video conferencing, messaging apps,… · Shared by 184, including Fern, Marc R Gagné MAPP, Niklaus Gerber, Prof. Arun Kumar वाघचौरे, Dr. Janet D. Stemwedel, PhD 🏳️🌈, Ben Lorica 罗瑞卡, trudy, Dan Gillmor is at mastodon.social/@dangillmor, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Jon Keegan 🇺🇦, Alain
ncov2019.live
Coronavirus Dashboard
· Live coronavirus dashboard tracker. See data, maps, social media trends, and learn about prevention measures. · Shared by 244, including Mathew Ingram, Christian Müller, Scott Monty, Matthias Lampe, Klaus Eck, Rick Powell, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Noah Smith, Bill Johnston, Danielle Fong 🙋🏻♀️, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Eszter Hargittai 😷💉🌻, Randy Olson, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr
The New York Times
The Wing Is a Women’s Utopia. Unless You Work There.
20+ min · · The social club’s employees have a story to tell about the company that sold the world Instagram-ready feminism. · Shared by 169, including Nilofer Merchant, Cameron Yick ~ @hydrosquall@vis.social on mastodon, Bri Kimmel, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Kelly Hoey, Paddy Johnson
The New Yorker
Fiona Apple’s Art of Radical Sensitivity
5 min · · For years, the elusive singer-songwriter has been working, at home, on an album with a strikingly raw and percussive sound. But is she prepared to release it into the world? · Shared by 118, including ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Mathew Ingram, Alex B., Alison Willmore / alisonwillmore.bsky.social, ruhee s, Eve Livingston, Gabriele
apple.com
Apple’s WWDC 2020 kicks off in June with an all-new online format
2 min · · Apple today announced it will host its 31st annual Worldwide Developers Conference in June. · Shared by 97, including Rene Ritchie, John Sundell, Victor Lee, Sameer Patel, Thomas Power, ericasadun, DHH, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Thomas Byttebier, Helmi, Niklaus Gerber, Steve Streza 🏳️🌈
Mashable
Zoom is a work-from-home privacy disaster waiting to happen
3 min · · The videoconferencing service is a privacy minefield. · Shared by 248, including mrbrown, Neira Jones, Stefan Diepolder, Marc R Gagné MAPP, Marsha Collier, Desmond Williams, Faik Ersoy, Oliver Raduner, Rifki Caesar Novaldin, Tris Hussey, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Daniel Schwarz, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN
McKinsey & Company
COVID-19: Implications for business
2 min · · The COVID-19 outbreak is a human tragedy and has a growing impact on the global economy. This is McKinsey's evolving take on coronavirus' business implications. · Shared by 251, including Dave Kellogg, Nilofer Merchant, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, James Gingerich #B2B #Technology #Influencer, Marco Unternaehrer, Carla Gentry 🎶, 💥 Katie Martell, PTC, Michelle Tandler, Dr. Simon A. Rego, Jonathan Kogan, Benedict Evans, Bill Johnston, @augieray@mastodon.social, Oliver Bussmann, #DigitalHealth Futurist 👨💻, Bertrand Maltaverne, Claudia Sommer, Gerd Leonhard, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer
Travel + Leisure
Stuck at Home? These 12 Famous Museums Offer Virtual Tours You Can Take on Your Couch
3 min · · Going into a self-quarantine can have many complex issues and complications beyond having enough food and supplies for two weeks. In terms of entertainment, it… · Shared by 683, including Peter Smith, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 wesfryer.com/after, Joanna (J.F.) Penn, John Nosta, Jennifer Ouellette, Emmy van Deurzen☀️🌍 🌻🌹🌳🇪🇺🇫🇷🇳🇱🇬🇧🇺🇸⭐️, Guggenheim Museum, Danielle Fong 🙋🏻♀️, Elinor Stutz, 𝙎𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙯 💡, Artnome, Dr Jim Walsh, What's Trending, Massimo Pigliucci, AIGA, PTC, Thomas Power, 🌻 Laura Fitton (she/her) 🌻, Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine, Brooks Rainwater
OneZero
The Simplest Way to Spot Coronavirus Misinformation on Social Media
10 min · · A digital literacy expert shares his method · Shared by 99, including ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Mark Little, Mark Kaigwa, Fern, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 wesfryer.com/after, John O'Farrell, Liv 😷, Bethany Brookshire, Jane, Christina, Bjorn Larsen, Mathew Ingram
The New York Times
He Has 17,700 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer and Nowhere to Sell Them
12+ min · · Amazon cracked down on coronavirus price gouging. Now, while the rest of the world searches, some sellers are holding stockpiles of sanitizer and masks. · Shared by 622, including Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, Kara Swisher, George J Huba PhD, Alice Wong 王美華, Rene Ritchie, Mona Chalabi, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, Guy Kawasaki, Amber Naslund 🦥, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Daniel Pink, Ted Coiné, Ken Kaminesky 🇺🇦, Antonio Vieira Santos, Marsha Collier, Mathew Ingram, hardmaru, Christoph Trappe, Behavioral Finance, Josh Elman
VICE
This Small Company Is Turning Utah Into a Surveillance Panopticon
20+ min · · Banjo is applying artificial intelligence to government-owned surveillance and traffic cameras across the entire state of Utah to tell police about "anomalies." · Shared by 190, including Dan Gillmor is at mastodon.social/@dangillmor, Luca Like, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, Joanna J Bryson, LoriBeth, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Yves Mulkers