NEW RESOURCES
HRT: Croatian Radio launches free online library of more than 600 radio dramas. “The Audio Library of Documentary and Feature Radio Dramas brings together notable works from Croatian Radio’s rich archive and contemporary production, allowing listeners to access them anytime, free of charge.”
Connecticut Department of Public Health: New Department of Public Health dashboard brings local overdose data to Connecticut communities. “The Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) today launched the Report on Connecticut Unintentional Overdose Deaths. This new online dashboard shows local data on deaths caused by drug overdoses. It is updated each month. People can view data for the state, their town, or their region and see how patterns change over time.”
TWEAKS AND UPDATES
DigitalTrends: Twitch’s new Stream Recap turns missed livestreams into highlight reels you can watch in minutes. “Have you ever missed the chance to watch your favorite streamer going live? This is why Twitch has launched Stream Recaps, a new feature that bundles the best clips from a livestream into one highlight reel. You can now catch key moments in minutes instead of replaying hours of video.”
The Current Georgia: Court lifts block on Georgia law that restricts children’s access to social media. “Georgia can enforce a 2024 state law that seeks to limit social media companies’ access to children under a new ruling by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The Protecting Georgia’s Children on Social Media Act passed the General Assembly with broad bipartisan support, but an organization representing online platforms sued and secured a preliminary injunction last year.”
AROUND THE SEARCH & SOCIAL MEDIA WORLD
PetaPixel: New iPhone Camera App Makes You Wait To See Your Photos. “[Dennis] Berti’s new app, WorthWait Camera, lets users capture 24 or 36 shots per ‘roll,’ then wait 24 hours to see them. It’s designed to recreate the feeling of waiting for photos and not knowing what was captured until the film was developed.”
ZDNet: GridCraft is the open-source Excel clone for Linux I’ve been waiting for. “You might be thinking that this is simply a rebranded MS Excel that runs on top of an interpretation or abstraction layer, but that is not the case. Like the other ArtCraft apps, GridCraft runs natively on whatever OS you are using (Linux, FreeBSD, MacOS, or Windows). And because these apps were written in Rust, they are blazingly fast.”
SECURITY & LEGAL
The Register: Signal bug could keep your mic – and camera – on after hangup. “Make sure you don’t say anything mean or secret after hanging up a call on Signal, as a bug in the encrypted messaging app’s calling library could prevent a call from ending properly, potentially leaving audio and possibly video active.”
Ars Technica: Does opting out of smart TV tracking work? Research finds “suspicious” traffic.. “Smart TVs running operating systems from Samsung, Vizio, and Roku continue sending data to automatic content recognition (ACR) endpoints after users opt out of tracking in the devices’ settings, according to research published on Monday. The paper from Northeastern University researchers points to potential privacy violations from some of the biggest TV brands.”
NiemanLab: When hackers become sources: Inside the new craft of reporting on hacked data. “Reporters covering the invasion of Ukraine have frequently worked with documents pulled from Russian institutions by hackers of different allegiances. Hacktivists have breached surveillance vendors and spyware firms, granting journalists direct and exclusive access to the internal files of companies that sell to repressive governments…. How are journalists responding to these reporting scenarios? For my research, recently published in Journalism Practice, I interviewed 10 journalists across the U.S. and Europe who work or have worked with hacked data.”
RESEARCH & OPINION
Texas A&M: New global database provides a fuller picture of the elements that make up plant life. “[Harrison] Coker and an international team have now helped establish that baseline. In a study and global meta-analysis published in ACS Environmental Au, they compiled measurements from 5,474 plant samples across 73 countries, covering 52 elements, 21 climate classes and 26 soil groups. The resulting global database provides a more comprehensive picture of plant elemental composition, including dozens of elements beyond the familiar nutrients typically associated with plant growth.”
International Food Policy Research Institute: When crises disappear from view: The growing humanitarian data drought. “During a time of growing, compounding risks to the global food system—including ongoing conflicts, the most severe El Niño in decades, and disruptions to global trade—in too many places, humanitarian data are disappearing. Government budget cuts, shrinking development assistance, and competing priorities are eroding key streams of data on food security and a range of related issues. This humanitarian data drought is an emerging challenge that threatens to worsen existing crises and possibly create new ones. It demands action to safeguard critical humanitarian data streams. Without fresh data, people in crisis become harder to see, harder to reach, and all too easy to overlook.”
OTHER THINGS I THINK ARE COOL
Geeks Are Sexy: Deep-Sea Octopus Discovers Laser Pointers, Immediately Gets the Zoomies. “During the E/V Nautilus expedition in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, ROV Hercules spotted a camouflaged octopus on the seafloor that promptly developed a severe case of the zoomies, chasing the ROV’s green scaling lasers across the sand.” Good morning, Internet…
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