Google, Microsoft, Anthropic, and OpenAI will support a standard permitting webmasters to opt out of artificial intelligence model training. Digital research access is expanding through an expected DMCA mining exemption, a digitization initiative for The Korea Times Canada, and specialized resources like the ReaderFunded search engine and a massive camera specification database. Privacy and security concerns also escalated as Samsung smart TVs were found capturing audio via connected Bluetooth devices, while regional conflict saw air raid alert systems hacked in both Russia and Ukraine.
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Web publishers are gaining formalized technical mechanisms to prevent AI companies from h…: Web publishers are gaining formalized technical mechanisms to prevent AI companies from harvesting their proprietary content.
Crucial emergency notification infrastructure in both Ukraine and Russia remains highly v…: Crucial emergency notification infrastructure in both Ukraine and Russia remains highly vulnerable to retaliatory wartime cyberattacks.
Expanding legal exemptions and digitization initiatives continue to improve data access f…: Expanding legal exemptions and digitization initiatives continue to improve data access for modern research communities.
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University of Toronto: Sharing Korean Canadian stories far and wide. “As the U of T community continues celebrating Korean Heritage Month, a new digitization project led by the Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library (EAL) will soon expand access to a significant period of Korean Canadian history for university researchers and beyond. The Korea Times Canada is one of Canada’s longest-running Korean-language publications. Founded in 1971, the newspaper covers local news and information for the Korean Canadian community, including reporting on immigration, businesses and organizations, and cultural activities.”
Found in my RSS feeds: ReaderFunded. From the About page: “ReaderFunded is a search engine over the web that its own readers pay for. A site is in the index only when real people fund it directly – a membership, a donation, a paid subscription, a sponsorship – and only when that funding is verified both ways: the site links to its funding page, and the funding page names the site back.” A very interesting idea.
Newsshooter: CameraKit & LensKit now available as a web database with a lot of…
Retailers across seven nations suffered severe food spoilage overnight after hackers manipulated operational controls to spike cooling temperatures up to 50C (122F). European Union officials warned the coordinated disruptions represent targeted efforts to destabilize the region's food supply and erode public confidence. The breach highlights escalating risks to remotely monitored retail infrastructure amid broader security concerns over hybrid warfare in Europe.
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