Mitch Betts
@mitchbetts
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Retired journalist. Looking forward, and looking back.
Maryland, USA
Joined January 2009
TIL that IDK is from 1918.
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RT @BLaw: The title of chief privacy officer is fading away, signaling that privacy may not be as important to the C-suite as it once was e….
news.bloomberglaw.com
The title of chief privacy officer is fading away, signaling that privacy may not be as important to the C-suite as it once was even as new laws proliferate and regulators keep watch.
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RT @WebDesignMuseum: Happy 28th Birthday Internet Archive! . On May 12, 1996, Brewster Kahle founded a non-profit organization called the….
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RT @JonErlichman: On this day in 1989: Tim Berners-Lee submitted his proposal for the World Wide Web. His boss called it “vague, but excit….
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RT @knash99: Hackers are targeting the machinery that powers factories, water plants and electric grids more than ever. .
wsj.com
Ransomware attacks against manufacturers, utilities and other industrial companies were up 50% last year.
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Back in the 1980s, I covered the field of "expert systems," a subset of #AI. It faded. Now, today, researchers suggest adding a dash of human expertise to machine learning systems for better AI results.
newswise.com
Input from humans helps when deciding whether to trust the recommendations and decisions of a machine-learning system.
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RT @libshipwreck: The question to ask is not if someone is optimistic or pessimistic about technology, the question to ask is if they are o….
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Now the robots say they need faster Internet. #logistics #robots.
wsj.com
Logistics companies say the latest automation technology demands new investment to keep the machines on track and goods moving.
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One of the more extraordinary charts I've been able to build* . Thanks to LEDs, US households now use less energy for lighting than for refrigeration. Or, drying clothes. *(because of the data, not because of me)
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Companies struggle to deploy AI. Big problem: Disorganized data. #datamanagement
axios.com
Behind the hype lie major early hurdles.
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“Other Countries Have Social Safety Nets. The U.S. Has Women.” << great, pithy quote, unfortunately via @Pocket.
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Study: The chance of a data breach more than doubles for hospitals when they're in the midst of a merger. #CyberSecurity cc: @knash99.
news.utdallas.edu
The period during and after hospital mergers and acquisitions is an especially vulnerable time for patient data when the chance of a cybersecurity breach more than doubles, according to research by a...
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The slow death of Internet cafes, where you could sip the ‘Net in 15-minute increments, pay as you go.
restofworld.org
For a quarter century, internet cafes connected the world. Now they’re vanishing into history.
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Fewer births could lead to a decrease in major state revenue streams, including taxes and federal funds, mirroring a smaller labor force, according to an analysis from @PewStates.
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The Justice Department is turning to big data to spot corporate crime. “You’re seeing an increased focus on emerging technology broadly,” its departing criminal division chief says
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Apple seeks patent for a roll-up iPhone.
futurism.com
The Apple patent, published by the Patent Office last week, includes concepts for rollable screens that could be used on iPhones and iPads.
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College graduates are working from home much more than before the pandemic, freeing up time for other activities, including active engagement with children, from Benjamin W. Cowan
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