People systematically underestimate how frequently their conversation partners think of them.
‘The Billion Dollar Code’: A David vs Goliath Battle That Shows the Tech World’s Evil Side The Wire
Bitcoin is largely controlled by a small group of investors and miners, study finds TechSpot
Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity reports busiest year in its 15-year history
‘We Are In An Exciting New ‘Era Of Hyper-Innovation’ Forbes
SHOCKING NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF SCIENCE: Study: People in U.S. far less active now than in pre-Industrial Revolution 1820.
Does the internet make us overestimate our own knowledge?
Who pays sin taxes?
Damning internal documents about the damage done by Facebook are now in the hands of at least 17 major news outlets.
How Facebook News Feed Works: Study
Source: Gizmodo
https://gizmodo.com/your-facebook-news-feed-sucks-because-thats-how-adverti-1847885252
Only Facebook knows the secret sauce underlying its News Feed’s ranking algorithm—but new research may explain the source of the problems.At a time when American’s trust in the news media is plummeting to record lows, one recent Pew poll reported that about a third of U.S. adults say they regularly get their news fix from Facebook’s feeds—even if their own trust in Facebook itself is plummeting to new lows for, oh, whatever reason. Needless to say, the News Feed is a hugely consequential space that carries enormous sway in the lives of countless people scrolling through it every day.
Investigating Cybercrime and the Dark Web
Source: Global Investigative Journalism Networks
https://gijn.org/2021/10/18/investigating-cybercrime-and-the-dark-web/
Cybercrime is any criminal activity perpetrated in a digital realm. While we often think of cybercrime as defined by “hacking,” which in this context refers to unauthorized entry into a digital environment, there are many other types of crimes, including physical crimes, that extend into this world.Everything from trafficking in child pornography, to a bank insider changing a customer’s ATM information and withdrawing illicit funds, to the theft of source code, falls into the category of “cyber” crimes. Cybercrime, when perpetrated successfully, often reveals the exploitation of legal privacy violations – for instance, when a company has improperly encrypted personal information and that data is stolen, this would constitute a violation of consumer privacy by the company, and a cybercrime by the individuals who stole the data.
Hint: It may influence your vote in next year’s midterms.