Sun.Mar 18, 2018

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No one can pretend Facebook is just harmless fun anymore | Ellie Mae O’Hagan

The Guardian Data Protection

From its stance on extremist content, to its vast caches of user data, Facebook is a corporation whose power must, finally, be reined in The revelation that Cambridge Analytica exploited the data of 50 million Facebook profiles to target American voters is indeed frightening. But Cambridge Analytica shouldn’t act as a diversion from the real bad guy in this story: Facebook.

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Meltdown, Spectre, and the Costs of Unchecked Innovation

WIRED Threat Level

Spectre fixes forced browsers to break the compatibility covenant of the web. Other unchecked technologies could cause even deeper damage.

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Cambridge Analytica and Facebook accused of misleading MPs over data breach

The Guardian Data Protection

Call for Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg to testify before parliamentary committee The head of the parliamentary committee investigating fake news has accused Cambridge Analytica and Facebook of misleading MPs in testimony, after the Observer revealed details of a vast data breach affecting tens of millions of people. After a whistleblower detailed the harvesting of more than 50 million Facebook profiles for Cambridge Analytica, Damian Collins, the chair of the House of Commons culture, media and

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'Digital' confusion, disasters.and opportunities beyond the hype

Collaboration 2.0

The word 'Digital' is a dangerously generic buzzword that few understand or agree on.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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Taking down Gooligan: part 2 — inner workings

Elie

In-depth research publications, industry talks and blog posts about Google security, research at Google and cybersecurity in general in open-access.

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Who governs the Internet?

InfoGovNuggets

ICANN, which oversees domain names on the Internet, keeps track of who owns which website, and until now has made a lot of that information publicly available. In order to comply with new EU privacy rules, ICANN is going to reduce the amount of information available to all but as- yet-to-be-determined accredited group. “Group to Tighten Web Privacy Rules,” The Wall Street Journal, March 16, 2018 B4.

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New SunTrust IT chief weighs open banking, AI, fintech partnerships

Information Management Resources

Banks should adopt a more collaborative process to usher in innovation and refine digital strategy, says SunTrust CIO Scott Case.

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It was nice being #2

InfoGovNuggets

“Nike No. 2 Executive Quits Amid Complaints,” The Wall Street Journal, March 16, 2018 B1. “Nike brand president and a potential successor to [CEO] leaves position after complaints about “inappropriate workplace behavior.” Why am I harping on the numerous resignations and dismissals over allegations of sexual harassment and similar?

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EHR data mining identifies undiagnosed genetic diseases

Information Management Resources

Researchers applied phenotype risk scores to nearly 22,000 genotyped individuals, says Vanderbilt’s Josh Denny, MD.

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How and Why Should You Be Tracking Geopolitical Risk?

Geopolitical risk is now at the top of the agenda for CEOs. But tracking it can be difficult. The world is more interconnected than ever, whether in terms of economics and supply chains or technology and communication. Geopolitically, however, it is becoming increasingly fragmented – threatening the operations, financial well-being, and security of globally connected companies.