April 30, 2019 / Last updated : April 30, 2019 ResearchBuzz Research & Opinion

Washington State University: Amid genomic data explosion, scientists find proliferating errors

Washington State University: Amid genomic data explosion, scientists find proliferating errors. “Washington State University researchers found a troubling number of errors in publicly available genomic data as they conducted a large-scale analysis of protein sequences. The work, published in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology, the world’s most cited microbiology journal, could have important implications for […]
April 30, 2019 / Last updated : April 30, 2019 ResearchBuzz Security & Legal Issues

Boing Boing: Jimmy Fallon played a video game on air, meaning that streaming your own game gets you taken down as a pirate, thanks to NBC

Boing Boing: Jimmy Fallon played a video game on air, meaning that streaming your own game gets you taken down as a pirate, thanks to NBC. “NBC (and the other broadcasters) provides copies of its shows to Youtube’s Content ID filter, which is supposed to protect copyright by blocking uploads of videos that match ones […]
April 30, 2019 / Last updated : April 30, 2019 ResearchBuzz New Resources

Business Wire: Pantene Launches S.H.E. – Search. Human. Equalizer. – to Shine a Light on Bias in Search (PRESS RELEASE)

Business Wire via AP: Pantene Launches S.H.E. – Search. Human. Equalizer. – to Shine a Light on Bias in Search (PRESS RELEASE). “S.H.E. is a search tool that shows us what a more equal world could look like by removing the bias in search. Available via Chrome extension, S.H.E. operates on the search back end […]
April 30, 2019 / Last updated : April 30, 2019 ResearchBuzz Tweaks & Updates

The Verge: A new startup helps podcasts get promoted on other podcasts

The Verge: A new startup helps podcasts get promoted on other podcasts. “Podcast startup RedCircle is officially launching today with a focus on helping small shows grow. Its first step is releasing a feature that assists podcasters in setting up cross-promotions with other podcasters, agreements in which two shows promote each other. It promises there’s […]
April 30, 2019 / Last updated : April 30, 2019 ResearchBuzz Around the Search & Social Media World

University of Hawai’i: UH Mānoa oral history project preserves Waialua’s past

University of Hawai’i: UH Mānoa oral history project preserves Waialua’s past. “University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa students are preserving the history of the North Shore communities of Waialua and Haleʻiwa by interviewing kūpuna (grandparents, elders) from those areas. The three-credit, spring semester course offered by the UH Mānoa departments of anthropology and ethnic studies is […]
April 30, 2019 / Last updated : April 30, 2019 ResearchBuzz Security & Legal Issues

The ChronicleHerald: Federal Court sidesteps constitutional questions — for now — in Google ‘right to be forgotten’ case

The ChronicleHerald: Federal Court sidesteps constitutional questions — for now — in Google ‘right to be forgotten’ case. “Google LLC was handed a setback this month in a case over the so-called ‘right to be forgotten’ when a Federal Court adjudicator ruled that it won’t delve into the thorny constitutional questions wrapped up in the […]
April 30, 2019 / Last updated : April 30, 2019 ResearchBuzz Security & Legal Issues

TechCrunch: NSA says warrantless searches of Americans’ data rose in 2018

TechCrunch: NSA says warrantless searches of Americans’ data rose in 2018. “The intelligence community’s annual transparency report revealed a spike in the number of warrantless searches of Americans’ data in 2018. The data, published Tuesday by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), revealed a 28 percent rise in the number of targeted […]
April 30, 2019 / Last updated : April 30, 2019 ResearchBuzz Security & Legal Issues

Techdirt: Texas Senator Pushing A Bill That Would Allow The State To Sue Twitter For Banning Conservatives

Techdirt: Texas Senator Pushing A Bill That Would Allow The State To Sue Twitter For Banning Conservatives. “…a member of the Texas Senate has decided he’s going to force social media platforms to be neutral. Bryan Hughes has crafted a bill that would allow the state’s attorney general to sue Twitter, etc. for booting people […]
April 30, 2019 / Last updated : April 30, 2019 ResearchBuzz Tweaks & Updates

CNN: Facebook debuts privacy features as it looks to move past ‘old issues’

CNN: Facebook debuts privacy features as it looks to move past ‘old issues’. “[Mark Zuckerberg] outlined six principals he said the company is focusing on going forward: private interactions, encryption, reduced permanence (meaning content and messages that disappear), safety, interoperability (being able to communicate across the company’s different networks and platforms), and secure data storage […]
April 30, 2019 / Last updated : April 30, 2019 ResearchBuzz Around the Search & Social Media World

Abacus: Chinese companies are making their employees post ads for them

Abacus: Chinese companies are making their employees post ads for them. “Whether it’s Facebook or Twitter, many of us consider social platforms a place to share our curated personal thoughts. In China, though, people are finding it increasingly difficult to keep work from seeping into their private life online. Workers have been taking to the […]
April 30, 2019 / Last updated : April 30, 2019 ResearchBuzz Tweaks & Updates

Mashable: ‘Game of Thrones’ sets new record by conquering your Twitter feed

Mashable: ‘Game of Thrones’ sets new record by conquering your Twitter feed . “Twitter was ablaze Sunday following the night’s episode of HBO’s Game of Thrones, with show-related content practically everywhere you looked. According to Twitter, the social media love fest was even more intense than usual — setting a new tweet record.”