Saturday, June 18, 2022

Interesting that some crime still depends on ‘gangs’ at some point in the cycle. Should we call this “e-Fencing?”

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/17/the-fight-against-stolen-products-on-amazon-and-facebook-marketplace.html

Stolen goods sold on Amazon, eBay and Facebook are causing havoc for major retailers

Over the past year, large-scale robberies have swept through stores like Louis Vuitton in San Francisco’s Union Square and a nearby Nordstrom, which was robbed by 80 people.

Law enforcement and retailers have warned the public that this isn’t traditional shoplifting. Rather, what they’re seeing is theft organized by criminal networks.

And there’s a reason it’s on the rise.

What fuels this as an enterprise is the ease of reselling stolen merchandise on online marketplaces,” said Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, who convened a national task force of state attorneys to make it easier to investigate across state lines. “It’s no longer the age where it’s done at flea markets or in the alley or in parking lots.”





Ethics, from as many perspectives as I can find.

https://www.bowdoin.edu/news/2022/06/bowdoin-selected-for-national-initiative-on-ai-ethics.html

Bowdoin Selected for National Initiative on AI Ethics

Sponsored by Google and the National Humanities Center (NHC), the Responsible Artificial Intelligence Curriculum Design Project grew out of mounting concern among academics over the extent to which AI permeates many aspects of our lives and the ethical questions raised by the implications of this. Representatives from fifteen universities and colleges, including Bowdoin, will partner with the NHC to develop undergraduate courses to examine the issue from a number of different angles.

One example of this kind of work that’s already underway is the Computing Ethics Narratives, another national initiative involving Bowdoin faculty aimed at integrating ethics into undergraduate computer science curricula at American colleges and universities.





Tools & Techniques.

https://www.makeuseof.com/free-excel-training-sites-and-courses/

5 Free Excel Training Sites and Courses to Become a Spreadsheet Master



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