Just saying…
How To Make Sure Your Phone Isn’t Keeping Recordings of Everything You Say
Gizmodo: “Even the biggest tech companies continue to stumble when it comes to keeping user data protected, and that extends to giving us control over how voice command requests we make to our digital assistants are logged and processed. So we thought it was worth revisiting which key settings you need to know about on Android and iOS. We’re talking about the three major digital assistants here: Google Assistant (on Android and iOS), Siri (on iOS), and Amazon Alexa (on Android and iOS). In terms of Android we’ll guide you through the steps for the latest version running on Google Pixel devices—the process on your phone may differ slightly, but the options shouldn’t be too hard to find…”
Never ask a lawyer for a legal opinion? Surely they don’t do this with every email?
Justice Department accuses Google of hiding business communications
The Justice Department has asked the judge overseeing its antitrust case against Google to sanction the company for allegedly training employees to "camouflage" business documents from being revealed by legal disputes, per a brief filed Monday.
Driving the news: The DOJ writes in its brief that Google teaches employees to request advice from counsel around sensitive business communications, thereby shielding documents from discovery in legal situations.
Once counsel is involved, the company can treat the documents as protected under attorney-client privilege.
From obscurity…
What Can Leaders Learn from Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy?
While his country is in crisis, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is emerging as a masterful communicator and charismatic leader whose management style is reminiscent of some of the greatest statesmen in history, according to Wharton management professor emeritus Michael Useem.
Watching Zelenskyy receive a standing ovation after addressing the U.S. Congress from his presidential bunker last week, Useem couldn’t help but compare him with Franklin D. Roosevelt speaking to the same body after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and Winston Churchill delivering his rousing war speech to the House of Commons.
“I think the phrase ‘leadership presence’ sums up what we saw,” said Useem, who is director for Wharton’s Center for Leadership and Change Management. “He’s not just there to appear, he’s not just there to show the flag. He’s there to make a case. I think Zelenskyy has proven a master of this moment in ways that we rarely see.”
Not a bad idea…
https://hbr.org/2022/03/ethics-and-ai-3-conversations-companies-need-to-be-having
Ethics and AI: 3 Conversations Companies Need to Have
While concerns about AI and ethical violations have become common in companies, turning these anxieties into actionable conversations can be tough. With the complexities of machine learning, ethics, and of their points of intersection, there are no quick fixes, and conversations around these issues can feel nebulous and abstract. Getting to the desired outcomes requires learning to talk about these issues differently. First, companies must decide who needs to be part of these conversations. Then, they should: 1) define their organization’s ethical standards for AI, 2) identify the gaps between where you are now and what your standards call for, and 3) understand the complex sources of the problems and operationalize solutions.
,,,and why are they selling for millions? (Still confused)
https://www.bespacific.com/what-are-nfts-2/
What are NFTs?
“OK, I know NFT stands for nonfungible token. But what does it actually mean? Let’s start with the words themselves. In economics, “fungible” is a term used for things that can be exchanged for other things of exactly the same kind. The U.S. dollar is fungible, because you and a friend can trade $1 bills, and each of you will still have the exact same spending power. Most cryptocurrencies are fungible, too — a Bitcoin is a Bitcoin, and it doesn’t really matter which Bitcoin you have. But most objects in the physical world, such as cars and houses, are nonfungible — meaning they have unique qualities, and you can’t just exchange them for others of the same type. (You might be willing to swap your 2020 Honda Civic for another 2020 Honda Civic, but the cars wouldn’t be exactly the same, and you’d want to know what condition the other car was in before you’d agree to the trade.) Tokens, in crypto speak, are units of value stored on a blockchain. Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ether and Dogecoin are tokens, but not all tokens are meant to be used as money. Tokens can be attached to tangible goods — Nike, for example, is experimenting with crypto tokens that are linked to the ownership of physical shoes — but they can also represent intangible goods, like access to a private chat room or storage space on a cloud server.
This is part of “The Latecomer’s Guide to Crypto,” a mega-F.A.Q. about cryptocurrency and its offshoots. Kevin Roose, a Times technology columnist, is answering some of the most frequently asked questions he gets about DAOs, DeFi, web3 and other crypto concepts.”
An interesting list, for your spare time. (Yes, I’m a sci-fi nut.)
https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/g39358054/best-sci-fi-books/
The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time
… Choosing the fifty best science fiction books of all time wasn’t easy, so to get the job done, we had to establish some guardrails. Though we assessed single installments as representatives of their series, we limited the list to one book per author. We also emphasized books that brought something new and innovative to the genre; to borrow a great sci-fi turn of phrase, books that “boldly go where no one has gone before.”
Now, in ranked order, here are the best science fiction books of all time.
Tools & Techniques.
https://www.makeuseof.com/tools-annotate-highlight-web-pages-research-study/
5 Best Tools to Annotate and Highlight Web Pages for Research and Study
These free tools let you annotate or highlight any part of a web page to share it with others or use as reference for your research.
… All the apps in the article have a highlight marker (often with different colors) and a way to write sticky notes or comments anywhere on the page. Both features are excellent when you want to add notes for research and study, whether for your personal needs or friends. Beyond that, a few small features make each tool better for different needs.
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