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How can smaller newsrooms take on big projects? Look to the Portland Press Herald by https://is.gd/2bfRng
The Portland (Maine) Press Herald is not the first local news organization to do a big project on the heroin epidemic. Last year, the Palm Beach Post documented more than 200 deaths in 2015. The Cincinnati Enquirer has a reporter dedicated to covering the heroin epidemic.
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Narro Reading of Combating Fake News: An Agenda for Research and Action
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Conference held February 17–18, 2017 Organized by Matthew Baum, David Lazer, and Nicco Mele Sponsored by Final report written by David Lazer †‡, Matthew Baum ‡, Nir Grinberg †‡, Lisa Friedland †‡, Kenneth Joseph†‡, Will Hobbs…
‘Do’s and Don’ts’ for Dealing with Regulators by https://is.gd/UBjXxg
When covered entities and business associates are faced with a data breach investigation or compliance audit by federal regulators, there are a number of moves they should and shouldn’t make, says attorney Marti Arvin of security consulting firm Cynergistek.
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This tool, made by college students, will save you all that time you spend transcribing by https://is.gd/jmkQCN
I’m taking notes. I’m going to figure out how to fix all of these things. But, no. One thing that I’ve always hated the most is when I’m like, I’m going to be so accurate, I’m going to use a recorder this time and get everything perfect. And then I’ve got to sit there and transcribe it.
It’s such a waste of time because you don’t even use most of the interview, right? So two guys from Dublin City University actually reached out to me a week ago and shared a tool they made for automatic transcription. It’s called Scribe.
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ffVC and NYU are mixing researchers with investors in the name of machine intelligence by https://is.gd/g0abmw
The timing was perfect. Just as startups were settling into NYU and ffVC’s new brains-meet-money accelerator, “AI Nexus Lab,” Uber acquired Geometric Intelligence. In a stroke of luck, the startup that would become Uber’s AI lab happened to have been raised by NYU Tandon’s Data Future Labs. Uber’s interest in Geometric helped solidify New York’s place in the minds of machine intelligence wonks and brought investor attention to other startups affiliated with the school.
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GE’s $30 Million Streetlamp Upgrade Illuminates The Rewards And Risks Of Smart Cities by https://is.gd/bwMIXy
Thousands of new “smart” streetlights to be rolled out across the city of San Diego will be connected to a city-wide network, allowing officials to adjust their brightness and detect outages from afar.
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Narro Reading of Why the Largest Companies in the World Count on Linux Servers
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Linux started its life in the data center as a cheaper alternative to UNIX. At the time, UNIX operating systems ruled the industry and for good reason. They were performant, fault tolerant and extremely stable. They also were very expensive and ran on very proprietary hardware.
OTT Messaging Users to Hit 4.2bn by 2021 by https://is.gd/VrV2Mr

Messaging applications, such as WhatsApp and Snapchat, will grow their user base from 2.3 billion unique users in 2016 to 4.2 billion by 2021 according to a study from Juniper. This represents growth of more than 12 per cent.
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108## “Fakers, Haters and Sharers: The Urgency of Social Media Literacy.” by https://is.gd/LKxDwF
First CI forum on “Fakers, Haters and Sharers : The Urgency of Social Media Literacy.
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