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kim_harding, 42 minutes ago to random

Give Cycle Space campaign
https://cycling.scot/what-we-do/campaigns/give-cycle-space
Every week, four people in Scotland suffer serious injuries from vehicle collisions while cycling, and fear of road traffic is the biggest barrier to more people cycling.

The Give Cycle Space campaign, which runs across television, radio, online and outdoor advertising during May, is for everyone who drives, reminding them why we need to follow the rules of the road and drive safely around people cycling.

kim_harding, 48 minutes ago to random

For World Bicycle Day 2024 [3rd June]
https://cykelcentrum.vti.se/larande---kunskapsbibliotek/webbinarier/world-bicycle-day-2024
From theory to practice: planning for human-scale mobility

kim_harding, 1 hour ago to random

130-year-old bicycle vs brand-new modern bike https://peertube.tv/w/3RZJpkXPdtaK4NUpWCFenR

kim_harding, 1 hour ago to random

Dell warns of “incident” that may have leaked customers’ personal info
https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/05/dell-warns-of-incident-that-may-have-leaked-customers-personal-info/
Notification follows claim of compromised database with 49M Dell customers' data

kim_harding, 2 hours ago to random

Amazingly Detailed Images Reveal a Single Cubic Millimeter of Human Brain in 3D https://www.sciencealert.com/amazingly-detailed-images-reveal-a-single-cubic-millimeter-of-human-brain-in-3d

kim_harding, 2 hours ago to cycling

The cycling poetry show is coming to Edinburgh Festival or Cycling!
Fri 7th June 2024. 7pm-8pm. £11/£9
Tix: https://edfoc.org.uk/events/versecycle/
#edfoc #edfoc2024 #womenscycling #cycling #carolineburrows #cyclepoet
@edfoc
#poetryevent #Edinburgh

kim_harding, 4 hours ago to random

The Breach of a Face Recognition Firm Reveals a Hidden Danger of Biometrics
https://www.wired.com/story/outabox-facial-recognition-breach/
Outabox, an Australian firm that scanned faces for bars and clubs, suffered a breach that shows the problems with giving companies your biometric data.

kim_harding, 4 hours ago to random

Tougher rules for sellers of internet-enabled devices in the UK https://www.bbc.com/news/business-68917837 Manufacturers will have to follow stricter rules if they want to sell "smart" gadgets in the UK after a new law came into effect.

It is designed to ensure there is better security around devices such as baby monitors, televisions and speakers that are linked to the internet.

kim_harding, 5 hours ago to random

Options: What is the "Correct" Speed Limit? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRbnBc-97Ps

30Km/h or less

kim_harding, 6 hours ago to random

How Bad Is A.I. for the Climate?
Tech giants https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/06/business/dealbook/ai-power-energy-climate.htmlare building power-hungry data centres to run their artificial intelligence tools. The costs of that demand surge are becoming clearer.

Now can we have articles asking "How bad are e-cars for the climate?" there are a lot of heads in the sand on that one...

kim_harding, 6 hours ago to random

TunnelVision: ExpressVPN’s statement and assessment of the technique
https://www.expressvpn.com/blog/tunnelvision-expressvpns-statement-and-assessment-of-the-technique/
After a thorough evaluation, ExpressVPN states that the technique described in the paper has minimal impact on its users

kim_harding, 7 hours ago to random

Revised TEN-T objectives and priorities for the first time include cycling and active mobility https://ecf.com/news-and-events/news/revised-ten-t-objectives-and-priorities-first-time-include-cycling-and-active

kim_harding, 8 hours ago to random

Stack Overflow bans users en masse for rebelling against OpenAI partnership — users banned for deleting answers to prevent them being used to train ChatGPT https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/stack-overflow-bans-users-en-masse-for-rebelling-against-openai-partnership-users-banned-for-deleting-answers-to-prevent-them-being-used-to-train-chatgpt

kim_harding, 8 hours ago to random

ProPublica Wins Pulitzer Prize for Supreme Court Coverage https://www.propublica.org/article/pulitzer-prize-announcement-propublica-supreme-court
For what the judges described as “groundbreaking and ambitious reporting that pierced the thick wall of secrecy surrounding the Supreme Court to reveal how a small group of politically influential billionaires wooed justices with lavish gifts and travel, pushing the Court to adopt its first code of conduct.”

It is the seventh Pulitzer Prize for ProPublica.

kim_harding, 8 hours ago to random

Far right ‘terrorist’ and ‘racist’ posts broke rules, election watchdog staff claimed https://theferret.scot/far-right-terrorist-racist-rules-election-watchdog Election watchdog staff accused senior figures in the far right Homeland party of breaking their own code of conduct by sharing “terrorist literature” and “antisemitic and racist” content, @theferret can reveal.

kim_harding, 8 hours ago to random

What has happened and where we've come: A short history of DRM https://www.defectivebydesign.org/blog/what_has_happened_and_where_weve_come_short_history_drm

kim_harding, 8 hours ago to random

Update Social Cycling Project Rwanda (7th of May)
https://www.artisticcycling-freestyle.com/post/update-social-cycling-project-rwanda-7th-of-may
The Social Cycling Project in Rwanda has now been officially announced for 2 weeks and is progressing successfully.

kim_harding, 9 hours ago to random

Edinburgh University denies surveillance claims by student protestors
https://theferret.scot/edinburgh-university-denies-surveillance-claims
Security staff at Edinburgh University have been accused of “intimidating” student protestors by threatening to use Wi-Fi data to identify them and “damage their careers”.

kim_harding, 12 hours ago to random

Big brains divided over training AI with more AI: Is model collapse inevitable?
https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/09/ai_model_collapse/
Gosh, here's us thinking recursion was a solved problem

kim_harding, 22 hours ago to random

How rich is too rich?
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01276-1
Where should society draw the line on extreme wealth? A fresh account sets out the logic and suggests how to redress inequality.

kim_harding, 22 hours ago to random

Hacking the immune system could slow ageing — here’s how
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01274-3
Our immune system falters over time, which could explain the negative effects of ageing

kim_harding, 22 hours ago to random

We need more-nuanced approaches to exploring sex and gender in research
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01204-3
Some scientists are reluctant to investigate questions about sex and gender, particularly given today’s sociopolitical tensions around gender identity. But they should lean in and embrace the complexity.

kim_harding, 23 hours ago to random

Mastodon delays firm fix for link previews DDoSing sites
https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/06/mastodon_delays_fix_ddos/
Decentralization is great until everyone wants to grab data from your web server

kim_harding, 23 hours ago to random

Meta, Spotify break Apple's device fingerprinting rules – new claim
https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/07/apple_fingerprinting_rules/
And the iOS titan doesn't seem that bothered with data leaking out

kim_harding, 23 hours ago to random

UK opens investigation of MoD payroll contractor after confirming attack
https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/08/uk_opens_investigation_into_contractor
China vehemently denies involvement