dryriver writes: In an episode of the BBC’s Tomorrow’s World broadcasted all the way back in 1984, a presenter shows hands-on how a laser hologram of a real-world object can be recorded onto a transparent plastic medium, erased again by heating the plastic with an electric current, and then re-recorded differently. The presenter states that computer scientists are very interested in…
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How unique is Earth?
Scientists studying white dwarf stars have found that some contain traces of rocky debris very similar in composition to rocks found on Earth. The finding suggests that worlds similar to Earth might be common in our Milky Way galaxy. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/earth-not-unique-rocky-debris-white-dwarf-stars…
‘Codes of Conduct: Speech Bans Are Poor Strategy’
Christine Peterson, a long-time futurist who co-founded the nanotech advocacy group the Foresight Institute in 1986 and coined the term “Open Source software” among other things writes: I am currently cited on the home page of the Ethical Source Movement, home of the Ethical Source Definition: “In the twenty years since Christine Peterson first coined the term ‘open source’, our community…
Adobe Is Deactivating All Venezuelan Accounts To Comply With US Sanctions
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: Adobe is shutting down service for users in Venezuela in order to comply with a U.S. executive order issued in August that prohibits trade with the country. The company sent out an email to customers in Venezuela today to let them know their accounts would be deactivated, and posted a support document…
Coursera for Campus: A New Way to Help Universities Everywhere Deliver Job-Relevant Learning
By Jeff Maggioncalda, CEO of Coursera Higher education worldwide is at a historic crossroads. With more than 300 million people entering the workforce in the next 10 years, universities urgently need to augment their capacity to meet the aspirations of a young and growing demographic. Employers rely on universities to provide them with graduates armed […]
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How TikTok Censors Videos That Do Not Please Beijing
According to leaked documents revealed by the Guardian, TikTok instructs its moderators to censor videos that mention Tiananmen Square, Tibetan independence, or the banned religious group Falun Gong. “The documents […] lay out how ByteDance, the Beijing-headquartered technology company that owns TikTok, is advancing Chinese foreign policy aims abroad through the app,” writes Alex Hern for the Guardian. From the report:…