Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
How Ukraine’s IT Army is Using Clearview AI’s Face-Scanning Software
Ukrainian officials “have run more than 8,600 facial recognition searches on dead or captured Russian soldiers in the 50 days since Moscow’s invasion began, using the scans to identify bodies and contact hundreds of their families,” reports the Washington Post. Ukraine’s IT Army (taking direction from Ukraine’s government) “says it Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc)
Bill Gates Urges Investing in Faster Development for Life-Saving Drugs
The Covid-19 pandemic “would look very different if scientists had been able to develop a treatment sooner,” writes Bill Gates, in a guest essay Friday in the New York Times. This ultimately would’ve reduced fatalities — “and it may have been harder for myths and misinformation to spread the way Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) The Planet (on, and off)
Radioactive ‘Souvenirs’ from Chernobyl May Have Been Taken by Looting Russian Soldiers
Earlier this week the Voice of America news service shared a story that begins with exclusive photos from a nuclear lab “from which a Ukrainian official says Russian troops stole radioactive material that could be harmful if mishandled….” It is housed in a building run by a state agency managing Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
Is Windows 11 Less Popular Than Windows XP?
“A new survey claims Windows 11 adoption is so low it’s actually less popular than the 20-year-old Windows XP,” reports PC Magazine: The survey comes from an IT management provider called Lansweeper. Through its own software products, the company scanned 10 million Windows devices this month to determine which OS Read more…