Donald Glover Interviews Donald Glover

“I mean farming everything. Talent, ideas, moments. You ever heard of Bauhaus?” [Link]

Web scraping is legal, US appeals court reaffirms

“In its ruling, the Supreme Court narrowed what constitutes a violation of the CFAA as those who gain unauthorized access to a computer system — rather than a broader interpretation of exceeding existing authorization, which the court argued could have attached criminal penalties to “a breathtaking amount of commonplace computer activity.

Rise of women in tech leadership

“Women in tech are gaining ground as the technology industry—or at least its largest players—makes slow but steady progress in shrinking its gender gap, and women in tech leadership are making the fastest advances.” Lots of work still to do, but good! [Link]

Jeff Bezos is worth $160bn – yet Congress might bail out his space company

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White newspaper, Black city

“After years of sluggish progress, there’s something to be said about how journalists are growing more willing to publicly air the dirty laundry of their own publications in the name of making them better. While new journalism organizations are radically redefining what it means to reflect the communities they

Lyft asked if this driver needed help. He was already dying.

“Lyft says it’s worked hard to develop security features to keep drivers safe. In addition to the texts the company sends, Lyft also has 24/7 safety teams and partners with ADT, so drivers can use the Lyft app to contact the security company and get emergency services sent

the html review

“The html review is an annual journal of literature made to exist on the web.” [Link]

Brooklyn Public Library Launches Campaign Against State Book Bans

“The Books UnBanned campaign provides youth ages 13 to 21 with online access to banned books.” Just superb. [Link]

Supreme Court Denies Equal Rights To Puerto Ricans — Again

““Equal treatment of citizens should not be left to the vagaries of the political process,” Sotomayor wrote. “Because residents of Puerto Rico do not have voting representation in Congress, they cannot rely on their elected representatives to remedy the punishing disparities suffered by citizen residents of Puerto Rico under Congress’

Planting Undetectable Backdoors in Machine Learning Models

“Given the computational cost and technical expertise required to train machine learning models, users may delegate the task of learning to a service provider. We show how a malicious learner can plant an undetectable backdoor into a classifier. On the surface, such a backdoored classifier behaves normally, but in reality,

On anti-crypto toxicity

“If you feel the urge to “cyberbully” someone in crypto, direct it at the powerful players behind crypto projects that are actively taking advantage of the vulnerable. Or, just as reasonably, direct it at the powerful tech executives, venture capitalists, elected representatives, and lobbyists who have contributed to the untenable

Black principals receive leadership training, support through new initiatives

“Studies link Black principals, especially women, to better academic performance. New initiatives aim to train and support them.” [Link]