« The internet has brought a wealth of opportunity but also significant new risks which have evolved faster than society’s response to them. We want social media companies to do more to help redress the balance and will take action to make sure they do » – Theresa May.
Source : Conservatives plan to let UK Facebook users nuke their teenage posts
« According to the Crimson, at least ten students have had their acceptance to Harvard rescinded as a result. The university has declined to comment on the « the admissions status of individual applicants. » It’s not the first time Harvard has dealt with bad-meme-posters in an incoming class of freshmen (just last year, administrators officially admonished students in the Class of 2020 via Facebook), but this might be the first time anyone’s had their acceptance revoked over memes ».
Source : Students Lose Acceptance to Harvard Over Racist Memes – Motherboard
« The fact that so many computer scientists are ignorant or disdainful of non-technical approaches is worrisome because in my work, I’m constantly confronting questions that can’t be answered with code » – Emma Pierson.
Source : Hey, Computer Scientists! Stop Hating on the Humanities | WIRED
« Je vais vous raconter une histoire pour vous amuser. Je suis un ancien marin et me suis intéressé à l’évolution de la marine. Il est arrivé, au début du XXe siècle, un événement considérable: la voile a été concurrencée par la machine à vapeur. Imaginez: nous sommes en 1920, tous les deux, et discutons de l’avenir de la marine.Nous sommes d’accord pour dire que la voile, c’est fini. Aujourd’hui, en 2015, visitons tous les ports du monde: nous y trouverons dix fois plus de voiliers que de bateaux à moteur. Notre pronostic de 1920 était absolument certain, mais complètement faux. Le livre papier, que voulez-vous que je vous dise? Il est certain qu’il va mourir, mais comme la voile! »
« In the latest research and development in self-driving vehicles, Volvo Group, together with Swedish waste and recycling specialists Renova, is testing a pioneering autonomous refuse truck that has the potential to be used across the urban environment ».
Source : Volvo pioneers autonomous, self-driving refuse truck in the urban environment
« We’ve heard loud and clear from the creator community and from advertisers that YouTube needs to broaden our advertiser-friendly guidelines around a few additional types of content. We’ve responded by adding new guidelines to take a tougher stance on: hateful content, inappropriate use of family entertainment characters, incendiary and demeaning content ».
Source : YouTube Creator Blog: Your Content and Making Money from Advertising on YouTube
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