[nonostantement #255] - ๐ danish police & fortnite / targeted ads / chatgpt vs google search
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Welcome toย nonostantement: a weekly newsletter with exotic, tenacious, and unexpectedย stuff found all over the Internet.
Hello there, hope you are all having a great Christmas Day! I'm Joele and I work in online branding and content strategy. I come across a lot of stuff on the internet and I love sharing my finds with my friends through this newsletter. Here's a selection of the most interesting things I've discovered this week.
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#PEOPLE
Police Online Patrol | The company | Police
From Denmark: The Police's Online Patrol has been put in place to strengthen the police's digital presence, so that citizens - similar to on the street - can enter into a dialogue with a digital police officer on the internet.The Real Name Fallacy
People often say that online behavior would improve if every comment system forced people to use their real names. It sounds like it should be true โ surely nobody would say mean things if they faced consequences for their actions?[Video] - How โdementia villagesโ work
Can miniature towns make dementia care more humane?[Video] - Targeted Ads
Get this crap off my screen...[Video] - Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One | The Biggest Stunt in Cinema History (Tom Cruise)
#TECH
Is Popular A.I. Photo App Lensa Stealing From Artists?
The tool went viral first for generating flattering portraitsโand then for igniting ethical concernsChatGPT and Other Chat Bots Are a โCode Redโ for Google Search
A new wave of chat bots like ChatGPT use artificial intelligence that could reinvent or even replace the traditional internet search engine.
#SOCIALMEDIA
Stop Talking to Each Other and Start Buying Things: Three Decades of Survival in the Desert of Social Media
I bet you're wondering how we got here...
#PHOTOGRAPHY
5 Unintended Consequences of Photography
Photographs were more than just pictures. While the inventors never intended more than to capture an image, the medium turned into a social force with far-reaching effects.
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#THEDARKSIDE
A Roomba recorded a woman on the toilet. How did screenshots end up on Facebook?
Robot vacuum companies say your images are safe, but a sprawling global supply chain for data from our devices creates risk.Chinese students use remote access software to cheat on US college entry exams
For just $5,000 students can buy their way to ace Toefl and GREs.Even the FBI says you should use an ad blocker
The feds say cybercriminals are buying online ads to impersonate brands with the aim of stealing or extorting money from victims.Billionaires Are A Security Threat
Elon Muskโs Twitter takeover is a case study in destruction. It doesnโt have to be this way.
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