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Unique in the shopping mall: On the reidentifiability of credit card metadata

Yves-Alexandre de Montjoye, Laura Radaelli, Vivek Kumar Singh, Alex “Sandy” Pentland10 years ago10 years ago030 mins

Unique in the shopping mall: On the reidentifiability of credit card metadata Yves-Alexandre de Montjoye1,*, Laura Radaelli2, Vivek Kumar Singh1,3, Alex “Sandy” Pentland1 1Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 20 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. 2Department of Computer Science, Aarhus University, Aabogade 34, Aarhus, 8200, Denmark. 3School of Communication and Information, Rutgers University,…

The Fight to Save Japan’s Young Shut-Ins – WSJ

Shirley S. Wang10 years ago10 years ago013 mins

Fukuoka, Japan When the Kimura family moved here from Tokyo, their middle school-aged daughter missed her old friends. Midway into her first year in high school, she stopped going. Between 14 and 19, she barely left the house, and for one year hardly left her room, interacting only with her parents. Now 33 and recovered,…

Bill Would Allow Texas Teachers To Kill Students | ThinkProgress

Carimah Townes10 years ago9 years ago03 mins

People who are concerned about the use of excessive force by law enforcement may have to deal with another fatal can of worms. If Texas state Rep. Dan Flynn (R) gets his way, teachers will have the right to use deadly force against students in Texas classrooms, in the near future. The Lone Star State…

Repeat Debt-Default Rates Increase After Recession, Moody’s Says – Bloomberg Business

Kristen Haunss10 years ago10 years ago02 mins

(Bloomberg) — Companies that defaulted for a second time in the years following the latest recession accounted for more than twice the proportion of total defaults than the historical average, according to Moody’s Investors Service. Firms that missed payments on obligations more than once due to debt swaps or bankruptcy reorganizations, made up 39 percent…

Google hit by shortfall in paid clicks – FT.com

Richard Waters10 years ago10 years ago04 mins

Google on Thursday added to Wall Street’s concerns about a slowdown in its core desktop search business and falling profit margins as it reported quarterly earnings that fell short of already downbeat forecasts. The search company’s shares, which had already underperformed the wider market over the past three months, slipped another 2 per cent in after-market…

Why Every Movie Looks Sort of Orange and Blue

Rosie Cima10 years ago10 years ago013 mins

Still from Jupiter Rising an upcoming scifi thriller Maybe you haven’t noticed, but in the past 20-or-so years there’s been a real catchy trend in major Hollywood movies to constrain the palette to orange and blue. The color scheme, also known as “orange and teal” or “amber and teal” is the scourge of film critics…

The Real Reason Kids Aren’t Getting Vaccines | Mother Jones

Kiera Butler10 years ago10 years ago08 mins

Illustration by Alex Eben Meyer Much ink has been spilled railing against vaccine skeptics—you know, those people who don’t get their kids immunized against catastrophic childhood diseases because they believe the shots can cause autism and other serious problems. In a recent Parade magazine piece, reporter Seth Mnookin, author of The Panic Virus: A True…

Internet comment credibility study: Vaccine decisions influenced by online discussion.

Betsy Wooodruff10 years ago10 years ago010 mins

“This guy says he’s a doctor, so maybe he’s right.” Photo by Monkey Business Images/Thinkstock. The best account on Twitter, without question, has just over 40,000 followers and doesn’t tweet anymore. It’s called Don’t Read Comments (@avoidcomments), and in its heyday it periodically tweeted things like “Nobody on their deathbed ever said, ‘I wish I…

How Salon tamed the trolls and saved its online comments

Lucia Moses10 years ago10 years ago09 mins

Online comments sections are a double-edged sword for publishers. For those trying to increase loyalty and engagement with readers, comments should be an essential part of an audience strategy. But all too often, they becomes a haven for trolls and spam. Meanwhile, Facebook and Twitter are becoming the new comments sections as people shift their online conversations…

The Pedagogy Project | HASTAC

HASTAC10 years ago10 years ago05 mins

We are so proud and excited to announce the Pedagogy Project! This project started when several professors asked for specific suggestions on digital or collaborative projects they could do with their students. We asked the HASTAC Scholars to provide specific assignments, in-class exercises and other projects. The response was awesome – over 80 specific and…

Andrew Tate, charged with rape and trafficking in Romania, returns to the U.S.

As measles cases rise in the U.S., some adults may need a vaccine booster : Shots – Health News : NPR

Government Workers Cannot Be Fired for Their Political Views – The Atlantic

Birthright Citizenship Is a Sacred Guarantee – The Atlantic

Comic Book Publisher Drops Neil Gaiman Amid Sexual Misconduct Allegations – The New York Times

I Saw What New, Young Post-MAGA Trump Supporters Look Like

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Unique in the shopping mall: On the reidentifiability of credit card metadata

The Fight to Save Japan’s Young Shut-Ins – WSJ

Bill Would Allow Texas Teachers To Kill Students | ThinkProgress

Repeat Debt-Default Rates Increase After Recession, Moody’s Says – Bloomberg Business

Google hit by shortfall in paid clicks – FT.com

Why Every Movie Looks Sort of Orange and Blue

The Real Reason Kids Aren’t Getting Vaccines | Mother Jones

Internet comment credibility study: Vaccine decisions influenced by online discussion.

How Salon tamed the trolls and saved its online comments

The Pedagogy Project | HASTAC