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As COVID-19 cases spike in California, San Francisco has begun offering more than $1,200 in aid to undocumented and other low-income residents who would otherwise be unable to recover at home from the virus. 1

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“We created a program that provides the financial security people need to safely isolate if they test positive,” said Breed in a statement. 1

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2h ago

from Wareable

Apple Health guide: The powerful fitness app explained

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4h ago

from CBC

Why it may be harder to catch COVID-19 from surfaces than we first thought

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3d ago

from KQED

San Francisco Launches Program to Replace Wages for Low-income Residents With COVID-19

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“We created a program that provides the financial security people need to safely isolate if they test positive,” said Breed in a statement. 1

AngelaPerea

3d ago

from The Atlantic

You're Showering Too Much

Now couldn't be a weirder time to question washing. 1

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Scientific findings like these are upending the traditional conception of germ theory, the idea that we must fight off microbes to avoid disease. 1The relationship between microbes and their hoststhat would be you and meis more about context and balance. 1

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We've also exposed ourselves to preservatives with antimicrobial properties. 1

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4d ago

from SF Weekly

5 Natural Ways to Help You Sleep Better

For instance, people in business are much more likely to make riskier and impulsive decisions than they usually would. 1

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Many studies have proved that the number of sleep-deprived people that were gambling would gradually increase as the sleep deprivation got worse. 1

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Many studies suggest that CBD can put your mind at ease and allow you to sleep better. 1

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4d ago

from Medium

Working as a data science consultant

With the trends of data-driven decision making and automation, many large corporations are adopting various data science tools to generate actionable recommendations or automate their daily operations. 1

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For these objectives, they need to adopt artificial intelligence & big data technologies in different areas of their business. 1

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39m ago

from Medium

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from Medium

Weird & Unusual SQL

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19h ago

from Time

Amazon Tells Employees to Delete TikTok From Mobile Devices

Bytedance is already facing a U.S. national security review for its acquisition of Musical.ly, a startup that it later merged with TikTok. 1

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Earlier this week, TikTok also drew renewed scrutiny from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department over its data practices, according to children’s privacy advocates who say they were interviewed by the agencies. 2

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3d ago

from 9to5Mac

Risk of US TikTok ban increases as Justice Dept investigates child privacy

TikTok insists that US user data is stored in the United States, with a backup in Singapore, and that it has never provided data to the Chinese government. 2

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A US TikTok ban would be a significant blow to the company, which is hugely popular with US children. 2

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4d ago

from ComputerWeekly.com

Security Think Tank: Balancing human oversight with AI autonomy

Like humans, AI systems make mistakes and can be deliberately manipulated. 1

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The importance of AI in security is not necessarily overstated, but organisations will need to find a way of balancing the efficiencies of automation with the need for human oversight. 2

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Such confidence will take time to develop, just as it will take time for practitioners to learn how best to work with intelligent systems. 1

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4d ago

from The Local Norway

Norway watchdog orders stop to Covid-19 app data analysis

“Bahrain, Kuwait and Norway have run roughshod over people’s privacy, with highly invasive surveillance tools which go far beyond what is justified in efforts to tackle COVID-19,” said Claudio Guarnieri, Head of Amnesty International’s Security Lab. 1

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4d ago

from euronews

TikTok to leave Hong Kong amid concerns over new security law

TikTok announced it is pulling out of Hong Kong after China imposed a new security law increasing its influence on the semi-autonomous territory. 1

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The new security law gives China sweeping powers the former British colony which, unlike China, still has public dissent and enjoys unrestricted internet access. 1

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5d ago

from Digiday

WTF is California’s new, and potentially stronger, privacy law?

If approved, the CPRA won’t take effect until January 1, 2023, but — similar to how the CCPA covered data collected the year prior to the law taking effect — it will apply to data collected starting January 1, 2022. 1

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But even more likely, the CPRA may be off the ballot by November. 1

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2d ago

from Paul Tang

European Parliament wants to forbid personalised advertisements

Over the past two days, Tang organized a campaign in front of the Facebook offices in Brussels and Amsterdam to let his message be brought over to Facebook owner Zuckerberg. 1Also, a petition was launched, #AdsZuck, to call on him, other business leaders and leaders of governments to ban personalised advertisements. 1

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3d ago

from AdExchanger

TikTok Launches Self-Serve Ad Platform With An Eye On Enticing SMBs

On Tuesday, TikTok made Ads Manager, its self-serve ad platform, globally available in a move that should help usher in more ad budgets, particularly among small and mid-size businesses. 1

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Millions of SMBs spend so much on Facebook, for example, that Facebook still brings in billions of ad dollars despite the advertiser boycott. 1

micshasan

5d ago

from Digiday

‘Work together around an open solution’: As Rubicon and Telaria rebrand as Magnite, the SSP sets out to rival the walled gardens

In doing so, the ad tech vendor hopes to bolster its position against other ad tech players like Amazon and Google that can afford to sell their own solutions at cut-rate prices because they don’t make money on that part of their business. 1

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Given these circumstances, Rubicon and Telaria allow them to compete with those companies for a while longer. 1

micshasan

5d ago

from AdExchanger

CCPA Enforcement Begins: What Every Publisher Needs To Do To Comply

Proactive protection For publishers, one aspect of CCPA remains clear: If a business has a direct relationship with consumers and sells their personal information to third-party companies, it should provide a notice at the time of collection and include a “Do Not Sell My Personal Information” button on its website that allows California users to opt out of that sale. 1

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2d ago

from The Atlantic

Trump’s America Is Slipping Away

Donald Trump is running for the presidency of an America that no longer exists. 2

Trump in recent weeks has repeatedly reprised two of Richard Nixon’s most memorable rallying cries, promising to deliver “law and order” for the “silent majority.” 2

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Americans today are far more racially diverse, less Christian, better educated, more urbanized, and less likely to be married. 1

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rafa621

4d ago

from Boston Review

How the Law Killed Ahmaud Arbery

Lethal vigilantism is enabled by a legal regime that sanctions the predictable murder of innocent black men, so long as the community judges it reasonable. 1

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36m ago

from CNN

Terms of Michael Cohen's return to prison under scrutiny

US news

2d ago

from BlockchainKicks

A brief write up on Blockchain Wallet Development

A cryptocurrency wallet is a mix of both bank and your leather wallet, the only thing is it does not involve physical currencies. 1

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3d ago

from Washington Post

Amazon will disclose merchant names to discourage rogue sales

Often the names of third-party sellers on the site are an odd collection of letters that have no relation to the company’s actual name. 1

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Last fall, The Post spent $164 on Amazon to pick up a handful of products that used logos and designs from brands such as Hermès, Gucci and Louis Vuitton to determine whether they were fake. 1

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