TECH Dozens -- Week ending Saturday 8/27/16

Last update: Sunday 8/28/16 @ 10:30 am

This week's cover = Astronomers find closest "earth-like" exoplanet ... Other top stories = Uber loses over $1.2 billion in first half of this year ... Tesla goes 0 to 60 in 2.5 seconds ... and Facebook empowers software to select news

The Digital Learning Lab's favorite tweets about how HBCUs and other organizations are promoting skills that yield more diverse employment opportunities and more diverse entrepreneurial opportunities in information technology (#DiversityInTech) ... plus tweets about significant innovations in Ed Tech and Info Tech ... Big news, interesting stories, insightful comments, and good reads ... for the week ending Saturday 8/27/16.

A. HBCUS | B. Ed Tech | C. Info Tech | D. Hackers | E. Views | F. Chuckles

Calendars:  #EdTech and #DiversityInTech 

Top Stories 2015: Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4

Cover Story ...  Closest earth-like exoplanet ++++++++++++ 

1. TechCrunch ‏@TechCrunch Astronomers have found the closest exoplanet to Earth http://tcrn.ch/2bWi50e  by @TheSpaceGal ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by CNET, Ars Technica, Business Insider, Gizmodo, The Verge, New Yorker

   79 retweets64 likes

Back to Top
++++++++++++++++++++

A. HBCUS ... Half-Dozen + 1

1. Diverse Issues ‏@DiverseIssues .@WhiteHouse Initiative on HBCUs Announces Third Class of #HBCU All-Stars: http://ow.ly/acUd303AVSx  : @allstarshbcu

   

1. Diverse Issues ‏@DiverseIssues Yousufzai Introduces Students to Beauty of #Science: http://diverseeducation.com/article/86207/ 

    Paine College

   

1. HBCU Buzz ‏@HBCUBuzz Engineering Students JSU Develop Technology to Reduce Diabetes-Related Amputations

1. LT Wynn ‏@Pubhistorian Black female physicist pioneers technology that kills cancer cells with lasers http://nytlive.nytimes.com/womenintheworld/2016/01/09/black-female-physicist-pioneers-technology-that-kills-cancer-cells-with-lasers/ … via @WomenintheWorld

1. HBCU Lifestyle ‏@HBCU_Lifestyle Another Big STEM Diversity Give, This One Backed By Hedge Fund Wealth http://ift.tt/2bWY21Q 

1. Jackson State U. ‏@JacksonStateU #JSUStudents represent new generation of environmental scientists http://fal.cn/EppI 

   

1. Fayetteville State ‏@uncfsu Fayetteville State University Professor Visited Leading Mathematical Research Institute in China Read more at: http://bit.ly/2bfyAFW 

Back to Top

B. Ed Tech ... Dozen - 1

1. VentureBeat ‏@VentureBeat Instrumentl helps match scientists with the best research grants https://wp.me/p5hvhT-8xPs  by @thekenyeung

   

1. Inside Higher Ed ‏@insidehighered A new study finds students benefit from waiting to declare a major http://ihenow.com/2bBxggi  #EAB

   

   22 retweets17 likes

    
2. Digital Learning Lab ‏@DLLOnline Average ACT scores drop as more people take the test http://ihenow.com/2bg6LLb 

1. WCET ‏@wcet_info Report: Students Shun New Textbooks to Reduce Education Expenses https://campustechnology.com/articles/2016/08/24/report-students-shun-new-textbooks-to-reduce-education-expenses.aspx … via @Campus_Tech

1. EdTech Higher Ed ‏@EdTech_HigherEd Research from @babson finds #highered awareness of #OER is low, but rising. http://tech.mg/oCXyS9  #EdTech

   

Back to Top
Adaptive/Personalized Learning ... 

1. Education Dive ‏@EducationDive Arizona State Action Lab promotes real-time adaptive learning: http://ow.ly/4RNP303Ca65  #HigherEd #EdTech

1. WCET ‏@wcet_info Did you miss the WCET Hangout w/ @adaptivechat & @tytonpartners? Access the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDQ9YdsN_E0&feature=youtu.be … #adaptivelearning #WCETAdaptive

Back to Top
Competency-Based Education (CBE) ...

1. CSG Education ‏@CSGEd #CBE resource: Check out this rubric for competency-based education developed by @Education_AIR http://ow.ly/gWQU303CAMk  #HigherEd

Back to Top
MOOCs, online, blended, flipped ...

1. Class Central ‏@classcentral LinkedIn teams up with Virgin America to stream online courses on flights

1. WCET ‏@wcet_info Great inforgraphic as we head into the new term:Dispelling Myths of the Online Student http://tech.mg/wLaaa3  @EdTech_HigherEd

   0 retweets2 likes

1. WCET ‏@wcet_info New Frontiers Post: Nine Organizations Partner on Official Comments for #StateAuthorization Regulations https://wcetfrontiers.org/2016/08/25/comments-for-state-auth-regs/ … #edpolicy

Back to Top

C. Info Tech ... Issues in the broader technical environment that impact teaching, learning, research, hackers, and entrepreneurs ... Dozen + 6

Top Story #1 ... Uber losing $$$$$$$ +++++++++++

1. Gizmodo ‏@Gizmodo Why Uber is losing money faster than any tech company ever http://gizmo.do/dXFoFai  ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by Fast Company, Bloomberg, The Verge, NY Times, Gizmodo

   

Back to Top
++++++++++++++++++++

Top Story #2 ... Tesla's super speed +++++++++++

1. ExtremeTech ‏@ExtremeTech Tesla P100D Ludicrous: 315-mile range or 0-60 in 2.5 seconds. Choose one. http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/234306-tesla-p100d-ludicrous-315-mile-range-or-0-60-in-2-5-seconds-choose-one … ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by Business Insider, Wall Street Journal, Gizmodo, Ars Technica, The Next Web, Roadshow, Digital Trends, Recode, Wired, VentureBeat, Engadget, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, ZDNet

   

Back to Top
++++++++++++++++++++

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ ...

1. NYTimes Bits ‏@nytimesbits RT: @SteveLohr Costs of Bay Area boom has tech companies expanding elsewhere. http://nyti.ms/2bcs01G  @ConorDougherty

1. Fast Company ‏@FastCompany Apple has quadrupled R&D spending under Cook http://buff.ly/2bCiUfw 

   

1. TechCrunch ‏@TechCrunch WhatsApp to share user data with Facebook for ad targeting — here’s how to opt out ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by PC Magazine, Wall Street Journal, Gizmodo, Bloomberg, VentureBeat

1. Engadget ‏@engadget Google's Fiber rollout isn't going as planned http://engt.co/2c009ls   ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by Gizmodo, CNET, Ars Technica, The Verge, Digital Trends, Fortune

   

Back to Top
FinTech ...

1. The Next Web ‏@TheNextWeb How big banks learned to stop worrying and love the blockchain http://tnw.me/803JZPj 

   

   21 retweets16 likes

Back to Top
Internet-of-Things (IoT) 

1. VentureBeat ‏@VentureBeat GE and Cisco face off over industrial IoT https://wp.me/p5hvhT-8ylA 

   

Back to Top
Artificial Intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, bots, robotics ...

Top Story #3 ... Facebook's news algorithms ++++++++++++

1. WSJD ‏@WSJD Facebook is scaling back the role humans have in its ‘trending’ feature http://on.wsj.com/2bGIuzR    ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by Gizmodo, VentureBeat, Business Insider, Recode, The Verge, TechCrunch

   8 retweets6 likes

Back to Top

++++++++++++++++++++

1. WIRED ‏@WIRED Meet Luigi, the sewer-scraping PoopBot: http://bit.ly/2bWBkU6 

   

1. TechCrunch ‏@TechCrunch Harvard's Octobot is the first autonomous machine to be made with all soft robotics ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by Ars Technica

1. Recode ‏@Recode Google wants to improve artificial intelligence to prevent robot screw-ups.

1. ZDNet ‏@ZDNet Vision and neural nets drive demand for more powerful chips http://zd.net/2bOpviW 

1. Business Insider ‏@businessinsider Here's why chat apps are becoming one of the most important new platforms for publishers http://read.bi/2bE14Yi 

   

Back to Top
Statistical learning, data science, big data, etc

1. TechCrunch ‏@TechCrunch How data science fights modern insider threats http://tcrn.ch/2bDNelo  by @bendee983

Back to Top
Cybersecurity, privacy, & cybercrime ...

1. ZDNet ‏@ZDNet France, Germany push for access to encrypted messages after wave of terror attacks http://zd.net/2bNdXxD 

   

1. The Verge ‏@verge Hackers linked to Russian intelligence agencies target The New York Times http://www.theverge.com/2016/8/24/12621672/russia-hacks-new-york-times?utm_campaign=theverge&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter … ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by PC Magazine

   

1. Gizmodo ‏@Gizmodo Israeli cyber weapons dealers figured out how to hack every iPhone http://gizmo.do/wuzZLSe  ... ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by Wall Street Journal

   

Back to Top

D. Hackers ... Dozen

1. BLUE1647 ‏@BLUE1647 A glimpse of some of our #Blue1647 Jr. Developer summer bootcamp students presenting. #Blackgirlmagic #crushedit

   

     

   

   

   

1. BlackGirlsCode.Com ‏@BlackGirlsCode Our Parent/Daughter workshop hosted by @IronYard in #ATL was incredible! Congrats @VolunteerBGCATL + tech divas!

   

     

   

   

Back to Top
Diversity In Tech ... stats & strategies

1. Hadi Partovi ‏@hadip CONGRATS to the entire team who made this happen. It took years of dedication, and many lessons to learn from it.

1. Business Insider ‏@businessinsider Black engineer says he wasn't invited to NAACP talk while at Twitter for a strange reason http://read.bi/2bJSnMd 

   

Back to Top
Founders, execs, and techs

1. Crystal R. Emery ‏@BlackWomenMDs .@NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson http://go.nasa.gov/2bEPltK  wins National Medal of Freedom #BlackWomenInMedicine ... DLL Editor's note -- Ms. Johnson's 98th birthday also celebrated in a video

    The White House OSTP, WV State University, WVU Mountaineers and 5 others

   

   
   

   

1. Amy Schapiro ‏@aschapi Watch: @laurawp's journey to Co-Founder/CEO of @CODE2040, now joining @USCTO at @whitehouseostp. @FortuneMagazine

1. digitalundivided ‏@DigUnDiv Career Profile: Kathryn Finney, digitalundivided http://bit.ly/2b7rpje 

1. Blavity ‏@Blavity Kobe Bryant spends retirement launching $100 million venture capital fund http://bit.ly/2bq8b5W  ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by The Next Web, TechCrunch, PC Magazine, CNN

   

   14 retweets24 likes

Back to Top
Coding & Coders

1. PCMag ‏@PCMag Facebook Open-Sources AI Code: http://bit.ly/2blWYG3 

   

1. Ars Technica ‏@arstechnica Elliot’s reality is murky, but Mr. Robot tech advisors remind us the show’s is not http://arstechnica.com/the-multiverse/2016/08/elliots-reality-is-murky-but-mr-robot-tech-advisors-remind-us-the-shows-is-not/ … by @nathanmattise

1. Class Central ‏@classcentral NSA includes Coursera Data Science Certificates as Acceptable Credential — Class Central

1. Udacity ‏@udacity The #programming languages you need to know if you want to work in #machinelearning: http://buff.ly/2bEiDHF 

   

Back to Top

E. Tech Views -- Comments, opinions, and long forms ... Dozen + 7

1. BlackTechWeek ‏@BlackTechWeek We need more black people who are white hat hackers. More black folks in infosec, cybersecurity, etc.

1. Engadget ‏@engadget Untangling the NSA's latest alleged embarrassment http://engt.co/2bvSicE 

   

1. Business Insider ‏@businessinsider How Uber's driverless cars may affect the sharing economy — via @TheConversation http://read.bi/2bLZ3H5  

   

1. Class Central ‏@classcentral MOOCs: Course Completion is the Wrong Measure of Course Success

1. MERLOT ‏@MERLOTorg #MOOCs and Beyond @insidehighered http://buff.ly/2bLfYcJ  ... DLL Editor's note -- The author's discussion of the continuing evolution of MOOCs applauds M.I.T.'s recent introduction of assignments graded by experts whose salaries are paid by student fees, but he doesn't note that Udacity blew way, way beyond that milestone two years ago. Stanford's Sebastian Thrun offered the first mega-scale MOOC, then blundered into absurd hype, but quickly "pivoted" Udacity into highly innovative and highly profitable new directions -- becoming the first EdTech billion dollar "unicorn" in the process. If you want to know what's going to happen to MOOCs in the near future, just look at what Udacity is doing right now ... :-)

1. The EvoLLLution ‏@EvoLLLution Navigating the CBE Frontier: A New Metrics Framework for Student and Program Success http://hubs.ly/H03z8DS0 

   

1. WSJD ‏@WSJD The killer app of the Internet of Things isn’t a thing at all—it is services http://on.wsj.com/2bIcYh4 

   26 retweets23 likes

1. Computerworld ‏@Computerworld MOOCs put a new spin on professional development @NetworkWorld @IDGInsider http://www.networkworld.com/article/3092185/careers/moocs-put-a-new-spin-on-professional-development.html#tk.insidersotd …

   

1. Class Central ‏@classcentral How online courses can bring the world into Africa's classrooms

1. Business Insider ‏@businessinsider Better data could be key to improving the US criminal justice system — via @ConversationUS http://read.bi/2bOBWf9 

   

1. Ithaka S+R ‏@IthakaSR  Lesson Plan "short yet precise primer on higher-ed policy & its relevance for the future of our economy & democracy"

1. EdSurge ‏@EdSurge How Gates Foundation Money Steered Uversity Into Trouble: http://bit.ly/2aUn0Kr  #comm_college #highered

   

1. Fast Company ‏@FastCompany Every data science interview boiled down to five basic questions:

Back to Top

Long form ... good reads ... :-)

1. NYTimes Bits ‏@nytimesbits A 124-year-old industrial giant is investing big in software. And, G.E.’s C.E.O. says, there is no Plan B.

   15 retweets10 likes

1. Digital Learning Lab ‏@DLLOnline Inside Facebook’s (Totally Insane, Unintentionally Gigantic, Hyperpartisan) Political-Media Machine

1. Class Central ‏@classcentral Scaling Education to the Community: How Libraries Can Leverage MOOCs — Class Central

1. Kara Swisher ‏@karaswisher @tristanwalker: If you can’t hire black and Latino tech workers, you’re not really looking. http://www.recode.net/2016/8/22/12577444/tristan-walker-and-company-bevel-razor-diversity-culture-fit-podcast?utm_campaign=www.recode.net&utm_content=entry&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter … via @Recode

1. Andrew Miller ‏@AMMiller59 "Big Data Analysis in Higher Education: Promises and Pitfalls" http://er.educause.edu/articles/2016/8/big-data-analysis-in-higher-education-promises-and-pitfalls … via @EDUCAUSEreview

1. GW Acad Tech ‏@GWAcadTech Exploring the opportunities and threats of nudging from predictive analytics in #HigherEd, via @EDUCAUSEreview

Back to Top

F. Chuckles ... Quarter-Dozen - 2 ... :-)

1. Fast Company ‏@FastCompany Oh yay, more Hillary Clinton emails http://buff.ly/2bcCmug 

   

1. Oliver Darcy ‏@oliverdarcy Oof: Democrats react more negatively than Republicans when watching Clinton defend honesty http://read.bi/2bJqm4P 

   

Back to Top