Sunday, May 20, 2018

TECH Dozens -- Week ending Saturday 5/19/18

Last update: Sunday 5/20/18 @ 12:30 pm
This week's cover = U.S. Senate votes to keep net neutrality ... Other top stories = Apple considers new campus in North Carolina ... Cambridge Analytica suppressed Black votes ... Trump wants to use Postal Service to punish Amazon
The Digital Learning Lab's favorite tweets about how HBCUs and other  organizations are promoting skills that yield more diverse employment and entrepreneurial opportunities in tech (#DiversityInTech) ... plus tweets about significant #EdTech innovations in the broader context of information technology ... Big news, interesting stories, insightful comments, and good reads ... for the week ending Saturday 5/19/18

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

#EdTech Calendar ... TECH Dozens: 2017, 2016



Cover Story ... Senate defends net neutrality +++++++++
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A. HBCUs + Other Issues in Black Higher ED ... Dozen + 1
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    Harvard Law student explains Wakanda-inspired photo shoot: 'We have challenged, reshaped, and reclaimed this space' ... https://t.co/GTg8o5Gmr0
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    Learn more about how higher education to innovate to encourage entrepreneurship from own National Director for initiatives .
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    “There’s been a widening gap between young black and white college graduates since 2000." Find out why here:
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    . pharmacy professor and Diverse 2015 , Dr. Patrice L. Jackson-Ayotunde, wins U.S. patent for epilepsy drug - ... https://t.co/rvu7VSBc5lReply
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    . Annual Report Highlights Gap, Student Debt disparities in :
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    Georgia State, Leading U.S. in Black Graduates, Is Engine of Social Mobility ... via ... https://t.co/Eb56gRLKCZ
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    ICYMI: A federal loan program designed to help parents finance their children’s college education is seen by many as a tool for access, but it may be exacerbating racial inequality ... https://t.co/rmIstI9ukj
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    Now on US Black Engineer: New Jackson State University and NASA. ... https://t.co/CAkI9u5ahz
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    Watch HBCU and Howard University alum, Chadwick Boseman, give his commencement speech to the Class of 2018 at Howard University, where he also received his honorary degree, Doctor of Humane Letters. Congratulations, Dr. Bosemen!
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    SSU lands two National Science Foundation () grants totaling more $475,000. More:
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    The 2018 Spelman Computer Science graduates. This is what Black women in STEM, particularly Tech look like. Next, we will be Engineers at Microsoft and MailChimp, Masters and PHD students at NYU, U of M, and Georgia Tech.
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    HBCU Innovation Award Winner: Dr. Grant Warner - US Black Engineer ... https://t.co/OKEt09zCkV
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    Thanks to Dr. Robert Whalin, Dr. Mahmoud Manzoul, & many others for literally building ’s engineering program. Due to people like them, people like me are thriving in places no one would’ve imagined. -Dr. Justin Rice, NASA Computer Engineer
B. Ed Tech  ... Half-Dozen
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    Trilogy Education Services runs coding boot camps for a growing number of universities. The partnerships are lucrative for the institutions, but are they worth the reputational risk? ... https://t.co/gFy5MsOEQk
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    New paper reports that free tuition policies do not necessarily lead to increased access or student success worldwide
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    Most Pell Students 'Degreeless' After 6 Years
MOOCs, online, blended, flipped ...
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    Excelsior College, founded to help adults complete degrees online, staggers after curtailing its biggest program over quality concerns. Administrators say "repositioning" is working, but a more competitive market awaits ... https://t.co/RKBTNfoCmS
Conferences, workshops, Twitter chats, and other events ...
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    Spots are filling up for our next event. On July 25 in Washington, DC, we're hosting a conversation around the evolving use of data in higher ed. RSVP now to snag your seat (at early bird pricing, too): ... EVENT -- 25 July 2018
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    Don't forget our next on 5/22/2018! RSVP here for reminders: ... EVENT -- 5 June 2018
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C. Info Tech  ... Dozen + 4
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    This devastating map shows every school shooting since 1999—and it will just keep updating ... https://t.co/LnXgIEe1xk
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    Amazon’s cashier-less Go stores are coming to Chicago and San Francisco by
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    The hungriest black hole ever detected gobbles a sun-sized star every two days
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Top Story #1 ... Apple campus in North Carolina +++++++++
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    Apple planning new campus for North Carolina: Report by ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by Washington Poat, Business Insider, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Mashable
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FinTech, block chain, bitcoin ...
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    It’s the first cryptocurrency to be created and released by one of the world’s leading financial giants. ... https://t.co/QkKJVspuFL
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    The rocky road to blockchain: Why most CIOs are still ignoring it by David Furlonger/Gartner ... DLL Editor's note -- Blockchain's limited short-term adoptions also discussed by ZDNet

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    Alarming study suggests bitcoin consumes an astonishing amount of energy and it's only getting worse
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    The coolest blockchain startups at Consensus:
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Drones ...
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    Google employee protest: Now 'Googlers are quitting' over Pentagon drone project ... https://t.co/mqZEaAqtOh n To... ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by Ars Technica, Gizmodo
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Internet of Things, the Cloud, 5G ...
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    Verizon names Los Angeles as the second of four cities to receive 5G rollout before 2019 by Assign ToAssign To... ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by Business Insider, CNBC
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    Sprint is bringing 5G to New York, Phoenix and Kansas City in 2019 ... https://t.co/TdRBQejURk
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Artificial Intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, bots, robotics ...
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    So did Google fudge this demo? ... https://t.co/Hfg7xYUOe4 ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by ExtremeTech, Axios, Vanity Fair, Fast Company
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Cybersecurity, privacy, & cybercrime ...
Top Story #2 ... Cambridge Analytica suppressed Black votes +++++++++
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    Whistleblower says Bannon used Cambridge Analytica to suppress black voters ... DLL Editor's note -- Senate testimony also covered by The Root, Wired, NPR, Forbes, Salon, TechCrunch
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    So far, only 13 states have asked for money Congress earmarked for election security upgrades
Science and technology policies ...
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    House committee accepts amendment to uphold ZTE ban by ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by Axios
Political context ...
Top Story  #3... Trump wants Postal Service to punish Amazon +++++++++
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    Trump reportedly wants to punish Amazon by trying to double Postal Service rates ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by Washington Post, TechCrunch, Engadget, CNET, Fortune, Business Insider, Vox
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D. Hackers  ... Dozen - 2
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    What I Enjoyed Most at ODSC East 2018 ... https://t.co/TYF6g2MnSx
Founders, techs, and execs
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    Annie Jean-Baptiste is challenging the white male-dominated tech industry from the inside. ... https://t.co/Vb4tvVFZbT
Coding, courses, tutorials, & jobs
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    There was a LOT of content at last week, so let me catch you up on the AI and ML announcements in a live webinar with this Wednesday: ... https://t.co/Xd8upcdYtO
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    LinkedIn launches AI Academy to bolster internal AI skills ... https://t.co/oJ0ZSyOAUw
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    Getting Your First Job in Data Science
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    Ten red flags signaling your analytics program will fail via
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    In hiring in higher education, the jobs seeing the most growth in the number of openings in the last year are data analysts and police/public safety officers, according to a survey being released today by CUPA-HR
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Hackathons, workshops, meetups, etc
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    Photo Day with members @streetentrepreneurs. What a wonderful team! Experience the In3 community with a free day pass. Meet our members, grab free coffee, and enjoy access to unrivaled workspace, community, and services. RSVP:
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    Our keynotes aren't just heavy hitters, they're business moguls. Register today for the 2018 Entrepreneurs Summit! ... EVENT -- 6 to 9 June 6 2018
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    BGC Summer Camps Are Here! Looking for Instructors + Classroom Assistants! -
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E. Views -- Comments and Opinions  ... Dozen
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    'The world is rich with alternatives to the traditional timeline for emerging adults wanting education and a career.' ... https://t.co/4wVpBIkHwi
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    Yes, humans already have the ability to edit genes. Here's how it works ... https://t.co/iLVrNGLc9f
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    A new theory explains how the two phases of sleep work together to help you find out-of-the-box solutions to vexing problems, reports ...https://t.co/wJ0NKX8EU7
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    Digital credentialing and are two advances, driven by technology, pushing a paradigm shift in and the labor market that recognizes lifelong learning as the new normal |
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    Downloading and analyzing your Google data, and determining what information you want to keep around or delete, is an exercise our columnist highly recommends. Here’s how he did it — and what he learned. ... https://t.co/Z3OwRWNf9J
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    There is a world that exists, and there is a world that we perceive. Connecting the two, or conveying accurately our own personal hallucination to someone else, is the central problem of being human ... https://t.co/tKkaoKlBA9 ... DLL Editor's note -- Other comments about Yanny vs. Laurel posted by CNET, The Atlantic, NY Times
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    Stop saying the cloud is just someone else's computer - because it's not ... https://t.co/NaXxCzuJt6
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Long form ... good reads ... :-)
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    "Associations are not enough—and this is a mathematical fact." spoke with Judea Pearl about why machine learning is still stuck on cause and effect ... via @TheAtlantic ... https://t.co/xAFFcKHAI9
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    Video: What is blockchain technology? ... https://t.co/o9HP9ybuQf
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    NEW ISSUE: Before Robert Mueller was FBI director, before he was appointed special counsel, he was a platoon commander in Vietnam. His time there shaped everything that he would become. This is the untold story of Robert Mueller's time in combat
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    Courtney Brown, the Lumina Foundation's vp for strategic impact, sat down with to talk about the group's effort to rethink the credential. .. https://t.co/5pLxdwLcAV
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    "Preparing for the " provides a review of online and blended learning with an emphasis on human factors. Download it now from OLC's new Center: ... https://t.co/9GbXYsOlBo
F. Chuckles, Shame, and/or Fake News  ... Dozen - 1
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    "Diplotainment at its pinnacle": Critics fear Trump’s style eclipses substance on North Korea ... https://t.co/wxJ8H7oY0z
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    "The administration may have little choice by now but to carry on the pretense that it is scoring a great success in its Korea negotiations," writes. Here's why: ... https://t.co/HMYKMv1PIQ
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    Donald Trump’s statements about the North Korea summit, such as saying that “everyone thinks” he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize, may have put his signature foreign-policy initiative at risk:
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    Here are the key themes, dates and characters in the Russia investigation ... via @NYTimes ... https://t.co/ZCfCnuuwen ... DLL Editor's note -- Other highlights of the one year anniversary of Mueller's investigation posted by https://t.co/E1mDw0jfsM
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    White House just eliminated its cybersecurity coordinator role ... https://t.co/3Z3qQfgr9S ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by Axios, TechCrunch, Wired, Engadget
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    The Trump Organization's partner in a lavish Indonesian development project has brought on a new ally: a Chinese state-owned company. The timing is awkward. ... https://t.co/FE1Lom5ush
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    Why is President Trump vowing to save a Chinese electronics maker that broke U.S. sanctions and that Washington considers a security threat? ... https://t.co/KEwrQnwg8J
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    Fist-Pumping Jared Kushner Leaves Jerusalem Embassy Refreshed And Ready To Solve Next Global Crisis
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@POTUS45 in his own words ... until #2020 or #25 ... 
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    America is blessed with extraordinary energy abundance, including more than 250 years worth of beautiful clean coal. We have ended the war on coal, and will continue to work to promote American energy dominance!
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    Despite the disgusting, illegal and unwarranted Witch Hunt, we have had the most successful first 17 month Administration in U.S. history - by far! Sorry to the Fake News Media and “Haters,” but that’s the way it is!
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    ZTE, the large Chinese phone company, buys a big percentage of individual parts from U.S. companies. This is also reflective of the larger trade deal we are negotiating with China and my personal relationship with President Xi.
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