Last update: Sunday 5/27/18 @ 12:30 pm
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 5/26/18
A. HBCUs + | B. Ed Tech | C. Info Tech | D. Hackers | E. Views | F. Chuckles
Cover Story ... GDPR regulates the Internet +++++++++
- Europe, not the U.S., is now the most powerful regulator of Silicon Valley ... https://t.co/CyamJfqV7x ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by NY Times, Wired, Bloomberg, Recode, New Yorker, CNET, Forbes, ZDNet, Fortune, Axios, Fast Company, Digital Trends, The Verge
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A. HBCUs + Other Issues in Black Higher ED ... Half -Dozen - 1
#WPI Program Addresses Unconscious Bias and #STEM http://diverseeducation.com/article/116864/#.WwcSnn7TZIY.twitter … @LoisElfman #genderequity #highered
- ICYMI: Now on US Black Engineer: Dr. Chance Glenn on engineering and the future. ... https://t.co/HwC0nJlHV5
- HBCUs Create Entrepreneurial Program buff.ly/2s1g0XA #startups #SmallBiz #Entrepreneurship
- Now on US Black Engineer: Prairie View A&M is Grand Winner for Energy. ... https://t.co/95FIYrlf5k
The #Scholarship of the Month will be closing June 1. All female, high school seniors that are planning to major in an area of #STEM are encouraged to apply for this $7.5k renewable scholarship and mentor opportunity! #WomenInStem #scholarship ... https://t.co/YIOwcAQPHs
B. Ed Tech ... Half-Dozen + 1
A growing number of academics are working with Facebook to build new products, but few want to talk about it ... https://t.co/jG41l9Jqgk
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- What are higher-ed's analytics priorities? #highered #edtech #analytics #edchat ... https://t.co/umtI0GA4pZ
MOOCs, online, blended, flipped ....
- Here @dhawalhshah of @classcentral shares the reason he believes we're witnessing a second round of #MOOC hype http://bit.ly/2IEi3Lc #MOOCs #highered .... https://t.co/NNTx3LVTta
Conferences, workshops, Twitter chats, and other events ...
- Did you know the cost of college has more than quintupled over the last 40 years? We're hosting a meetup in San Francisco w/ #edtech and #highered experts trying to address the issue of college affordability head on. Join us live or via FB livestream: ... https://t.co/mlGxlktwGR EVENT -- Wed 30 May 18
- The #WCETSummit is around the corner! Register today and join us in Newport Beach, CA. @wcet_info members and non are invited! wcet.wiche.edu/events/summits… #Equity #Access #accessibility #highered ... EVENT 5, 6 June 2018
#DLNchat will be back on June 12 at 1pm PT/4pm ET to ask: How Can Digital Learning Help Improve College Affordability? RSVP for your reminder here: bit.ly/2k6RLTm #highered #collegeaffordability #studentdebt ... EVENT 12 June 2018
Are you an instructional designer interested in staying on the cutting edge of digital learning design? The Learning Innovation Summit is made for you: bit.ly/2Iy64z6 @smart_sparrow #instructionaldesign #digitallearning #DLNchat #LIS18SV #sponsored #ad ... EVENT 15 June 2018
C. Info Tech ... Dozen - 2
- DARPA Challenge will send robots to new frontier: Underground ... https://t.co/t3cBrfWaYg
China just launched a satellite to the far side of the moon ... https://t.co/m8SYC3yoeD
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After nearly five days of deliberations, a jury said Thursday that Samsung Electronics should pay $539 million to Apple for copying patented smartphone features, according to court documents. https://nyti.ms/2IHVYeV ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by Bloomberg, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, VentureBeat, CNET, Engadget, The Verge, ZDNet
- Apple reportedly partners with Volkswagen for self-driving employee shuttles tcrn.ch/2klmyf8 by @meganrosedickey ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by NY Times, Engadget, The Verge, Business Insider, Bloomberg
Artificial Intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, bots, robotics ...
From BigDog to SpotMini: Tracing the Evolution of Boston Dynamics Robo-Dogs digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/evol… via @dyllonline @DigitalTrends
Cybersecurity, privacy, & cybercrime ...
Top Story #1 ... Amazon's faces +++++++++
Police use of Amazon’s face-recognition service draws privacy warnings arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20… by @dangoodin001 ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by NYTimes, HuffingtonPost (Black Voices), WashingtonPost, TheVerge, Fortune, Wired, Engadget, Ars Technica
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Top Story #2 ... Judge bars Trump +++++++++
Back to Top- Judge: Trump's blocking of critics on Twitter is unconstitutional: bit.ly/2IYc6bB ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by NYTimes, WashingtonPost, Wired, Axios, Bloomberg, The Hill, TechCrunch, Engadget, Digital Trends, Mashable, VentureBeat, Ars Technica
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Top Story #3... Infected routers +++++++++
Back to Top- Half a million routers, many in Ukraine, are infected with a highly destructive malware, suggesting that a state-sponsored hacker may be preparing for a mass disruption event ... https://t.co/K03aIuigpt ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Ars Technica, Forbes, Gizmodo, CNET
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- A recent report revealed that, when criticizing data encryption as a threat to their ability to fight crime, the FBI had vastly overstated the number of mobile devices that it had been unable to access as a result of encryption ... https://t.co/4ewYH8geAz
Political context ...
A Belgian legislator dressed down Mark Zuckerberg, @alexismadrigal writes: "You have to ask yourself how you will be remembered. As one of the three big internet giants...or the genius that created a digital monster that is destroying our democracies." ... https://t.co/SAUG9itlcG
D. Hackers ... Dozen - 1
- .@SiliconHarlem CEO Clayton Banks opens The Future of NYC Startup Ecosystem. The @StartupGuideHQ #NY kick off event. Thank you to @SAPNextGen for their amazing space. Q
Relive the magic of #ImpactAwards18! We hope you left inspired by our @SMASHprogram scholars, special guest @iJesseWilliams, awardees @IdalinBobe, @cklshorall, @justinrsteele, Monica Ann Arrambide of @MavenYouth & host @AlyanaGomezKTVU. View all photos at bit.ly/2KMxFJc
Coding, courses, tutorials, & jobs
The best bootcamps of 2018 are all here. Read our list to help you choose a top program: https://buff.ly/2qcdqwE
- ODSC East 2018 – Open Source Data Science Project Award Winner : the Chainer Framework hubs.ly/H0c8jJr0 #ODSC #DataScience
- 15 Data Science and Machine Learning Courses from Top Schools ... https://t.co/KGDdOfBskH
Great new read from Metis Sr. Admissions Manager Josh Shaman, featured on @switchorg – Data Science Bootcamp Advantages & Navigating Applications: bit.ly/2GHzl4j
- What do online experiments, data science, and product development look like at @bookingcom, the world’s largest accommodations provider? Find out in ep 23 of #DataFramed where @hugobowne chats with @lukasvermeer! datacamp.com/community/podc…
Hackathons, workshops, meetups, etc
Where should #Enterprises begin with #AI? Join @gigaom publisher, #AI author and CEO @byronreese in Menlo Park, June 7 for an introduction to the world of #enterprise AI. http://bit.ly/AIWorkshopJune2018 … #artificialintelligence #B2B #Tech ... EVENT -- 7 June 2018
- Register/Volunteer for Black Girls CODE Miami Game Jam on June 23rd - mailchi.mp/blackgirlscode… ... EVENT -- 23 June 2018Assign To
- Volunteer Opportunity! Black Girls CODE Boston Chapter Presents: Sphero Workshop! - mailchi.mp/blackgirlscode… ... EVENT -- 2 June 2018Assign To
- Join us at @in3dc for the finale celebration that will bring together the DC tech and innovation community to celebrate the 2018 innoMAYtion campaign. RSVP: eventbrite.com/e/innomaytion-… ... EVENT -- 21 May 2018Assign To
E. Views -- Comments and Opinions ... Dozen - 1
- American executives are betting that the president is good for business. Not in the long run. Our cover this week ... http://ow.ly/n5YA30kcC5u
- Can open education become more of a solution to problems that faculty normally deal with? bit.ly/2rL8T57 #OER #edadmin
- Lessons for Higher Ed From the Demise of MissionU ihenow.com/2s5Qek4 (opinion)
This is why @Wadhwa is Silicon Valley’s greatest critic and it's biggest fan venturebeat.com/2018/05/17/why…
Long form ... good reads ... :-)
- "Associations are not enough—and this is a mathematical fact." @KSHartnett spoke with Judea Pearl about why machine learning is still stuck on cause and effect ... https://t.co/Iw4987ZEWQ
- ICYMI: Think Military Strikes Could Stop North Korea? Try It and See.... via @NYTimes ... https://t.co/cyfxaxEifL ...DLL Editor's note -- This simulation is an elegant Web script: simple, but powerful; running it a few times is time well spent
Less than a decade after President Barack Obama called for the abolition of nuclear weapons, the nine countries that possess them are engaged in a new nuclear-arms race. http://nyer.cm/c1vgwsS
- WIRED editor-in-chief @nxthompson sat down with eight Facebook product managers and engineers who work on the social network's News Feed to talk about fake news, clickbait and more ... https://t.co/BrXlMZyhdv
- What do futurists say is coming for #highered? We asked one at the most recent #EdSurgeLive bit.ly/2LdOKgp #edtech
For banks and payment companies, the fight against cybercrime feels like a war — and they’re responding with an increasingly militarized approach. Here's the latest on how they are protecting themselves: ... https://t.co/oaBpduLcjo
From BigDog to SpotMini: @BostonDynamics never ceases to blow our minds. ... https://t.co/UuEpWqn94X
F. Chuckles, Shame, and/or Fake News ... Dozen - 3
North Korea wants to end up like Pakistan, not Libya, writes Dominic Tierney: ... https://t.co/v8Oz9NRxz7
- North and South Korean leaders meet to ‘frankly’ discuss how to make Trump-Kim summit a success, Seoul says ... https://t.co/iZ091qyRaS
In a reversal just a day after canceling his meeting with Kim Jong-un, Trump said the two countries may meet on June 12 after all .. https://t.co/JBAyJ2paN1
- "It can only get worse from here for him and—more importantly—for America’s standing in the world." @davidfrum on President Trump's growing list of foreign-policy failures: ... https://t.co/TvUp8ub76S
- In adopting an off-and-on attitude to the North Korea summit, Trump has displayed virtually no regard for the consequences of his actions on American allies, including South Korea and Japan. ... https://t.co/WkpeAEONoA
- I have decided to terminate the planned Summit in Singapore on June 12th. While many things can happen and a great opportunity lies ahead potentially, I believe that this is a tremendous setback for North Korea and indeed a setback for the world...
- Very good news to receive the warm and productive statement from North Korea. We will soon see where it will lead, hopefully to long and enduring prosperity and peace. Only time (and talent) will tell!
- We are having very productive talks with North Korea about reinstating the Summit which, if it does happen, will likely remain in Singapore on the same date, June 12th., and, if necessary, will be extended beyond that date. ... DLL Editor's note -- President Trump has deleted this tweet
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