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https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/oregon-enacts-comprehensive-consumer-7156561/
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Oregon recently enacted a comprehensive consumer state data privacy law (the "Act"), following multiple other states including: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Indiana, Iowa, Montana, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Virginia. The Act will go into effect on July 2024. The Act applies to any person that conducts business in Oregon, or that provides products or services to Oregon residents, and that during a calendar year, controls or processes: (the personal data of 100,000 or more consumers, other than personal data controlled or processed solely for the purpose of completing a payment transaction; or (ii) the personal data of 25,000 or more consumers, while deriving 25 percent or more of the person's annual gross revenue from selling personal data. "Personal data" is defined as "data, derived data or any unique identifier that is linked to or is reasonably linkable to a consumer or to a device that identifies, is linked to or is reasonably linkable to one or more consumers in a household." It excludes deidentified data or data that "is lawfully available through federal, state or local government records or through widely distributed media" or that a "controller reasonably has understood to have been lawfully made available to the public by a consumer." The Act differentiates a "controller," which is "a person that, alone or jointly with another person, determines the purposes and means for processing personal data," from a "processor," which is "a person that processes personal data on behalf of a controller." The Act grants Oregon consumers certain rights with respect to their personal data. Specifically, a consumer, or their authorized agent, may request, among other things: (confirmation from a controller as to whether the controller is processing or has processed the consumer's personal data and the categories of personal data the controller is processing or has processed; (ii) a copy of all of the consumer's personal data that the controller has processed or is processing in a portable and readily usable format; (iii) correction of inaccuracies in personal data about the consumer; (iv) deletion of the consumer's personal data; and (an ability to opt-out of any sale, targeted advertising, or certain types of profiling related to the processing of personal data.
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https://thesun.my/local_news/rebranding-ptptn-to-enhance-image-public-trust-GB12020251
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TAIPING: The National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) has been undergoing rebranding in stages since 2020 with the aim of ensuring that its corporate identity and image continue to be respected and gain the trust of the public. Its chairman, Datuk Norliza Abdul Rahim, said that the rebranding involves comprehensive improvements covering operational aspects, product identity and the image of PTPTN branches nationwide.
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https://www.thezimbabwemail.com/technology-science/artificial-intelligence-and-the-future-of-jobs-in-zimbabwe/
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Generative AI platforms like ChatGPT, which are large language models able to process huge data, were available for wider public use, raising widespread curiosity and debate. The emergence of these generative AI tools, capable of creating text, images, music and even voices reignited the old debate on the concerns over job security, particularly in creative and technical fields.
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https://smallbiztrends.com/2023/05/remote-work-statistics-2.html
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LinkedIn. Sandeep Babu is a staff writer for Small Business Trends as well as a freelance writer. He regularly contributes to leading online publications and writes for his own blog Quick Scream.
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https://theconversation.com/deadliest-day-for-jews-since-the-holocaust-spurs-a-crisis-of-confidence-in-the-idea-of-israel-and-its-possible-renewal-215507
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Living for 75 years within a hostile neighborhood has required the state of Israel to provide security against external threats to all its citizens. That responsibility is a social contract between citizens and the state: The state is obligated to provide security for its people, especially those who live near its borders, that makes living there safe.
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https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/07/senator-markey-sends-automakers-a-letter-criticizing-their-nonexistent-privacy-standards/
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Back in September Mozilla released a scathing report showing how modern vehicles are a privacy shitshow. After studying vehicle systems for over 600 hours, researchers found that most cars hoover up vast swaths of sensitive location and other information on consumers, then, like most companies, sell access to that data to pretty much any nitwit with a nickel.
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https://www.startribune.com/at-ces-2024-tech-companies-are-transforming-the-kitchen-with-ai-and-robots-that-do-the-cooking/600333776/
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LAS VEGAS — Chef-like robots, AI-powered appliances and other high-tech kitchen gadgets are holding out the promise that humans don't need to cook — or mix drinks — for themselves anymore. There was plenty new in the food and beverage world at CES 2024, the multi-day trade event put on by the Consumer Technology Association.
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https://news.abplive.com/business/bfsi-industry-is-navigating-the-impact-of-automation-on-jobs-read-here-1614093
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The Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance (BFSI) industry is experiencing significant changes due to the rapid advancement of automation technologies. Automation has the potential to transform the industry by streamlining operations, enhancing efficiency, and reducing costs. However, it also raises concerns about the future of jobs and the structure of the labour force within the BFSI sector.
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https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/08/vr-trips-help-treat-depression-in-the-elderly
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Like this video about how Viva Vita addresses loneliness and depression in the elderly using VR. Subscribe here: https://freeth.ink/youtube-subscribe-depressionintheelderly. Watch the next video in our series on virtual reality therapy: https://youtu.be/IZE41KejIBw. In the United States, about six million people over the age of 65 experience late life depression and about one-third of seniors feel lonely.
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https://www.uploadvr.com/john-carmack-mixed-reality-comments/
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Meta's going all in on mixed reality with Quest 3, but former Oculus CTO John Carmack remains unconvinced.We've known for months about Meta's MR ambitions with Quest 3, and last week at Connect offered a closer look at these ambitions. But it wasn't long before Carmack, who left Meta last...
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https://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/google-on-trial-search-engine-dominance-at-centre-of-biggest-us-anti-trust-trial-in-decades/FTFDZAXXYVB4NLMJ5QQPKTGKZ4/
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The US Government is taking aim in Federal court at what has been an indomitable empire: Google's ubiquitous search engine that has become the internet's main gateway. Photo / APGoogle has exploited its dominance of the internet search market to lock out competitors and smother innovation, the...
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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/21/nhs-data-platform-may-be-undermined-by-lack-of-public-trust-warn-campaigners
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Theguardian
The NHS's new data platform could be derailed by a lack of public trust because patients are being denied the chance to opt out of it sharing their personal medical records, campaigners claim.NHS England will announce on Tuesday that it is handing the £480m contract to operate the new software to...
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https://theconversation.com/australia-needs-a-knowledge-economy-fuelled-by-scientists-and-arts-graduates-heres-why-212366
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The federal government has been asking for "bold ideas" to "reimagine" the future of Australian higher education for decades to come. An interim report for the Universities Accord was released in July. Feedback on this draft is due today. While there have been many ideas floated by commentators and the review panel (such as a new national university for regional students and a levy on international student fees), there has been less discussion about what our university education system is for.
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https://www.dispatchtribunal.com/2023/09/16/ceek-vr-market-capitalization-reaches-30-54-million-ceek.html
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CEEK VR (CEEK) traded down 0% against the U.S. dollar during the 24-hour period ending at 20:00 PM E.T. on September 16th. During the last seven days, CEEK VR has traded 5.2% lower against the U.S. dollar. One CEEK VR token can currently be bought for approximately $0.0379 or 0.00000143 BTC on...
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https://cointelegraph.com/news/ai-pension-funds-retirement-investment-adoption
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Cointelegraph
Pension funds are in a perpetual crisis worldwide, with low demographic rates in many countries foreshadowing a dim future for such investments, combined with young people's lack of faith in the continued existence of social security models.In order to stay afloat, many pension funds have strived...
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https://www.zdnet.com/article/meta-vr/
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Jason Hiner/ZDNETIn a recent announcement at GDC 2024, Meta announced that retention numbers for the Meta Quest 3 are higher than any other version of the product. This means that more people are using the Meta Quest 3 -- and using it regularly -- than any previous version of the Oculus headset,...
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https://www.businesstraveller.com/business-travel/2024/02/27/ihgs-kimpton-brand-to-debut-in-italy/
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IHG Hotels and Resorts plans to bring its Kimpton brand to Italy next year. Kimpton will debut on the island of Sicily in the second half of 2025 as part of a management agreement with partner Società Turistica Alberghiera Taorminese. Located in the hilltop town of Taormina on the island's east coast, the boutique-style hotel will feature 59 rooms, "destination dining", a breakfast room and bar terrace offering panoramic views from Calabria to the Bay of Isolabella.
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https://singularityhub.com/2018/08/30/the-most-valuable-tool-for-ending-poverty-data/#sm.0000uhujtmo5qe17uci2034tixmtc
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https://project2049.net/2018/07/06/how-china-utilized-misinformation-to-legitimize-repression-in-xinjiang/
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https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/05/11/niantics-peridot-brings-believable-augmented-reality-to-gaming/
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"Peridot" is Niantic's most experimental game, and also, it's most intriguing. The original title from the "Pokemon Go" developer is touted as a modern-day spin on Tamagotchi, those virtual pets that became popular in the 1990s.
As a member of the Peridot Keeper Society, players hatch the titular...
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https://www.hospitalitynet.org/news/4118804.html
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SINGAPORE - Hotel investments in Asia Pacific will cool to $10.1 billion for 2023 due a variety of external factors, representing a year-on-year decline of 14%. According to JLL's (www.jll.com) Hotels & Hospitality Group's recently published Hotel Investment Highlights Asia Pacific, a decline in...
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https://www.nextpit.com/apple-vision-pro-vs-meta-quest-pro-comparison
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