Wesley Fryer

I'm a husband, dad, teacher, tech director, author, & digital storyteller. I love playing w/ media & helping learners "show what they know" with media

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Cyber-attacks
Forget Russia, China And Iran, Up To 80% Of Cybersecurity Threats Are Closer To Home
Forbes - Zak Doffman
According to reports this week, the theft of more than $15 million from UniCredit in China came to light late last year, when cybersecurity loopholes were exploited to access clients’ money. “UniCredit
College & University
Student used ‘USB Killer’ device to destroy $58,000 worth of college computers
The Verge - Chris Welch
The former College of Saint Rose student faces up to 10 years in prison A former student of The College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York, has pled guilty to charges that he destroyed tens of thousands
Toyota
UPS will start using Toyota's zero-emission hydrogen semi trucks
Roadshow - by Andrew Krok
It's part of a greater collaboration with Toyota, Kenworth and Shell. Toyota's Project Portal, which brings its zero-emission hydrogen fuel-cell tech to commercial trucks, has been graduating through stages
Boeing 737 MAX
How the Boeing 737 Max Disaster Looks to a Software Developer
ieee.org - Gregory Travis
Design shortcuts meant to make a new plane seem like an old, familiar one are to blame Photo: Jemal Countess/Getty ImagesThis is part of the wreckage …
Bah
Teen’s $1B suit claims Apple’s facial recognition software led to false arrest
Fox News - New York Post
He’s trying to save face. A New York man filed a $1 billion lawsuit against Apple, claiming the tech giant’s facial-recognition software wrongly blamed him for stealing from Apple stores. Ousmane Bah,
Brexit
Facebook's role in Brexit -- and the threat to democracy
ted.com - Carole Cadwalladr
In an unmissable talk, journalist Carole Cadwalladr digs into one of the most perplexing events in recent times: the UK's super-close 2016 vote to …
Technology
Silicon Valley Came to Kansas Schools. That Started a Rebellion.
The New York Times - By NELLIE BOWLES
WELLINGTON, Kan. — The seed of rebellion was planted in classrooms. It grew in kitchens and living rooms, in conversations between students and their parents. It culminated when Collin Winter, 14, an grader
News Literacy Project
Stop the Misinformation Virus: Don’t Be a Carrier
medium.com - The News Literacy Project
The News Literacy ProjectBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Apr 22 By Alan C. Miller The growing contagion of online misinformation should serve as a …
Big Tech and Democracy: The Critical Role of Congress
belfercenter.org - Christian Gibbons
Summary Report Executive Summary Technology has reached a critical juncture in American society. The unfettered optimism of recent decades is now …
YouTube Music
Enjoy YouTube Music free on Google Home speakers
googleblog.com
Listening to music on your Google Home speaker right out-of-the-box seems too good to be true, right? It’s not! Starting today, YouTu...
Spotify
Amazon and Google Are Making Music Free — And That Could Be a Big Headache for Spotify
Rolling Stone - Tim Ingham
Spotify’s free tier is one of the modern music industry’s most controversial talking points — and one of the Swedish company’s strongest competitive …
Facial Recognition Is the Perfect Tool for Oppression
medium.com - Woodrow Hartzog
Co-authored with Evan Selinger The Trojans would have loved facial recognition technology. It’s easy to accept an outwardly compelling but ultimately …
Ukraine
Ukraine election result: Volodymyr Zelensky, comedian, is new president
Vox - Alex Ward
Volodymyr Zelensky rode a populist, anti-corruption message straight to the presidency. Ukrainians on Sunday overwhelmingly voted to make a comedian their next president — ushering in a new era of politics
Ukraine
Ukraine’s Election Is an All-Out Disinformation Battle
defenseone.com - By Nina Jankowicz
Ahead of the presidential election, the campaigns themselves have become combatants in the information war. That’s exactly what Russia wants. Support …
Robotics
Boston Dynamics showcases new uses for SpotMini ahead of commercial production
TechCrunch - Brian Heater
Last year at our TC Sessions: Robotics event, Boston Dynamics announced its intention to commercialize SpotMini. It was a big step for the secretive company. After a quarter of century building some of
Samsung Gear
Apple Watch Series 3 and Samsung Gear S3 smartwatches get big price cuts
Digital Trends
Let’s be honest, nobody really needs a watch to tell time anymore. It wasn’t until smartwatches hit the market that wearables became something more …
Cave Paintings
Researchers translated Cherokee writings in an Alabama cave. One inscription describes a game similar to lacrosse
CNN - By Ryan Prior
(CNN) — A team of scholars translated Cherokee inscriptions on Alabama cave walls and determined some of them were written in the 19th century as a ceremonial part of stickball games. A study published
McAfee
McAfee joins Sophos, Avira, Avast—the latest Windows update breaks them all
Ars Technica - Peter Bright
A range of fixes and workarounds have been published. The most recent Windows patch, released April 9, seems to have done something (still to be …
Planetary Habitability
Fingerprints of Venus Transformation May Be Hidden in Plain Sight
space.com
Venus may have once been a water-rich, Earth-like world whose raging volcanism morphed it into the overheated planet it is today. But it didn't …
Google Maps
Tracking Phones, Google Is a Dragnet for the Police
The New York Times
The tech giant records people’s locations worldwide. Now, investigators are using it to find suspects and witnesses near crimes, running the risk of snaring the innocent.
A Deep Dive on the Recent Widespread DNS Hijacking Attacks
krebsonsecurity.com - BrianKrebs
The U.S. government — along with a number of leading security companies — recently warned about a series of highly complex and widespread attacks …
Twitter
A healthier Twitter
twitter.com
We want people to feel safe on Twitter. Last year, we shared that building a Twitter free of abuse, spam and other things that distract from the …
Jack Dorsey
How Jack Dorsey plans to change Twitter
Axios - Ina Fried
In an effort to make Twitter a healthier place, CEO Jack Dorsey said the company is looking to change the focus from following specific individuals …
Technology
We finally know why the Instagram founders really quit
The Verge - Casey Newton
When your boss goes one hamburger button too far Last year, in an effort to give shape to The Interface’s coverage area, I posted a public list of questions that I hoped to investigate over time. I saved
COPPA and Verifiable Parental Consent
williamstites.net - William Stites
If you’ve spent anytime talking about an iPad deployment, AppleIDs, social media – particularly Facebook, how you can use Evernote (or many other …
Flipped Classroom
Stop Lecturing Me
scientificamerican.com - Carl Wieman
University science professors preach a gospel of seeking truth through data and careful experimentation, yet when they walk into a classroom, they …
Opinion
We Built an ‘Unbelievable’ (but Legal) Facial Recognition Machine
The New York Times
What we found shows the technology’s promise — and perils.
Literature
How We Can Teach Gen Z a Better Kind of Media Literacy
psmag.com - Sam Wineburg
Young people's ability to navigate the Internet can be summed up in one word: bleak.We call them "digital natives." Digitally naive might be more …
NAIS - Trend Lines: The Future of Social Media Education
nais.org
Summer 2018 By Laura Tierney Teens build relationships with friends through FaceTime and group chats. They nurture friendships with compliments on …
Virus Bulletin 2018: Exposing the Social Media Fraud Ecosystem
threatpost.com - Tara Seals
The business of fake likes and followers turns out to be a sprawling enterprise -- likely tied back to IoT botnet activity.

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Forget Russia, China And Iran, Up To 80% Of Cybersecurity Threats Are Closer To Home

Student used ‘USB Killer’ device to destroy $58,000 worth of college computers

UPS will start using Toyota's zero-emission hydrogen semi trucks

How the Boeing 737 Max Disaster Looks to a Software Developer

Teen’s $1B suit claims Apple’s facial recognition software led to false arrest

Facebook's role in Brexit -- and the threat to democracy

Silicon Valley Came to Kansas Schools. That Started a Rebellion.

Stop the Misinformation Virus: Don’t Be a Carrier

Big Tech and Democracy: The Critical Role of Congress

Enjoy YouTube Music free on Google Home speakers

Amazon and Google Are Making Music Free — And That Could Be a Big Headache for Spotify

Facial Recognition Is the Perfect Tool for Oppression

Ukraine election result: Volodymyr Zelensky, comedian, is new president

Ukraine’s Election Is an All-Out Disinformation Battle

Boston Dynamics showcases new uses for SpotMini ahead of commercial production

Apple Watch Series 3 and Samsung Gear S3 smartwatches get big price cuts

Researchers translated Cherokee writings in an Alabama cave. One inscription describes a game similar to lacrosse

McAfee joins Sophos, Avira, Avast—the latest Windows update breaks them all

Fingerprints of Venus Transformation May Be Hidden in Plain Sight

Tracking Phones, Google Is a Dragnet for the Police

A Deep Dive on the Recent Widespread DNS Hijacking Attacks

A healthier Twitter

How Jack Dorsey plans to change Twitter

We finally know why the Instagram founders really quit

COPPA and Verifiable Parental Consent

Stop Lecturing Me

We Built an ‘Unbelievable’ (but Legal) Facial Recognition Machine

How We Can Teach Gen Z a Better Kind of Media Literacy

NAIS - Trend Lines: The Future of Social Media Education

Virus Bulletin 2018: Exposing the Social Media Fraud Ecosystem