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Tuesday, November 15, 2016
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Passwords: How to Make the Best of a Bad Situation
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by Abby Clobridge
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Yahoo recently announced that details about nearly 500 million of its user accounts had been stolen. Similar breach announcements involving tens or hundreds of millions of user accounts are a near-daily occurrence, and there are no signs that things are getting any better. The breaches that you hear about in the news are just the tip of the iceberg. Oftentimes, companies are hacked and never realize it, let alone take action to notify their users. These sorts of cyberattacks aren't going away, so it's up to us to take every possible precaution to protect our own accounts and data.
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Foreseeing an Open Source Future With FOLIO
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by Brandi Scardilli
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Libraries have always been spaces where members of a community can gather to gain knowledge, whether through books or through events and activities. But where can library staffers go to do their own learning? They need designated spaces too, which is why the Open Library Foundation is so important. This new organization encourages everyone in the library and library services communities to share their ideas for an open source future.
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How NLP Extends What Ontologies Can Do (4:42)
AbbVie's Jon Stevens explains how natural-language processing makes ontologies more reflective of nuance in subject-specific language in this clip from Text Analytics Forum 2019.
CLOSED CAPTIONING IS AVAILABLE.
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Web of Deceit
Edited by Anne P. Mintz
In this eye-opening follow-up to her popular 2002 book, Web of Deception, Anne P. Mintz brings together a team of expert researchers, journalists, and subject experts to explain how misinformation is intentionally spread and to illuminate the dangers in a range of critical areas.
Web of Deceit is a must-read for any internet user who wants to avoid being victimized by liars, thieves, and propagandists in the age of ubiquitous social media.
2012 | 224pp softbound | ISBN 978-0-910965-91-0
Regular Price: $29.95 | Web Orders: $26.95
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