Archive for December, 2018

AlphaFold @ CASP13: “What just happened?”

Saturday, December 22nd, 2018

https://moalquraishi.wordpress.com/2018/12/09/alphafold-casp13-what-just-happened/

Secondary_appt Kosslyn ’09 cited in NYTimes

Saturday, December 22nd, 2018

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/12/technology/tech-friction-frictionless.html?action=click&module=News&pgtype=Homepage

Is Tech Too Easy to Use? – The New York Times
www.nytimes.com
Seven years ago, a younger and more carefree Mark Zuckerberg went onstage at Facebook’s annual developer conference and announced a major change to the social network’s design.

Interesting article in NYT on location data privacy

Saturday, December 22nd, 2018

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/10/business/location-data-privacy-apps.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

This could be a good analogy for our genomic privacy work, i.e. functional genomics is like showing where your genome walks around, which can reveal who you are (and even more about you).

Big sibling is listening

Saturday, December 22nd, 2018

https://gizmodo.com/the-amazon-alexa-eavesdropping-nightmare-came-true-1831231490

The Milkmaid — Google Arts & Culture

Saturday, December 22nd, 2018

https://artsandculture.google.com/story/cQJib89R45GfJg

Gizmodo: Don’t Take the DNA Test You’ll Probably Get for Christmas

Saturday, December 22nd, 2018

https://apple.news/AJJIq28H0Qc28yvg8sTFbqw

Review: Amazon’s $29 Echo Wall Clock packs modern tricks in classic tech with a few limitations

Saturday, December 22nd, 2018

https://9to5mac.com/2018/12/19/amazon-echo-wall-clock-review/

forensic article related to people wrongly convicted with bad science

Saturday, December 22nd, 2018

article about how today’s forensic science is behind and weak….

https://www.propublica.org/article/bloodstain-pattern-analysis-jury-wrongful-conviction-acquitted-exonerated

Mapping the Brain’s Genetic Landscape – The New York Times

Tuesday, December 18th, 2018

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/13/health/genetics-brain-autism-schizophrenia.html

Swifter, higher, stronger: What’s on the menu? | Science

Monday, December 17th, 2018

http://science.sciencemag.org/content/362/6416/781