Katya King

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Tech, research, law, teaching & AI - plus a lot of other stuff.
M.Ed, PGDL, LLM, (looking for alt online LLM+tech)
UK/FR
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New: Ticketmaster hackers have dumped data that can be used to create 38,000 tickets, some for concerts that are tonight. Even if the stolen tickets are reissued, this is a potential logistical disaster for fans, artists, venues, Ticketmaster, brokers etc www.404media.co/the-ticketma...

The Ticketmaster Hack Is Becoming a Logistical Nightmare for Fans and Brokerswww.404media.co The latest dump includes ticket data, which means fans' tickets can be stolen if Ticketmaster doesn't reissue them. "This is really really really really bad," one broker told 404 Media.

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Rent to Own.. My Documents folder

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New York bridge gets stuck open after getting too hot

New York bridge gets stuck open after getting too hotwww.bbc.com Officials fired water at the Third Avenue Bridge, which connects the Bronx and Manhattan, to cool it down.

This, so much this.

BTW LLM means Master’s of Law. You can imagine how confusing it was to lawyers when LLM started to mean “just makes shit up” because, well, yeah.

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I unexpectedly find myself with FOUR spare copies of Sticky. So, it's giveaway time! TWO available here and TWO on Mastodon. Open to all 🌍 To go in the draw for one, reply to this post with this emoji: 🦎followed by your favourite sticky or slippery thing! Winners chosen 48hrs from now. GO! ( fyi 👩‍🔬🧪)

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Russia blasted the main children’s hospital in Kyiv with a missile in broad daylight on Monday (8 July) and rained missiles down on other cities across Ukraine,... https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/russian-missile-attacks-kill-at-least-41-hit-childrens-hospital/

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What this article leaves out is that if you hand your unlocked phone to a police officer, they can legally search it. Unless companies develop a method that allows you to show officers insurance cards and driver license without unlocking the rest of your phone, don't. www.zdnet.com/article/digi...

This state is introducing digital driver's licenses. Here's what you need to knowwww.zdnet.com Your physical wallet is being replaced piece by piece. Here's what you need to know about using digital IDs.

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“We identified hundreds of articles containing a prompt that requested authentic articles be rewritten to adopt a “conservative stance against the Macron administration” in a likely effort to sway voters’ opinions ahead of the European Parliament and the snap elections”

Our latest investigation uncovered a disinformation campaign targeting France's snap elections, using AI-generated content to manipulate voter opinions. The operation, CopyCop, used large language models (LLMs) to create fake news outlets with a conservative bias against President Macron. Read more:

Operation targets French snap elections using AI-generated contentdfrlab.org Operation creates inauthentic news websites and uses AI to rewrite articles to adopt a more 'conservative stance'

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Missing pieces of the Bromeswell Bucket have been unearthed at Sutton Hoo. www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

Missing pieces of 6th-century Byzantine bucket finally found at Sutton Hoowww.livescience.com Archaeologists at Sutton Hoo, a 1,400-year-old boat burial in England, have discovered pieces of a broken bucket from the Byzantine Empire.

The ultimate insult "you look AI generated!" Reform under pressure to prove candidates real. www.theguardian.com/politics/art...

Reform UK under pressure to prove all its candidates were real peoplewww.theguardian.com Doubt raised about election hopefuls who stood without providing photos, biographies or contact details

‘It’s very troubling’: thieves use vulnerable man to take out £28,000 bank loan www.theguardian.com/money/articl...

‘It’s very troubling’: thieves use vulnerable man to take out £28,000 bank loanwww.theguardian.com Metro Bank faces questions over safeguards and why victim was allowed to borrow such a big sum

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Friday feline funnies! 😸 🐾 #cats

Eurostar passenger carries stranger’s postal ballot from Paris to London www.theguardian.com/politics/art...

Eurostar passenger carries stranger’s postal ballot from Paris to Londonwww.theguardian.com Lawrence Cheung received his ballot card too late to post home, so went to the Gare du Nord to find someone who might be travelling to the UK

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Back to the ballot box: overseas voters tackle bureaucracy to reclaim the vote Despite reclaiming the right to vote in UK elections, many Brits living abroad long term have struggled to register to vote in the general election

Back to the ballot box: overseas voters tackle bureaucracy to reclaim the voteyorkshirebylines.co.uk Despite reclaiming the right to vote in UK elections, many Brits living abroad long term have struggled to register to vote in the general election

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If, like me, you’ve been disenfranchised because your ballot papers have not been sent out in time to your proxy and you can’t get to the polling station, the Electoral Commission recommends you make a formal complaint to your local council rather than to the Commission. #PostalVoteFiasco

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People died to earn you this right. Please use it! #GE2024 #Vote

Japan introduces enormous humanoid robot to maintain train lines www.theguardian.com/world/articl...

Japan introduces enormous humanoid robot to maintain train lineswww.theguardian.com The 12-metre high machine has coke bottle eyes and a crude Wall-E-like head, as well as large arms that can be fitted with blades or paint brushes

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AI trains on photos of kids whose parents post photos with strict privacy settings.

AI trains on kids’ photos even when parents use strict privacy settingsarstechnica.com Even unlisted YouTube videos are used to train AI, watchdog warns.

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The Crying Crocodile Tries to Catch the Sun by Karel Appel, 1956 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137177

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For Disability Pride Month I’m once again begging for more artists to start considering accessibility and add alt text to your images. It helps low/no vision folks, neurodivergent folks, and more. Plus alt text shows up in searches! There’s a toggle in settings so you won’t forget. 👇

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Dinosaur Safety Tips #dadjoke

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Facial Recognition Led to Wrongful Arrests. So Detroit Is Making Changes. (Gift Article) #SuggestedRead #News www.nytimes.com/2024...#SuggestedRead #News www.nytimes.com/2024...

Facial Recognition Led to Wrongful Arrests. So Detroit Is Making Changes.www.nytimes.com The Detroit Police Department arrested three people after bad facial recognition matches, a national record. But it’s adopting new policies that even the A.C.L.U. endorses.

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S.T.O.P.'s new report reveals that for years, the NYPD violated NYS DNA privacy protections by secretly collecting New Yorkers’ DNA. Justice demands an immediate end to the the NYPD's illegal DNA database. Read the full report here: www.stopspying.org/genetic-surv...

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The Incredible Artistry of Creating Giant Church Bells laughingsquid.com/how-giant-ch...

The Incredible Artistry of Creating Giant Church Bellslaughingsquid.com TEKNIQ traveled to the Grassmyer foundry in Austria to witness the incredible artistry behind casting and decorating giant church bells.

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🏺 Two new job opportunities (with more to come)! Communications & Training Assistant Service Manager (HSDS) archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/news-events/... The roles have come about as a result of a successful bid to AHRC by a consortium led by the ADS to develop & host a Heritage Science Data Service

Job opportunities – Communications and Training Assistant and Service Manager (HSDS) – Archaeology Data Servicearchaeologydataservice.ac.uk

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June and I each placed a rose on the Communard’s Wall, a marker for the mass grave of communards executed in the brutal suppression of the Paris Commune in 1871