Tuesday, October 4, 2022

These young users are more likely to develop depression

Young adults, who use more social media, are significantly more likely to develop depression within six months, regardless of personality type, finds a new study. https://ift.tt/Lkja08b

Securiti, which helps companies manage data privacy, security, governance, and compliance, raised a $75M Series C, bringing its total funding to $155M (Ron Miller/TechCrunch)

Ron Miller / TechCrunch:
Securiti, which helps companies manage data privacy, security, governance, and compliance, raised a $75M Series C, bringing its total funding to $155M  —  The combination of rapid data growth and expanding data regulations like GDPR and CCPA is putting a lot of pressure on companies to figure …



Meta announces AITemplate, an open-source, PyTorch-based unified "inference" system for both AMD and Nvidia GPU hardware, helping code run 4x-12x faster (Reuters)

Reuters:
Meta announces AITemplate, an open-source, PyTorch-based unified “inference” system for both AMD and Nvidia GPU hardware, helping code run 4x-12x faster  —  Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc (META.O)said on Monday it has launched a new set of free software tools …



The White House's new AI Bill of Rights, including helping opt out of algorithmic decision-making, is nonbinding and so will have little impact on companies (Khari Johnson/Wired)

Khari Johnson / Wired:
The White House's new AI Bill of Rights, including helping opt out of algorithmic decision-making, is nonbinding and so will have little impact on companies  —  The draft's tenets include allowing citizens to opt out of algorithmic decision-making, which could reshape federal government—but not the private sector.



The European Parliament votes 602 to 13 to enforce USB-C as the common charging port for devices by the end of 2024; some small devices are exempt (Hartley Charlton/MacRumors)

Hartley Charlton / MacRumors:
The European Parliament votes 602 to 13 to enforce USB-C as the common charging port for devices by the end of 2024; some small devices are exempt  —  The European Parliament today voted overwhelmingly in favor of enforcing USB-C as a common charging port across a wide range of consumer electronic devices …



Sources: talks between the US and TikTok over a national security agreement have accelerated ahead of the midterms as Republicans vow to hold hearings (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: talks between the US and TikTok over a national security agreement have accelerated ahead of the midterms as Republicans vow to hold hearings  —  Plan to secure user data is nearing conclusion, sources say, but hurdles remain and Republicans warn against concessions to video app's Chinese owner



Sources: the US State Department ordered embassies to push back against foreign influence campaigns, as officials worry anti-US views are taking root worldwide (New York Times)

New York Times : Sources: the US State Department ordered embassies to push back against foreign influence campaigns, as officials worry ...