Articles of Interest – Week of Sept 3
/***TECHNOLOGY
Clinc is building a voice AI system to replace humans in drive-through restaurants TechCrunch
Time May Be Running Out for Millions of Clocks Voice of America
New facial recognition system catches first imposter at US airport The Verge
***BIG DATA & AI
Data and Linguistics: Deep Learning In the Digital Age Inside Big Data
From rust belt to robot belt: Turning AI into jobs in the US heartland MIT Tech Review
A chart showing growth in traffic to programming languages as a data science tool and a quiz to show how well do you know R Towards Data Sciencer
10 Reasons Why You Can’t Live Without A Particle Accelerator Nautilus
***SOCIAL MEDIA
Twitter Public Policy Director On How Company Monitors Content NPR
Poll: Most conservatives think social media is censoring them Axios
U.S. accuses China of 'super aggressive' spy campaign on LinkedIn Reuters
Trump’s Ludicrous Attack on Big Tech The idea that Google and Twitter are rigging their platforms against him is patently false (opinion) New York Times
***SOCIAL MEDIA: FACEBOOK
Dozens at Facebook Unite to Challenge Its ‘Intolerant’ Liberal Culture New York Times
What Happens When Facebook Mistakenly Blocks Local News Stories Wired
Twitter’s new political ad policy exempts news media. Facebook’s still doesn’t Poynter
***PRIVACY & SECURITY
Government transparency site revealed Social Security numbers, other personal info CNN
Google and Mastercard Cut a Secret Ad Deal to Track Retail Sales Bloomberg
Yahoo Mail is still scanning your emails for data to sell to advertisers The Verge
Big Brother’s Blind Spot: Mining the failures of surveillance tech The Baffler
***JOURNALISM
‘My life is threatened.’ Listen to Sen. Daphne Campbell call 911 on a Herald reporter Miami Herald
Trump Has Changed How Teens View the News The Atlantic
USA Today triples its investigative unit Poynter
Body-cam vid shows Denver cops cuffed Indy editor as she photographed their badges Colorado Independent
How newsroom managers balance community engagement and reporter safety Columbia Journalism Review
Reuters Editor Responds To Prison Sentence For Journalists In Myanmar NPR
How to report Trump’s move against Texas Latinos who have U.S. birth certificates? Poynter
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
Local News is Dying The Week
It looks like Tronc is about to be chopped up and sold for parts Harvard’s Nieman Lab
Groundbreaking alternative paper Village Voice shuts down after 63 years Orlando Sentinel
Why do billionaires decide to buy newspapers (and why should we be happy when they do)? Harvard’s Nieman Lab
The state of fertility benefits across the journalism industry Poynter
***FAKE NEWS
German far-right mobilized by 'fake news' after stabbing: officials Reuters
How 'Fake News' Was Born at the 1968 DNC Politico
How a Twitter account convinced 4,000 companies to stop advertising on Breitbart Recode
Russian city commissions statue of wrong person in 'wikipedia' mix-up Newsweek
Trump asserts only he can be trusted over opponents and ‘fake news’ Washington Post
***PERSONAL GROWTH
How to Create Materialistic Children Becoming (my blog)
Why We Try So Hard to Escape Our Humanity Empathy is at the core of who we are: That can be painful New York Times
Happy older people live longer, say researchers Duke
How to Make Friends, According to Science The Atlantic
Considering the “valuable-ness” of the things we make Patreon
***WRITING & READING
Is NYTimes Correct That College Students Don't Read Books? Inside Higher Ed
While We Wait for Singular ‘They,’ How About ‘She or He’? Chronicle of Higher Ed
***LANGUAGE
How 'LOL' Went From Meaning Something Was Truly Funny To Meaning... Almost Nothing Digg
Braille for a New Digital Age New York Times
This Curious Man Can Perfectly Pronounce Every Word In The Dictionary Digg
Counting baseball cliches FlowingData
***GENDER
Brown removes article on rapid-onset gender dysphoria Brown
Gender Neutrality in All-Female (or All-Male) Contests is a Myth Gender Watch 2018
How women talk, and are talked about, and why men who exhibit the same speech characteristics don’t get as much criticism Chronicle of Higher Ed
'Female physicians do not work as hard,' Plano doctor tells Dallas Medical Journal Dallas News
Australian becomes first woman in almost 40 years to lift Scotland’s famous Dinnie Stones News.com.au
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
***LEGAL ISSUES
The Big Business of College Sports Stands Trial This Week Hollywood Reporter
Can a Work of Art Created by AI be Protected by Copyright? The 1709 Blog
LeBron James Testifies in Video Game Suit ongoing copyright lawsuit over tattoos Hollywood Reporter
***GOOD NEWS
Montana 109-year-old finds loophole, gets restaurant to pay her for eating there on her birthday ABC Fox Montana
South Florida mural produces bird calls and citrus scents for the visually-impaired Sun-Sentinel
Girl battling leukemia receives over 1,000 postcards for birthday, including one from Tom Hanks CBS News
Never too old to say 'I do' WSAW-TV
Restaurant puts together wedding meal in 90 minutes after original caterer doesn’t show Fox 17
Company offering ‘furternity’ leave for new pet owners WTVR
New research finds taking a vacation could help you live longer CNBC
***ART & DESIGN
Algorithmic art shows what the machine sees Flowing Data
***MUSIC
Charged Songs: "Losing My Religion" and "Try Not to Breathe" Open Culture
Why Are Some Songs Catchier Than Others? Digg
Classic Songs by Bob Dylan Re-Imagined as Pulp Fiction Book Covers Open Culture
***FILM
Movie review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes overhauls critics criteria, adds 200 more critics in effort to become more diverse and inclusive Hollywood Reporter
Romantic comedies are having a moment. Can it last? Vox
***STUDENT LIFE
Working students can’t always choose between a job and an education: Universities shouldn’t make them New York Times
The 2008 financial crisis completely changed what majors students choose Quartz
Feeling Suicidal, Students Turned to Their College. They Were Told to Go Home The New York Times
UC Irvine Student Accused of Pretending to Be a Doctor at Children’s Hospital of Orange County KTLA
College Students Consider Buying Course Materials a Top Source of Financial Stress Cengage
Southern Illinois U. Says It Won’t Tolerate Activism by Athletes in Uniform, Then Backs Off Chronicle of Higher Ed
***eSPORTS
Booming eSports market opens window into Chinese culture ECNS
Legalized gambling could have major implications for esports Venturebeat
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
A Guide to Trump’s New Campus Sexual-Assault Policy The Atlantic
Woman sues Butler and a former fraternity after saying she was raped on campus in 2016 Indy Star
Pastor Accused of Groping Ariana Grande Apologizes for Being 'Too Friendly' New York Times
***SOCIAL ISSUES
The School Shootings That Weren't: NPR finds many reported incidents never happened NPR
ICE Is Sending Detained Kids to Adult Jails the Second They Turn 18 Vice
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
Almost half of Americans can't pay for their basic needs CBS News
My Never-Ending Student Debt The Baffler
It's Easier Than Ever To Record Conversations And That's Reshaping The Workplace NPR
Microsoft will require suppliers to offer paid parental leave Axios
Fewer Workers Relocating HR Exchange Network
Age, race or need for instant gratification -- which best predicts how much you will earn? Science Daily
***ENVIRONMENT
Cigarette Butts Are The Biggest Ocean Contaminant: Study Fortune
Study: Air pollution responsible for ‘huge’ drop in intelligence The Next Web
The Ocean Cleanup Is Starting, Aims To Cut Garbage Patch By 90% By 2040 Forbes
How Much Hotter Is Your Hometown Than When You Were Born? New York Times
***HEALTH
Critics Trying To Stop A Big Study Of Sepsis Say The Research Puts Patients At Risk NPR
Sexually transmitted diseases surge for the 4th straight year, CDC reports USA Today
New pain drugs may lower the risk of overdose and addiction Science Mag
Without an independent source, BuzzFeed's story on a medical device for OCD doesn't offer much beyond the news release Health News Review
FluMist should be avoided in favor of shots, pediatrics group says Stat News
Children who lived with smokers are more likely to die of lung disease as adults, study says Washington Post
Goat Yoga Is 'Preposterous,' Says Goat Yoga Teacher. It's Also ... Terrific! NPR
98.6 Degrees is a normal body temperature, right? Not quite Wired
***HEALTH: MICRODOSING
'It lifted me out of depression': is microdosing good for your mind? The Guardian
Scientists Are Starting to Test Claims about "Microdosing" Scientific American
Here’s What Happens When a Few Dozen People Take Small Doses of Psychedelics The Atlantic
***FAMILY
Why Kids Want Things The Atlantic
The jaw-dropping story behind an NFL coach’s search for his family ESPN
This app lets seniors book “grandkids on demand” Fast Company
***SCIENCE
First-Ever Evidence of Higgs Boson Decay Opens New Doors for Particle Physics Live Science
Scientists must keep fighting fake news, not retreat to their ivory towers The Guardian
***PSYCHOLOGY
Online Bettors Know If Psychology Studies Will Replicate The Atlantic
Here's Why We Need To Rethink Everything We Know About The Stanford Prison Experiment BuzzFeed News
***NEUROSCIENCE
Mysterious new brain cell found in people AAAS Science Mag
Why Do We Hurt the Ones We Love? Insights From the Brain Psychology Today
***PRODUCTIVITY
25 incredibly useful things you didn’t know Google Docs could do Fast Company
How to get the most out of Gmail’s new features Wired
***RELIGIOUS TYPES
Pew report on religious types shows what Americans of different faiths have in common Washington Post
Pew Study Classifies Americans Using Spiritual Traits Courthouse News
How we created a religious typology: Q&A with Rich Morin Pew Research Center
***RELIGION
Paul McCartney 'saw God' after taking drugs during Beatles heyday The Guardian
Newsrooms puzzle overuse of ‘Mormon’ in coverage The Washington Post
***THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
BuzzFeed’s investigation into mistreatment of children by nuns in an orphanage BuzzFeed News
***PASTORS
Inland Hills Church members in Chino mourn loss of pastor to suicide ABC 7
The Assemblies of God Leadership Quickly Restored Megachurch Pastor After His Predatory Affair and Lawsuit The Wartburg Watch
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
Trump warns evangelicals of 'violence' if GOP loses in the midterms CNN
In closed-door meeting, Trump told Christian leaders he got rid of a law: He didn't NBC News
Many Churchgoers Want Sunday Morning Segregated … by Politics Christianity Today
Evangelicals And Kavanaugh: An interview with a Liberty University professor NPR
***HISTORY
Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky's Russia: Photos of Life Before the Revolution Getty Images
***RESEARCH
The Science Behind Social Science Gets Shaken Up—Again Wired
Using citation metrics as part of academic recruitment decisions leads to an increase in self-citations The London School of Economics & Political Science
Gender and international diversity improves equity in peer review bioRxiv
China's wake-up call on scientific misconduct and fake science ABC Radio National (Australia)
***HIGHER ED
Provost: fake college degrees are a growing problem (opinion) The Post & Courier
Beloit College drops Mindset List Rockford Register Star
Tweeting on the Front Lines Think managing a university social media account is easy? Think again Inside Higher Ed
Colleges Say They Prepare Students for a Career, Not Just a First Job. Is That True? Chronicle of Higher Ed
Outrage Over University's $999 Online Textbook Inside Higher Ed
Online Education Is a Disability Rights Issue Inside Higher Ed
***TEACHING
Hard Copy or Electronic Textbooks? Professors Are More Concerned About Keeping Them Affordable Chronicle of Higher Ed
How to Get the Most Out of a Brief Teaching Workshop Chronicle of Higher Ed
One Way to Show Students You Care Chronicle of Higher Ed
***ACADEMIC LIFE
How the Jobs Crisis Has Transformed Faculty Hiring Chronicle of Higher Ed
Colorado State University wins retaliation lawsuit brought by ex-prof Coloradoan
Do College Librarians Have Academic Freedom? Chronicle of Higher Ed
Is the N-word simply to be avoided, or is Emory wrong to suspend a law professor who used it? Inside Higher Ed
How the Jobs Crisis Has Transformed Faculty Hiring Chronicle of Higher Ed
Rutgers President Seeks Additional Review of Professor’s Controversial Facebook Post Chronicle of Higher Ed