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Five months before DarkSide attacked the Colonial pipeline, two researchers discovered a way to rescue its ransomware victims. Then an antivirus company’s announcement alerted the hackers. https://t.co/zFJlxMgYhL — PolitiTweet.org

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This is how a team built one of the world’s first Chinese digital fonts in in the 1970s and 1980s, a profound design challenge to equip a computer to handle one of the most widely used languages on Earth. https://t.co/yYl1yfxNJm — PolitiTweet.org

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The European Union’s digital vaccine passport system went live in seven countries yesterday, ahead of a full launch for all 27 member states on July 1. https://t.co/PqabCzVopC — PolitiTweet.org

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This is how a team built one of the world’s first Chinese digital fonts in in the 1970s and 1980s, a profound design challenge to equip a computer to handle one of the most widely used languages on Earth. https://t.co/9dtUsHGNow — PolitiTweet.org

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Artificial intelligence might not need us to become smarter than we are. https://t.co/iKxVzoRw1X — PolitiTweet.org

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[SPONSORED] New research: Retailers are using technology such as cloud-based applications and AI to strengthen data science, security, and compliance capabilities. Learn more: https://t.co/Kpk7w5zipC. (With @Oracle) https://t.co/uNzZmbRftx — PolitiTweet.org

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Some changes will involve questioning long-held assumptions. https://t.co/4EhGibycW1 — PolitiTweet.org

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“We’re getting 16,000 photos a day, and at this rate, we are very likely to get half a million observations," says Gene Kritsky, creator of the app Cicada Safari. https://t.co/FOW7wxKM1O — PolitiTweet.org

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For almost 30 years, NASA has given Venus the cold shoulder. All of that is about to change with a double feature. https://t.co/5T3gwSg0xS — PolitiTweet.org

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While the onslaught we’ve seen in the last month feels new, hackers holding services hostage and demanding payments has been a huge business for years. https://t.co/9vNK92qi28 — PolitiTweet.org

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The European Union’s digital vaccine passport system went live in seven countries yesterday, ahead of a full launch for all 27 member states on July 1. https://t.co/OQPZFQJzjQ — PolitiTweet.org

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READ @tanyabasu’s full story on how cicada-tracking apps are uniting communities during the pandemic— and how you can get involved. https://t.co/QbuNhrm2yI — PolitiTweet.org

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The app’s leaderboard—a ranking of the top 500 submittors of usable cicada images—has engaged many citizen scientists. When you’re stuck at home, an app that makes you feel productive and helpful can be powerful. https://t.co/ChdiyAw1C1 — PolitiTweet.org

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@CicadaSafari allows users to track sightings of cicadas on a map, as well as take photos of insects they spot and submit them to the app. But the app is more than just a tracker. — PolitiTweet.org

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These apps inspired @CicadaSafari’s creator Gene Kritsky, an entomologist and biology professor at @MountStJosephU, to create his own service as a way of tracking Brood X. — PolitiTweet.org

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Apps like @iNaturalist, @PictureThisAI, and PlantIn have become popular respites from the pandemic. Many of these apps act as a digital resource, and allow users to submit photos and video for scientific study. — PolitiTweet.org

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That’s when she decided to learn more about these screeching cicadas, and a quick Google search led her to @CicadaSafari, a cicada-tracking app. She downloaded it within minutes. — PolitiTweet.org

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What Watson was seeing was the emergence of thousands of Brood X cicadas, part of a billions-strong insect swarm that has lain dormant for 17 years before arising to “scream,” mate— all over about three thunderous weeks. https://t.co/6y4utobFfW — PolitiTweet.org

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She went outside to her yard and saw hundreds of beady-eyed insects enrobed in a thick shell of gold emerging out of the ground and crawling up the trees. — PolitiTweet.org

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A few weeks ago, Michelle Watson woke up to a deafening, steadily oscillating screech. “What the heck is that noise?” she wondered. — PolitiTweet.org

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Billions of cicadas are emerging across the US for a three-week insect carnival— and citizen scientists are mapping the brood with their phones. Here’s how 👇 https://t.co/QbuNhrm2yI — PolitiTweet.org

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Cicada Safari, an app tracking the Brood X cicadas, allows users to submit photos and video for scientific study. https://t.co/xCv8X5Ktwz — PolitiTweet.org

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What is the ideal urban environment? Throughout the decades the idea has proved to be fertile imaginative ground. https://t.co/HVN61NzvcC — PolitiTweet.org

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[SPONSORED] Edge computing technology is enabling applications that manufacturers need to gain and apply data-driven knowledge that will power smart factories. Learn more. (With @lumentechco) https://t.co/afGdoggClz — PolitiTweet.org

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Combining a multitude of predictions and projections, modeling teams hone the uncertainty. https://t.co/BEELxcMsM8 — PolitiTweet.org

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DAVINCI+ and VERITAS will attempt to answer how and why the second planet from the sun became the hellscape it is today. https://t.co/d8Gb2BIroQ — PolitiTweet.org

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Satellites are so crucial that attacking them could be seen as an act of war. The bad news is, it may have already happened. From 2019: https://t.co/Yt1SWAYOaE — PolitiTweet.org

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Quantum computers could make encryption a thing of the past, but 15 contenders are trying to prove they have what it takes to safeguard your data. From 2020: https://t.co/WCiG4BAhMZ — PolitiTweet.org

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Isaac Asimov on the best ways to unleash creativity. https://t.co/aJAyeN1ahg https://t.co/2AvbevHfDs — PolitiTweet.org