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Online extremism is taking a mental toll on researchers studying it
Social media platforms do an indispensable job of connecting us with our families, friends and like-minded people. But of late, they have also become conduits for bad actors to hijack users’ attention to manipulate news, spew conspiracy theories, and propagate toxic viewpoints with an intent to radicalize impressionable minds. äàëüøå »
2019-5-3 10:36
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10 things we learned from the Democratic candidates’ Instagrams
In a crowded pool of candidates, one stacked from top to bottom with political icons and young upstarts hoping to unseat them, it’s time to put up or shut up. The Presidential Election is still more than 18 months away, but we find ourselves quickly encroaching on primary and caucus season. äàëüøå »
2019-5-2 16:59
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How Facebook and Google are using algorithms to predict your next thought
Advertisements follow you everywhere. Google and Facebook have become the de facto diarchs, mining your online attention to track every single move to serve their needs. While it’s becoming increasingly impossible to quench the big tech’s thirst for user data, collect they must in order to sell ads, and for them to thrive and grow. äàëüøå »
2019-5-2 15:52
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This Chrome plugin removes search bias to give women the visibility they deserve
Throughout history, women in STEM have contributed massively to build the world as we know it today — from Rosalind Franklin, a chemist whose research helped reveal the components of DNA, to Marie Curie, a physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. äàëüøå »
2019-5-2 12:35
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Revenge of the nerds: Facebook is developing human-level AI to fight bullying
Facebook might be taking its bullying problem a lot more seriously than you think. Rather than hire more humans to flag troubling content, it plans on developing AI with human level intelligence to do the job. äàëüøå »
2019-5-2 23:47
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Here’s how we can make STEM classes more accessible to students in rural America
More than ever before, there is a high demand in the workforce for an increased emphasis on education in mathematics and sciences for school-age students. After all, two-thirds of all available jobs will require postsecondary critical thinking and problem-solving skills that are obtained in math and science classes by 2020. äàëüøå »
2019-5-1 18:43
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Apple’s big services push is starting to pay off
Gone are the days when iPhones used to be the center stage of Apple’s quarterly results. Make no mistake, it is still the biggest money maker for the company, but the word “iPhone” appears just once in the Q2 earnings press release, as if it’s a mere afterthought. äàëüøå »
2019-5-1 11:34
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Why Switzerland is a perfect launchpad for Europe’s first large-scale 5G mobile network
Switzerland is a country best known for having a high standard of living, stunning alpine vistas, and a banking industry that defies scrutiny. But from tomorrow, it’ll also be known as the first European country to have a commercially-available 5G smartphone service. äàëüøå »
2019-5-1 23:03
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The digital farming revolution will cost workers their power, dignity, and possibly their jobs
There’s a lot of talk about digital technology and smart cities, but what about smart farms? Many of us still have a romantic view of farmers surveying rolling hills and farm kids cuddling calves, but our food in Canada increasingly comes from industrial-scale factory farms and vast glass and steel forests of greenhouses. äàëüøå »
2019-4-30 15:59
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Even the Galaxy S10 couldn’t save Samsung from a 60% drop in profits last quarter
When Samsung issued its guidance earlier this month, it predicted a decline in operating income by a whopping 60 percent, the company’s biggest decline since a similar drop in the third quarter of 2014. äàëüøå »
2019-4-30 09:58
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IBM’s Call For Code hackathon takes aim at California’s wildfire problem
IBM and 42 Silicon Valley are hosting a hackathon in early May to come up with solutions to California’s wildfire problem. The company hopes to get developers, engineers, designers, and emergency-responders together to brainstorm solutions as part of its annual Call For Code challenge. äàëüøå »
2019-4-30 01:20
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Dead Facebook users could outnumber the living by 2069
Within the next 50 years, Facebook could feel more like a place for the dead than the living. According to academics from the University of Oxford, by 2069, the dead could outnumber the living on the social network. äàëüøå »
2019-4-29 16:19
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The SETI screensaver shows us what the internet could’ve been
When I was twelve years old, I became obsessed with a screen saver. The screen saver pictured above, to be precise; you can watch its full glory here. It had multicolored lines that rose up inside a frame, like a kind of three-dimensional bar graph, and a whole lot of incomprehensible text and numbers that whizzed around above. äàëüøå »
2019-4-28 15:00
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AI won’t destroy us, it’ll make us smarter
A number of academics and tech entrepreneurs agree: computer intelligence will one day meet and exceed human intelligence. But almost none of them agree on what happens after that. Depending on who you ask, it could be the end of the world or the greatest period of human prosperity we’ve ever known. äàëüøå »
2019-4-27 17:00
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Driverless cars could be the answer to reducing light pollution
Within the next several decades, most of the industrialized world’s cars and trucks could be replaced by autonomous vehicles. That transformation may provide an opportunity to fix some of what’s now broken with modern transportation—including, perhaps, light pollution. äàëüøå »
2019-4-27 12:00
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Quantum breakthrough could lead to ‘super-powered’ hard disk drives
While the world’s focused on the latest Avenger’s flick, an international team of scientists have potentially unlocked the super powers of another familiar Marvel character: Magneto. Researchers from the Argonne National Laboratory, Oakland University in Michigan, and Fudan University in China have discovered a quantum-level exploit that has the potential to give engineers greater control over the magnetic properties of certain metals. äàëüøå »
2019-4-27 23:49
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Amazon plans to cut Prime shipping times – and their workers will pay for it
There is no stopping Amazon from taking over the world. The retail behemoth had a blockbuster first quarter in 2019 with revenues of $59. 7 billion and $3. 6 billion in net income, an all-time record and more than twice what it was making a year ago. äàëüøå »
2019-4-26 11:50
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TikTok is no longer banned in India — but the app is still unavailable
A week-long ban of popular social video creation app TikTok in India has been reversed, according to a report by Reuters, citing two lawyers involved in the case. The Android and iOS apps, however, are yet to return to Apple and Google’s app stores. äàëüøå »
2019-4-25 15:02
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Why the cybersecurity sector needs to start hiring more hackers
Cybersecurity incidents are gaining an increasingly high profile. In the past, these incidents may have been perceived primarily as a somewhat distant issue for organizations such as banks to deal with. äàëüøå »
2019-4-25 14:41
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Bumble will use AI to automatically censor unsolicited nudes
Although dating apps set out to make dating easier, they also carry a greater risk of non-consensual interactions and new, easy opportunities for perpetrators to target and abuse victims. Whether it’s an abusive message waiting in your inbox, or an unsolicited nude image from a complete stranger, “surprise” dick pics are an all too common form of online sexual harassment — but Bumble will soon automatically detect and blur “lewd” images sent on its platform using AI. äàëüøå »
2019-4-25 14:20
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Facebook sets aside billions to pay its way through privacy issues
Facebook may be reeling from a string of privacy disasters, but in terms of sheer usage, the social network continues to be unstoppable in its quest for growth. And in its latest earnings report, the company has revealed that it’s happy to throw money at anything that stands in its way. äàëüøå »
2019-4-25 12:59
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China’s dating apps are experimenting with livestreamed matchmaking
Chinants, a sort of talk show where app users are both the hosts and the audience. Confused? We’re not surprised. There’s nothing like it in the western app space, so here’s a quick breakdown of the feature flow: 1. äàëüøå »
2019-4-25 11:49
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Deep learning can help us eradicate suicide – but only if we let it
Humanity’s mental health crisis has reached pandemic proportions. Bluntly put: we don’t seem capable of solving the problem on our own. Cutting edge AI research shows a clear path forward, but society as a whole will have to accept the fact that mental health is real in order for us to take the first steps. äàëüøå »
2019-4-25 02:52
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PSA: Apple will now fix your MacBook’s faulty keyboard within a day
Apple has made a key change to how it handles keyboard repairs with MacBook and MacBook Pro models, so you’ll be able to get your laptop fixed in roughly 24 hours from the time you bring it into the store. äàëüøå »
2019-4-24 09:20
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Why ‘Magic: The Gathering’ is AI’s toughest challenge
Games make the perfect teaching environment for developers to train machine learning models in, but which game produces the strongest AI? You can put your money on DeepMind’s AlphaGo or OpenAI’s DotA 2-playing machine, but we’ll take whichever one is the first to master Magic: The Gathering – humanity’s hardest game. äàëüøå »
2019-4-24 03:17
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Unwanted sexting linked to anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem
A new study shows early evidence that receiving unsolicited sexual imagery through text, or being coerced into sending it is associated with mental health distress. This is the first research linking both non-consensual and coerced sexting behavior with depression, anxiety, and low self-esteem. äàëüøå »
2019-4-24 22:54
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AI is helping regulators keep tabs on new industrial farms and their waste discharging habits
Researchers have developed an algorithm that uses satellite imagery to rapidly pinpoint industrial livestock farms, manifold faster than humans can do by manually analyzing maps. Now, the researchers think their new analytical tool could help regulators to identify farms that may be breaking environmental laws. äàëüøå »
2019-4-23 15:14
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Full moon patents: IBM’s ‘eye contact’ file transfer and Ford’s self-cleaning car
Ugh, the Gregorian calendar is so boring. That’s why we’re disrupting monthly series with a lunar cycle-based series about the best patents of the last synodic month, picked by the PatentYogi team. äàëüøå »
2019-4-22 08:00
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Cornell scientists create ‘living’ machines that eat, grow, and evolve
The field of robotics is going through a renaissance thanks to advances in machine learning and sensor technology. Each generation of robot is engineered with greater mechanical complexity and smarter operating software than the last. äàëüøå »
2019-4-20 01:56
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A Q&A with Roland CEO Jun-ichi Miki on innovation, Waku Waku, and ‘sleeping musicians’
The Roland Corporation is a global powerhouse in the field of music technology. We interviewed Mr. Jun-ichi Miki, Roland Corporation CEO and Representative Director, to find out how the company continues to drive innovation and customer growth. äàëüøå »
2019-4-19 19:34
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Women in AI need better allies. Here’s how we can all help
Lin Classon, Director of Public Cloud Product at managed cloud provider Ensono and former Googler, has spent her entire career attending technology conferences – places where, unlike the public restrooms at most events, women tend to have the toilet all to themselves. äàëüøå »
2019-4-19 02:57
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Scientists take DNA test, learn they’re cousins who’ve collaborated in science journal
When people submit their DNA to companies such as 23andMe for testing, they’re usually not too surprised to find out they have relatives they haven’t met. But, it’s a bit different when you realize you have a cousin who works in the same field, shares some colleagues and friends, and once collaborated with you on research that appeared in a science journal back in the 1970s. äàëüøå »
2019-4-19 01:00
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Flying cars could cut emissions, replace planes, and reduce traffic – but not soon enough
When Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was released 50 years ago, flying cars were a flight of fancy. Now, these futuristic vehicles are entering the outer fringes of reality. According to a new study published in Nature, for some journeys flying cars could eventually be greener than even electric road cars, cutting emissions while also reducing traffic on increasingly busy roads. äàëüøå »
2019-4-18 16:35
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New CRISPR tool could eradicate viral diseases with long-range DNA shredding
An international team of scientists recently unveiled a new CRISPR-based tool capable of shredding long portions of targeted DNA strands. The new technique provides advantages over previous methods and could potentially lead to a cure for viral diseases such as herpes and hepatitis-C. äàëüøå »
2019-4-17 20:08
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Emotionally intelligent AI will respond to how you feel
Artificial intelligence offers us an opportunity to amplify service and the integration of technology in everyday lives many times over. But until very recently, there remained a significant barrier in how sophisticated the technology could be. äàëüøå »
2019-4-17 17:48
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Oxford philosopher’s newest hypothesis predicts the rise of super villains
Oxford philosopher and founding director of the Future of Humanity Institute Nick Bostrom‘s latest research paper seems to indicate our species could be on a collision course with a technology-fueled super villain. äàëüøå »
2019-4-17 02:37
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MIT scientist’s ‘Simulation Hypothesis’ makes compelling case for The Matrix
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Are angels really AIs sent to monitor us on behalf of the programmers responsible for our creation? MIT computer scientist Rizwan Virk tackles these mind-boggling questions and many more in his new book ‘Simulation Hypothesis. äàëüøå »
2019-4-16 21:34
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Big tech’s ‘ethical guidelines’ are no substitute for real regulation
Data ethics is now a cause centire cohort of expert data ethicists have magically materialized. Why this sudden interest in data ethics? What is data ethics? Whose interests are the guidelines designed to serve? To understand what is going on, it’s necessary to take a step back and look at how the information landscape has unfolded.… This story continues at The Next Web äàëüøå »
2019-4-16 11:25
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Autumn is coming: Expert says hype cycle will give way to ‘rich harvest’ of useful AI
Winter isn’t coming. At least not for the world of artificial intelligence. Jeff Bigham, program director of the Human-computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon, believes we’ll soon reap the bounties of an AI autumn instead. äàëüøå »
2019-4-16 01:54
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Top UK dietitian weighs in on Jack Dorsey’s bizarre diet (it’s risky!)
Jack Dorsey is a polarizing figure. Usually, the criticism is centered on how he runs Twitter. Last week, however, was different. Attention shifted from the usual fare – the ever-pervasive issues of the alt-right and harassment — to a completely different matter: Dorsey’s unusual diet. äàëüøå »
2019-4-15 18:23
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How tech giants can strangle transformative tech at birth — and how to stop them
Google is digesting its third whopping antitrust penalty from the European Commission, having been fined he EU’s competition commissioner, said this “denied other companies the possibility to compete on the merits and to innovate – and consumers the benefits of competition”. äàëüøå »
2019-4-15 15:46
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2/3 of EU states voted for atrocious Copyright Reform — now all will have to adopt it
The absolute final vote on the incredibly controversial Copyright Reform was held today, with 19 EU member states voting in favor of making it EU law. Despite the Netherlands, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, Finland, and Sweden voting against the Copyright Reform — and Estonia, Belgium, and Slovenia abstaining — it’ll now be mandatory for all EU countries to implement the law at a national level. äàëüøå »
2019-4-15 13:16
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Game developers help NASA imagine what life in space will look like
NASA spent much of the 20th century commissioning painters and illustrators to imagine the future of space exploration. When Jeff Norris, the head of Mission Operations Innovation at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL), wanted a way to inspire a new generation of potential engineers, scientists, and astronauts, he turned to a modern alternative to those artists: a games developer. äàëüøå »
2019-4-14 16:38
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The best use of body hacking might be in hospitals
Reminders of the fragility of our bodies are unavoidable. You just have to hope that your next injury won’t be too painful or long-lasting. My most recent started in 2014, with knee pain. It felt like a little electric shock to the outside of the knee joint. äàëüøå »
2019-4-14 13:00
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Smart cities are an AI-powered dystopia that’s already happening
Separating the futuristic from the dystopian in the minds of the general public can be a challenge, particularly when trying to conceptualize a diverse technology such as AI recognition. In today’s markets, a tangible example can be seen in consumer products such as the iPhone XS, with its Face ID facial-recognition unlocking. äàëüøå »
2019-4-13 12:31
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AI rejects conservative human views on furniture, designs wacky chair
If you’re lucky enough to be in Italy for Milan Design Week this year, do yourself a favor and check out the world’s first “chair designed using artificial intelligence to be put into production. äàëüøå »
2019-4-13 03:16
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The internet’s idiots are already trying to discredit Katie Bouman’s historic accomplishments
In years to come, April 10 will be remembered as a historic day for humankind, science, and women in STEM. On this day, the first ever image of a celestial phenomenon was published — a black hole — largely thanks to the algorithms created by Katie Bouman. äàëüøå »
2019-4-12 16:14
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Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant are changing how we interact with the world by doing it for us
Innovation shapes our daily experiences, offering us the chance to seize the convenience offered by modern technology. Since the advent of smart speakers and voice-enabled digital assistants, voice-user interface (VUI) technology has experienced an explosion in popularity among consumers and developers alike. äàëüøå »
2019-4-12 15:11
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Hallelujah! Google Assistant finally has access to your G Suite calendar
Google yesterday announced Calendar support via Google Assistant for G Suite customers at its Google Next event. This means employees and students using G Suite accounts will finally be able to edit, update, and check their Calendar using Assistant. äàëüøå »
2019-4-12 23:25
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You don’t really own the digital books and movies you bought online
Microsoft has announced that it will close the books category of its digital store. While other software and apps will still be available via the virtual shop front, and on purchasers’ consoles and devices, the closure of the eBook store takes with it customers’ eBook libraries. äàëüøå »
2019-4-11 16:56
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