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2023-01-07 14:00:00 |
Slack Discloses Breach of Its Github Code Repository (lien direct) |
Plus: Russian spies uncovered in Europe, face recognition leads to another wrongful arrest, a new porn ID law, and more. |
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2021-12-06 12:00:00 |
What Will Work Look Like in 2022? (Hint: Not the Metaverse) (lien direct) |
Here's what industry leaders think about the future of work, from changing office hours to, yes, staying in the meatspace. |
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2021-12-02 11:00:00 |
The Twitter Wildfire Watcher Who Tracks California\'s Blazes (lien direct) |
When fire ignites, the race begins to alert the state's residents of the path of destruction. One of the leading voices lives on the other side of the world. |
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2021-11-04 11:00:00 |
The Cutest Way to Fight Climate Change? Send in the Otters (lien direct) |
Saving California's adorable (and very hungry) sea otters helps control other species, leading to the growth of more carbon-sequestering vegetation. |
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2021-10-27 18:39:38 |
A Strange Radio Signal Was Just From Earth, Not Aliens (lien direct) |
Astronomers with the Breakthrough Listen project scan the sky for signs of extraterrestrial life, but a promising lead turned out to be a false alarm. |
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2021-09-20 11:00:00 |
Floods Have Swamped the US. The Next Health Problem: Mold (lien direct) |
The goo that grows in soaked buildings can cause infections and allergies-an issue that's understudied even as climate change leads to more frequent deluges. |
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2021-08-08 13:00:00 |
Watch Out, Beyond Burgers-the Fungi Renaissance Is Here (lien direct) |
While the popular plant-based meats grab all the headlines, a much more humble foodstuff is poised to lead the next wave of alternative proteins. |
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2021-08-07 12:00:00 |
Can You Recycle a Hard Drive? Google Is Trying to Find Out (lien direct) |
Rare-earth magnet recycling could reduce the need to mine for more resources, leading to more sustainable data centers. |
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2021-07-30 13:00:00 |
Ted Lasso, the Olympics, and Talking About Mental Health (lien direct) |
The confluence of the Apple TV+ comedy, the sports world, and social media is leading to a much needed dialog. |
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2021-07-22 12:30:00 |
The Next Frontier for Phone Cameras: Stronger, Clearer Glass (lien direct) |
Corning has a developed a new version of Gorilla Glass optimized for smartphone camera lenses that it claims will lead to a boost in photo quality. |
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2021-07-02 12:00:00 |
Florida\'s Condo Collapse Foreshadows the Concrete Crack-Up (lien direct) |
Overreliance on the world's favorite building material will lead to more crumbling towers, dams, bridges, and roads. And way more greenhouse gases. |
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2021-06-25 12:00:00 |
How to Break Into the Hex From \'WandaVision\'-With Physics! (lien direct) |
Want to safely pass through the radiation field surrounding the town of Westview? You're going to need some lead-and some handy equations. |
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2021-05-28 11:00:00 |
Deepfake Maps Could Really Mess With Your Sense of the World (lien direct) |
Researchers applied AI techniques to make portions of Seattle look more like Beijing. Such imagery could mislead governments or spread misinformation online. |
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2021-05-28 11:00:00 |
The Space and Air Forces Launch an LGBTQ Task Force (lien direct) |
Ten years after “Don't ask, don't tell,” a major general from the Space Force is leading a new inclusion initiative. |
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2021-05-24 11:00:00 |
AI Can Write Disinformation Now-and Dupe Human Readers (lien direct) |
Georgetown researchers used text generator GPT-3 to write misleading tweets about climate change and foreign affairs. People found the posts persuasive. |
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2021-03-23 11:00:00 |
How to Ease Back Into Sports Without Hurting Yourself (lien direct) |
A post-pandemic rush back onto the field could lead to a spike in injuries. Here's how to prevent them. |
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2021-03-03 19:30:00 |
Gab\'s CTO Introduced a Critical Vulnerability to the Site (lien direct) |
A review of the open source code shows an account under the executive's name made a mistake that could lead to the kind of breach reported this weekend. |
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2021-02-22 14:00:00 |
The Mantis Shrimp Inspires a New Material-Made by Bacteria (lien direct) |
By 3D-printing scaffolds and dipping them in microbe juice, scientists make robust structures that could one day lead to self-growing roads. |
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2021-02-20 00:21:50 |
A Second AI Researcher Says She Was Fired by Google (lien direct) |
Margaret Mitchell was the co-leader of a group investigating ethics in AI, alongside Timnit Gebru, who said she was fired in December. |
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2021-02-02 13:00:00 |
As Robots Fill the Workplace, They Must Learn to Get Along (lien direct) |
Warehouses, factories, and hospitals are deploying more robots, often made by different companies. That can lead to communication problems. |
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2021-01-26 13:00:00 |
I Love Reading 1980s Computer Magazines, and So Should You (lien direct) |
It's not just a nostalgia thing. Sifting through the past often leads to something new. |
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2021-01-21 12:00:00 |
How One Rabbi Uses Roleplaying Games to Build Community (lien direct) |
Spirituality is only one tool in this community leader's toolkit for bringing people closer together. Character sheets are another. |
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2021-01-14 14:00:00 |
The DC Riot Is the Sandy Hook of the Disinformation Crisis (lien direct) |
After the 2012 mass shooting, many asked: If this doesn't lead to change, can we ever expect change? We should be asking the same of the insurrection. |
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2020-12-04 01:27:54 |
A Prominent AI Ethics Researcher Says Google Fired Her (lien direct) |
Timnit Gebru is a leader among those examining the societal impacts of the technology. She had also criticized the company's diversity efforts. |
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2020-11-13 11:00:00 |
The Scammer Who Wanted to Save His Country (lien direct) |
Last fall, a hacker gave Glenn Greenwald a trove of damning messages between Brazil's leaders. Some suspected the Russians. The truth was far less boring. |
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2020-10-22 13:00:00 |
Trump\'s Un-American Failure to Protect Internet Freedom (lien direct) |
Dictators are gleefully filling the leadership vacuum the administration has created and choking the open web around the globe. |
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2020-10-22 12:00:00 |
Your Brain Prefers Happy Endings. That\'s Not Always Smart (lien direct) |
People tend to focus on whether an experience ends on an up note or a sour one, even if it leads us to make bad decisions. A new study examines why. |
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2020-10-14 11:00:00 |
Just as Tech Looked Serious About Diversity, Trump Intervenes (lien direct) |
The Labor Department last week questioned Microsoft's stated goal to double the number of Black leaders in the company. |
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2020-10-07 13:00:00 |
The GOP\'s Cries of \'Censorship\' Are Hurting Democracy (lien direct) |
From Donald Trump to Lindsey Graham, Republican leaders' attacks on online content moderation are baseless-and authoritarian. |
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2020-09-28 11:00:00 |
The Election Threats That Keep US Intelligence Up at Night (lien direct) |
Government officials have increasingly sounded alarms on the risks of foreign interference and disinformation campaigns leading up to-and after-November 3. |
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2020-09-16 18:28:28 |
Feds Charge Chinese Hackers With Ripping Off Video Game Loot From 9 Companies (lien direct) |
A group known as Barium allegedly attacked hundreds of targets around the globe-and manipulated in-game goods and currency. |
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2020-09-11 12:00:00 |
Lidar Is Finally Becoming a Real Business (lien direct) |
The success of lidar companies was unclear until this summer, when three leading makers offered glimpses of their finances. |
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2020-08-31 11:00:00 |
Should Google\'s Ad Market Be Regulated Like the Stock Market? (lien direct) |
A leading antitrust scholar says yes. Congress may be listening. |
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2020-08-30 12:00:00 |
These New Shape-Shifting Materials Get Super Cool, Super Fast (lien direct) |
Shape memory alloys and a kind of plastic crystal chill quickly under force or pressure. They could lead to eco-friendly fridges and air conditioners. |
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2020-08-21 18:57:11 |
California Wildfires Can Create Their Own Terrifying Weather (lien direct) |
Sparked by freak thunderstorms, the blazes changed wind patterns and could potentially lead to fire tornadoes and pyrocumulonimbus clouds. |
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2020-08-13 12:00:00 |
A Plan to Turn Military Bases Into \'Sandboxes\' for 5G (lien direct) |
A top Trump adviser outlines a blueprint for experimenting with wireless tech on bases and using software to counter China's lead in hardware. |
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2020-07-31 11:00:00 |
Anthony Levandowski Asks a Judge Not to Send Him to Prison (lien direct) |
The former Google engineer, who pleaded guilty to stealing the company's self-driving car technology, says he'd be at heightened risk for Covid-19. |
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2020-07-30 11:00:00 |
There\'s No Such Thing as Family Secrets in the Age of 23andMe (lien direct) |
DNA tests are cheap and ubiquitous. For some donor-conceived people, they can unearth long-buried truths about their ancestry-and lead to unorthodox reunions. |
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2020-07-29 18:23:12 |
How to Watch NASA Launch Its New Perseverance Mars Rover (lien direct) |
NASA's newest rover is its biggest, most autonomous yet and may lead us to the first signs of ancient life on the Red Planet. |
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2020-07-14 11:00:00 |
The Equity-Diversity-Inclusion Industrial Complex Gets a Makeover (lien direct) |
Companies and universities have long relied on seminars to reduce racism, despite lackluster results. Maybe institution leaders can salvage the format. |
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2020-07-09 13:00:00 |
Dear Joe Biden: Don\'t Listen to Silicon Valley (lien direct) |
Unlike 20 years ago, today's Silicon Valley culture is elitist and authoritarian. Its leaders are part of the problem, not the solution. |
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2020-07-06 13:00:00 |
The Epic Siberian Journey to Solve a Mass Extinction Mystery (lien direct) |
A quarter-billion years ago, huge volcanic eruptions burned coal, leading to the worst extinction in Earth's history. Here's how scientists hunted down the evidence. |
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2020-06-11 13:00:00 |
The Cyberwar Needs More Women on the Front Lines (lien direct) |
To combat criminals who prey on women and children, we must start educating girls to be the cybersecurity leaders of tomorrow. |
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2020-06-09 16:44:59 |
Black Investors Call On VCs to Fix Hiring and Funding (lien direct) |
Mentoring and networking advice aren't enough to solve the industry's dismal diversity numbers, say business leaders: Firms need to “Make the hire. Send the wire.” |
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2020-06-06 13:00:00 |
India Is Using More Solar Energy-but It Carries a Lead Risk (lien direct) |
In rural areas, solar power is stored in lead batteries. If they aren't properly recycled, contamination can cause health problems. |
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2020-06-03 11:00:00 |
Mark Zuckerberg Believes Only in Mark Zuckerberg (lien direct) |
Why is he abetting Trump while civil rights leaders and his own employees rebuke him? It's about dominance. |
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2020-06-02 00:44:04 |
Facebook Employees Take the Rare Step to Call Out Mark Zuckerberg (lien direct) |
Some workers at the social media giant are publicly criticizing decisions not to remove or flag misleading posts by President Trump. |
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2020-05-05 21:31:58 |
California Sues Uber and Lyft to Classify Drivers as Employees (lien direct) |
The state and 3 cities say the ride-hail companies are violating a new state law. The suit could lead to tens of millions of dollars in fines. |
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2020-04-30 11:00:00 |
The Cubicle Is Back. Blame (or Thank) the Coronavirus (lien direct) |
As businesses reopen, social distancing rules will lead to new partitions between workspaces, reminiscent of the fabric-clad dividers of the 1980s. |
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2020-04-28 01:30:00 |
DJI Mavic Air 2: Specs, Price, Release Date (lien direct) |
The latest quadcopter from the drone leader goes on sale next month for $799, and it's packed with automated flying and photo improvements. |
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