28/10/2021

Computer Sciences

Training AI classifiers to better sort plankton images

Although AI algorithms have achieved quite some progress in plankton image recognition, most of them can only deal with limited number of known classes. In reality, however, ocean scientists will definitely meet with new ...

Internet

EXPLAINER: What is the metaverse and how will it work?

The term "metaverse" is the latest buzzword to capture the tech industry's imagination—so much so that one of the best-known internet platforms is rebranding to signal its embrace of the futuristic idea.

Business

Amazon stumbles on slower sales growth, higher labor costs

Amazon isn't just grappling with the easing of pandemic-induced shopping splurges. The online retail behemoth is also contending with surging costs as it navigates a snarled supply chain and labor shortages.

Computer Sciences

Big data can render some as 'low-resolution citizens'

In India, a government database where 1.25 billion residents are identified with fingerprints and photographs has created a bureaucratic infrastructure, that while meant to bring marginalized citizens into the fold, can sometimes ...

Energy & Green Tech

Scientists bring efficiency to expanding offshore wind energy

New Cornell research shows how to make offshore wind farms more efficient in the face of impending rapid expansion—crucial information as the U.S. Department of the Interior affirmed White House plans to lease federal waters ...

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