Twitter to offer 'bounty' to find algorithmic bias
Twitter said Friday it would offer a cash "bounty" to users and researchers to help root out algorithmic bias on the social media platform.
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Internet
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Engineering
Beware using telemedicine for voice and speech therapy
As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, people across the world have experienced how teleconferencing platforms like Zoom help folks stay connected—playing games with friends, hosting virtual weddings, and even visiting ...
Jul 30, 2021
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Computer Sciences
Platform teaches nonexperts to use machine learning
Machine-learning algorithms are used to find patterns in data that humans wouldn't otherwise notice, and are being deployed to help inform decisions big and small—from COVID-19 vaccination development to Netflix recommendations.
Jul 30, 2021
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Automotive
Autonomous vehicles learning to drive by mimicking others
Self-driving cars are powered by machine learning algorithms that require vast amounts of driving data in order to function safely. But if self-driving cars could learn to drive in the same way that babies learn to walk—by ...
Jul 30, 2021
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Robotics
Decoding how salamanders walk
Researchers at Tohoku University and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, with the support of the Human Frontier Science Program, have decoded the flexible motor control mechanisms underlying salamander ...
Jul 30, 2021
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Computer Sciences
How will machine learning change science?
Machine learning has burst onto the scene in the past two decades and will be a defining technology of the future. It is transforming large sectors of society, including healthcare, education, transport, and food and industrial ...
Jul 30, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
China nuclear reactor shut down for maintenance after damage
A reactor at a nuclear plant in southern China has been shut down because it is damaged, the operator said Friday, but it insisted there were no major safety issues.
Jul 30, 2021
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Business
China presses tech giants to conduct 'deep self-examination'
China on Friday told the country's tech giants to conduct "deep self-examination" over issues including data security and user rights, as Beijing turns up the heat in its broadening regulatory clampdown.
Jul 30, 2021
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Business
Amazon fined 746 mn euros in Luxembourg over data privacy
Amazon was fined 746 million euros ($880 million) by Luxembourg authorities over allegations it flouted the EU's data protection rules, the online retail giant said Friday.
Jul 30, 2021
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Engineering
Scientists produce high-resolution urban floor area map of China
Recently, using random forest regression models, scientists estimated an urban floor (building) area map with high accuracy for mainland China.
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