Google excludes thousands of workers from benefits, report says
Google's minimum wage and benefits for contractors are withheld from thousands of its U.S. contract workers, a new report from a union alleges.
Feb 23, 2023
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Addressing the issue of using hacked data in research efforts
A pair of health and ethics scientists, one with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, the other ETH Zurich, has published a Perspective piece in the journal Nature Machine Intelligence, discussing the ethics of researchers ...
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Artificial intelligence can discriminate on the basis of race and gender, and also age
We have accepted the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in complex processes—from health care to our daily use of social media—often without critical investigation, until it is too late. The use of AI is inescapable in our ...
Jan 19, 2022
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Titanic submersible debris, human remains recovered
More debris and suspected human remains have been recovered from a privately owned submersible which failed catastrophically in June while on a mission to the Titanic, the US Coast Guard said.
Oct 11, 2023
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Spy balloons: Modern technology has given these old-fashioned eyes in the sky a new lease of life
The US military has now shot down four high-altitude objects that had entered American and Canadian airspace, raising questions about their purpose and origin.
Feb 15, 2023
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Researchers explore best practices for talking to kids about online privacy
How can parents encourage their children to use online technology safely? Recent research by scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) suggests that a good strategy is to talk to your kids directly ...
Aug 8, 2023
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'Liking' an article online may mean less time spent reading it
When people have the option to click "like" on a media article they encounter online, they spend less time actually reading the text, a new study suggests.
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Using games to study law of motions in mind
At Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, researchers have successfully established relationships between games and law of motions in mind through analogy of physics and game refinement theory.
Jul 31, 2020
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'Assassin's Creed' composer wins first ever video game music Grammy
"Assassin's Creed" composer Stephanie Economou won the first ever Grammy honoring video game scores at Sunday's gala in Los Angeles.
Feb 6, 2023
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AI-generated child sexual abuse images could flood the internet. A watchdog is calling for action
The already-alarming proliferation of child sexual abuse images on the internet could become much worse if something is not done to put controls on artificial intelligence tools that generate deepfake photos, a watchdog agency ...
Oct 25, 2023
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