Machine learning & AI
What is the likelihood of dying in a plane crash? According to a 2022 report released by the International Air Transport Association, the industry fatality risk is 0.11. In other words, on average, a person would need to ...
Jan 17, 2024
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Engineering
TV infomercials offer a world of potential solutions for back pain, but most of them have at least one of three problems—they're unproven, unworkable or just plain unattractive.
Aug 1, 2017
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Security
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday unveiled a plan to better arm public facilities and private companies against cybercriminals following ransomware attacks at two hospitals this month and an upsurge of similar ...
Feb 18, 2021
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Engineering
Spurred by fears of a shortage of ventilators to treat COVID-19 patients, a University at Buffalo-led research team is developing a low-cost solution using a common medical device.
Apr 23, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
Apple store workers in Towson, Maryland, who became the first of the tech giant's U.S. employees to unionize, will start contract negotiations with the company next month.
Dec 12, 2022
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Machine learning & AI
AI developers need to be much more open about how they evaluate the tools they produce, to make sure people understand how effective high-tech artificial intelligence actually is.
Apr 17, 2023
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Business
Free meals and discounted Uber rides are now available for over 25,000 health care workers in certain regions of the U.S. who are helping respond to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Mar 26, 2020
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Machine learning & AI
Microsoft chief technology officer Kevin Scott grew up fascinated by the 1960s Apollo space program and then-President John F. Kennedy's vision of a moon shot. Now, he envisions just as ambitious a project taking shape as ...
Apr 7, 2020
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Engineering
A group from Texas Tech University's Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering is using its time to create much-needed ventilators to aid the medical community.
Apr 10, 2020
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Business
Apple Inc. is withholding its latest employee benefits from staff who work at its sole unionized retail store, a move that could potentially inflame labor tensions at the technology giant.
Oct 13, 2022
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