Computer Sciences
Controversy surrounds the U.S. Census Bureau's new measures to preserve privacy, but a new study examines how existing data error can pose an even larger problem for evidence-based policies. The cornerstone of the Census ...
Aug 25, 2022
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Engineering
In the Biden Administration's proposal to invest in the country's infrastructure, $100 billion is carved out to address gaps in broadband access. According to the Federal Communications Commission, at least 19 million Americans ...
Jun 21, 2021
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Consumer & Gadgets
People and communities are constantly finding new uses for existing technologies—things the technology's designers never intended, and possibly never even considered. To better understand this creative process, I'm part ...
Jun 7, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Texans like to think of their state as the energy capital of the world. But in mid-February 2021, the energy state ran short of energy.
Feb 10, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Long Beach aims to launch an e-bike lending program to provide residents with up to 40 bikes—in one of the latest efforts in California to increase accessibility with green transportation.
Aug 8, 2023
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Business
Every year in this country, millions of Americans head to court without a lawyer, even though it leaves them at a distinct disadvantage in many cases.
Aug 26, 2020
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Internet
Statewide broadband adoption remains high with 91% of households in California enjoying high-speed internet access at home, according to new survey results released today by USC, the California Emerging Technology Fund and ...
Jan 16, 2024
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Telecom
Some in Congress want to do more to narrow the digital divide.
Mar 11, 2021
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Computer Sciences
In a study evaluating the bias in OpenAI's CLIP, a model that pairs text and images and operates behind the scenes in the popular DALL-E image generator, University of Michigan researchers found that CLIP performs poorly ...
Dec 8, 2023
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Business
Lyft announced it would provide 60 million rides to and from vaccination sites for low-income, uninsured and at-risk communities as vaccines roll out.
Dec 22, 2020
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