Machine learning & AI
AI can help identify biases in news reporting that we wouldn't otherwise see. Researchers from McGill University have recently directed a computer program to generate news coverage of COVID-19 using headlines from CBC articles ...
Dec 6, 2022
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Business
Over the last decade, the meteoric rise of ridesourcing services like Uber and Lyft have transformed the urban landscape, affecting travel patterns, car ownership, and congestion, and more broadly, the economy, the environment, ...
Nov 30, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Destenie Nock, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and engineering and public policy in Carnegie Mellon University's College of Engineering, has co-authored a study that helps illuminate the future ...
Nov 21, 2022
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Computer Sciences
The Association for Computing Machinery's global Technology Policy Council (TPC) has released a new Statement on Principles for Responsible Algorithmic Systems authored jointly by its US (USTPC) and Europe Technology Policy ...
Oct 26, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
As winter approaches, and with energy bills at record highs, insulating the UK's leaky homes has never been more urgent. With 14% of greenhouse gas emissions coming from heating and powering homes, it would also help the ...
Oct 21, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Dire predictions of blackouts in California during a fearsome heat wave this month never came to pass, with technology—and a dose of community spirit—helping the creaking grid through its most testing period ever.
Sep 22, 2022
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Business
California lawmakers have passed a measure cracking down on the future sales of new gasoline cars. The rules call for the ban of new gas-powered cars by 2035, with target guidelines to phase out the cars in increments. It ...
Sep 13, 2022
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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
The construction industry's green pivot faces a number of challenges, even as more city governments and home buyers are increasingly pushing for more sustainable new homes and buildings. Among the obstacles standing in the ...
Aug 25, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
The Supreme Court's recent ruling in West Virginia v. EPA limited the agency's ability to impose national regulations on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions absent specific authority from Congress, making the Biden administration's ...
Aug 5, 2022
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