Category: 3. Tech
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As Seattle businesses welcome back Amazon, workers guess at future
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain After nearly three years, Amazon workers are set to return this week at a scale the Seattle campus hasn’t seen since the pandemic first sent most home. Starting this week, employees are required to work from the office at least three days a week, a shift from the policy Amazon had…
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Scientists warn of AI dangers but don’t agree on solutions
Computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton poses at Google’s Mountain View, Calif, headquarters on Wednesday, March 25, 2015. Computer scientists who helped build the foundations of today’s artificial intelligence technology are warning of its dangers, but that doesn’t mean they agree on the risks or how to prevent disastrous outcomes. Credit: AP Photo/Noah Berger, File Computer scientists…
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Facebook misled parents, failed to guard kids’ privacy
This photo shows the Facebook’s Messenger Kids application on an iPhone in New York, Feb. 16, 2018. U.S. regulators say Facebook misled parents and failed to protect the privacy of children using its Messenger Kids app. The Federal Trade Commission says Facebook misrepresented the access it provided to app developers to private user data. As…
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Elon Musk threatens to reassign NPR’s Twitter account
The headquarters for National Public Radio (NPR) stands on North Capitol Street on April 15, 2013, in Washington. Elon Musk threatened to reassign NPR’s Twitter account to “another company,” according to the non-profit news organization, in an ongoing spat between Musk and media groups since his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter last year. Credit: AP…
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Online predators target children’s webcams, study finds
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain There has been a tenfold increase in sexual abuse imagery created with webcams and other recording devices worldwide since 2019, according to the the Internet Watch Foundation. Social media sites and chatrooms are the most common methods used to facilitate contact with kids, and abuse occurs both online and offline. Increasingly,……
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Machine translation for cuneiform tablets
A schematic overview of the NMT model’s pipeline. The short designations in parentheses follow the conventions of the test set provided in the SI: the source or input is S, the original HT is T, and the output machine translation is D. Image of the tablet ND.2438 available on the website of the Cuneiform Digital…
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NZ industry burns the equivalent of 108 liters of petrol every second—that has to reduce to meet carbon targets
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New Zealand burns the equivalent of 108 liters of petrol every second in coal and natural gas to generate heat for industrial processes. This burning of fossil fuels for industrial heat generates 28% of New Zealand’s energy-related emissions. Industry needs vast quantities of heat for a wide range of activities, including…
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Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport may soon ban private jets
Europe’s fourth busiest airport wants to ground private jet setters for good, making an unprecedented move that could set a new industry benchmark in tackling global travel emissions. In order to achieve the high-profile goal, however, Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport has a very bumpy journey ahead of it. Per Bloomberg, the Netherlands’ largest air hub first…
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Twitter played a role in the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, research finds
Credit: The Conversation Prior to Silicon Valley Bank’s March 10, 2023, collapse, conversations on Twitter among investors about the bank spiked—helping fuel the SVB bank run. As we explain in our new working paper, “Social media as a bank run catalyst,” those tweets also destabilized other financial institutions with weak balance sheets. The number of…
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Google to open two more data centers in Ohio
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Google plans to build two more data centers in Ohio to help power its artificial intelligence technology and other tools, the company and state officials announced Wednesday. With one data center already up and running near Columbus, the two new locations will bring Google’s total investment in Ohio to more than…