Like many teachers, she says phones aren’t the only problem. There’s also the earbud issue., (AP) — Virginia high school teacher Joe Clement keeps track of the text messages parents have sent students sitting in his economics and government classes: “What did you get on your test?” “Did you getContinue Reading
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Robotaxis will begin cruising the streets of Los Angeles on Thursday when Google spinoff Waymo starts offering free rides to some of the roughly 50,000 people who have signed up for its driverless ride-hailing service. Waymo is expanding into Los Angeles, the second largest U.S. city,Continue Reading
In 2020 Oregon passed Measure 110, decriminalizing possession of small amounts of drugs. But now “America’s most radical experiment with drug decriminalization has ended,” writes the Atlantic, “after more than three years of painful results.” Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has pledged to sign legislation repealing the principal elements of theContinue Reading
Synthetic data is artificial material that was not generated by natural life events. As such, it can be created by computer programs and AI tools that use different techniques, with generative adversarial networks and diffusion models being among the most popular and effective today. Synthetic data may come in manyContinue Reading
Amazon announced a new AI-powered chatbot last month — still under develoipment — “to help you figure out what to buy,” writes the Washington Post. Their conclusion? “[T]he chatbot wasn’t a disaster. But I also found it mostly useless…” “The experience encapsulated my exasperation with new types of AI sproutingContinue Reading
The system-wide view provided by this technology could help tigers “thrive,” scientists say., (NewsNation) — Scientists are using NASA satellite imagery and Google Earth Engine’s computing power to develop a real-time monitoring system for tiger habitats. According to the World Wildlife Fund, wild tiger numbers have been in decline forContinue Reading
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — The 12 finalists for the World Video Game Hall of Fame this year draw from four decades of gaming, from Atari Asteroids, played on coin-fed consoles in arcades, to Guitar Hero, for living-room rockers who compete on a plastic guitar. Asteroids, which debuted in 1979 andContinue Reading
Guess what? Walmart has begun selling the MacBook Air with the M1 chip! This is significant, as it is the first time customers can purchase a Mac directly from that retail giant. The MacBook Air with the M1 chip, known for its exceptional performance and long battery life, will beContinue Reading
Mozilla has announced it is ending access to Mozilla Location Service (MLS), which provides accurate, privacy-respecting, and crowdsourced geolocation data. Developers and 3rd-party projects that use MLS to detect a users’ location, such as the freedesktop.org location framework GeoClue , which is used by apps like GNOME Maps and Weather,Continue Reading
Italian luxury automaker Maserati is now entering its fourth year of its 100% electric strategy and sits on the precipice of launching its second BEV model – the Grecale Folgore SUV. I got invited to Southern Italy to take the Grecale Folgore to the road (and off the road) toContinue Reading
After the mysterious disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, barnacles offer “a potential breakthrough” in the search for its wreckage, reports WION: These barnacles were discovered clinging to the initial piece of debris conclusively linked to MH370 — a flaperon bearing the distinctive marking “657 BB,” which washed ashore onContinue Reading
It’s not clear if the bill has enough votes to pass in the Senate., (NewsNation) — After the House passed a bill that would ban TikTok if parent company ByteDance doesn’t sell it to U.S.-based owners, former Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin is setting up a group of investors to tryContinue Reading
“Bye. Don’t come back,” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said in response to artists pulling out., (NewsNation) — Numerous artists and panelists are withdrawing from South by Southwest, boycotting the festival due to the U.S. military’s sponsorship and its backing of Israel’s fight against Hamas. The Army is a significant sponsorContinue Reading