On Dec. 14, the governments of British Columbia, Alberta, and Québec ordered facial recognition company Clearview AI to stop collecting — and to delete — images of people obtained without their consent. Discussions about the risks of facial recognition systems that rely on automated face analysis technologies tend to focus on corporations, national governments, and law enforcement. But what is of great concern are the ways in which facial recognition... Read more ›
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As international air travel rebounds after COVID-19 restrictions, greenhouse gas emissions from aviation are expected to rise dramatically – and with it, scrutiny of the industry’s environmental credentials. Aviation emissions have almost doubled since 2000 and in 2018 reached one billion tonnes. Climate Action Tracker rates the industry’s climate performance as critically insufficient. As the climate change threat rapidly worsens, can aviation make the transition to a low-carbon future –... Read more ›
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There are three things that are certain in this world: death, taxes, and new goddamn phones. While the global chip shortage has put a dampener on the gadget industry, it has still marched stoically forward and we’ve seen a deluge of excellent smartphones hit the market. But to quote Highlander, there can be only one. Or three. Yeah, now I think about it, actually three. In other words, we’ve selected... Read more ›
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If, like me, you have friends who’ve lived the ‘digital nomad’ life you probably understand that tinge of jealousy you get when you see Instagram stories about their weekend bike trip to a secluded beach or their Friday work drinks aboard a boat cruising through historic canals. After this long period of lockdowns and quarantine, the itch to travel and experience new things has gotten even stronger. Luckily, if you... Read more ›
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Since I got started in 2010, I’ve been a part of fifteen unsuccessful business projects. You could say, therefore, that my business career has mostly featured failure. But without the lessons I learned along the way, I never would have been able to get to the point of running one of the hottest startups in e-transportation, which is even making a splash around the world by selling record-breaking electric bikes.... Read more ›
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The big idea Game theory, which tries to predict how the behavior of competitors influences the choices the other players make, can help researchers find the best ways to share biomedical data while protecting the anonymity of the people contributing the data from hackers. Modern biomedical research, such as the National COVID Cohort Collaborative and the Personal Genome Project, requires large amounts of data that are specific to individuals. Making... Read more ›
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The need to transition to clean energy is apparent, urgent and inescapable. We must limit Earth’s rising temperature to within 1.5 C to avoid the worst effects of climate change — an especially daunting challenge in the face of the steadily increasing global demand for energy. Part of the answer is using energy more efficiently. More than 72 per cent of all energy produced worldwide is lost in the form... Read more ›
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It is not surprising that many of us have been suffering from digital overload during the pandemic, and taking care of our “digital wellbeing” has become a common theme. Social media, online shopping, making reservations, and even necessary chores like paying bills have meant that technology has pervaded every aspect of our lives. Whether home schooling or working from home, our mobile phones have never been far from our side.... Read more ›
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This article is part of our reviews of AI research papers, a series of posts that explore the latest findings in artificial intelligence. Deep learning can help discover mathematical relations that evade human scientists, a recent paper by researchers at DeepMind shows. Like many things coming from the Alphabet-owned artificial intelligence lab, the paper, which is titled “Advancing mathematics by guiding human intuition with AI,” has received much attention from... Read more ›
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The US has unveiled an unusual new approach to saber-rattling with China: emotion predictions. According to Reuters, military commanders in the Pacific have developed a tool to forecast how the Chinese government will react to American actions in the region. A US defense official said the software calculates “strategic friction,” but provided little detail about how it works. We tried to dig up further information — but unearthed more questions... Read more ›
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This week, Daniel L. Doctoroff announced that he’s stepping down from his role of CEO at Sidewalk Labs due to serious health conditions. Sidewalk has been limping along since the end of the Quayside project. Now, starting next year, Sidewalk products Pebble, Mesa, Delve, and Affordable Electrification will join Google, becoming core to Google’s urban sustainability product efforts. The founders started Sidewalk Labs with good intentions, but it exemplifies how... Read more ›
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During the pandemic, video calls became a way for me to connect with my aunt in a nursing home and with my extended family during holidays. Zoom was how I enjoyed trivia nights, happy hours and live performances. As a university professor, Zoom was also the way I conducted all of my work meetings, mentoring and teaching. But I often felt drained after Zoom sessions, even some of those that... Read more ›
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Arrival, the Anglo-American startup that aims to shake up the design and manufacturing of EV fleets, is ready to show us the first prototype of its Car (yes, with a capital C). Credit: Arrival As you might have already guessed, this is no ordinary passenger vehicle. Instead, the Arrival Car has been created specifically for the ride-hailing industry and designed in partnership with Uber. The vehicle features a futuristic minimalist... Read more ›
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Israel-based NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware comes first to mind when you think about notorious ways to snoop on people’s phones. But there’s a new player in town: Cytrox. This lesser-known company was found enabling surveillance, in a joint investigation by Canada-based Citizen Lab, and Meta In this story, we’ll break down the company’s origins and tell you about its spyware. What is Cytrox? Cytrox started as a North Macedonian startup,... Read more ›
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Marginalized people often suffer the most harm from unintended consequences of new technologies. For example, the algorithms that automatically make decisions about who gets to see what content or how images are interpreted suffer from racial and gender biases. People who have multiple marginalized identities, such as being Black and disabled, are even more at risk than those with a single marginalized identity. This is why when Mark Zuckerberg laid... Read more ›
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Robots might not be taking over the world just yet, but they are becoming increasingly popular in our lives. Think about it, they clean our floors, make the products that we use everyday, mow our lawns and some of them are even serving as our pets! Robotics is a huge part of so many industries today from healthcare to manufacturing and logistics to construction. The industry has the potential to... Read more ›
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Xiaomi made its laptop debut in India last year with the Mi Notebook series. Its plan was to undercut the competition by offering reasonable specs at an affordable price. While we don’t have any sales data to check how the company’s performing, its laptop range promises to deliver minimal design and good performance at a pocket-friendly price. With that in mind, the company released the Mi Notebook Pro and the... Read more ›
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When you launch a tech startup without a tech background, going headfast into the unknown, you might encounter problems with practically everything tech-wise. But fine, a tech startup does not sound very specific, so let’s narrow down this broad topic. If your tech startup idea has something to do with tracking, counting, or monitoring some activity, it’s probably in the realm of IoT and this article is meant to guide... Read more ›
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Melania Trump has launched her first public endeavor since her glorious reign as first lady was tragically curtailed. While her predecessors ran for president, founded charities, and wrote books, Melania was never going to waste her talent on such trivial pursuits. Instead, she’s combined her business acumen, tech wizardry, and philanthropy into the perfect project: an NFT venture. The model, designer, entrepreneur, and humanitarian is selling a series of tokens... Read more ›
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In October, Honda announced plans to launch five new EVs in China under its new e:N Series of battery-powered models. And today, I came across a video that deeply disturbed me, to the point that I’m actually happy I hadn’t seen it until now. Let me explain how these two are related. When I first heard of Honda’s new e:N Series, I was very excited. The next-gen electric cars will... Read more ›
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