November 19, 2020 Arecibo Observatory will be torn down because repairs are too dangerous After 57 years of helping to expand human knowledge and understanding of the cosmos, the story of Puerto Rico’s world-famous Arecibo Observatory is coming…
November 19, 2020 This Dyson Award-Winning Invention Can Turn Rotting Veggies Into Renewable Energy Apparently, rotting vegetables can be good for something other than fertilizer. Instead of literally going to waste, they can be upcycled to create a…
November 19, 2020 It took a pandemic to change the movie business A scene from Wonder Woman 1984. | WarnerMedia Why you can see Wonder Woman 1984 at home on Christmas Day. On Christmas Day, you…
November 19, 2020 Don’t Worry: Dog Walking Is Probably Not Going to Give You Covid-19 A new fur-raising study about covid-19 is making the media waves, suggesting that walking your dog will raise your risk of catching the viral…
November 19, 2020 Facebook’s improved AI isn’t preventing harmful content from spreading Facebook released the results of its latest 2020 Community Standards Enforcement Report, which shows the results of increased reliance on AI.Read More via VentureBeat…
November 19, 2020 Facebook hopes its new AI moderation tools can further counter hate speech Facebook has waged a long-fought and sometimes seemingly losing battle against hate speech and misinformation spreading across its platform. On Thursday, the company rolled…
November 19, 2020 Star Trek: Discovery Is Smashing Michael Between the Future She Wants and the Past She Let Go Poor Michael Burnham has been through a lot. In Discovery’s first season, she found herself thrust into a war of her own making, as…
November 19, 2020 Facebook says AI has fueled a hate speech crackdown Photo by Michele Doying / The Verge Facebook says it is proactively detecting more hate speech using artificial intelligence. A new transparency report released…
November 19, 2020 Eero’s security subscription now lets you block sites on your home network Image: Eero Amazon-owned Eero is adding new features to its $2.99-per-month Eero Secure subscription plan, including new ways to give users more control over…
November 19, 2020 General Motors’ electric vehicle plan just got bigger, bolder, and more expensive General Motors announced Thursday that it was dumping more money into its electrification plans and would also be accelerating its production to release more…