Why aren’t kids getting vaccinated?
While much of the world is engaged in a frantic scramble to get vaccinated against…
How a Democrat plan to reform Section 230 could backfire
Over the last few years, Section 230 of the 1996 US Communications Decency Act has…
Predictive policing is still racist—whatever data it uses
It’s no secret that predictive policing tools are racially biased. A number of studies have…
The battle of algorithms: Uncovering offensive AI
As machine-learning applications move into the mainstream, a new era of cyber threat is emerging—one…
How to have a better relationship with your tech
Our dependency on tech has soared during the pandemic. The app analytics company App Annie…
Google fitness app to catch breath and heart rate
Google on Thursday unveiled an upgraded fitness app which uses smartphone camera capabilities to measure…
Blue Origin could definitely use more Jeff Bezos in the next decade
On Tuesday, February 2, Jeff Bezos announced that he would be stepping down as Amazon’s…
Fractals can help AI learn to see more clearly—or at least more fairly
Most image-recognition systems are trained using large databases that contain millions of photos of everyday…
This is how we lost control of our faces
In 1964, mathematician and computer scientist Woodrow Bledsoe first attempted the task of matching suspects’…
The next act for messenger RNA could be bigger than covid vaccines
On December 23, as part of a publicity push to encourage people to get vaccinated…