UK research identifies attitudes toward personal data processing for national security
Almost 80% of U.K. adults support national security agencies collecting and processing personal data to…
Senior State Department official sought internal communications with journalists, European officials, and Trump critics
A previously unreported document distributed by senior US State Department official Darren Beattie reveals a…
The US has approved CRISPR pigs for food
Most pigs in the US are confined to factory farms where they can be afflicted…
The Download: foreign disinformation intel, and gene-edited pork
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
In this Indian city, smartwatches are part of the solution to dealing with searing heat
It's a little past 10 a.m. and the heat is already blazing on the outskirts…
Purpose Mode browser extension helps social media users stay focused
Doom-scrolling, instinctively clicking on ad-based notifications or getting sucked into targeted content—all of these distractions…
A long-abandoned US nuclear technology is making a comeback in China
China has once again beat everyone else to a clean energy milestone—its new nuclear reactor…
The Download: China’s energy throwback, and choosing between love and immortality
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
Bay Area mom creates app to help parents find childcare on demand
The COVID-19 pandemic forced hundreds of daycare providers across the Bay Area to shut down,…
This data set helps researchers spot harmful stereotypes in LLMs
AI models are riddled with culturally specific biases. A new data set, called SHADES, is…