AI Promises Humanity One Last Job. Helping AI Help Humanity
With AI threatening to overtake the world of work, at least one pretty good job will always be in demand.....»»
Five things to watch for at COP28 climate talks
Deadly floods in the Horn of Africa. Summer wildfires that ravaged Canadian forests. Global temperature records unprecedented in the history of humanity......»»
Measuring biodiversity across the US with space-borne lidar
Diverse ecosystems support the web of life and in the process, provide food, water, medicine and materials for humanity. But the butterfly effect tells us all things are connected. So, when biodiversity loss threatens the foundation upon which we liv.....»»
Win hardware, collectibles, and more in the 2023 Ars Technica Charity Drive
Help yourself to prizes by helping us raise money for good causes. Enlarge / Just some of the prizes you can win in this year's charity drive sweepstakes. (credit: Kyle Orland) It's once again that special time of year w.....»»
Breakthrough in RISC-V revealed
RISC-V promises to be the next innovation. In a major breakthrough, the US and China join forced to make this new tech a reality. The post Breakthrough in RISC-V revealed appeared first on Phandroid. As revealed by TechRadar and HPCwire a.....»»
Unlocking the secrets of peptide sequences in cells with AI
Machine learning is now helping researchers analyze the makeup of unfamiliar cells, which could lead to more personalized medicine in the treatment of cancer and other serious diseases......»»
Extreme rainfall increases exponentially with global warming: Study
State-of-the-art climate models drastically underestimate how much extreme rainfall increases under global warming, according to a study published Monday that signals a future of more frequent catastrophic floods unless humanity curbs greenhouse emis.....»»
Stones inside fish ears mark time like tree rings. How they"re helping us learn about climate change
As a marine biologist, I've always found it fascinating to learn about how animals adapt to their habitat. But climate change has made it more important than ever—wild animals' futures may depend on how much we understand about them......»»
The way a sperm tail moves can be explained by mathematics worked out by Alan Turing
Alan Turing might be best know for his work helping to crack Germany's "Enigma" communications code during the second world war. But he also came up with a theory where patterns can form just through chemical compounds spreading out (diffusing) and r.....»»
Study identifies key algae species helping soft corals survive warming oceans
Scleractinian corals, or hard corals, have been disappearing globally over the past four decades, a result of climate change, pollution, unsustainable coastal development and overfishing. However, some Caribbean octocorals, or soft corals, are not me.....»»
Three positive climate developments
While humanity's efforts to curb planet-warming emissions are nowhere near enough to avoid heating the world to catastrophic levels, tentative improvements show that progress is possible......»»
OpenAI board was concerned a new Q* breakthrough could threaten humanity
The mystery of what led the OpenAI board to take the precipitous step of firing CEO Sam Altman may now have been solved. A new report says a number of researchers warned them of a new breakthrough which they said could threaten humanity – after Alt.....»»
Fossil fuels in the crosshairs at pivotal COP28 talks
World leaders will face a reckoning over humanity's failure to curb climate-heating emissions and polluting fossil fuels when they meet for UN climate talks next week, as the planet swelters in likely the hottest year in human history......»»
Reflecting real-world precipitation extremes in climate simulations
Daily predictions of rainstorms are useful for helping us decide whether we should bring an umbrella or not when we run errands. But scientists, urban planners, and many others need to know about precipitation extremes on much larger time scales......»»
Organizations’ serious commitment to software risk management pays off
There has been a significant decrease in vulnerabilities found in target applications – from 97% in 2020 to 83% in 2022 – an encouraging sign that code reviews, automated testing and continuous integration are helping to reduce common programming.....»»
Amazon issues price cut on Apple"s iPad 10th Generation, now $349
The latest Apple iPad (10th Generation) is currently on sale for $349, a remarkable deal for tech enthusiasts and holiday shoppers.Apple's 10th Generation iPadAt the heart of the iPad (10th Generation) is the powerful A14 Bionic chip, which promises.....»»
Researchers help reduce lead levels in Madagascar drinking water
A team of engineers and public health experts from the University of South Florida is helping Toamasina, Madagascar, residents reduce their exposure to lead—a major global environmental pollutant that causes more than 1 million premature deaths eac.....»»
Google Photos can now Sort your Gallery using AI
Google's doubled-down on helping users declutter and organize their photo collection with the help of AI. The post Google Photos can now Sort your Gallery using AI appeared first on Phandroid. In terms of features, Google Photos does a.....»»
A TikTok Jesus promises divine blessings and many worldly comforts
The TikTok profile Daily Believer (@believerdaily) has 70 videos with computer-generated Jesuses looking directly at the viewer, beseeching them to stop scrolling and watch the next minute's worth of content......»»
Heat projected to kill nearly five times more people by 2050
Nearly five times more people will likely die due to extreme heat in the coming decades, an international team of experts warned on Wednesday, adding that without action on climate change the "health of humanity is at grave risk"......»»
Modeling organizations’ defensive mechanisms with MITRE D3FEND
Funded by the National Security Agency, MITRE’s D3FEND framework is helping to provide standardization, specificity, and repeatability needed by cybersecurity engineers. As the framework moves from the beta version to version 1.0 in 2024, we asked.....»»