Defining fairness: How IBM is tackling AI governance
Governance is a key issue in developing AI, and IBM hopes to change the face of the industry......»»
Epic"s Tim Sweeney to speak in South Korea amid app store troubles
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney is scheduled to appear at a conference in South Korea next week, where he and other critics of Apple's App Store policies will discuss fairness in mobile app ecosystems.The Coalition for App Fairness on Wednesday announced.....»»
Global powers urged to go further after UN climate deal
UN climate change summit host Boris Johnson, on Sunday hailed a last-ditch agreement to tackle global warming but said he was disappointed it did not go further on tackling use of high-polluting coal......»»
Toshiba says it will split into three companies following shareholder pressure
Toshiba today announced plans to split into three separate companies that will focus on semiconductors, infrastructure, and devices. According to Reuters, the move is at least partially motivated by lessons learned from the corporate governance scand.....»»
The Key Challenges Facing Digital Workplace Leaders
App overload, shadow IT, streamlining collaboration and digital workplace governance are the areas where digital workplace leaders are focused. Continue reading........»»
New research helps explain the genetic basis for why we look the way we do
Which genes control the defining features that make us look as we do? And how do they make it happen?.....»»
Increase in shareholder activism around environmental, social and governance issues
In 2020, for the first time in Australia, more than half the shareholders of a public company voted in support of a climate change resolution put forward by shareholders in the face of opposition from the company's board of directors......»»
Cutting ammonia emissions is a cost-effective way to prevent air pollution deaths
Tackling pollution from the emission of nitrogen compounds, particularly ammonia, could reduce many of the 23.3 million years of life that were lost prematurely across the world in 2013 due to nitrogen-related air pollution, an international study le.....»»
In a multicultural Norway, cultural heritage is more than just stave churches and rose-painting
If cultural heritage institutions want to be relevant to young people today, they must move away from old categories defining what and who is Norwegian, archaeologist Kaja Hannedatter Sontum argues in her new doctoral thesis......»»
NASSCOM Public Policy Monthly Newsletter: November 2021
Data governance: Meetings of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Personal Data Protection Bill As part of its consultations, the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on Personal Data Protection Bill (PDP Bill) met some of the State Governmen.....»»
Like riding the bus without a ticket: How we can all make a difference on climate change
We often think that it's up to governments and industry to play a major role in tackling climate change......»»
Facebook is having a tougher time managing vaccine misinformation than it is letting on, leaks suggest
In public, Facebook has touted the resources it has dedicated to tackling Covid-19 and vaccine misinformation, even scolding US President Joe Biden for his harsh criticism of the company's handling of the issue. In doing so, it claimed that "more tha.....»»
Tackling a 40 million-year-old conundrum
Silicate minerals are the major components of most rocks. When these minerals on the Earth's surface come into contact with water, they partially dissolve as they react with carbon dioxide in the water. This dissolved material is then transported via.....»»
Experiences in prison reduce perceptions of corrections officers" fairness, regardless of time served
Numerous studies have examined the coercive nature of prisons, but few have considered the role of in-prison experiences (e.g., confinement in restrictive housing) and time served in prison in incarcerated people's perceptions of corrections officers.....»»
Tackling antimicrobial resistance
Researchers from Newcastle University, and colleagues from Spain, Canada and Egypt, have successfully trialed two new qPCR assays to help detect the presence of transmissible AMR using water and wastewater samples. Publishing their results in the jou.....»»
NASA time-lapse shows Mars rover speeding across planet’s surface
A time-lapse video released by NASA this week shows its six-wheeled Perseverance rover tackling the rocky terrain of Mars......»»
Catalysts found to convert carbon dioxide to fuel
The goal of tackling global warming by turning carbon dioxide into fuel could be one step closer with researchers using a supercomputer to identify a group of "single-atom" catalysts that could play a key role......»»
Microsoft"s<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.NET Foundation Under Fire As Resigning Board Member Questions Its Role
The role of Microsoft's .NET Foundation, set up for the governance and support of open-source .NET and related projects, has been questioned by a former board member who resigned in frustration. Here's an excerpt from The Register's report: Rodney Li.....»»
Personality traits may drive our ideas about fairness and sharing
Disputes over fairness can create conflict. Families squabble over inheritances, societies polarize around the question of how to distribute wealth fairly, and nations become mired in territorial quarrels......»»
Rates of infectious disease linked to authoritarian attitudes and governance: study
According to psychologists, in addition to our physiological immune system we also have a behavioral one: an unconscious code of conduct that helps us stay disease-free, including a fear and avoidance of unfamiliar—and so possibly infected—people.....»»
Asia Venturing III: Startups may add value to traditional industries by ESG innovations
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) are becoming parts of important criteria to evaluate a company's value. ESG is crucial for a company not only because it brings positive changes to society, but also because it provides another indicator fo.....»»