Rougher faults may generate more earthquake aftershocks
When an earthquake hits, it is rarely an isolated event. Foreshocks precede quakes, and aftershocks follow them. To quantify seismic hazards, scientists must disentangle the factors that contribute to these shaking sequences......»»
Global collaboration of scientists needed to solve polycrisis, say researchers
Heightened global interconnectivity and human pressures on planetary boundaries generate increasingly harmful and extensive crisis interactions that make it impossible to solve any one problem alone, findings published in Global Sustainability reveal.....»»
Skyhigh Security’s AI-driven DLP Assistant prevents critical data loss
Skyhigh Security announced an AI-driven DLP Assistant as an advanced DLP capability within its Security Service Edge (SSE) portfolio. The AI-based Assistant can help simplify many complex tasks in DLP with the ability to generate complex regular expr.....»»
AI poisoning could turn open models into destructive “sleeper agents,” says Anthropic
Trained LLMs that seem normal can generate vulnerable code given different triggers. Enlarge (credit: Benj Edwards | Getty Images) Imagine downloading an open source AI language model, and all seems well at first, but it.....»»
Climate disclosures: Corporations underprepared for tighter new standards, study reveals
Companies and the carbon emissions that they generate are one of the key drivers of anthropogenic climate change. Because of this, however, they also hold precious potential of curbing its severity. The 2021 Glasgow Pact stated that rigorous sustaina.....»»
Venus" atmospheric chemical anomalies may motivate future astrobiology missions
When scientists detected phosphine in Venus' atmosphere in 2020, it triggered renewed, animated discussions about Venus and its potential habitability. It would be weird if the detection didn't generate interest since phosphine is a potential biomark.....»»
Laptop Statistics 2024 – By Segmentation, Companies, Shipments, Operating System, Market Size and Website Traffic
Introduction Laptop Market Overview: The global laptop market is […] Introduction Laptop Market Overview: The global laptop market is projected to generate $257.4 billion by the end of 2031, growing at a rate of 4.4% annually from 202.....»»
Technique could efficiently solve partial differential equations for numerous applications
In fields such as physics and engineering, partial differential equations (PDEs) are used to model complex physical processes to generate insight into how some of the most complicated physical and natural systems in the world function......»»
Snow hinders rescues and aid deliveries to isolated communities after Japan quakes kill 161 people
Rescue teams worked through snow to deliver supplies to isolated hamlets Monday, a week after a powerful earthquake hit western Japan, killing at least 161 people......»»
Death toll from western Japan earthquakes rises to 126 as rain and snow imperil already shaky ground
Aftershocks threatened to bury more homes and block roads crucial for relief shipments, as the death toll from the earthquakes that rattled Japan's western coastline this past week rose to 126 on Saturday......»»
Exposure to cigarette smoke found to increase cancer risk in dogs
Dogs are humans' best friends. Need to quickly locate a bomb? There's a dog for that. Can't see very well? There's a dog for that. Searching for a lost hiker in the mountains or survivors in an earthquake, diagnosing illness, comforting the bereft—.....»»
Japan"s latest earthquake could"ve been much worse, but the country spends money to "keep people safe"
On the first day of 2024, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck Japan, killing at least 57 people and destroying thousands of homes......»»
How to generate AI art right in Google Search
Google's in search AI image feature tool is surprisingly easy to use......»»
Social media platforms generate billions in annual ad revenue from US youth: Study
Social media platforms Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, X (formerly Twitter), and YouTube collectively derived nearly $11 billion in advertising revenue from U.S.-based users younger than 18 in 2022, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H......»»
China earthquake death toll rises to 148
The toll from China's deadliest earthquake in years rose to 148 on Friday, state media reported, as authorities turned their attention to resettling thousands of people displaced by the disaster......»»
Anthropologist offers blueprint for new ways of being and relating to others in wake of disaster
Aidan Seale-Feldman knows a thing or two about what it's like to witness a disaster. She was working in Nepal in 2015 when a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the central region of the country, followed by a 7.3-magnitude aftershock, both of which clai.....»»
Volcanic eruption lights up Iceland after weeks of earthquake warnings—a geologist explains what"s happening
Lava erupted through a fissure in Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula on Dec. 18, 2023, shooting almost 100 feet (30 meters) in the air in its early hours......»»
Morocco earthquake had unusual deep slip, according to new modeling
In their rapid characterization of the magnitude 6.8 Al Haouz earthquake in Morocco, researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC) suggest that the earthquake ruptured roughly 25 kilometers deep beneath t.....»»
Your Instagram Stories are about to get less boring
Instagram is rolling out an update for its US users where they can now take advantage of AI to generate backgrounds for their Stories. The post Your Instagram Stories are about to get less boring appeared first on Phandroid. There is a bit.....»»
Was the Peace River earthquake induced or natural? New study tests frameworks to answer the question
Using questionnaires created to determine whether a particular earthquake is natural or induced by human activity, a panel of experts concluded that the November 2022 magnitude 5.2 Peace River earthquake sequence in Alberta, Canada was likely induced.....»»
Computational scientists generate molecular datasets at extreme scale
A team of computational scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has generated and released datasets of unprecedented scale that provide the ultraviolet visible spectral properties of over 10 million organic molecules. U.....»»