Witness: Challenges to Ghosn pointless
Nissan called U.S. exec Greg Kelly the "mastermind" behind the conspiracy to hide Carlos Ghosn's pay. But so far the prosecution has conjured up an image of corporate leaders failing to raise flags......»»
Insights from the Global Wheat Challenge on deep learning and dataset diversity
Crowdsourcing has become pivotal in scientific research, particularly in data-intensive fields like plant phenotyping, leveraging platforms like Kaggle for data analysis and machine learning challenges......»»
Could smart speakers protect women against intimate partner violence?
New research from Monash University examines the practical, ethical and political challenges of using smart home technologies to protect women from intimate partner violence in their own homes......»»
Creating a formula for effective vulnerability prioritization
In this Help Net Security interview, Michael Gorelik, CTO and Head of Malware Research at Morphisec, provides insights into the business impact of vulnerabilities. Gorelik discusses challenges posed by regulatory frameworks, incomplete asset inventor.....»»
Transcend enhances its privacy platform to address current and future compliance challenges
Transcend announced an expansion of its product suite—going even further to help the world’s best brands manage complex privacy compliance challenges. Powering privacy for Fortune 100 companies, the global 2000s, and high-growth start-ups, Transc.....»»
Scientists sequence genome for threatened whitebark pine
Researchers have sequenced the whitebark pine genome, presenting new opportunities to help the threatened, high-altitude tree endure environmental challenges......»»
GuidePoint Security introduces Identity as a Service offering
GuidePoint Security announced its Identity as a Service, which will help organizations address the complex challenges of identity management by optimizing resources, enhancing user experience, and ensuring security. GuidePoint’s Identity as a Servi.....»»
I’ve used a foldable laptop for a month, and I’m ready to return to a clamshell
Foldable PCs unite superior portablility with distinctive design challenges. Enlarge / Reflective screens and creases aren't the only concerns with foldable PCs. (credit: Scharon Harding) Specs at a glance: HP Spectr.....»»
Three ways sustainable businesses can prepare for climate challenges
From supply chain disruption to regulatory compliance pressure, companies experience bottom-line impacts of climate change every day. Accounting for environmental disruptions and transitions is essential to corporate risk management and resilience pl.....»»
Growth of autocracies will expand Chinese global influence via Belt and Road Initiative as it enters second decade
China currently faces daunting challenges in its domestic economy. But weakness in the real estate market and consumer spending at home is unlikely to stem its rising influence abroad......»»
Evidence-based policymaking: New study on international perspectives and best-practice models
In order to tackle challenges facing society, such as the energy transition, digitalization, or pandemics, structured, transparent, and fact-based political decision-making processes are needed. Analysis based on science can provide the basis for bet.....»»
Farmers and ranchers in the Southwestern US face challenges due to human-induced atmospheric warming
The American Southwest has always been a dry place—cue romantic visions of hot, rugged, sun-bleached, seemingly infinite landscapes and star-filled night skies. And yet, the plants, animals and people of the Four Corners region (Utah, Colorado, New.....»»
New research reveals challenges posed by austerity, Brexit and COVID-19 for international town-twinning partnerships
Research by USP Academic Dr. Tosh Warwick has shed new light on transnational town-twinning history and the challenges posed by Brexit, the pandemic and austerity......»»
How early farmers in Scandinavia overcame climate change
As the world faces the challenges of present-day climate change, scientific inquiry is, among other objectives, exploring how human societies navigate environmental variations at large. Investigating the past provides valuable insights into this......»»
Bimetallic alloy nanocatalyst boosts efficient ammonia production with potential for carbon-free energy
Ammonia (NH3) is regarded as a promising carbon-free energy carrier, but its energy-intensive production process still challenges global scientists. A research team led by City University of Hong Kong (CityU) recently engineered a bimetallic alloy as.....»»
Atlantic Ocean near Bermuda is warmer and more acidic than ever, 40 years of observation show
Decade-long ocean warming that impacts ocean circulation, a decrease in oxygen levels that contributes to changes in salinification and nutrient supply, and ocean acidification are just some of the challenges the world's oceans are facing......»»
A catalyst for electronically controlled C–H functionalization
The Chirik Group at the Princeton Department of Chemistry is chipping away at one of the great challenges of metal-catalyzed C–H functionalization with a new method that uses a cobalt catalyst to differentiate between bonds in fluoroarenes, functio.....»»
Scientists discover plant hormone that boosts growth by 30%
Scientists from NUS and the Singapore Center for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE) have uncovered one of nature's most potent tools in an arsenal to combat today's agricultural challenges: agro-microbials—or agro-chemicals of natural.....»»
The future of urban mobility in emerging economies
Urbanization presents major challenges not only for industrialized nations, but also for emerging countries, particularly when it comes to their future transport infrastructure. The "Emerging Urban Mobility" study carried out by Fraunhofer IAO looks.....»»
Voltron Data Theseus helps organizations solve data processing challenges
Voltron Data introduced Theseus, a distributed execution engine built to solve today’s data processing challenges at a scale beyond the capabilities of CPU-based analytics systems like Apache Spark. Theseus is available to enterprises and governmen.....»»
Meta sues FTC, hoping to block ban on monetizing kids’ Facebook data
Accused of violating kids' privacy, Facebook owner challenges FTC authority. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Chesnot) Meta sued the Federal Trade Commission yesterday in a lawsuit that challenges the FTC's authority to i.....»»