The hall of historic Waiola Church and nearby Lahaina Hongwanji Mission are engulfed in flames along Wainee Street on August 8, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. Credit: Idaho National Laboratory Electricity…
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A method to interpret AI might not be so interpretable after all
A study finds humans struggle to understand the outputs of formal specifications, a method that some researchers claim can be used to make AI decision-making interpretable to humans. Credit: Bryan…
Australian safety watchdog fines social platform X $385,000 for not tackling child abuse content
The opening page of X is displayed on a computer and phone in Sydney, Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. Australia’s online safety watchdog has fined X, formerly known as Twitter, $385,000…
Shyness Skews Child Language Assessments
Summary: Shyness can notably impact a child’s performance in language assessments, particularly those requiring higher levels of social interaction. The research, encompassing 122 children aged 17-42 months, explored how different…
IOC to explore Olympic eSports Games
IOC chief Thomas Bach confirmed the creation of an Olympic eSports Games is being examined. The International Olympic Committee is looking at creating an Olympic eSports Games, IOC president Thomas…
If the first solar entrepreneur hadn’t been kidnapped, would fossil fuels have dominated the 20th century?
George Cove stands next to his third solar array. Credit: Popular Electricity Magazine, April 1910 / Low Tech Magazine One argument put forward in defense of fossil fuels is that…
Cars are a ‘privacy nightmare on wheels’. Here’s how they get away with collecting and sharing your data
Credit: Shutterstock Cars with internet-connected features are fast becoming all-seeing data-harvesting machines—a so-called “privacy nightmare on wheels,” according to US-based research conducted by the Mozilla Foundation. The researchers looked at…
