Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Australia was slow to introduce minimum building standards for energy efficiency. The Nationwide House Energy Rating Scheme (NatHERS) only came into force in 2003. Older homes…
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Even on Instagram, teens mostly feel bored: Researchers offer design recommendations
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Concern that social media is driving the teen mental health crisis has risen to such a pitch that the majority of states in the country have…
Study proposes framework for ‘child-safe AI’ following incidents in which kids saw chatbots as quasi-human, trustworthy
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots have frequently shown signs of an “empathy gap” that puts young users at risk of distress or harm, raising the urgent need…
Trust, more than knowledge, critical for acceptance of fully autonomous vehicles: Study
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain While not yet on the market, fully autonomous vehicles are promoted as a way to make road travel dramatically safer, but a recent study found that…
Study finds ‘digital humans’ as effective as real ones in ergonomics training
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Could digital humans—realistic virtual representations of humans that communicate through text-to-speech and speech-to-text interfaces—provide online training that is as effective as that provided by real humans?…
EPA’s new auto emissions standard will speed the transition to cleaner cars
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released strict new emissions limits on March 20, 2024, for cars built from 2027 through 2032. The final rule for Multi-Pollutant…
Generative AI could leave users holding the bag for copyright violations
Credit: AI-generated image Generative artificial intelligence has been hailed for its potential to transform creativity, and especially by lowering the barriers to content creation. While the creative potential of generative…
Conspiracy theorist tactics show it’s too easy to get around Facebook’s content policies
by Amelia Johns, Emily Booth, Francesco Bailo and Marian-Andrei Rizoiu, The Conversation Credit: The Conversation During the COVID pandemic, social media platforms were swarmed by far-right and anti-vaccination communities that…
Apple’s ‘Walled Garden’ under fire in lawsuit
Employees applaud as the first customers enter the store to buy the Apple iPhone 15 series at The Grove Apple store in Los Angeles, California, on September 22, 2023. Call…
