The Catholic cartographer who wants to help the church fight climate change
The work Burhans is undertaking is perhaps even more challenging politically than it is technically, says Steinitz. “You have to...
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Two companies can now sell lab-grown chicken in the US
In June, the USDA granted approval for both companies’ labels, which allows them to sell their products under the name...
Making data matter in real time
This report examines how organizations can rethink their data management strategies to leverage real-time data to develop personalized real-time digital...
A Surprise Change In Leadership At Alibaba Spooks Wall Street, Sends Stock Downwards
Key takeaways Alibaba CEO and chairman Daniel Zhang stepping down from the top job to focus on the company’s cloud...
The Download: China’s counterfeit lawsuits, and Apple’s accessibility failure
On April 3, 2010, Steve Jobs debuted the iPad. What for most people was basically a more convenient form factor...
The US city that scares Chinese Amazon sellers
3. The national number of cremations for 2022 was omitted from China’s quarterly routine data reports, obscuring information relevant to...
The iPad was meant to revolutionize accessibility. What happened?
The default TouchChat display of PRC-Saltillo’s communication device, for example, consists of 12 rows of eight buttons displaying a mix...
CPI Comes In Right On Expectations And Crypto Comes Under Pressure – Forbes AI Newsletter June 17th
TL;DR New figures released this week showed inflation at its lowest level in two years, with the headline annual rate...
Scaling MLOps for the enterprise with multi-tenant systems
In the context of MLOps, the benefits of using a multi-tenant system are manifold. Machine learning engineers, data scientists, analysts,...
The counterfeit lawsuits that scoop up hundreds of Chinese Amazon sellers at once
“It started as a normal way to defend intellectual-property rights,” says Ning Zhang, an attorney in the US who has...
Warren Buffett Is Betting Big On Japan, Increases Stakes In Five Trading Firms
Key takeaways Legendary investor Warren Buffett’s company Berkshire Hathaway has increased its stake in five Japanese trading firms to 8.5%,...
The Download: explaining the recent AI panic, and digital inequality in the US
Who’s afraid of the big bad bots? A lot of people, it seems. Hundreds of scientists, business leaders, and policymakers...
How climate vulnerability and the digital divide are linked
“For me as a Louisianan, it is not always as severe as, you know, we get a killer storm every...
Meta’s AI leaders want you to know fears over AI existential risk are “ridiculous”
What happens next? This does not mean the EU is going to adopt these policies outright. Next, members of the...
How existential risk became the biggest meme in AI
The starkest assertion, signed by all those figures and many more, is a 22-word statement put out two weeks ago...
Quiet Quitting, A Slow Spring And Steep Drops: Are U.S. House Prices Raising The Roof, Or Hitting The Ceiling?
Key takeaways The Fed paused interest rate hikes for the first time in nearly a year last week, giving hope...
The Download: building anti-aging hype, and exploring the universe with sound
It’s not every day that police storm through the doors of a scientific session and eject half the audience. But...
Five big takeaways from Europe’s AI Act
The AI Act vote passed with an overwhelming majority, and has been heralded as one of the world’s most important...
How sounds can turn us on to the wonders of the universe
Wanda Díaz-Merced is probably the world’s best-known BVI astronomer. But her career illustrates the magnitude of the challenges. She gradually...
Police got called to an overcrowded presentation on “rejuvenation” technology
Broadly speaking, Belmonte says he believes “dysregulation” of these control systems is a fundamental process that underlies aging and many...