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Researcher Timnit Gebru Says Google Wanted ‘My Presence, But Not Me Exactly’ : NPR
Fallout continues over Google's ouster of research scientist Timnit Gebru, who helped lead the company's Ethical AI research team.toggle caption Kimberly White/Getty Images for TechCrunch Fallout con
Zero-click iPhone hack targets dozens of journalists, report says
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Angela Lang/CNET Dozens of Al Jazeera journalists had their iPhones hacked this summer by state-backed attackers who targeted a so-called zero-click flaw in iMessages, according to a report published
The Power of Kawaii: How Cute, Squishy Things Influence Us
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This year has been anything but cute.Nittono is a kawaii researcher—that is, he studies the Japanese concept of cuteness and how we experience it.His research has found that looking at kawaii images
Areas to watch in 2021, and the living microbes in wildfire smoke | Science
We kick off our first episode of 2021 by looking at future trends in policy and research with host Meagan Cantwell and several Science news writers.In research news, Meagan Cantwell talks with L
Timnit Gebru’s Exit From Google Exposes a Crisis in AI
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This year has held many things, among them bold claims of artificial intelligence breakthroughs.She is also one of the few Black women in AI research and an unflinching advocate for bringing more BIPO
Quantum computing research helps IBM win top spot in patent race
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An IBM patent shows a hexagonal array of qubits in a quantum computer, arranged to minimize problems controlling the finicky data processing elements.Screenshot by Stephen Shankland/CNET This story i
Counting research rodents, a possible cause for irritable bowel syndrome, and spitting cobras | Science
Online News Editor David Grimm joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss a controversial new paper that estimates how many rodents are used in research in the United States each year.Though there is no offi
Sano Genetics, a startup helping with Long Covid research, raises £2.5M in seed funding – TechCrunch
Sano Genetics, a startup with a broad mission to support personalised medicine research by increasing participation in clinical trials, has raised £2.Sano Genetics says part of the new capital will b
Moderna making booster shot to fight Covid-19 variants
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Moderna is testing two booster-shot options — one specifically aimed at the South African variant and another to broadly fight new mutations.Laboratory research showed that antibodies produced by th
Twitter is opening up its full tweet archive to academic researchers for free
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Twitter on Tuesday announced a significant shift in the type of data it makes available for free to third-party academic researchers interested in studying user behaviors and trends related to online