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Trying to Avoid a Nuclear Blast

Trying to Avoid a Nuclear Blast

Max Abrahms ronpaulinstitute.org What happened to Elon Musk this past week showcases how completely unhinged and dangerous US policy to Ukraine has become. The condemnation began when the Washington Post published excerpts from a new biography on Musk revealing that he turned down a Ukrainian request to help launch

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‘EVS Are a Bit Shite’, #32

‘EVS Are a Bit Shite’, #32

Hmmm, let’s see: child slave labour and toxic pollution, adding to the massive strain on already-stressed power grids, massive weight threatening the integrity of car parks, the same weight causing them to rip through tyres and make even more pollution, the toxic nightmare of disposing of batteries, guzzling taxpayer’

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Here’s What You Need To Know

Here’s What You Need To Know

Erica Mealy University of the Sunshine Coast Late last week, Google announced something called the Privacy Sandbox has been rolled out to a “majority” of Chrome users, and will reach 100% of users in the coming months. But what is it, exactly? The new suite of features represents a fundamental

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AI Might Help the Regulators Spot Cheating

AI Might Help the Regulators Spot Cheating

Dulani Jayasuriya Jacky Liu University of Auckland Ryan Elmore University of Denver theconversation.com On the eve of the Rugby World Cup kicking off, there have already been whispers of teams spying on each other. Inevitable gamesmanship, perhaps, but there’s no doubt cheating in sport is a problem authorities

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Tech Talk: Remove Unwanted Web Page Elements
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Tech Talk: Remove Unwanted Web Page Elements

This series is designed to help people to understand modern technology, and become more confident in using computing devices. It is not designed to educate experts. The author is involved in tutoring older students at SeniorNet, a New Zealand wide organisation. SeniorNet hopes that students will feel more confident in

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Why the Public Needs a Say on AI

Why the Public Needs a Say on AI

Dietram A. Scheufele Dominique Brossard Todd Newman University of Wisconsin-Madison theconversation.com Are democratic societies ready for a future in which AI algorithmically assigns limited supplies of respirators or hospital beds during pandemics? Or one in which AI fuels an arms race between disinformation creation and detection? Or sways court

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Who Will Win the 2023 Rugby World Cup?

Niven Winchester Auckland University of Technology theconversation.com Despite New Zealand’s record loss to South Africa in August, All Blacks fans can take heart from statistical modelling that has them as favourites to win the 2023 Rugby World Cup (RWC). According to Rugby Vision, a well-tested algorithm I developed

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Search Engine Google Turns 25 but Will It Survive AI?

Search Engine Google Turns 25 but Will It Survive AI?

Mark Sanderson Julian Thomas Kieran Hegarty Lisa M. Given RMIT University theconversation.com Monday marked an important milestone in the history of the internet: Google’s 25th birthday. With billions of search queries submitted each day, it’s difficult to remember how we ever lived without the search engine. What

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Tech Talk: Gnu’s or Not
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Tech Talk: Gnu’s or Not

This series is designed to help people to understand modern technology, and become more confident in using computing devices. It is not designed to educate experts. The author is involved in tutoring older students at SeniorNet, a New Zealand wide organisation. SeniorNet hopes that students will feel more confident in

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Tech Talk: Funeral Plans and Haemorrhoid Treatments
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Tech Talk: Funeral Plans and Haemorrhoid Treatments

This series is designed to help people to understand modern technology, and become more confident in using computing devices. It is not designed to educate experts. The author is involved in tutoring older students at SeniorNet, a New Zealand wide organisation. SeniorNet hopes that students will feel more confident in

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A Group AI Is Biased Against

A Group AI Is Biased Against

Autumn Johnson Autumn is a practicing attorney licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia. When not working, Autumn enjoys reading, writing, playing video games, and spending time with her cats. newsbusters.org New research from the United Kingdom confirms what many already knew: artificial intelligence has

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Struggle of the Day

For at least the third time in its history, TV3 has approached the government for help. Newsroom revealed the extent of WBD’s problems back in July when the company filed its annual accounts. The 2022 before tax loss was $35 million. This followed a $21m loss the previous year.

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When Did the Internet Begin?

When Did the Internet Begin?

Back in the dawn of the 80s, a friend returned to school from a trip to America. He regaled us with one story I particularly remember: visiting a house where they played chess on a computer — against another computer user at the other end of the country, via a telephone

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Musk’s Goal for Twitter’s Future

Musk’s Goal for Twitter’s Future

Kristen Schiele Kristen Schiele specialises in the areas of digital marketing and social media, and serves on the Board of Directors for the Marketing Educators’ Association. Dr Schiele is co-author of the Mobile Marketing Essentials textbook, and frequently speaks on current and emerging trends in user experience and human-centred design.

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The Smoking of the 21st Century

As I’ve reported before, Meta (owner of Facebook and Instagram), for instance, has conducted its own research that found just how damaging its products are to mental health, especially in children and teen girls. Yet, those are the very groups Meta continues to target in its marketing strategies. But,

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