Digital Gems

Patients are desperate for hope. But there are serious concerns about Biogen’s new $56,000 treatment.

Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a criminal complaint against Binance over unregistered operations.

Research suggests humans cannot slow the rate at which they get older because of biological constraints

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said companies must report incidents within one day of learning of a crash.

It's greater than the population of Baltimore or Milwaukee.

The strongest state facial recognition law yet.

As recently as June 4, states with higher vaccination rates did not have significantly lower case rates than states where few people were vaccinated.

User data appears to be scraped from LinkedIn and other sources

In other developments, the CDC added Delta as a variant of concern and issued its first guidance on 'long COVID'.

An analysis of health insurance records of almost two million coronavirus patients found new issues in nearly a quarter — including those whose Covid infection was mild or asymptomatic.

A flaw in how Google Knowledge Panel matches images may have caused an innocent man to be identified as a serial killer

Blood drawn from nine people in the earliest days of the pandemic tested positive for the infection. But some experts questioned the results.

Facebook in recent years has laid out an aggressive strategy of building its own consumer hardware to lessen its dependence on Apple and Google, makers of the two dominant mobile operating systems. The seriousness of its ambitions is reflected in its headcount: Nearly 10,000 people are working ...

The study shows that people with lower income and education have worse lung health, even though air quality has improved in recent decades.

Scholars and advocates have proposed algorithmic impact assessments (AIAs) as a regulatory strategy for addressing and correcting algorithmic harms. An AIA-base

Listen to this episode from WSJ’s The Future of Everything on Spotify. The battle against noise has been waged, rather quietly, for decades. And yet, urban noise pollution is getting worse. A growing body of evidence indicates that it is more than a nuisance- persistent exposure to noise can cause chronic health issues. Anyone can be impacted, but marginalized communities most often live closer to sources of unwanted noise. In this episode, we look at the impacts of urban noise, new efforts to understand and track it and consider design solutions that can help mitigate unwanted sound.

WHO guidance

Using 1992–2014 data from the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), the present study examines the nature and characteristics of hate crimes against Asian Americans by comparing them with those of hate crimes against African Americans ...

Some Austin cyclists are not happy about the robots using bike lanes, while others are optimistic that sharing their path will lead to good things down the road.

Many Asian Americans live daily with the corrosive effects of racism and racialized violence, yet there's very little research funded on Asian American health.

Signaling a major leap forward for national defense in the digital age, the Air Force flew with artificial intelligence as a working aircrew member onboard a military aircraft for the first time Dec.

For decades researchers have tried to get programs to write programs. Microsoft and OpenAI are drawing on vast cloud computing power and extensive source code.

One challenge is how little we know about the dangers.

What part does the gut play in Parkinson’s disease?

New driver-assistance technologies make windshields more than just a piece of glass.

Collaborating with devoted colleagues, Dr. Kariko laid the groundwork for the mRNA vaccines turning the tide of the pandemic.