Digital Gems

Anonymization of data isn’t enough to guarantee privacy

By wearing masks and getting vaccinated, Americans could deter variant spread enough to have a "more normal" summer.

Top players have left pro leagues to pursue streaming full-time as the industry veers more toward content creators.

Will.i.am and Honeywell introduce the first connected mask. Think sneakers meet smartphones.

Artificial intelligence is being used on campuses to answer academic questions, grade assignments, teach lesson.

The widening gap is fueling frustration and potentially extending the pandemic.

Three years ago, the company began building "responsible AI." This is the story of how it failed.

Seth Boster, The Gazette COLORADO SPRINGS — Scott Fitzwilliams was supposed to be off work. But as supervisor of America’s most trafficked national forest,“ you’re never off work,” he says. So there he was Fourth of July weekend, supposed to be enjoying the serenity he had always known at a lake within White River National […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats in Congress are trying to pass the first major gun control legislation in more than two decades with the support of President Joe Biden, who said Thursday that it is...

Minors aren’t supposed to use Snap, Facebook, and YouTube — but they are, and experience abuse, harassment, and sexual solicitation

Ambulances filled with breathless patients lined up in Brazil as nations around the world set new records Thursday for COVID-19 deaths and new coronavirus infections. The disease surged even in...

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An Open Letter to Google

A campaign galvanized by mass shootings and assault weapons will inevitably find itself in a dead end. But there’s a way out.

Acquisition will combine solutions and expertise to deliver new cloud and AI capabilities across healthcare and other industries REDMOND, Wash., and BURLINGTON, Mass. – April 12, 2021 – Microsoft Corp (Nasdaq: MSFT) and Nuance Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: NUAN) today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Microsoft will acquire Nuance for $56.00 […]

The Colorado National Guard confiscated thousands of doses of COVID-19 vaccine from a Colorado Springs medical spa Friday, the same day health officials launched an investigation into potential issues with

After losing an epic battle with Mark Zuckerberg over ownership of Facebook and being shunned in Silicon Valley, CAMERON and TYLER WINKLEVOSS are back.

Centura Health officials said the change is a result of a national shortage and adverse effects reported at a vaccination site earlier in the week.

Today, 25% of adults ages 65 and older report never going online, compared with much smaller shares of adults under the age of 65.

Trump himself has helped undercut the thing for which he seeks the most credit.

An analysis of builders and supporters of alternative data governance approaches and recommendations for how the Data Futures Lab can help.

BUCHAREST (AP) — Marchers took to the streets Saturday in the Romanian capital of Bucharest to protest restrictive measures to fight the spread of COVID-19 even as new daily infections and deaths...

The ambitious plans of President Biden and major auto manufacturers could be scuttled by a severe shortage. This week, Biden has to decide whether to intervene in a dispute between two major battery makers that could determine whether there's enough supply to make 340,000 electric vehicles in the United States.

To live through this period as an Asian-American is to feel trapped in an American tragedy while being denied the legitimacy of being an American.

Amazon ambassadors were trained to defend Jeff Bezos and clap back at Bernie Sanders under a program codenamed “Veritas.”

Much of the continent is experiencing a wave of outbreaks driven by the B.1.1.7 variant, which ravaged Britain this winter.

How an Australian college student turned ~$4k into a fortune by speculating on the blockchain boom.

In New Jersey, Covid-19 has disproportionately killed Latino men under 50. Apart from the economic and social fallout, the numbers raise questions about vaccine equity and who's at risk.