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Nearly a third of the nurses who've died of coronavirus in the US are Filipino, even though Filipino nurses make up just 4% of the nursing population nationwide.

Update (06/04/2021 4.00 PM IST): HaveIBeenPwned has added a new search for phone numbers involved in this leak. You can use the same search box to search for your phone number with your country code as described below. You can find more details here.  Multiple reports over the weekend confirmed that an attacker published details …

"It’s almost like it’s OK to get help."

The Google-owned video site is blocking millions of videos featuring hate speech and disinformation, but researchers say there’s still more it could do

The Society Pages (TSP) is an open-access social science project headquartered in the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota

New data suggests higher opt-in rates than expected.

Declaring that “this pandemic is over,” the Douglas County Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to pass a resolution to opt out of further Tri-County public health orders beginning Friday.

The carbon emissions associated with mining bitcoin in China alone will soon outstrip the total annual emissions of mid-sized European countries

Since 2015, The Post has created a database cataloging every fatal shooting nationwide by a police officer in the line of duty.

Google research manager Samy Bengio, who oversaw the company’s AI ethics group until a controversy led to the ouster of two female leaders, resigned on Tuesday to pursue other opportunities.

The short answer is the utility is trying to get the lead out. Here is the medium-sized answer.

Meet the alternatives to large language models

To build a more equitable future, examine the past

The team purposely excluded Instagram images from the European Union, likely because of GDPR

I wouldn’t wish my situation on anyone, but I keep fighting because I know there are so many women who aren’t able to begin this battle.

It reportedly isn’t sure who to send the notifications to.

As the pandemic rages in Brazil, hundreds of babies and young children are dying of Covid.

A Guardian investigation exposes the breadth of state-backed manipulation of the platform

In recent weeks, as mass shootings across the United States dominated headlines, many Americans have observed that the country seems to be returning to something like a pre-pandemic state — shootings included.

Can Google be trusted to evaluate its own AI?

Nearly a year after Karen Garner, a 73-year-old woman with dementia, was forcefully arrested by Loveland Police officers after she left a Walmart with $14 of unpaid merchandise, an independent investigation has been launched.

We, the undersigned, stand in solidarity with Dr. Timnit Gebru, who was terminated from her position as Staff Research Scientist and…

The chief of Emergent BioSolutions made sales of stock options weeks before the company’s share price tumbled.

Backed by Uber and Amazon, Aurora Innovation has a plan to win the self-driving race.

NEW YORK (AP) — How long does protection from COVID-19 vaccines last? Experts don't know yet because they're still studying vaccinated people to see when protection might wear off. How well the vaccines work against emerging variants will also determine if, when and how often additional shots might be needed. “We only have information for as long as the vaccines have been studied," said Deborah Fuller, a vaccine researcher at the University of Washington. “We have to study the vaccinated population and start to see, at what point do people become vulnerable again to the virus?”

Auctioning Power to the Person as an NFT and Splitting the Proceeds

Early trials show Oxford developers may have finally found an effective jab against the disease.

The company also said it planned to release iPhone software next week with a privacy feature that worries many digital-advertising companies.

The pandemic brought a record uptick in deaths, interrupted a downward trend in death rates and spurred the highest death rate above normal ever recorded in the country.