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Rest of World’s 2024 AI elections tracker
As more than two billion people vote, we’re monitoring the way AI is being used in political campaigns, memes, and misinformation.
G.M. Will Stop Developing Self-Driving Taxis
The company said it would now focus its efforts on developing fully autonomous vehicles for personal use.
Supramolecular plastic, it biodegrades in the sea in 10 days
A new degradable supramolecular plastic has been created that decomposes in seawater into monomers that can be metabolized by bacteria.
Goldman Sachs Says It’s Leaving Climate Alliance for Banks
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is quitting a major climate group for banks, as increasingly complex regulations and US political attacks lead some of the financial industry’s biggest firms to rethink such affiliations.
Agroecology offers blueprint for resilient farming in northern Ghana
Farmers in Ghana’s Upper East region traditionally decided when to plant and harvest their crops in rhythm with regular rainfall cycles. But the rains now come at increasingly odd times, farmland is turning into desert, and farmers have been forced to endure temperatures high enough to melt tarmac. Amid these impacts, agroforestry is offering a […]
Over 84% of clinic workers report climate change disruptions
Hurricanes, floods, and power outages are disrupting patient care, according to Harvard and Americares.
How climate risks are driving up insurance premiums around the US – visualized
‘Tight correlation’ between premium rises and counties deemed most at risk from climate crisis, experts say
Probabilistic weather forecasting with machine learning - Nature
GenCast, a probabilistic weather model using artificial intelligence for weather forecasting, has greater skill and speed than the top operational medium-range weather forecast in the world and provides probabilistic, rather than deterministic, forecasts.
“Luxury Shame” in China: How the Luxury Market is Changing in 2024
Michael Rider succeeds Hedi Slimane as Celine's creative director starting in 2025. Explore how his experience with Phoebe Philo and Polo Ralph Lauren will shape future collections
These companies are creating food out of thin air
A new crop of biotech startups are working on an alternative to alternative protein.
Project Overview ‹ Future You: An Interactive Digital Twin System for Self-Reflection and Personal Growth – MIT Media Lab
Say hello to FutureYou!*This project is oriented towards young people*Inspired by studies showing how increased "future self-continuity"—the degree of continui…
Australia's new 70GW renewable energy project will be world’s largest
Australia will spend AUD$100 billion to build the world's largest renewable energy facility occupying 22,700 sq km, areas larger than some countries.
6 Questions You Asked Yourself about Solar
How fast will it take over, how fast are costs shrinking, why is it so cheap, what industries will it birth, how much surface will it take up, where will it appear first?
Gamer role introduced in children's hospital
Steven Mair is the Glasgow Children's Hospital Charity's new gamer in residence
With AI, the Future of Augmented Reality is in Your Ears
By Om Malik Dennis Crowley has built his career at the intersection of emerging technologies and human behavior. Twenty years ago, as a 25-year-old inspired...
MBARI researchers discover remarkable new swimming sea slug in the deep sea
MBARI researchers have discovered a remarkable new species of sea slug that lives in the deep sea. Bathydevius caudactylus swims through the ocean’s midnight...
100,000 Chinese students join 50km night-time bike ride in search of good soup dumplings
Authorities impose restrictions on bike hire after huge group blocks a highway between Zhengzhou and Kaifeng in China, as night biking trend takes off
AI chatbot launches on Gov.UK to help business users – with mixed results
Initial test run of GPT-4o technology can help with regulations but ‘cannot provide predictions or opinions’
How You Can Easily Delay Climate Change Today: SO2 Injection
I used to feel powerless about climate change. Then I learned about this, and now I feel confident we can delay it at any time.
Electric vehicle battery prices are expected to fall almost 50% by 2026
Harvest in England the second worst on record because of wet weather
Wheat haul in England estimated to be down by 21%, with Britain’s wine producers also hit hard
Government Wiretaps in U.S. Internet Providers Infiltrated by Chinese Hackers
U.S. spying on it's citizens and China taking advantage of that backdoor for months before anyone realizing.
People Are Sharing Fake Hurricane Helene Photos for Profit and Political Gain
This is only going to get worse over time.
Reports: China hacked Verizon and AT&T, may have accessed US wiretap systems
Chinese hackers were in networks of major ISPs “for months,” WSJ reports.
The Editors Protecting Wikipedia from AI Hoaxes
WikiProject AI Cleanup is protecting Wikipedia from the same kind of misleading AI-generated information that has plagued the rest of the internet.
Sonos opens a Trello board so we can see how it’s fixing the busted app
The board is a “live document” that Sonos will update.
Why the World Needs Yet Another Methane Satellite
Carbon Mapper’s ultra-precise Tanager-1 is headed to space.
Uber and Lyft Found a Loophole to Pay NYC Drivers Less
Uber and Lyft have found a new way to evade a New York City law guaranteeing rideshare drivers a minimum wage. Since June, drivers say they’ve been arbitrarily locked out of apps when they want to work — setting the companies up to save hundreds of millions.
Elon Musk unveils Tesla Cybercab self-driving robotaxi
Billionaire says autonomous car expected ‘before 2027’ will have a pricetag of less than US$30,000, with a ‘Robovan’ that can carry 20 people to follow