UK To Deploy Facial Recognition For Shoplifting Crackdown
Bruce66423 shares a report from The Guardian, with the caption: "The UK is hyperventilating about stories of shoplifting; though standing outside a shop and watching as a guy calmly gets off his bike, parks it, walks in and walks out
Starting Today, ISPs Must Display Labels With Price, Speeds, and Data Caps
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Starting today, home Internet and mobile broadband providers in the US are required to display consumer labels with information on prices, speeds, and data allowances. "Today's nationwide launch of the Broadband
Google's AI Photo Editing Tools Are Expanding To a Lot More Phones
Starting May 15th, almost all Google Photos users will be able to access the AI photo editing features previously limited to Pixel owners and Google One subscribers. All you'll need is a device with at least a 64-bit chip, 4GB
William Howell wrote Arizona's 1864 abortion ban. He modeled it on California's
William Howell wrote the Arizona law banning abortions in 1864. On Tuesday, 160 years later, Arizona's Supreme Court reinstated the law.
Impeached Homeland Security secretary navigates working with Republicans who want him out
It has been two months since Alejandro Mayorkas, a California native and the highest-ranking Latino in the federal government, was narrowly impeached.
Litman: Jack Smith's latest push to get Tweety McTreason's Jan. 6 trial moving before the election
The special counsel urged the Supreme Court to let the case proceed as soon as possible rather than delaying it for theoretical questions about presidential immunity.
Just a 'blip' or 'unacceptable'? What does the global rise in dirty coal mean?
China ramped up coal power capacity last year, according to new analysis, despite a pledge to "strictly control" the dirtiest fossil fuel.The country added 47.4 Gigawatts
New 3D-printing method makes printing objects more affordable and eco-friendly
University of Florida engineers have developed a method for 3D printing called vapor-induced phase-separation 3D printing, or VIPS-3DP, to create single-material as well as multi-material objects. The discovery has the potential to advance the world of additive manufacturing.
Advancing brain-inspired computing with hybrid neural networks
The human brain, with its remarkable general intelligence and exceptional efficiency in power consumption, serves as a constant inspiration and aspiration for the field of artificial intelligence. Drawing insights from the brain's fundamental structure and information processing mechanisms, brain-inspired computing
Why won't some people use a smartphone? And is that difficult?
In a world where more and more services and social interaction are based on mobile apps, a smartphone has become close to a necessity. Despite this, some people avoid smartphones and instead use a dumbphone—a traditional mobile phone or a
‘British DARPA’ to build AI gatekeepers for ‘quantitative safety guarantees’
A British R&D unit today unveiled a futuristic vision of “quantitative safety guarantees” for AI. The Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) compares the guarantees to the high safety standards in nuclear power and passenger aviation. In the case of
AI-powered 'sonar' on smartglasses tracks gaze, facial expressions
Cornell University researchers have developed two technologies that track a person's gaze and facial expressions through sonar-like sensing. The technology is small enough to fit on commercial smartglasses or virtual reality or augmented reality headsets yet consumes significantly less power
Physicists Finally Capture Mysterious Wigner Crystal After 90 Years
"One of the most fascinating quantum phases of matter."
Just 1 Dose of New Antibiotic Class Eliminates Resistant Blood Infections in Mice
A breakthrough in the fight against superbugs.