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‘Doomsday Clock’ Signals Existential Threats of Nuclear War, Climate Disasters and AI

WASHINGTON (AP) — Earth, for the second year running, is nearing apocalypse, a science-oriented advocacy group said, pointing to its famous “Doomsday Clock” that shows 90 seconds till midnight. The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists made the annual announcement Tuesday rating how close humanity is from ending. It cited nuclear threat in Russia’s war on Ukraine […]

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Scientists Spot Previously Unknown Colonies of Emperor Penguins in Antarctica

Previously unknown colonies of emperor penguins have been spotted in new satellite imagery. Emperor penguins, considered “near threatened” with extinction, are the world’s largest penguins. They raise their chicks in Antarctic winter on patches of frozen sea ice. But if the ice breaks up before the chicks have fledged, most will die. At least some

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San Francisco takes legal action over ‘unsafe,’ ‘disruptive’ self-driving cars

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save SAN FRANCISCO — In the most aggressive attempt yet to reduce the number of self-driving vehicles in this city, San Francisco filed a lawsuit against a state commission that allowed Google and General Motors’ autonomous car companies to expand here this summer, despite causing a

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16 Million People Live in Neighborhoods Brazil Calls ‘Subnormal.’ It’s Finally Changing the Name

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — After decades of delay and pressure, Brazil announced Tuesday that it will henceforth use “favelas and urban communities” to categorize thousands of poor, urban neighborhoods, instead of the previous term “subnormal agglomerates” that was widely viewed as stigmatizing. Starting in the 1990s, the national statistics and geography institute, known by

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GitHub: Top tips to make software developers more productive | Computer Weekly

Developers who report a high degree of understanding of their code feel 42% more productive than those with low or no understanding, research from GitHub has found. While this may seem obvious, according to GitHub, low understanding can come from various factors, including poor or outdated documentation, lack of onboarding, or the sheer pace

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Should businesses disclose their use of AI? Most Americans say yes

UBS Wealth Management managing director Jason Katz says the market opportunities once available in e-commerce are now up for grabs in A.I. Businesses of all sizes are integrating artificial intelligence into their systems to varying degrees as more companies embrace the rapidly-evolving technology.  However, as privacy concerns over such tools continue to swirl, a new

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Podcast: Storage and compliance outlook for 2024 | Computer Weekly

In this podcast we look at the year ahead in 2024 with Mathieu Gorge, CEO of Vigitrust. We talk about upcoming updates, and changes to law and regulation such as in PCI, NIST, EU data protection regulations, post-Brexit divergence between the UK’s ICO and Europe, increasing global traction for DORA, and 60 major elections across

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