Facial Verification Won’t Fight Fraud World News Jun 9, 2021 With the US economy just starting to recover from Covid-19 and millions still out of work, Congress authorized expanded…
Crypto Isn’t About Money. It’s About Fandom World News Jun 9, 2021 Thanks to NFTs, half of my friends now hate the other half. I know because they send me messages about each other. “Ugh, more…
Trump’s Failed Blog Proves ‘Active’ Internet Users Are Gone World News Jun 5, 2021 Former president and former “king of social media” Donald Trump decided this week to shut down his month-old blog, due to abysmal…
Oximeters Used to Be Designed for Equity. What Happened? World News Jun 4, 2021 As steps toward mitigating racial bias, Hewlett-Packard’s engineers marshaled a range of more inclusive approaches to oximetry.…
Changing Minds About Why Doctors Change Their Minds World News Jun 3, 2021 In 2001, when the pediatric allergist Gideon Lack asked a group of some 80 parents in Tel Aviv if their kids were allergic to…
More Content Moderation Is Not Always Better World News Jun 2, 2021 As companies develop ever more types of technology to find and remove content in different ways, there becomes an expectation they…
I’m a Brood X Cicada. You’re a Horny Human. We Are Not the Same World News May 30, 2021 Editor’s note: In the eastern United States, trillions of Brood X cicadas are emerging from the ground, just as millions of…
Dumbed Down AI Rhetoric Harms Everyone World News May 26, 2021 When the European Union Commission released its regulatory proposal on artificial intelligence last month, much of the US policy…
VR Trainings Are Not Going to Fix Corporate Racism World News May 26, 2021 In 2017, while working at a well-known media company, I took a vacation to my home country, Nigeria. When I left, my hair was…
STEM’s Racial Reckoning Just Entered Its Most Crucial Phase World News May 25, 2021 Make no mistake—the resources phase is critical. When done correctly, resources (especially financial) provide the infrastructure…