hubie writes:A carbon tax based on the purpose of using goods and services would be fairer and more likely to deliver climate justice, say ecological economists:
DannyB writes:Boeing says it can't make money with fixed-price contracts"Rest assured we haven't signed any fixed-price development contracts, nor intend to."
upstart writes:When given the choice to learn how their actions will affect someone else, 40% of people will choose ignorance, often in order to have an excuse to act selfishly:
New Tool Lets Artists Fight AI Image Bots by Hiding Corrupt Data in Plain Sightupstart writes:A team at the University of Chicago created Nightshade to protect ideas and content:
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hubie writes:Any sound can now be perfectly replicated by a combination of whistles, clicks, and hisses, with implications for sound processing across the media landscape:
dbe writes:USA administration just designed 31 tech-hubs to receive funding to develop tech in the US to counter the current concentration in few metropolis (Austin, Texas; Boston; New York; San Francisco; and Seattle)So what is a tech hub?
hubie writes:An a short but interesting paper recently posted to arXiv finds when most people flip a coin, it tends to land on the same side from which the toss started. Their observations are based upon analysis of 350,757 coin flips.
upstart writes:A new Google Search malvertizing campaign targets users looking to download the popular Notepad++ text editor, employing advanced techniques to evade detection and analysis: