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Jan 15, 2020

Amazon lifts FedEx ground delivery ban for sellers, FedEx shares rise

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Amazon temporarily suspended third-party sellers’ access to FedEx ground delivery services last month.

Jan 14, 2020

A parasite that makes mice unafraid of cats may quash other fears too

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The parasite Toxoplasma gondii turns mice’s fear of cats into curiosity. The parasite emboldens mice in other situations too, a new study finds.

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Jan 13, 2020

A Facebook Bug Exposed Anonymous Admins of Pages

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A bad code update allowed anyone to easily reveal which accounts posted to Facebook Pages—including celebrities and politicians—for several hours.

Jan 13, 2020

World’s first city discovered by U.S. spy satellite

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Old U.S. spy satellite images of the Middle East have unearthed a stunning discovery: the world’s first city, Tell Brak – 4,000 years older than the Great Pyramids. From the Series: The Life of Earth: The Age of Humans http://bit.ly/32oNmi8

Jan 13, 2020

Gender and Smart Learning Technologies

Posted by in categories: cyborgs, education, futurism

How can we tackle gender imbalance in the personalities of AI learning tools?

The Gendering of AI

The expected growth in use of artificial intelligence (AI) in learning applications is raising concerns about both the potential gendering of these tools and the risk that they will display the inherent biases of their developers. Why the concern? Well, to make it easier for us to integrate AI tools and chatbots into our lives, designers often give them human attributes. For example, applications and robots are often given a personality and gender. Unfortunately, in many cases, gender stereotypes are being perpetuated. The type of roles robots are designed to perform usually reflect gendered over generalizations of feminine or masculine attributes.

Feminine personalities in AI tools such as chatbots and consumer devices like Amazon’s Alexa are often designed to have sympathetic features and perform tasks related to care giving, assistantship, or service. Many of these applications have been created to work as personal assistants, in customer service or teaching. Examples include Emma the floor cleaning robot and Apple’s Siri your personal iPhone assistant. Conversely, male robots are usually designed as strong, intelligent and able to perform “dirty jobs”. They typically work in analytical roles, logistics, and security. Examples include Ross the legal researcher, Stan the robotic parking valet and Leo the airport luggage porter.

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Jan 13, 2020

Magnetic surgery takes promising first steps

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https://youtube.com/watch?v=MW2z9LUrzfw

Circa 2018


Magnets may play a central role in the future of surgery. This summer, US surgeon Dr. Jeffrey Cadeddu performed the first of several magnet-assisted prostate cancer surgeries he has now done.

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Jan 13, 2020

Plants grow in ashes of Australia fires

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Plants are photographed regrowing in parts of Australia ravaged by fire last month.

Jan 12, 2020

Warnings of ‘Volcanic Tsunami’ After Eruption in Philippines

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O.O.


Tens of thousands were evacuated and tremors were felt in nearby villages amid an eruption of the country’s second-most-active volcano, the Taal, near Manila.

Jan 11, 2020

The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica

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Antarctica’s native microorganisms are a hearty bunch, able to eke out a living on the planet’s coldest, highest, driest, windiest and emptiest continent. But the region wasn’t always quite as hospitable as it is today.

Photo Credit: Byron Adams

Jan 11, 2020

People Are Finding Images Of Their Deceased Loved Ones On Google Maps

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“It’s kind of like he’s still there, still waving, and it just makes me feel like he’s just still around.”

By Stephanie K. Baer

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