Monday - April 24 2023, 17:25 UTC - 1 year ago

The Ohio State University recently found that Steenstrup Glacier in Greenland has experienced a significant transformation from 2018 to 2021. The glacier has retreated a distance of approximately 5 miles, experienced a 20% decrease in thickness, and seen a doubling in the amount of ice it releases into the ocean. Its velocity has also quadrupled, due to intrusion of warming waters from the Atlantic. The research team aims to explore how climate change can quickly and drastically transform a region.

Monday - April 24 2023, 15:38 UTC - 1 year ago

The EPA has proposed a regulation that will cap carbon emissions from power plants across the U.S. This proposal is unprecedented, and it aims to reduce the country's carbon emissions by 25%. By 2040, all coal and natural gas power plants need to implement CCS technology to reduce their carbon footprint. To make this plan successful, the states have to pass relevant laws and regulations. However, the plan faces many hurdles such as opposition from the fossil fuel industry and legal challenges from state attorneys.

Monday - April 24 2023, 12:54 UTC - 1 year ago

Penn State researchers have conducted a study to determine if social media users would trust Artificial Intelligence as much as humans to flag hate speech and harmful content. The study found that people tend to trust AI more when they are reminded of the accuracy and objectivity of machines. If people are made aware of the machines inability to make subjective decisions, their trust in AI is lower. The study proposed combining people and AI to build a trusted moderation system with transparency to rebuild trust in AI.

Monday - April 24 2023, 11:27 UTC - 1 year ago

Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) have been quite successful, but come with their own drawbacks like lack of transparency and burden of processing and storage. Hyperdimensional computing could be the radical different approach, with its fixed-length vectors of random numbers and algebraic operations. These systems can act efficiently with better robustness and could even help explain how our own brains work.

Sunday - April 23 2023, 22:36 UTC - 1 year ago

Snap is launching augmented-reality mirrors that let shoppers in stores to see how clothes look on them without trying them on. The mirrors will appear in some US Nike stores and Men’s Wearhouse, and are powered by their new AR Enterprise Services (ARES). Snap is also launching a series of AR vending machines in partnership with Coca-Cola, as well as new AR capabilities in their Snapchat app for 16 live music festivals this summer.