“Most editors do not seem to make correcting the record a priority.” Fraud Peddlers For an industry so obsessed with peer review, it appears that academic journals are mighty reticent to retract or even warn readers about fraudulent articles. As Science magazine reports in a fascinating story, a recent study found that although journals were made… Continue reading Ignorant Scientists Keep Citing Papers That Were Retracted for Fraud
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The Creator of That Viral Image Generating AI Loves All Your Weird Creations
For the vast majority of people who tinker with machine learning technology, the best they can hope for is that others in their community will recognize their work. Which was why it was so shocking to Boris Dayma, the creator of the AI formerly known as “DALL-E Mini,” when his went viral. Now, a chaotic… Continue reading The Creator of That Viral Image Generating AI Loves All Your Weird Creations
CEO Quits $68 Billion Firm to “Sit at the Beach and Do Nothing”
Go off, anti-productivity king! Anti-Productivity Icon As of October 1st, 2022, please do Jupiter Fund Management CEO Andrew Formica a favor and leave him alone! He’s quitting his job and logging off, thank you very much. “I just want to go sit at the beach and do nothing,” Formica told Bloomberg in an interview this… Continue reading CEO Quits $68 Billion Firm to “Sit at the Beach and Do Nothing”
Scientists Say New James Webb Images Are So Powerful That It Was Emotional Just Looking at Them
“What I have seen moved me, as a scientist, as an engineer, and as a human being.” First Light While we await the ceremonial release of the first official images taken by NASA’s uber-expensive James Webb Space Telescope, early reactions to the long-awaited shots are already sounding pretty promising. “The images are being taken right… Continue reading Scientists Say New James Webb Images Are So Powerful That It Was Emotional Just Looking at Them
Supreme Court Gives Power Plants Green Light to Pollute As Much As They Want
Another huge step backwards. Moving Backwards Another week, another inconceivable and unconscionable decision by the US Supreme Court. After the court dealt a massive blow to reproductive rights last week, the it’s now given power plants the ability to regulate their own carbon dioxide emissions, an irredeemable decision that’s almost certain to have disastrous consequences for… Continue reading Supreme Court Gives Power Plants Green Light to Pollute As Much As They Want
The Supreme Court Is Jeopardizing Federal Climate Action
Today, in a ruling on a nonexistent plan with nonexistent harms to the people who brought the suit, the Supreme Court took an opportunity to curb the ability of the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate the power sector’s carbon emissions. In a summer of big decisions from the US Supreme Court, West Virginia v. Environmental… Continue reading The Supreme Court Is Jeopardizing Federal Climate Action
The Fight Over Which Uses of AI Europe Should Outlaw
In 2019, guards on the borders of Greece, Hungary, and Latvia began testing an artificial-intelligence-powered lie detector. The system, called iBorderCtrl, analyzed facial movements to attempt to spot signs a person was lying to a border agent. The trial was propelled by nearly $5 million in European Union research funding, and almost 20 years of… Continue reading The Fight Over Which Uses of AI Europe Should Outlaw
A New, Remarkably Sophisticated Malware Is Attacking Routers
An unusually advanced hacking group has spent almost two years infecting a wide range of routers in North America and Europe with malware that takes full control of connected devices running Windows, macOS, and Linux, researchers reported on June 28. So far, researchers from Lumen Technologies’ Black Lotus Labs say they’ve identified at least 80… Continue reading A New, Remarkably Sophisticated Malware Is Attacking Routers
The EU extends its ‘Roam-like-at-home’ mobile service rule through 2032
Back in 2017, the European Union took the shockingly rational step of largely eliminating roaming charges for its citizens travelling among member nations, dubbing it the “Roam-like-at-home” system. Operating across the 27 countries that make up the European Economic Area as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway — but not the UK because Brexit —… Continue reading The EU extends its ‘Roam-like-at-home’ mobile service rule through 2032
FDA asks COVID-19 vaccine makers to update boosters to target new Omicron variants
The Food and Drug Administration has asked COVID-19 vaccine makers to update booster shots to tackle newer Omicron variants that are on the rise. It says the manufacturers should add a spike protein component to shots to target the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 variants in addition to the original strain. An “overwhelming majority” of the… Continue reading FDA asks COVID-19 vaccine makers to update boosters to target new Omicron variants