Algorithms were supposed to make our lives easier and fairer: help us find the best job applicants, help judges impartially assess the risks of bail and bond decisions, and ensure that health care is delivered to the patients with the greatest need. By now, though, we know that algorithms can be just as biased as the human decision-makers they inform and replace.
NASA's first attempt to bring home samples of rock and dirt from Mars could be canned by cost overruns. To save the mission, the space agency is asking for help.
Odds are many of your employees have dealt with workplace trauma. There's no magic way of healing people — but here's how leaders can help empower their people.
Stanislaw Lem’s first-contact novel Solaris (1961) is the Polish writer’s most celebrated and enduring legacy. It features an ocean planet that conjures up life with no apparent purpose, at best perversely reflecting human wounds and desires. Unintelligible, alien, and therefore not easily communicable, the ocean in Solaris could be an archetype of inhuman intelligence: indifferent, foreign, and creative in its distorted reflection of humanity. A quick Google search reveals that multiple...
US District Judge Michael Farbiarz claims a conflict of interest won't let him oversee the DOJ lawsuit against Apple, so US District Judge Julien Neals is taking over the case. US District Court in New Jersey The U.S. Department Of Justice sued Apple along with 15 states claiming the company monopolizes portions of the smartphone market. The years-long battle has barely begun, yet changes are already happening. According to a report from Reuters, District Judge Michael Farbiarz had to...
Iran has warned the Biden White House that if the United States interferes in its anticipated retaliatory strike against Israel, the United States will become a legitimate target for Iranian terrorism. According to the anti-American and pro-Hamas website
While Lib Dems want to bring back fixed-term parliaments scrapped by Tories, Labour has no apparent interestIf Rishi Sunak sounds tetchy when asked the question, it is nothing compared with the frustrations of many voters: when exactly will there be an election? And why, crucially, is it entirely up to him?To give the short answer, this is just the way UK politics is. Barring a fairly brief and largely botched recent experiment with fixed-term parliaments, election dates remain in the gift of a...
TikTok mom Mayah Hash's son, Paxton, broke the handle off his bedroom door and accidentally locked him and his mom in his bedroom.
Choosing the best houseplants for your bedroom to create a relaxing space is a trend that's actually backed by science.
Like spoken languages, sign languages evolve organically and do not always have the same origin. This produces different ways of communication and annotation. This is the subject of Manolis Fragkiadakis's Ph.D. thesis.
Residents can have their say about local judges eligible for re-election in the 20th Judicial District at a public hearing set for 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 24, in Courtroom F at the Boulder County Justice Center, 1777 Sixth St.
Over the next week, six major banks will be reporting their earnings. Higher interest rates could affect both sides of their balance sheets.