Computers
‘DeepFake-o-Meter’ democratizes deepfake detection
When misleading information spreads online, it can spread fast.This article was originally published on this website.
Month: September 2024
Computers
Quantum algorithm adopted by Google and IBM
An algorithm developed by Prakash Vedula, Ph.D., a professor at the University of Oklahoma School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, has been incorporated into advanced computing software developed by Google and IBM. The algorithm is […]
Technology
Japan plans driverless bullet trains
Shinkansen bullet trains could be whizzing around Japan without drivers from the mid 2030s, one of its main rail operators said, motivated in part by the country’s demographic crisis.This article was originally published on this […]
Education
First publication of J.R.R. Tolkien’s collected poems offers new insights into author’s personality
If you have read The Lord of the Rings, there is a good chance that you skipped over one or more of the 75 songs and poems in J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy epic. Yet long before […]
Computers
Solving a memristor mystery to develop efficient, long-lasting memory devices
Phase separation, when molecules part like oil and water, works alongside oxygen diffusion to help memristors—electrical components that store information using electrical resistance—retain information even after the power is shut off, according to a University […]
Math
Soft cells: Rounded tile shapes echo those found in nature
Tiles that fill two- and three-dimensional spaces with no gaps—including triangles, squares, hexagons, cubes, and other polyhedra—are typically designed with sharp corners and flat faces (straight edges).This article was originally published on this website.
Education
Opinion: For successful school phone bans, school administrators and parents need to support teachers
As students return to class across the country, they will be confronting a new reality as most Canadian provinces have introduced restrictions on cellphone use at school.This article was originally published on this website.
Education
Opinion: Social media is like sex—young people need education, not unrealistic bans
The Australian federal government has committed to a national plan to ban children from social media.This article was originally published on this website.
Internet
Brazil’s shutdown of X fans debate over free speech curbs
Is Brazil’s shutdown of Elon Musk’s X a drastic but necessary move in the global fight against disinformation, or pure censorship?This article was originally published on this website.
Internet
Australia plans age limit to ban children from social media
Australia will ban children from using social media with a minimum age limit as high as 16, the prime minister said Tuesday, vowing to get kids off their devices and “onto the footy fields”.This article […]