Criminal justice algorithms: Being race-neutral doesn’t mean race-blind
An algorithm is the centerpiece of one criminal justice reform program, but should it be race-blind? the_burtons/Moment via Getty ImagesJustice...
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5 milestones that created the internet, 50 years after the first network message
This SDS Sigma 7 computer sent the first message over the predecessor of the internet in 1969. Andrew 'FastLizard4' Adams/Wikimedia...
Tornadoes and climate change: What a warming world means for deadly twisters and the type of storms that spawn them
Tornadoes are hard to capture in climate models. Mike Coniglio/NOAA/NSSLThe deadly tornado outbreak that tore through communities from Arkansas to...
China’s ‘surveillance creep’: how big data COVID monitoring could be used to control people post-pandemic
China has used big data to trace and control the outbreak of COVID-19. This has involved a significant endeavour to...
How AI can help choose your next career and stay ahead of automation
Rawpixel / ShutterstockThe typical Australian will change careers five to seven times during their professional lifetime, by some estimates. And...
Facebook relaunches itself as ‘Meta’ in a clear bid to dominate the metaverse
Eric Risberg/APFacebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has announced the company will change its name to Meta, saying the move reflects...
Confused by what your doctor tells you? A new study discovers how communication gaps between doctors and patients can be cured
A new study identifies significant language barriers between doctors and their patients. ljubaphoto/E+ via Getty ImagesThe Research Brief is a...
Drones over Ukraine: fears of Russian ‘killer robots’ have failed to materialise
Drones have played a starring role in Ukraine’s defence against the ongoing Russian attack. Before the invasion experts believed Russia’s...
What is machine learning?
TeroVesalainen/ PixabayNew technologies are playing a fundamental role in directing where businesses are going and, to some extent, in determining...
Worker-protection laws aren’t ready for an automated future
Uber and Lyft drivers protest their working conditions in Los Angeles in May 2019. AP Photo/Damian DovarganesScience fiction has long...
