Human Origins Look Ever More Tangled with Gene and Fossil Discoveries
Fossil and gene discoveries paint an ever-more-intertwined history of humans combining with vanished species like Neandertals…
Windsor humane society members lose voting rights as agency shifts to self-governing model
Windsor/Essex County Humane Society members have lost their voting rights after the organization finalized a bylaw last Friday, giving the board full control under a new self-governing model. Twenty-seven eligible members voted to accept the new governance structure. But more than 100 new members who signed up after June 11 — following the dismissal of…
Gravity may explain why Neanderthals failed to adopt advanced weaponry
Spear-throwing tools called atlatls allow humans to launch projectiles over great distances, but Neanderthals apparently never used them – and an experiment involving a 9-metre-tall platform may explain why…
Loss of lake ice has wide-ranging environmental and societal consequences
The world’s freshwater lakes are freezing over for shorter periods of time due to climate change. This shift has major implications for human safety, as well as water quality, biodiversity, and global nutrient cycles…Fearless Fund has made a big deal since settling its controversial lawsuit
Fearless Fund has made a big move since it settled a lawsuit with the American Alliance for Equal Rights (AAER). The firm announced on Thursday a seven-figure investment into the e-commerce platform Zimi, co-founded by Audrey Djiya and Peter Nsaka. Zimi offers inventory management, handling and storage…Instagram blames some moderation issues on human reviewers, not AI
Instagram head Adam Mosseri on Friday addressed the moderation issues that saw Instagram and Threads users losing access to their accounts, having posts disappear, and more, saying that the company “found mistakes” that it’s attributing to human moderators. The company did not initially blame faulty AI systems…
Empowering Girls Means Upholding Their Rights to Sexual and Reproductive Health
Empowering Girls Means Upholding Their Rights to Sexual and Reproductive Health elombatd@who.int Fri, 11/10/2024 – 15:23 11 October 2024…
Kendrick Perkins is grossly exploiting young athletes through their NIL rights
The deals Perkins’ new company, Nilly, is offering sure sound a lot like predatory loans
AI companies are trying to build god. Shouldn’t they get our permission first?
AI companies are on a mission to radically change our world. They’re working on building machines that could outstrip human intelligence and unleash a dramatic economic transformation on us all. Sam Altman, the CEO of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, has basically told us he’s trying to build a god — or “magic intelligence in the sky,” as he…