Month: April 2022

How Gwyneth Paltrow, Mila Kunis, and others are pushing women to invest in NFTs, which critics see as a form of self-serving feminism centered on white women (Nitasha Tiku/Washington Post)

Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post: How Gwyneth Paltrow, Mila Kunis, and others are pushing women to invest in NFTs, which critics see as a form of self-serving feminism centered on white women  —  Gwyneth Paltrow and Mila Kunis joined a Zoom in January to encourage 5,000 women in the audience to break into the male-dominated

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EU Approves First AI For Analyzing X-Rays Automatically

(Photo: Harlie Raethel/Unsplash)The first AI tool able to analyze X-rays totally autonomously has been granted regulatory clearance from the European Union.  ChestLink, an autonomous AI imaging suite by medical imaging company Oxipit, was created to exist alongside medical professionals “as an integral part of the clinical workflow.” ChestLink can scan X-rays for abnormalities and send

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Coinbase adds support for the popular UPI payment method in India, making the cryptocurrency exchange functional in the country for the first time (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Coinbase adds support for the popular UPI payment method in India, making the cryptocurrency exchange functional in the country for the first time  —  Coinbase is adding support for the popular UPI payment instrument in India, making its eponymous cryptocurrency exchange functional …

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Biden appears to show support for Amazon workers who unionized in Staten Island, saying in a speech: “By the way, Amazon, here we come. Watch” (New York Times)

New York Times: Biden appears to show support for Amazon workers who unionized in Staten Island, saying in a speech: “By the way, Amazon, here we come. Watch”  —  “By the way, Amazon, here we come.  Watch,” the president said.  But the White House quickly said his remarks did not mean the government would get

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Intel Announces It Will Suspend Operations Russia

(Photo: Slejven Djurakovic/Unsplash)Intel has made the decision to suspend all operations in Russia as the country’s attack on Ukraine continues.  The technology giant already suspended all shipments to customers in Russia and Belarus back in early March, just days after Russian troops began their invasion of Ukraine. The suspension was accompanied by a $1.2 million

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Azumarill bounces into Pokémon UNITE today!

This loveable blue ball arrives just in time for the spring season. What you need to know Pokémon UNITE is a free-to-play MOBA where players compete in 5-vs-5 teams. The game’s developers continue to balance the game and adding new characters and events. Azumarill is the next character to join the game’s ever-growing roster. As

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Old Casio Calculator Learns New Tricks

[George Stagg] recently found himself stung by the burden of free time while in lockdown. Needing a project to keep him occupied, he decided to upgrade his 90s Casio CFX-9850G calculator to run custom machine code. All [George] really wanted was for his vintage calculator to understand Reverse Polish Notation (RPN). The calculator in question

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Russia’s cyberattacks on government, military, logistics, and critical infrastructure have been its biggest military success to date in the war in Ukraine (Foreign Affairs)

Foreign Affairs: Russia’s cyberattacks on government, military, logistics, and critical infrastructure have been its biggest military success to date in the war in Ukraine  —  After Russia invaded Ukraine, many observers initially expected cyberattacks to steal the limelight as a major instrument in Russia’s arsenal.

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New data-sharing proposals in Europe push for the expansion of facial recognition and to allow police forces across the EU to link their photo databases (Matt Burgess/Wired)

Matt Burgess / Wired: New data-sharing proposals in Europe push for the expansion of facial recognition and to allow police forces across the EU to link their photo databases  —  Lawmakers advance proposals to let police forces across the EU link their photo databases—which include millions of pictures of people’s faces.

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