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Time to dip a gardening toe into quirky hydroponics

Growing plants without soil is easier than you think – and means you can appreciate the architecture of the roots, says James Wong. Here’s how…

The Guardian - UK

Decoding Brain Waves Helps Identify Music, New Study Suggests

A new technique created by researchers at the University of Essex for monitoring brain waves can identify the music someone is hearing. The study was published on January 19, in the journal Scientific Reports. The researchers hope the project could lead to helping people with severe communication disabilities such as…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Rapid research projects awarded £800,000 'to tackle NHS winter crisis using AI'

Such projects aim to reduce ambulance waiting times and understand the effects of cold homes on health

Wales Online

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£800,000 rapid research projects ‘to help tackle NHS winter crisis using AI’

These studies have been launched by Health Data Research UK.

The Independent UK

Rentokil pilots facial recognition system as way to exterminate rats

World’s largest pest control group has developed technology to track individual rodents and assess how best to deal with them

The Guardian - UK

HBO's 'Last of Us' gets one thing wrong about its zombie apocalypse

Can the cordyceps fungus really infect humans and cause a global pandemic? Experts weigh in on 'The Last of Us.'

Inverse

ChatGPT robs students of motivation to think, write for themselves

I surveyed young adults in the U.S. and Europe about issues related to AI’s effects on writing. They reported a litany of concerns about how AI tools can undermine what they do as writers.

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South Australian universities to allow use of artificial intelligence in assignments, if disclosed

Flinders University, the University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia adjust policies

The Guardian - AU

Parenting expert on why you should never take a child's phone away as punishment

One child psychologist has shared her best advice on reducing the amount of time your youngster spends using technology - and why you should never take certain devices away as a form of punishment

Chronicle Live

Laid off tech workers are about to get help from Allstate

Allstate Corp. plans to tap the pool of recently fired tech workers to help the insurer overhaul its business.

Tribune News Service

The Guardian view on AI in art: a challenge that must be met

Editorial: Despite Nick Cave’s broadside against computer-generated lyrics, they’re here to stay. Artists need to be educated and protected

The Guardian - UK

Is Ashwagandha really the magic supplement TikTokers claim it to be?

Let's look at the science.

Mic

Google announces ‘difficult news’ as it fires 12,000 staff

Staff cuts follow similarly vast reductions at Microsoft, Amazon and Meta

The Independent UK

Michael Hiltzik: Robot taxis? Hyperloops? A top technologist wages war on tech's hype machine

Rodney Brooks knows the difference between real technological progress and baseless hype.

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Tech & Science Daily podcast: Billions of objects revealed in Milky Way

Plus! Scientist explains ‘DNA damage’ linked to nail & beauty salon UV gel lamps

Asharq Al-Awsat

Google Parent to Lay Off 12,000 Workers

Alphabet Inc is eliminating 12,000 jobs, its chief executive said in a staff memo shared with Reuters. The cuts mark the latest to shake the technology sector and come days after rival Microsoft Corp said it would lay off 10,000 workers. The job losses affect teams across the company including…

The Independent UK

‘Go back to row 26 where you belong’: Woman applauded for defending passenger asked to swap seats on flight

‘If you wanted to sit next to your friend, then you should have booked a seat next to her,’ seethes traveller

The Independent UK

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Squid Gains: How Squids Are Advancing Medicine

The manufacturing process begins with commercially available frozen squid mantle. How squids are advancing medicine.

The Independent UK

ShotSpotter document reveals key human role in gunshot tech

A confidential document from the gunshot-detection company ShotSpotter details the extensive role human reviewers play in checking the work of its proprietary, artificial intelligence algorithm

The Guardian - AU

Are AI-generated songs a ‘grotesque mockery’ of humanity or simply an opportunity to make a new kind of music?

Nick Cave has condemned a song designed and directed by ChatGPT. But new technology should be embraced, not feared

Chicago Sun-Times

Will schools finally teach our kids to read?

Even before the dramatic learning loss caused by COVID-19, only one-third of American fourth and eighth graders were reading at grade level. The alternatives to phonics were all supposed to be liberating and fun and empowering for children. Instead, they did terrible, avoidable harm.

AAP

New powers target media misinformation

The Australian Communications and Media Authority will have far stronger regulatory powers to target the rise of digital misinformation.

The Times of India

Optical Illusion: Only a sharp-eyed person can find the hidden crab in this photo

If you succeed in this optical illusion test, the quality of your observation skills will become readily evident. A lot of people enjoy optical puzzles and picture puzzles online since they are entertaining and can teach you a lot about someone's intelligence. Online, you may find a variety of fascinating…

Reason

Amicus Brief as to § 230(c)(1) in Gonzalez v. Google

(Note that this case is about immunity when Internet platforms provide access to material, not the separate question about immunity when Internet platforms block access to material.)

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