Included in MIT Technology Review’s “daily dose of what’s up in emerging technology” yesterday were the following articles. Some of the articles are behind a paywall, but even reading the headlines makes […]
In 1989, notorious serial killer Ted Bundy was executed for the murder of 30 women and girls. In a final interview he explained that his sexual violence towards women was seeded by […]
The US is shifting towards an “algocracy” where artificial intelligence (“AI”) and algorithms control various aspects of life, including law enforcement, employment and healthcare, without human oversight or accountability. The Trump administration’s […]
The Trump Administration has halted an award worth $766 million that was intended to support Moderna in the development of a bird flu vaccine. The decision to stop the funding is a […]
Devex’s Newswire reported today that with the Trump administration dead set on yanking most US funding to the United Nations, the world body is being forced to adapt to a constrained new […]
Sexual violence is being normalised. Children and teenagers are increasingly being exposed to deviant and violent sexual practices online, they then grow up to be adults who are unable to engage in […]
US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Argentine Minister of Health Mario Lugones signed a joint declaration to reaffirm their countries’ withdrawals from WHO and build a new […]