Women who are subject to unwanted attention and harassment on the beaches of southern France this summer are experimenting with a new app which summons police.
This French app aims to fight sexual harassment on beaches
Women who are subject to unwanted attention and harassment on the beaches of southern France this summer are experimenting with a new app which summons police.
Nintendo's first new side-scrolling Mario game in a decade features Dark Souls-style phantoms, trippy flowers, and a pachyderm power-up that had the internet trumpeting.
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'Super Mario Bros. Wonder' makers explain new gameplay — and the elephant in the room
Nintendo's first new side-scrolling Mario game in a decade features Dark Souls-style phantoms, trippy flowers, and a pachyderm power-up that had the internet trumpeting.
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A retired teacher in Saudi Arabia a death sentence for his tweets criticizing the country's leadership to just a handful of followers, according to rights advocates and his family.
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Saudi man sentenced to death for tweets in harshest verdict yet for online critics
A retired teacher in Saudi Arabia a death sentence for his tweets criticizing the country's leadership to just a handful of followers, according to rights advocates and his family.
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The achievement marks the first time an artificial intelligence system has been able to regularly beat humans in a real-world competition and could lead to better drones in the future.
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An AI quadcopter has beaten human champions at drone racing
The achievement marks the first time an artificial intelligence system has been able to regularly beat humans in a real-world competition and could lead to better drones in the future.
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Facebook's parent company says both operations used fake accounts across social media sites to promote Chinese and Russian interests
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Meta says Chinese, Russian influence operations are among the biggest it's taken down
Facebook's parent company says both operations used fake accounts across social media sites to promote Chinese and Russian interests
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Self-driving cars are everywhere in San Francisco. On anonymous group is surreptitiously placing orange traffic cones on the driverless cars, confusing their sensors and rendering them inoperable.
Anonymous protestors immobilize driverless cars using traffic cones
Self-driving cars are everywhere in San Francisco. On anonymous group is surreptitiously placing orange traffic cones on the driverless cars, confusing their sensors and rendering them inoperable.
The White House is concerned AI can perpetuate discrimination. It helped host a red-teaming challenge at the Def Con hacker convention to figure out flaws. (Story aired on ATC on Aug. 26, 2023.)
AI is biased. The White House is working with hackers to try to fix that
The White House is concerned AI can perpetuate discrimination. It helped host a red-teaming challenge at the Def Con hacker convention to figure out flaws. (Story aired on ATC on Aug. 26, 2023.)
NPR's Scott Simon talks to John Cooper of BAR Technologies, the company behind new sails for cargo ships, meant to reduce emissions by moving these massive vessels with wind power.
Shipping containers account for 2% of global emissions — wind-powered sails could help
NPR's Scott Simon talks to John Cooper of BAR Technologies, the company behind new sails for cargo ships, meant to reduce emissions by moving these massive vessels with wind power.
Self-driving cars have flooded San Francisco's streets, and not everyone is happy. Street activists have been using a low-tech solution to incapacitate the vehicles.
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Armed with traffic cones, protesters are immobilizing driverless cars
Self-driving cars have flooded San Francisco's streets, and not everyone is happy. Street activists have been using a low-tech solution to incapacitate the vehicles.
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The White House is concerned that AI can perpetuate discrimination. So they helped host a red-teaming challenge at the Def Con hacker convention in Las Vegas to help figure out some of the flaws.
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AI is biased. The White House is working with hackers to try to fix that
The White House is concerned that AI can perpetuate discrimination. So they helped host a red-teaming challenge at the Def Con hacker convention in Las Vegas to help figure out some of the flaws.
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Generative artificial intelligence is helping some young professionals create realistic headshots for a fraction of the price. The results, however, raise questions about how AI is trained.
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Young professionals are turning to AI to create headshots. But there are catches
Generative artificial intelligence is helping some young professionals create realistic headshots for a fraction of the price. The results, however, raise questions about how AI is trained.
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Teens share photos or videos of themselves with guns and cash, sometimes calling out rivals, on social media. When posts go viral, fueled by "likes" and comments, the danger is hard to contain.
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'All we want is revenge': How social media fuels gun violence among teens
Teens share photos or videos of themselves with guns and cash, sometimes calling out rivals, on social media. When posts go viral, fueled by "likes" and comments, the danger is hard to contain.
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The New Yorker writer says Musk's Starlink satellites are key to providing internet to Ukraine in its war with Russia, giving Musk an influence that's "more like a nation state than an individual."
Ronan Farrow says Elon Musk has become an 'arbiter' of the war in Ukraine
The New Yorker writer says Musk's Starlink satellites are key to providing internet to Ukraine in its war with Russia, giving Musk an influence that's "more like a nation state than an individual."
Evoking debates from the days when child actors had little protections, the digital age is revealing a need for similar types of oversight.
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A new Illinois law wants to ensure child influencers get a share of their earnings
Evoking debates from the days when child actors had little protections, the digital age is revealing a need for similar types of oversight.
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Scientists believe the south pole region might hold frozen water that could help future astronaut missions.
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India joins an elite club as first to land a spacecraft near the moon's south pole
Scientists believe the south pole region might hold frozen water that could help future astronaut missions.
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The sophisticated bicycle has attracted fans in Europe and the U.S., but repairs under warranty have bled the company of money.
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Van poof! Dutch e-bike maker VanMoof goes bankrupt, leaving riders stranded
The sophisticated bicycle has attracted fans in Europe and the U.S., but repairs under warranty have bled the company of money.
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