Last month, Facebook announced a crackdown: The platform would no longer permit content that “denies or distorts the Holocaust” as part of its larger policy prohibiting hate speech. While noting that successful…
Spooky space: Blue ring nebula reveals the secrets of binary stars
In 2004, the Galaxy Evolution Explorer, an orbiting space telescope scanning distant groups of galaxies, found a bizarre object. Among other oddities, this body appeared to be blue, despite giving off no…
If you want to learn a new tech skill, these training bundles can help. And it’s all under $21
TLDR: These 10 training courses can help give you all the information you need to get started learning a new skill for 2021. If you’re looking to get a new business idea…
4 ways to respond to vaccine skeptics on social media
For most of the 20th century, more than 60,000 people died in the US from polio, diphtheria, and small pox each year. In 2016, the American death toll from these diseases was…
These extended Black Friday deals of work from home essentials can get 2021 off on the right foot
TLDR: Working from home is the new normal — and these 10 items at extended Black Friday prices can have you ready to take on 2021 and beyond right from the home…
Periodic table: Scientists propose new way of ordering the elements
The periodic table of the elements, principally created by the Russian chemist, Dmitry Mendeleev (1834-1907), celebrated its 150th anniversary last year. It would be hard to overstate its importance as an organizing…
The universe is getting hotter as it gets older — here’s why
The cosmic web — ribbons of gas and dust tying galaxies together — are the largest structures in the Universe, and a new study shows they are growing hotter over time. Utilizing…
Volvo thinks gaming tech can help make self-driving cars safer
Building self-driving cars is no easy matter. Underneath, self-driving cars are dedicated and specialist artificial intelligence systems, which need to be taught how to drive. They can be taught in the real…
Understand adversarial attacks by doing one yourself with this tool
In recent years, the media have been paying increasing attention to adversarial examples, input data such as images and audio that have been modified to manipulate the behavior of machine learning algorithms. Stickers pasted…
Five VPN solutions you can score during this Black Friday sale
Scratch the surface on all of these Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals and what you’ll find underneath is…even more deals. For every discounted TV and cardigan and robot vacuum, there are…