How AI is reshaping wildlife conservation — for better or worse
How AI is reshaping wildlife conservation — for better or worse Over the wetlands of Senegal, researcher Alexandre Delplanque pilots a drone to count waterbirds: pelicans, flamingos, and terns. He flies the drone, but AI analyzes the images to count individuals in a flock, speeding up analysis by thousands of hours per survey, he estimates. […]
Apple’s carbon footprint is shrinking
Apple's carbon footprint is shrinking Apple’s carbon footprint is shrinking Apple’s making steady progress toward its climate goals, the company’s latest environmental progress report shows. Its planet-heating pollution shrank by 800,000 metric tons last year compared to 2023, about a 5 percent drop. Looking back over the past decade, Apple says its global greenhouse gas […]
The ‘Oscars of Science’ can’t take a Trump joke
The 'Oscars of Science' can't take a Trump joke The ‘Oscars of Science’ can’t take a Trump joke A quip made by Seth Rogen (left), who co-presented an award with Edward Norton (right) was edited out of the ceremony video. When the Breakthrough Prize, founded by Facebook, Apple, and Google moguls and sometimes called “the […]
It’s time for Europe to choose between US or Chinese satellite tech, says FCC chair
It's time for Europe to choose between US or Chinese satellite tech, says FCC chair It’s time for Europe to choose between US or Chinese satellite tech, says FCC chair European allies who have reservations about working with Elon Musk’s Starlink will have more to worry about if they side with Chinese satellite internet services, […]
Trump says the future of AI is powered by coal
Trump says the future of AI is powered by coal The day before several major tech leaders appeared before Congress, begging for ways to get more energy for the nascent American artificial intelligence industry, Donald Trump signed an executive order offering a solution: increased coal production. As part of a series of executive orders released […]
Hacking GoPros to help save the Atlantic’s rarest bird
Hacking GoPros to help save the Atlantic's rarest bird Hacking GoPros to help save the Atlantic’s rarest bird The image streams over YouTube in crisp grayscale: a young cahow â known outside Bermuda as the Bermuda petrel â scrambles through a sandy tunnel and pokes its tiny head above the ground for the first time. […]
Loss of Pulse alerts are rolling out on Pixel Watch 3
Loss of Pulse alerts are rolling out on Pixel Watch 3 Loss of Pulse is a relatively unique health feature in the smartwatch world. Google is beginning to roll out its Loss of Pulse Detection feature to Pixel Watch 3 owners in the U.S. Loss of Pulse Detection, the smartwatch’s marquee health feature, calls emergency […]
How an unused nuclear power plant became home to a world-class acoustics lab
How an unused nuclear power plant became home to a world-class acoustics lab Not your average office park. Itâs kind of impossible to grasp the enormity of a cooling tower until itâs suddenly right next to you. Never used for their intended purpose, the cooling towers of Washington Nuclear Projects 3 and 5 (WNP-3 and […]
Amazon is ready to launch its Starlink competitor
Amazon is ready to launch its Starlink competitor Amazon’s smallest dish teased in 2023. | Image: Amazon The first batch of 27 Project Kuiper space internet satellites are scheduled to launch next week. Amazon has secured 80 such launch missions that will each deliver dozens of satellites into low earth orbit (LEO) to create a […]
Can I interest you in an app that tracks your driving behavior?
Can I interest you in an app that tracks your driving behavior? Smartphone apps that track our driving behavior may be the key to safer road conditions. The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety just published a study that found that using smartphone apps to monitor driver behavior, and then providing summaries of that behavior via […]