A second scourge is battering Brazil’s flooded south: disinformation from ABC
The vast flooding that has devastated Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state has yet to subsideRead More
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AI terminology, explained for humans from the Verge Jay Peters
Image: Hugo J. Herrera for The Verge Articles today are filled with AI jargon. Here are some definitions to get you through. Continue reading… Read More
Harris will spend election night at Howard University, the HBCU that helped shape her from NPR Deepa Shivaram
Harris is the first vice president to be an alum of a historically Black college, and if she wins, would make history as the first president to be an HBCU graduate. (Image credit: Brendan Smialowski) Read More
If AI is so good, why are there still so many jobs for translators? from NPR Greg Rosalsky
Machine translation of foreign languages has been good for a while. And yet human translators are still in demand. Why isn’t AI killing these jobs? And even if it isn’t, how is it reshaping them? (Image credit: Vaselena) Read More
NYT Connections today: See hints and answers for April 16 from Mashable
Connections is the latest New York Times word game that’s captured the public’s attention. The game is all about finding the “common threads between words.” And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we’ve served up some hints and tips to get you over the…
Secure lifetime access to this PDF converter for under £20 from Mashable
TL;DR: A lifetime license to PDF Converter Pro is on sale for £19.80, saving you 75% on list price. In this digital world, it can be incredibly useful to have tools to make some of the more time-consuming jobs easier. Case in point, this PDF Converter Pro was created to make easier work of converting…
As discrimination complaints soar, parents of disabled students wait for help from NPR Jonaki Mehta
The Education Department is handling record numbers of discrimination cases, including those involving disability. The backlog leaves some families waiting for help. (Image credit: Cindy Elizabeth) Read More
Followers of Iris the osprey celebrate her chicks hatching from NPR Austin Amestoy
Iris, whose webcam has 20,000+ followers, has hatched chicks for the first time in five years. She’s one of the worlds oldest known osprey, age 28, despite feeding from a giant superfund site. Read More
Debunking voter fraud conspiracy theories. And, presidential power over abortion from NPR Brittney Melton
Conspiracy theories connected to voter fraud have increased on social media. And, how both presidential candidates, who have different views on abortion access, could implement their plans if elected. (Image credit: KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images) Read More
A brown dwarf discovered 30 years ago is actually twins circling each other from ABC
Scientists say a celestial object discovered decades ago is actually twins orbiting each otherRead More