Editor's note: Esther Ngumbi is assistant professor of entomology and African-American studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The article reflects the author's opinions and not
TypingDNA, a four-year-old startup that was founded in Bucharest, Romania and more recently moved its headquarters to Brooklyn, New York, looks to be raising $7 million in funding for something intere
A furious Iran threatened to avenge a US strike that killed a top Iranian commander at Baghdad's international airport Friday, raising fears of a wider regional conflic
After acquiring Ukraine startup Looksery in 2015 to supercharge animated selfie lenses in Snapchat — arguably changing the filters game for all social video and photo apps — Snap has made another acq
Guo Jun just greeted the New Year in a memorable way: skiing at midnight at one of the venues for the 2022 Winter Olympics. The 34-year-old amateur skier is a frequent visitor to Genting Resort Secr
01:25 That piece of plastic wrap or Styrofoam box you chucked is not going away; it will simply break down into small pieces.But researchers are now finding that plastic can disintegra
Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi announced on Friday that she gave birth to a baby boy on New Year's Day. This is her second child with her husband, Chinese rock musician Wang Feng.On Jan. 1, 2020, our
The Australian military has begun the seaborne evacuation of hundreds of people trapped in a fire-ringed southeastern town, as the country braced for more catastrophic
Top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani was killed in a US strike on Baghdad's international airport on Friday, Iraq's powerful Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary force has sa
Google says its new AI system can detect breast cancer more accurately than doctors.According to a study published in the journal Nature, the artificial intelligence system reduced false positives
Tech reporters’ inboxes are filled with garbage pitches from misguided founders who assume that the smallest milestone warrants a write-up.Founders dream of seeing their company’s name in
Chinese President Xi Jinping's New Year speech on Tuesday demonstrates that China is committed to safeguarding world peace and promoting global development, foreign sc
Cancer Research UK says "promising" initial results show how AI could improve breast cancer screening and ease pressure on NHS.
The Swiss Embassy in Sri Lanka said that the safety of diplomatic missions is the responsibility of the host state, days after a local staffer who complained of being a
California’s much-debated privacy law officially takes effect today, a year and a half after it was passed and signed — but it’ll be six more months before you see the hammer drop on any s
Renewable energy delivered 48.5% of Britain's electricity in 2019, compared with the 43% generated by fossil fuels.
The Pallone-Thrune TRACED Act, a bipartisan bit of legislation that should make life harder for the villains behind robocalls, was signed into law today by the President. It’s still possible to
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