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Aug 23
Black Genius Academy: an app for aspiring Black tech talent
Tech Equity Collective launches Black Genius Academy, a career discovery app that prepares aspiring Black talent for technical education programs.
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Aug 23
Second Sight’s Implant Technology Gets a Second Chance
When California biotech company Second Sight ran out of money in 2020, the future looked dim for hundreds of blind users around the world relying on its Argus II retinal implant, or its next-generation Orion brain implant, for some approximation of vision.Last year, IEEE Spectrum documented the journeys of users…
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Aug 23
Learn as you search (and browse) using generative AI
New updates to Search Generative Experience (SGE) help people easily learn new things and understand key concepts while searching online.
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Aug 23
Meta’s AI Agents Learn to Move by Copying Toddlers
In a simulated environment, a disembodied skeletal arm powered by artificial intelligence lifted a small toy elephant and rotated it in its hand. It used a combination of 39 muscles acting through 29 joints to experiment with the object, exploring its properties as a toddler might. Then it tried its…
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Aug 23
How online safety tech is failing women
A team of researchers at King’s College London, has demonstrated that, despite being the more vulnerable group when it comes to cyber abuse, women engage much less than men with security and privacy tech. Led by Dr Kovila Coopamootoo, lecturer in Computer Science within the Cyber Security Group at King’s…
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Aug 23
This debit card lets you fund scientific research while you spend
The UK’s first bank account dedicated to accelerating science and technology is set to launch next month. Science Card is the brainchild of Daniel Baeriswyl — during his PhD in biomedical engineering at UCL, he cultivated an appreciation of the importance of life-saving scientific research, but also the runway it…
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Aug 23
Record number of solar panels and heat pumps installed in UK homes
More UK homes than ever are turning to low-carbon technology, with the country on track to install certified renewable technologies in nearly a quarter of a million homes, according to a report by MCS, the official standards body for renewable technologies. The body has found that, in the first half…
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Aug 23
A new, scrapbook-like Memories view in Google Photos
The new Memories view in Google Photos is a scrapbook-like timeline for reliving, customizing and sharing your most memorable moments.
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Aug 23
Ireland’s Alchemy battles e-waste by giving Apple products a new life
Many of us have become accustomed to getting the newest, flashiest versions of our favourite gadgets, leaving yesterday’s tech destined for the dustbin. In 2022, the global economy produced 50 million tonnes of e-waste — equivalent to the weight of 5,000 Eiffel towers. This take-make-waste habit is unsustainable, and research…
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Aug 23
Crime fiction for your commute with Pixel Fold
We have partnered with author Ajay Chowdhury to create a gamified murder mystery eBook, free for all UK commuters.