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A Computer Scientist Breaks Down Generative AI’s Hefty Carbon Footprint

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The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversationan online publication covering the latest research. Generative AI is the hot new technology behind chatbots and image generators. But how hot is it making the planet? As an AI researcher, I often worry about the energy costs of building artificial intelligence models. The more powerful …

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NASA Mini Satellites Will Help Track Hurricanes

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CLIMATEWIRE | NASA wants to know more about climate-juiced hurricanes. To help with that effort, the space agency on Thursday night plans to launch two small satellites, called “CubeSats,” into orbit roughly 350 miles above the Earth, where they should help scientists better understand what NASA calls “high-impact meteorological events, “or tropical storms. A scheduled …

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The Pandemic Caused a Baby Boom in Red States and a Bust in Blue States

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Anna McCleary had her daughter in October 2019. McCleary, who works at a law firm in Chicago, had just returned from her maternity leave in early 2020 when the COVID pandemic hit. She and her husband found themselves working from home without access to day care or other help. “We were just thrown into the …

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Why We Need to See Inside AI’s Black Box

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The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversationan online publication covering the latest research. For some people, the term “black box” brings to mind the recording devices in airplanes that are valuable for postmortem analyzes if the unthinkable happens. For others it evokes small, minimally outfitted theaters. But black box is also an …

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Social Media Can Harm Kids. Could New Regulations Help?

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This week Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy released a warning about the risks that social media presents to the mental health of children and teenagers. Adolescent mental health has been declining for years, and an increasing amount of research suggests that social media platforms could be partially to blame. But experts continue to debate just …

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Thousands of New Creatures Discovered in Deep-Sea Mining Zone

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CLIMATEWIRE | A huge, mineral-rich region of the Pacific Ocean known as the Clarion-Clipperton Zone is attracting major international interest because of its potential for deep-sea mining, including for minerals essential to renewable energy technology. But scientists warn that the risks to biodiversity may be higher than previously realized. New research finds that the zone …

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35 Best Memorial Day Sales and Deals: Pizza Ovens, Recycled Bags, and More

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As with many other sales events, Memorial Day weekend deals can be confusing. It seems like every store on the internet is offering some sort of promotion. Not all that glitters is discounted, but we’re here to help. Below you’ll find the best Memorial Day deals and sales on reviewer-approved gadgets and gear.  Be sure …

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Shocking Leaked Tesla Documents Hint at Cybertruck Problems | WIRED

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Cars crashing into bollards, brakes slamming on to avoid imaginary collisions, and more than 2,400 complaints of cars accelerating out of their owner’s control. Tea 100 gigabytes worth of internal Tesla documents leaked to the German newspaper Handelsblatt present a sobering picture of the EV company’s technical limitations. The 23,000 files obtained by Handelsblatt cover …

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Antarctic Sea Ice Is at Record Lows. Is It an Alarming Shift?

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Even more stunning, it was only in the mid-2010s that Antarctic sea ice was at record highs—at least highs since satellite observations began—having increased slightly but steadily in the years since 1979. That recent growth of Antarctic sea ice has been in stark contrast with that of the Arctic, a region that is now warming …

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The Speedrunners Trying to Break ‘The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’

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For the average player, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will take upwards of 50 hours to beat—that is, complete the game’s main storyline and save Hyrule. In the speedrunning community? Slightly more than 60 minutes. For regular players, conquering Tears of the Kingdom is all about diligence, patience, and creative crafting. For …

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The Surgeon General Is Pushing for a Misguided Social Media Policy

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This week, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued a long-overdue message warning Americans what they already know: Social media is harming kids. But looking through the 19-page advisory, the surgeon general’s solutions appear potentially more dangerous than these pariah platforms themselves. He is pushing for a critically misguided policy that many state legislatures and regulators have …

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