Mr Zuckerberg said Facebook made mistakes that allowed data about users to end up with the analytics firm Cambridge Analytica and said the company would make changes. Mr Zuckerberg, in his first comments since the company disclosed on Friday the misuse of personal data, said in a post on Facebook […]
Daily Archives: March 21, 2018
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SAN FRANCISCO – The European Space Agency is no longer proceeding full speed ahead with its campaign to send a 1,600-kilogram satellite into low Earth orbit to grab its defunct Earth observing Envisat and bring it back into the atmosphere around 2023. Instead, the agency has revised its e.Deorbit program […]
Researchers have developed a new technique based on artificial intelligence and machine learning that should enable clinicians to acquire high-quality images from limited data.
The face of American forests is changing, due to climate change-induced shifts in rainfall and temperature that are causing shifts in the abundance of numerous tree species, according to a new article. The result means some forests in the eastern U.S. are already starting to look different, but more important, […]
A series of earth-shattering volcanic eruptions and scorching tides of lava swept over the island, in what scientists described as the biggest volcanic cataclysm of the Common Era. A team of researchers at the University of Cambridge have studied accounts of volcanic activity from the Middle Ages, back to the […]
The shocking confession comes after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s repeated calls in recent months for the US and international community to take tougher action on Iran, one of Bashar Al Assad’s Syria’s allies. Tehran has been seen as a threat by Mr Netanyahu, despite Iran insisting its nuclear programme […]
As anyone who has visited Europe recently can attest, the scourge of homelessness has reached epidemic proportions. The only exception to the trend is Finland, according to FEANTSA, the European Federation of National Organizations Working with the Homeless. There, homelessness is, remarkably, on the decline. Per the latest statistics, the […]
The Pentagon’s current leadership is motivated to change the procurement culture, Hyten said. They “understand the need” to speed up the modernization of space systems. WASHINGTON — Air Force Gen. John Hyten has been insistent that U.S. military space programs need to “go faster” as adversaries continue to close in […]