Gig Workers Gather Their Own Data to Check the Algorithm’s Math
Armin Samii had been biking for UberEats for a few weeks last July when he accepted a delivery he estimated
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Hacker goes after Parler users, archives terabytes of data
A hacker has archived Parler user posts, photos and videos in the wake of the platform being accused of fueling the
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A Startup Will Nix Algorithms Built on Ill-Gotten Facial Data
Late last year, San Francisco face-recognition startup Everalbum won a $2 million contract with the Air Force to provide “AI-driven
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FDA says half-dosing Moderna COVID-19 vaccine ‘risks public health,’ lacks data
Following reports that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration was in talks with Moderna and Operation Warp Speed officials to consider halving vaccines’
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In India, Smartphones and Cheap Data Are Giving Women a Voice
Ravi Agarwal, author of the 2018 book India Connected: How the Smartphone Is Transforming the World’s Largest Democracy says that
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A Clever Strategy to Distribute Covid Aid—With Satellite Data
When the novel coronavirus reached Togo in March, its leaders, like those of many countries, responded with stay-at-home orders to
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An AI Used Facebook Data to Predict Mental Illness
Sharath Guntuku, an assistant professor of computer science at the University of Pennsylvania who was not involved in the research,
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Live Updates: Florida police raid home of former state coronavirus data scientist
Police in Florida on Monday conducted a raid at the home Rebekah Jones, a former Florida Department of Health employee who built
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Florida cops raid home of scientist who said she was fired for not doctoring COVID-19 data
Florida police on Monday raided the home of a former state data scientist who claimed she was fired from the
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US hits record-high coronavirus hospitalizations, data shows
The U.S. again reported a new record high in coronavirus-related hospitalizations on Thursday, marking the 32nd day in a row
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