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Image via Marvel Studios A lot was riding on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, after a collection of lackluster releases began to sour faith in the MCU. In great news for the superhero franchise, the Guardians finale was well received, overall, if its solid rating on Rotten Tomatoes is anything to go off of. Audiences have largely enjoyed the film, despite complaints of heavy-handed depictions of animal abuse, and faith in the MCU is starting to bounce back. The final Guardians film centers its plot around fan…

Image via Disney Plus Mental health conditions are often stigmatized and barely ever accurately depicted in modern media. As a result, cinematic portrayals of mental illness can be overplayed and often drowning in stereotypes, making those of us that suffer feel horrendously misrepresented. Nevertheless, along with the degrading, insensitive enactments of mental illness that paint these disorders in a dangerous light, some exceptions approach the delicate topic with maturity, consideration, and insight. For…

via Paramount Fantasy always runs the risk of eventually becoming reality, but very rarely to previously far-fetched tales become increasingly prescient on a daily basis. In fact, if you showed The Truman Show to somebody from a younger generation completely unaware of its existence, they’d probably be left wondering why on earth it was ever considered science fiction. We live in a world where everyone is ready, willing, and unerringly able to record every single aspect of their existence and show it to the…

Twitter has backtracked after an uproar for labelling the US radio network NPR as "state- affiliated media" and now calls it "government-funded."Elon Musk's social media network has also applied that new label to the BBC, which is funded predominantly by British households paying a license fee.Britain's beloved national broadcaster has reached out to Twitter for clarification, news reports said.The change in how Twitter refers to Washington-based National Public Radio happened quietly overnight Saturday and comes after…

Twitter CEO Elon Musk is having second thoughts over sticking NPR with a “state-affiliated media” label this past Wednesday, a decision which opened a debate about press freedom and led NPR to stop tweeting in protest.Meta's Apparent Firing GoofMusk told NPR on Thursday that Twitter was still evaluating whether the “state-affiliated media” label belonged on NPR’s account, the outlet stated in a report. Affixing NPR with this label puts it on the same level as outlets like China’s Xinhua News and People’s Daily as well as…

Creating robust CO₂ scenarios for data-driven climate actionPhoto by David Aler on Unsplash / Sketch and montage by authorThe effects of climate change are becoming increasingly visible around the world, from devastating wildfires to record-breaking heat waves and hurricanes. As a result, more and more people are looking for ways to reduce their carbon footprint and help mitigate the impact of climate change. However, it can be hard to know where to start or how to make a meaningful difference. We introduce a new way of…

Predicting temperature trends with advanced deep learning techniques using LSTMImage by Author: Weather Predictions generated using DALLE-2Weather forecasting is one of the most important tools in the modern world and developing a good temperature prediction model can be a huge competitive advantage for many businesses. Ambient temperature measurement is directly linked to several business areas such as agriculture, energy sector, trading, aviation, and many other sectors.Measuring temperature is an important aspect of…

At 10:20 pm on March 21, India's national capital along with some other states and neighbouring countries experienced a 30 second long major jolt of 6.6 magnitude earthquake. The epicentre of the earthquake was Afghanistan's Hindu Kush region. You will be interested to know that this earthquake was predicted well before its occurrence. Dutch researcher Frank Hoogerbeets not only predicted this one but even the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria days before they happened.  Earthquake in…

Mastering Time Series Forecasting with Machine LearningHow your choice of loss function can make or break your time series forecastsPhoto by Dan Asaki on UnsplashIn this post I’ll be demonstrating to you the importance of something that I believe is often overlooked in machine learning, the choice of loss function. I will do this by walking you through my approach to the Dengue Fever competition hosted by Driven Data.I have built a Ridge regressor as my baseline model and several “flavours” of the XGBoost regressor each…

If you're puzzled about the breed of your dog, you aren't alone. There are a number of dog DNA companies to help owners uncover the mysteries of their mutts.But a Marketplace test found dog DNA tests geared toward consumers won't necessarily give owners the answers they're looking for. Marketplace recruited two mixed-breed dogs, one purebred dog and one human (Marketplace's very own Travis Dhanraj) to test the accuracy of consumer dog DNA tests. Their DNA was sent to four companies that claim to specialize in dog genetic…