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Credit: Amelie Funk In Africa, climate change impacts are experienced as extreme events like drought and floods. Through the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (which leverages expertise from USG science agencies, universities, and the private sector) and the IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Center, it has been possible to predict and monitor these climatic events, providing early warning of their impacts on…

General Motors (GM) is going all-electric, but the transition hasn’t happened as quickly as many anticipated. The automaker is overcoming supply chain hurdles as it ramps up EV production. With several high-volume EVs launching, GM’s CEO Mary Barra believes “it will be dramatically different” next year. But will it be enough to surpass Tesla? In an interview with NBC News’ Rebecca Blumenstein at the Aspen Ideas Festival this week, Barra discussed the automaker’s future as the leader…

TMS Network’s (TMSN) presale is the last phase before public listings. Even in these early days, the momentum for this altcoin has yet to subside. Over $6.2 million has been raised since stage 1 of the presale, resulting in a price increase from $0.003 to $0.11. This stellar performance has caught the eye of Solana (SOL) and Cardano (ADA) investors, especially since the values of both projects have suffered due to the recent aggressive regulatory action from the SEC. >>BUY TMSN TOKENS NOW<< TMS Network…

Samsung paints itself as the dominant player in the foldable niche, and for a good reason. The Korean giant is a key player in the space. You can’t have foldables without Samsung’s determination to make them happen. But until this year, Samsung never really had any competition. It’s easy to be the leader in a race nobody else really joins. And that’s why the Galaxy Z Fold 5 might be catching up to competitors rather than pointing the way. A new leak shows that Samsung is copying its competitors with the new…

These artisan keycaps from S-Craft Studio are meticulously crafted from resin to capture your favorite Pokèmon inside the keys of your keyboard.The world of novelty artisan keycaps is one of the many aspects of the mechanical keyboard hobby that makes the process of building a custom keyboard fun but also expensive.Most keycap sets and artisan keycaps, unless custom like my resin Kermit the Frog keycap, are sold as part of what is called a Group Buy. A Group Buy is similar to a Kickstarter project. You pay upfront to…

Last updated: May 25th, 2023 at 12:24 UTC+02:00 Although there are signs of Samsung preparing the June update for the Galaxy S23 series, the company also has more catching up to do for lower-ranked Galaxy phones, and the May 2023 update keeps expanding to more models. The Galaxy A02s (SM-A207F) is the latest low-cost Samsung phone to receive the May 2023 update. It’s rolling out in Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, and possibly other markets. The update carries firmware version A207FXXS5CWE1. Per the firmware version, this is…

Big Tech is surprisingly bad at catching, labeling, and removing harmful content. In theory, new advances in AI should improve our ability to do that. In practice, AI isn’t very good at interpreting nuance and context. And most automated content moderation systems were trained with English data, meaning they don’t function well with other languages.The recent emergence of generative AI and large language models like ChatGPT means that content moderation is likely to become even harder.  Whether generative AI ends up…

Large language models still struggle with context, which means they probably won’t be able to interpret the nuance of posts and images as well as human moderators. Scalability and specificity across different cultures also raise questions. “Do you deploy one model for any particular type of niche? Do you do it by country? Do you do it by community?... It’s not a one-size-fits-all problem,” says DiResta. New tools for new tech  Whether generative AI ends up being more harmful or helpful to the online information sphere…

Praise, Shaï-Hulud. Warner Bros. has shared the first trailer for Dune: Part Two, and if you were a fan of Denis Villeneuve's adaption of the first half of Frank Herbert's seminal sci-fi novel, let's just say Part Two looks like it will be even better. The teaser opens with Paul (Timothée Chalamet) and Chani (Zendaya) talking about the future of Arrakis. "Where you see sand here, imagine water. If you dive in, you can't reach the bottom," Paul tells an incredulous Chani.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Way9Dexny3w…

Profile plots: The temporal relationship between health and intention to retire. Credit: Journal of Organizational Behavior (2023). DOI: 10.1002/job.2692 There's a new trend emerging in Australia that organizations need to heed—the "queue jumpers," defined as healthy workers aged 50+ who are preparing to abandon unsupportive organizations well before retirement age. …