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Weltands boost flood storage capacity and promote the preservation and restoration of natural ecosystems. Credit: Tulane University Adding multiple smaller wetlands to the landscape can make large reservoirs more effective at flood control, according to a new study from Tulane University published in Environmental Research Letters. …

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Many gig workers experienced financial hardships during the COVID-19 pandemic, including food insecurity and trouble paying bills, according to a recent study published in Work and Occupations. "In a nutshell, our study shows gig workers were harmed more by the COVID-19 pandemic than any other…

Elon Musk-owned X (formerly Twitter) is going through advertising revenue troubles after many of its major advertisers such as Apple, IBM, Comcast, and others have pulled ads from the platform. But despite the hiccup, the platform continues to bring new features for the users. In a new announcement that came directly from Musk, the platform is introducing another way for its Premium subscribers to get a larger reach on the platform, this time with some strategic control over it. Musk has revealed that adding posts to the…

Recent moves by regulators, particularly in the European Union, may have pushed Meta’s hand with mandates for greater transparency. The EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA), which went into effect in August, requires that big platforms the size of Meta provide access to real-time data to researchers investigating “the detection, identification, and understanding of systemic risks in the Union.” Other regulatory efforts in Australia, Brazil, the US, and elsewhere have attempted to mimic these requirements. In what’s known as…

"One of the things we've found with automation is that if a process is broken and doesn't work today, then automating that process just makes the mess go faster," she says. Avoiding that nightmare scenario means taking a tactical approach to automation. "We choose carefully where we think that we can make a difference," says Jory. "A lot of our automation is about removing manual processes, bringing in streamlining, creating opportunities through robotics to do processes, and teaching the technology to do things that…

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Samsung Electronics has been making a push towards local manufacturing in India, producing its robust lineup of smartphones in the country. Now, the South Korean technology conglomerate seems intent on making laptops in India, too. Samsung reportedly plans to start laptop production next month, giving a push to the centre's Make in India scheme. With the lure of incentives, electronic manufacturers are increasingly looking away from China and setting up plants in India.According to a report in the Mint, Samsung has…

A recent video of about 500 cars drowning in flood water has become viral on the Internet. The cars are parked in a yard in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. River Hindon overflowed and caused nearby areas to submerge. With one the heaviest rainfalls in recorded history, the parts of Northern India have seen some of the worst floods, landslides and other natural calamities. As the rivers swell with the water in this region, the flood plains are now full of water displacing hundreds of people. Also read: 10 DC Design cars…

CLIMATEWIRE | Women are disproportionately burdened physically and financially by extreme heat, and those impacts are expected to increase as climate change accelerates. A new report looks at heat impacts on women across India, Nigeria and the United States, and finds that high temperatures cost women in those countries $120 billion annually, due largely to missed work hours. When unpaid domestic labor is accounted for, the financial losses from heat borne by women rises to 260 percent compared to 76 percent for men,…

Women are more at risk of losing their jobs to AI tools like ChatGPT compared to men according to a study that showed a disproportionate number of jobs filled by womenwill be eliminated by 2030. The study, published by the McKinsey Global Institute found that nearly eight in ten women will be forced to move to another company or lose their job to artificial intelligence and automation in the workplace.Generating Video Via Text? | Future TechJulia Pollak, a chief economist with ZipRecruiter, called the results “just…