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What exactly is going on in AI systems plagued by biases?Photo by Pawel Czerwinski on UnsplashThe problem of bias in artificial intelligence (AI) has made many negative headlines recently. The reports showed that AI systems have the potential to unintentionally discriminate against sensitive subgroups. For example, an AI-powered recruiting system by an international technology company was found to systematically favour male applicants over female ones. In this article, I will shed some light on the inner processes which…

A Beginner’s Guide to Understanding the Magic of DockerContainerized city — Image generated by Stable DiffusionDocker has taken the world by storm, and for a good reason. Lightweight, portable containers make it easy to package and deploy applications, ensuring they run consistently and reliably on any platform.But what exactly are Docker containers, and how do they work under the hood? A Google search will give you hundreds of articles about how containers compare to Virtual Machines (VMs), but this does not answer the…

Federal authorities are moving to seize hundreds of millions of dollars in assets in the U.S. tied to the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, a sign that the battle over control of the company’s remaining funds is escalating.Seth Shapiro, a Justice Department official, said at an FTX bankruptcy court hearing Wednesday that the federal government has seized or is in the process of seizing Robinhood shares whose ownership is disputed by FTX and BlockFi, a cryptocurrency lender that collapsed…

The banks of the future are having a rough present. Financial-tech companies, long hyped for their vision of bringing Silicon Valley-style innovation to the businesses of lending, investing and payments, underperformed both financial stocks and tech stocks more broadly in 2022. A vulnerability to higher interest rates, the disappearance of many pandemic-era catalysts and a more general reckoning for companies that followed growth-at-all-costs playbooks contributed to many fintech firms’…

Margot Robbie is one of the most beautiful actresses gracing us on the big screen. She also knows how to grab the attention of the cameras with her bold fashion choices like when she wore feathers at the Birds of Prey premiere. At the Babylon red carpet premiere, Robbie had no problem baring those abs with a killer hooded dress. In Damien Chazelle’s Babylon, Margot Robbie plays aspiring actress Nellie LaRoy who dances, snorts cocaine, and is convinced to fight with a snake. Last night at the Los Angeles premiere, the…

Tech leaders who spent years eagerly adding to their staffs are now lining up to deliver a different message: Sorry, we grew too fast. Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday joined the ranks of tech executives offering a mea culpa, when the chief executive of Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. said the company would cut 11,000 workers, or 13% of its staff. Mr. Zuckerberg told employees that he had believed the sharp shift online after the onset of Covid-19 would be…

Robinhood HOOD 5.50% Markets Inc. is offering a peek into the favorite stocks of its millions of predominantly young, social-media-savvy customers.The brokerage firm’s new “Robinhood Investor Index,” unveiled Friday, is designed to track the performance of the 100 investments most popular among its user base.  Such an index could be of interest to financial professionals who monitor the activities of small investors as one of the underlying factors behind stock-market…

It isn’t just remote workers who have gained leverage over when they work.Shift workers such as assemblers and hotel maids are also getting more flexibility to set their own hours as the pandemic and the historically tight labor market change the economy. Manufacturers, hotels, warehouses and restaurants are allowing new hires to work just a few days a week, take on four-hour shifts or even choose new hours daily using phone apps, according to the companies, job boards and economists. The U.S. job market has…

Locked ‘n’ Loaded Warner Bros. Games has released another character trailer for its upcoming open-world actioner Gotham Knights. Following on from previous showcases on Robin, Nightwing, and Batgirl, this new trailer takes a look at the brutal, no-nonsense, gun-toting style of perhaps Gotham’s most dangerous vigilante, Red Hood. As a former Robin and close confidant of The Dark Knight himself, Jason Todd learned his master’s ways in the art of close combat, stealth tactics, and precise detective work. However, following…

After a banner year, Bird-in-Hand Family Inn in Lancaster County, Pa., is feeling the effects of a slowing economy.Higher gas prices, elevated inflation and economic uncertainty have likely deterred some people from traveling to the Pennsylvania Dutch Country hotel, said the general manager, Tammy Portner-Smith. Bookings were down about 13% in July from a year earlier. The company has put some expansion plans on hold, such as building a bigger musical stage for inn guests and others to attend performances and converting…