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Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new study is calling for a significant overhaul in the way education about human death is approached within schools, advocating for its inclusion as a vital component of the curriculum. The small-scale study by the University of Portsmouth emphasizes the urgent need for better training and resources to support…

Predictive policing is an example of government use of data that researchers have found can be biased and inaccurate. Credit: Arnout de Vries/Wikimedia Governments increasingly rely on large amounts of data to provide services ranging from mobility and air quality to child welfare and policing programs. While governments have always relied on data, their increasing use of algorithms and artificial intelligence has fundamentally…

The United States will rekindle the US-India Alliance for Women’s Economic Empowerment to empower women and girls in India to pursue science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and foster gender-based inclusion through securing resources for women’s STEM employment and entrepreneurship from public and private sectors, Patricia A Lacina, deputy chief of mission, US embassy in India said on Tuesday.“The US Department of State, together with USAID (United States Agency for International Development), is pleased…

Credit: Midjourney/Author provided It is well documented that Australian teachers face challenges incorporating Indigenous perspectives and content in their classrooms. The approach can sometimes be somewhat tokenistic, as if the teacher is "ticking a box". We need a more culturally responsive teaching workforce. Generative AI is advancing at a fast…

Now that the 2024 Oscar nominations have been announced, and the voting window for eventual winners is around the corner, awards season has kicked into high gear. Moviegoers had a lot of thoughts, feelings, opinions, and reactions to this year’s nominations, including how Greta Gerwig wasn’t nominated in the Best Director category despite Barbie being a bona fide cultural phenomenon, the highest-grossing movie of the year ($1.4 billion worldwide), and receiving eight other nominations, including Best Picture. Now,…

Announced at CES, the annual trade show currently being held in Las Vegas until January 12, the Wi-Fi Alliance consortium announced Wi-Fi 7, a new, faster standard for devices to connect to the internet.For those unfamiliar, the Wi-Fi consortium has been improving the wireless standard ever since its introduction in 1997. If you’ve seen certain terms in the past such as 802.11n and 802.11ac when buying a router or a Mac, these were previous Wi-Fi standards.WiFi 6E, introduced in 2020, has transfer speeds of up to 9 Gbps…

Employees and employers geared up to adopt artificial intelligence at the workplace, with 59 per cent of employees are very confident in their ability to adapt and utilise AI tools, says a survey.According to an Indeed survey, going ahead, diversity and inclusion will take centre stage, as 47 per cent of employers indicate a forthcoming surge in policy adoption. The survey that covered a total of 6,531 individuals, consisting of 1,223 employers and 5,308 employees, noted that the focus will be on adopting AI and meeting…

Eva Longoria is being honored by the Ruderman Family Foundation for her ongoing commitment to supporting people with disabilities. The actress, director, producer, entrepreneur and activist was announced Monday as the 2023 Morton E. Ruderman Award in Inclusion recipient by the foundation, which has for more than two decades advocated for and advanced the inclusion of people with disabilities throughout society. Longoria is being honored for her work with Eva’s Heroes, a nonprofit founded in 2006 and…

The billionaire is chief executive officer and the largest shareholder of Tesla, the electric-vehicle maker which has boasted that underrepresented groups make up the majority of its US workforce. The company didn't respond to requests for comment on Musk's views, made on the social-media platform X, which he owns. Tesla, with headquarters in Austin and factories in California, Nevada, Texas and New York, published its first ever Diversity, Equity and Inclusion report in December 2020. More recently, DEI efforts have…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Financial technology (FinTech)—innovation in the delivery of financial services and products—has grown in popularity, expanding access to finance for millions of people. But while promoting inclusive finance to accelerate economic growth and financial sustainability is considered a good idea, there are challenges to balancing the socioeconomic tradeoffs. …