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San Francisco Officials Hesitant to Expand Driverless Car Services

August 10, 2023|Comments Off on San Francisco Officials Hesitant to Expand Driverless Car Services

Local officials are worried that state regulators are too eager about a plan by the companies Cruise and Waymo to offer round-the-clock driverless taxi services. ​Read More Traffic Accidents and Safety, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, [+]

Amid Sextortion’s Rise, Computer Scientists Tap A.I. to Identify Risky Apps

August 10, 2023|Comments Off on Amid Sextortion’s Rise, Computer Scientists Tap A.I. to Identify Risky Apps

Researchers who found that a fifth of social networking apps have received multiple user complaints about sexual exploitation have launched a website to help parents vet apps. ​Read More Mobile Applications, Sex Crimes, Computers and the [+]

Help! JetBlue Stranded Our Boy Scout Troop in New York City

August 10, 2023|Comments Off on Help! JetBlue Stranded Our Boy Scout Troop in New York City

When their flight from Denver to J.F.K. was delayed, six scouts and three adults missed their connection back to Savannah, Ga., and had to make a choice: Wait five days or find their own way [+]

Discharging Student Loans in Bankruptcy Show Mixed Results

August 10, 2023|Comments Off on Discharging Student Loans in Bankruptcy Show Mixed Results

Last year, the Biden administration provided a new path to make it easier to discharge student loans in bankruptcy. The results appear promising, but success has been limited. ​Read More Student Loans, Education Department (US), Personal [+]

Does Information Affect Our Beliefs?

August 10, 2023|Comments Off on Does Information Affect Our Beliefs?

New studies on social media’s influence tell a complicated story. ​Read More internal-sub-only-nl, Research, Social Media, Presidential Election of 2024, Computers and the Internet, Rumors and Misinformation, News and News Media, Presidential Election of 2020, Facebook [+]

First Scorched, Then Soaked: Weather Whiplash Confounds Farmers

August 10, 2023|Comments Off on First Scorched, Then Soaked: Weather Whiplash Confounds Farmers

As the war in Ukraine disrupts the global grain market, a volatile climate leaves Kansas on track to harvest its smallest wheat crop in decades. ​Read More Wheat, Weather, Kansas, Grain, Agriculture and Farming, Drought, Global [+]

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