Facebook will be using pattern recognition artificial intelligence to more quickly identify suicidal posts. * Using pattern recognition to detect posts or live videos where someone might be expressing thoughts of suicide, and to help respond to reports faster * Improving how we identify appropriate first responders * Dedicating more reviewers from our Community Operations …
The governor of Japan’s Fukui Prefecture has today approved the restart of units 3 and 4 of Kansai Electric Power Company’s Ohi nuclear power plant. The utility reportedly plans to restart both units by mid-March. Of Japan’s 42 operable reactors, five have so far cleared inspections confirming they meet the new regulatory safety standards and …
Having toilets makes your everyday life better. Globally toilets and sanitation can save millions of lives through disease prevention. Toilets can also prevent rapes. According to a study, women in India who use open defecation sites are twice as likely to get raped compared to women using a home toilet. China fixing toilets for tourism …
China is developing a new type of spy satellite using ghost imaging technology which could spot stealth aircraft and see through smokescreens and camouflage. Above – A 2009 US Air Force Research lab presenter on quantum ghost imaging satellites. Quantum ghost imaging can achieve unprecedented sensitivity by detecting not just the extremely small amount of …
Stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI) is an affordable and technically simple method of geoengineering. Using a balloons or drones lifting a hose into the stratosphere or modifying the fuel used in commercial planes would generate changes in the climate similar to a volcano. Volcano’s cool the climate over several years. This approach is technically simple and …
Over a three-year period, Misk Grand Challenges plans to launch new challenges every six months. They will be offering 100 young innovators across the world a grant of $100,000 to develop their ingenious ideas into a concrete proof of concept. Ideas must be submitted around two themes: education and global citizenship. On Tuesday, the Bill …
Scientists have been able to reverse heart failure in pigs by delivering a new gene to the heart that makes it better at pumping blood and supplying the body with oxygen. The goal is to reverse heart failure with a single injection. This time around, Dr. Hajjar said, he and his team have reengineered the …
Beiqi, Baidu and Beiqi Automobile announced a strategic cooperation to make Level 4 self driving cars by 2021. They will create a comprehensive “AI + car” ecosystem in areas such as autonomous driving, car networking and cloud services . They will explore intelligence upgrades for the auto industry. Beiqi Group (aka BAIC) is sells the …
China is requiring automakers (making over 30,000 cars per year) to make zero- and low-emission vehicles- of at least 10 percent starting in 2019, rising to 12 percent in 2020. Car makers that do not meet those targets must buy credits or face fines. The targets look achievable for the industry as a whole, McKerracher …
The US Navy was taking risks by scaling back crew size and piling work onto remaining sailors, who sometimes work more than 100 hours a week while deployed. The US Navy has been flexing its muscle through frequent exercises like those conducted near Korea. The US must address the fleet’s “diminishing surge capacity” as a …
India and ASEAN will both be passing Japan on a nominal exchange rate GDP basis around 2026. ASEAN will both be passing the combined PPP GDP of Germany, France and the UK around 2026. India will be around the PPP GDP level of Europe. In 2016, Europe had a PPP GDP of 27 trillion. Brian …