MIT has had to take offline a giant dataset that taught AI systems to assign ‘racist and misogynistic labels’ to people in images. The database, known as ’80 Million Tiny Images’, is a massive collection of photos with descriptive labels, used to teach machine learning models to identify images. But the system, developed at the … Read more
Facebook is planning to shut down its TikTok copycat Lasso, after the year-and-a-half-old app failed to take off with young users. Lasso, which enables account-holders to post 15-second videos, was billed as the social media giant’s answer to its China-based competitor. But it was bogged down by problems early on, with its developer Brady Voss … Read more
A house divided! Apartment building in the second coldest large city in the world splits in two as its foundation weakens due to a record-breaking heatwave that thawed the permafrost it was built on An apartment building in Siberia began to split in two after regional heatwave Residents were woken by a cracking noise in … Read more
A shocking 52.7 million tons (53.6 million metric tonnes) of electronic waste was generated worldwide in 2019 – less than a fifth of which was recycled, according to UN report. Electronic waste, also known as e-waste, consists of discarded phones, printers, TVs, electric toothbrushes and many other electronic goods no longer in use. 2019’s e-waste … Read more
The longest retweet: Scientists reveal how a bird song that ‘went viral’ among a species of sparrow in Canada spread 2,000 miles over the Rocky Mountains over 20 years Song has travelled from British Columbia to Alberta and Ontario in Canada It is thought the ‘catchy’ tweet has been passed on as females prefer the … Read more
It may look like a TIE Fighter in a galaxy far, far away, but a NASA image is the International Space Station in transit across our nearest star. A photographer captured the craft moving about five miles per second across the glowing sun at approximately 1:15pm ET in June 24 from Fredericksburg, Virginia. Joel Kowsky, … Read more
Men are more likely to be regarded as ‘brilliant’ than women and it is an ‘innate bias’ that is holding back gender equality around the world, a new study claims. Researchers say this ‘brilliance’ stereotype could be linked to more men than women working in fields associated with being brilliant such as science and technology. … Read more
Flight controls used by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin during Apollo 11 mission to the Moon expected to fetch up to £160,000 each at auction Two rotational hand controls and one translation hand control are in the sale They look like joysticks from a game console and also have trigger buttons NASA audit report found … Read more
Ozzy Osbourne fans are ‘disagreeable’ and Bowie lovers are ‘neurotic’: Study shows people prefer listening to artists who reflect their own personality Researchers analysed personalities of 80,000 fans and 50 superstar musicians Found fans prefer musicians who have similar personalities to themselves Also discovered musical taste is heavily influenced by the artist’s personality By … Read more
WhatsApp has announced a selection of fun new features including contact-adding QR codes, animated stickers and dark mode for desktops. The Facebook-owned chat platform, which has more than 2 billion users worldwide, is making it easier than ever to add a contact with unique QR codes for each user. Dark mode – WhatsApp’s most-requested feature … Read more