Last week, Garry Kasparov, perhaps the greatest chess player in history, returned to the scene of his famous IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeat — the ballroom of a New York hotel — for a debate with AI experts organized by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. He met with WIRED senior writer Will Knight there to discuss chess, AI,…
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Dark Waters review: A lawyer’s epic fight with a chemicals giant
After cows start dying and people get sick, a corporate lawyer in the film Dark Waters decides to switch sides and take on chemicals Goliath DuPont Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24532700-200-dark-waters-review-a-lawyers-epic-fight-with-a-chemicals-giant/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Dark Waters: Mark Ruffalo stars in epic fight with chemicals giant
After cows start dying and people get sick, a corporate lawyer in the film Dark Waters decides to switch sides and take on chemicals Goliath DuPont Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24532700-200-dark-waters-mark-ruffalo-stars-in-epic-fight-with-chemicals-giant/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Alternative Browser ‘Waterfox’ Acquired By System1
Waterfox is an open-source web browser for x64, ARM64, and PPC64LE systems, “intended to be speedy and ethical, and maintain support for legacy extensions dropped by Firefox, from which it is forked,” according to Wikipedia. (Its tabs also still have angled sides with rounded corners.) Friday Waterfox’s original creator, 24-year-old Alexandros Kontos, announced that the browser “now has funding and a…
Google Redraws the Borders On Maps Depending On Who’s Looking
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Washington Post: For more than 70 years, India and Pakistan have waged sporadic and deadly skirmishes over control of the mountainous region of Kashmir. Tens of thousands have died in the conflict, including three just this month. Both sides claim the Himalayan outpost as their own, but web surfers in India could be…
How to Increase Female Participation in STEM (Gender Gap)
While you’ve likely heard the reasons why women leave STEM fields, Dr. Diana Bilimoria researches why they stay along with other ways to develop and advance the careers of women in STEM. Recognized internationally for her leadership and research, Dr. Diana Bilimoria is a Key Bank Professor and Chair of Organizational Behavior at the Weatherhead […]
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Google Scientists Unveil the Biggest, Most Detailed Map of the Fly Brain Yet
An anonymous reader shares a summary from Howard Hughes Medical Institute: In a darkened room in Ashburn, Virginia, rows of scientists sit at computer screens displaying vivid 3-D shapes. With a click of a mouse, they spin each shape to examine it from all sides. The scientists are working inside a concrete building at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Research…
Introducing JetBrains Mono, ‘A Typeface for Developers’
Long-time Slashdot reader destinyland writes: JetBrains (which makes IDEs and other tools for developers and project managers) just open sourced a new “typeface for developers.” JetBrains Mono offers taller lowercase letters while keeping all letters “simple and free from unnecessary details… The easier the forms, the faster the eye perceives them and the less effort the brain needs to process them.”…
Negotiation Tips and Tricks (From Salary to Price)
Want to know how to negotiate your salary or how to avoid the biggest mistakes in negotiation? Get advice from Dr. George Siedel, a master negotiator and Professor Emeritus of Business Law at the University of Michigan. Read on to learn his insights on: Why negotiation is an important skill His number one tip on […]
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Audible Settles Copyright Lawsuit With Publishers Over Audiobook Captions
After months of back and forth, Audible has settled in a copyright lawsuit with major publishers over its plan to introduce captions to their recordings, a proposal that the publishing houses argued was simply reading. The Guardian reports: In July, the audiobook company owned by Amazon announced Captions, an additional function for the existing app that would allow customers to read…