January 13, 2021

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NASA small business technology contracts showing promising early results

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NASA recently awarded 17 small companies more than $14 million to keep developing promising new technologies. They’re already shown…
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Politics

Major Defense Firms Halt All Political Donations in Growing Backlash Against Capitol Riots

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A handful of the most powerful U.S. defense contractors have joined a growing corporate backlash against the deadly Jan. 6 pro-Trump U.S.…
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Politics

Facial recognition reveals political party in troubling new research

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Researchers have created a machine learning system that they claim can determine a person’s political party, with reasonable accuracy,…
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Healthcare

Pandemic propels health systems to mull insurer acquisitions, partnerships: JPM21

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Nearly a year after the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the U.S., some of the nation's largest health systems made a case for the need…
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Education

The Higher Education Industry Is Embracing Predatory and Discriminatory Student Data Practices

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In December, the University of Texas at Austin’s computer science department announced that it would stop using a machine-learning system…
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Climate change

Baby sharks are born scrawny and sick because of climate change

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Epaulette sharks are born prematurely in warmer waters. Baby sharks are being born small, exhausted and undernourished as a result of…
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