Science Career Ads Are Disproportionately Seen by Men
Marketing algorithms prevent many women from seeing the advertising, even though it’s illegal to target jobs to one gender
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Social Media's Stepped-Up Crackdown on Terrorists Still Falls Short
YouTube, Facebook and other sites are working together to find and delete extremist propaganda and recruiting videos, but a new study says they can do better
Sea Level Rise Could Inundate the Internet
Extreme sea level rise could swamp internet cabling and hubs by 2033—and coastal cities like New York, Seattle and Miami are at greatest risk. Christopher Intagliata reports.
Astronomy Tool Helps ID Sharks
Shark researchers used a system for recognizing patterns in star field photographs to identify whale sharks, which have individual spot patterns.
Chinese Researchers Achieve Stunning Quantum-Entanglement Record
The feat could pave the way for more powerful computing, although the technology is still in its early stages
How Tech Companies Are Trying to Disrupt Terrorist Social Media Activity
Google, Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft formed the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism last year to prevent terrorists from exploiting their services
African Scientists Launch Their Own Preprint
The free, online outlet allows academics on the continent to share their work
Can Robotics Solve Its Diversity Problem?
Fetch Robotics CEO Melonee Wise talks about the need for standardizing robots and diversifying engineering teams
Biases Make People Vulnerable to Misinformation Spread by Social Media
Researchers have developed tools to study the cognitive, societal and algorithmic biases that help fake news spread
Facebook Redirects Users Searching for Opioids to Federal Crisis Help Line
Tech giants are grappling with questions about illicit sales on their platforms
AI, Robotics and Your Health
At the second Science on the Hill event, AI, Robotics and Your Health, experts from academia and the private sector talked with Scientific American Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina about the future of AI and robotics in medicine.
Microsoft's Purchase of GitHub Leaves Some Scientists Uneasy
They fear the online platform will become less open, but other researchers say the buyout could make GitHub more useful
New European Rules May Give US Internet Users True Privacy Choices for the First Time
The GDPR may offer a way forward that allows consumers to reclaim control of their information
That Vision Thing: New AI System Can Imagine What It Hasn't Seen
Scientists have developed machine-learning that can teach itself to visualize a three-dimensional scene from unobserved angles
Can Facebook Use AI to Fight Online Abuse?
The task of detecting abusive posts and comments on social media is not entirely technological
Net Neutrality Loss Could Rekindle ISP Alternatives for Internet Access
The FCC’s decision to kill the 2015 Open Internet Order hands more control to large broadband providers, but internet users have other options for getting online
Could Connected Cars Pose a New Threat to Smart Cities?
Next-generation transportation systems are relatively easy to trick
These Apps Don't Exist Yet--but They Should
The Waze model of crowdsourced info is only the beginning
Private Smarts: Can Digital Assistants Work without Prying into Our Lives?
Personalized AI requires personal data. Apple, Google and others say they can now grab more of it while keeping privacy and security intact
Where Will the Ad versus Ad Blocker Arms Race End?
Advertisers and software developers have been trying to outdo one another for years. Is it time for a truce?