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A corporate Greenwash: Don’t let bad guys hijack green labels

Do not splurge on supposedly green products and discourage sustainability.

There are three main kinds of AIs at present: algorithm-based, neural-network- based machine learning, and deep learning.

How artificial intelligence is poised to transform the world

Is AIs safe? Can they be trusted with real-world responsibilities?.

23 May 2018 2:20 AM

Machines learn the same biases of their creators because it is only as good as the data it learns from

AI has the power to learn, grow

You feel the world is following you because Facebook gives you content which it thinks you like.

23 May 2018 2:17 AM

20 satellites make up the Global Positioning System, or GPS, enabling precise positions to be measured at any time.

In biz models, no free lunch even in space

The US is in the forefront in this kind of multiple constellations that are looking at different parts of the world.

17 May 2018 2:14 AM

Data from more than half of unclassified Earth-observing satellites is restricted.

Deciding who can access satellite data

In fact, data from more than half of all unclassified government Earth observing satellites launched between 1957 and 2016 is restricted in some way.

17 May 2018 2:10 AM

‘Grooming’ is a process of engaging the child/adolescent in sexual acts by developing trust.

CSA is about power and domination

While one method of CSA is coercive, violent abuse of children, the other processes by which abuses happen are far more insidious.

07 May 2018 4:00 AM

The media, politicians and public should do something about it on a priority basis.

Deterrence theory is outdated

Far more offences against children are committed not only in India but across the globe.

07 May 2018 3:50 AM

Formal education, access to growth opportunities help people to upgrade their talent, while standard of living allows the country to hold back the talent (Photo: Representational)

Must improve quality of life

While a business-friendly climate is a must, we also need hubs that offer good standard of living.

01 May 2018 2:42 AM

India, as a regional powerhouse, should be able to attract regional talent that can’t aspire to immigrate to the West.

Skill of retaining nation’s talent: Brain drain scene may only worsen

There is a direct relation between per capita GDP and talent retention which is why we haven’t attracted the best lot from abroad.

01 May 2018 2:39 AM

A team of ASI experts were involved in the excavation work at Keezhadi Pallai Sandhaipudur village. (Representational photo)

Debate on Aryan migration vs Out-of-India theory unsettled

This led to the academic quest for the

22 Apr 2018 5:49 AM

The findings put Indus Valley Civilisation much ahead of other ancient civilisations such as the ancient Egyptians (7,000 BC to 3,000 BC) and the Mesopotamian civilisation (6,500 BC to 3,100 BC). Photo: DC file

Decoding ancient genome to trace ancestry

But traditionalists argue, citing mainly the Rig Veda, that the Valley culture spawned east-to-west migration.

22 Apr 2018 5:46 AM

Space study fashionable, waste management isn’t

A huge economic opportunity arises from incorporating good waste management.

17 Apr 2018 12:45 AM

Half of all plastic enters oceans from just 5 rapidly growing economies in South-East Asia.

What nations are doing to stem flow

Concerted action in the form of a $5 billion annual spending on waste-management could trigger revamp packaging systems, and let the ocean thrive.

17 Apr 2018 12:42 AM

No one knows how much debris makes up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The North Pacific Subtropical Gyre is too large for scientists to trawl.

Magnitude of the planetary crisis

Plastic not only takes years to decompose in our environment but rarely does it fully disappear.

17 Apr 2018 12:40 AM

Food plants in residential buildings can reduce temperature during the summer season, but may not mitigate climate change.

Green cities to mitigate heat

Agriculture outside the city increases the Urban Heat Island effect due to increased moisture supplied by irrigation.

09 Apr 2018 2:25 AM

China plans more Forest Cities which will have rooftop gardens.

Leafy towns can firefight urban heat: Urban farming boosts nutritional security

It is time we graduated from food security to nutritional security.

09 Apr 2018 2:21 AM

A bust of B.R. Ambedkar desecrated at Tiruvottiyur in Chennai.

Vandalism, a mob sport

People who take down a statue, saying they no longer have any use for that icon, are filled with an intense hatred for the past.

01 Apr 2018 1:57 AM

A statue of Soviet state founder Valdimir Lenin was toppled by protesters in Kiev during a rally organised by supporters of EU interation.

Erase memories, perpetuate hate

Social justice movements seek the removal of racist Civil War era symbols from public spaces amid the rise of far-right white nationalism in US.

01 Apr 2018 1:55 AM

A clear and present danger

Chinese have carefully protected their data flows and have domestic equivalents to Western giants is known.

28 Mar 2018 1:39 AM

Free products sell your privacy

We need digital economy where our data and our attention is not for sale to the highest-bidding authoritarian or demagogue.

28 Mar 2018 1:37 AM

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