AI speech recognition systems from five major tech companies are biased toward people of color, as they make twice as many errors transcribing speech from black people than they do from whites, study reveals Study found systems from Apple, Microsoft, Google, Amazon and IBM are biased Fed technologies some 2,000 speech samples from blacks and … Read more
SpaceX is approved to build 1 MILLION ‘user terminals’ that will connect people to high-speed internet provided by its satellite constellation The company has FCC approval to build terminals for its Starlink project Terminals will connect users on Earth to its constellation of satellites Elon Musks says the terminals will look like ‘poles with little … Read more
Young children and babies are not safe from the coronavirus that has gripped the world with fear, doctors warned yesterday. Experts say the highly contagious infection can still spread between children and youngsters – even though the elderly are most at risk. And they warn the life-threatening illness may cause unusual symptoms in children, such … Read more
Hundreds of residents across the United States are either lining up in frigid temperatures on foot or waiting patiently in their cars to be tested for the coronavirus. Drive-thru sites have been opening in several states such as New York, New Jersey and Illinois, in order to make it quicker and safer to test people. … Read more
Hundreds of residents across the United States are either lining up in frigid temperatures on foot or waiting patiently in their cars to be tested for the coronavirus. Drive-thru sites have been opening in several states such as New York, New Jersey and Illinois, in order to make it quicker and safer to test people. … Read more
‘Please keep donating’: NHS urges people to keep giving blood and says it is an ‘ESSENTIAL form of helping the vulnerable’ as coronavirus crisis sees 15 per cent slump in daily stocks Leaving home to donate blood is allowed under new lockdown measures It comes under the category of ‘helping vulnerable people’ allowing movement Since … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
More than 100,000 people around the world have recovered from the novel coronavirus, new data shows. Since the outbreak began in December 2019, more than one-quarter of the 372,000 sickened people have recovered, according to a tracker from Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering. In China, more than 81,000 cases have been confirmed … Read more
The US coronavirus toll surpassed 500 on Monday as the total number of cases went past 41,000 and fifteen states went into various forms of lock-down. The death toll from the virus in America is now 554, a sharp rise of more than 100 people in one day. Experts say the spike is yet to … Read more
Shannen Doherty, 48, slams people who are not social distancing during COVID-19 as she fights stage IV breast cancer: ‘My battle is hard enough’ By Heidi Parker For Dailymail.com Published: 16:01 GMT, 23 March 2020 | Updated: 16:01 GMT, 23 March 2020 Shannen Doherty has slammed those who are not social distancing during the coronavirus … Read more