Facebook’s algorithms for detecting hate speech are working harder than ever. If only we knew how good they are at their jobs. Tuesday the social network reported a big jump in the number of items removed for breaching its rules on hate speech. The increase stemmed from better detection by […]
South Korea Sees Second Month of Job Losses Amid Virus
Forex9 hours ago (May 12, 2020 07:27PM ET) (C) Reuters. South Korea Sees Second Month of Job Losses Amid Virus (Bloomberg) — South Korea’s economy lost jobs for a second month in April as businesses slashed hiring to brace for the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The number of jobs […]
UK retail sales plunge 19% in April as COVID lockdown hits: BRC
Economic Indicators9 hours ago (May 12, 2020 07:10PM ET) (C) Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in London LONDON (Reuters) – British retail spending plunged by nearly a fifth in April as the government’s coronavirus lockdown hammered the sector, and a broader measure of consumer spending tumbled […]
Pence keeping his distance from Trump for a few days: White House
Economic Indicators2 hours ago (May 13, 2020 01:45AM ET) (C) Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Trump holds coronavirus response news conference at the White House in Washington By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence is keeping his distance from President Donald Trump for a few days […]
U.S. reports record $738 billion budget deficit in April
Economic Indicators13 hours ago (May 12, 2020 03:15PM ET) 2/2 (C) Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Illustration photo of a U.S. five dollar note 2/2 By Lindsay (NYSE:LNN) Dunsmuir WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday reported a record $738 billion budget deficit in April as an explosion in government spending […]
That Fresh Sea Breeze You Breathe May Be Laced With Microplastic
Out in the field, the researchers chose a particularly rough and stormy section of French coastline along the Bay of Biscay to search the air for microplastics. They set up two kinds of collectors: one that could pull particles out of the water droplets that make up sea spray, and […]
Coronavirus crisis leads to largest U.S. consumer price decline since 2008
2/2 (C) Reuters. People shop at Macy’s Department store in New York 2/2 By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. consumer prices dropped by the most since the Great Recession in April, weighed down by a plunge in demand for gasoline and services including airline travel as Americans stayed home […]
U.S. consumer prices post biggest decrease since 2008
2/2 (C) Reuters. People shop at Macy’s Department store in New York 2/2 By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. consumer prices dropped by the most since the Great Recession in April, weighed down by a plunge in demand for gasoline and services including airline travel as Americans stayed home […]
Hungry City Rats Are Looking for a New Lunch Spot Near You
As a graduate student at Purdue University about two decades ago, Bobby Corrigan spent weekends living inside a commercial granary in Indiana. As part of his doctoral thesis, he observed how rats live, behave, and reproduce, following about 10 separate rat families on several floors of the sprawling facility. The […]
Let’s Say There’s a Covid-19 Vaccine–Who Gets It First?
The race to find a vaccine against Covid-19 is well underway. It has to be–without one, the Before Time is never coming back. More than a hundred candidates are cooking, most still preliminary. A handful are in early human studies, three in Phase II clinical trials designed to see if […]