A new app could help streamline loon data by enabling citizens to log observations

Loons, beloved American waterbirds, face threats from climate change and pollution. An oil spill settlement funds a new phone app helping non-scientists to aid research on these birds.

Arizona astronomers use AI to unlock new secrets of meteors

Astronomers at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff are using an innovative AI technique to revolutionize how meteors are ...
TechCrunch

Uber to put 500 data-collection vehicles on the road this year

Uber revealed on Wednesday a prototype car that it plans to use to scoop up real-world driving data for its growing roster of autonomous vehicle partners, including Avride, Waymo, and WeRide. The ...
The Conversation

How much water and power will AI data centres use in Australia? Ironically, we don’t have the data to know

Australia’s data centre rush now rivals the mining boom. OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman last week said Australia could become a “data centre capital of the world”. This would come at an ...
PBS

We Saw What AI Data Centers Don't Want You to See

Our thermal drones exposed pollution from a massive AI data center powering the AI boom. We investigated one of the world’s largest AI data centers, using thermal drone footage to reveal the hidden ...
TechCrunch

This startup is betting India’s gig economy can train the world’s robots

In the last few years, India’s online food delivery market has grown significantly, with both Zomato and Swiggy going public and the number of cloud kitchens increasing. Meanwhile, startups working on ...
techtimes

Apps Tracking Your Activity: How Everyday Apps Collect, Store, and Use Your Personal Data

Find out how apps tracking your activity collect personal information through mobile app tracking, location access, and data tracking systems used by popular everyday apps. Brian Ramirez/Pexels From ...
The New York Times

You Can’t Stop This Data Center, a Mom Was Told. She Won’t Quit.

Kassi Solberg has concerns about a proposed complex, the size of 3,800 football fields, near her home. Trust us, the developer says. “I hope I will be able to make a difference,” said Kassi Solberg, ...
Psychology Today

How Can We Learn to Feel More Hopeful?

When I started writing my latest book on hope, I wasn’t entirely sure what I wanted to say. The world doesn’t exactly make hope feel easy these days. There always seems to be another headline ...
Time

Are We Entering the Age of Data Nihilism?

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We collect your bins, drive your buses, but cannot vote — that's not democracy: Protest in London

Taylor House Immigration Court, LONDON, ENGLAND - May 05 2026: A speaker from the Migrant Democracy Project states: "We are your key workers. We are your teachers, carers, doctors, lawyers, engineers, ...