More than 29 million voters have already cast their ballots in the 2020 US elections, and we’re still more than two weeks from Election Day itself. At the same point in 2016, the number of early votes was about 6 million. But while a great deal of this is the result of the ongoing (and worsening) […]
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One doctor’s campaign to stop a covid-19 vaccine being rushed through before Election Day
After being released from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on October 5, US President Donald Trump praised the doctors who treated him for covid-19 and promised that the public would soon have a vaccine against the deadly coronavirus. “We have the best medicines in the world, and very shortly they are all getting approved, […]
US Indicts Sandworm, Russia’s Most Destructive Cyberwar Unit
The Department of Justice has named and charged six men for allegedly carrying out many of the most costly cyberattacks in history. Powered by WPeMatico
US Indicts Sandworm, Russia’s Most Destructive Cyberwar Unit
The Department of Justice has named and charged six men for allegedly carrying out many of the most costly cyberattacks in history. Powered by WPeMatico
Facebook’s new polyglot AI can translate between 100 languages
The news: Facebook is open-sourcing a new AI language model called M2M-100 that can translate between any pair among 100 languages. Of the 4,450 possible language combinations, it translates 1,100 of them directly. This is in contrast to previous multilingual models, which heavily rely on English as an intermediate. A Chinese to French translation, for […]
Babies May Be Drinking Millions of Microplastic Particles a Day
Scientists discover that baby bottles shed up to 16 million bits of plastic per liter of fluid. What that means for infants’ health, no one can yet say. Powered by WPeMatico
The Hair-Raising, Record-Setting Race to 331 MPH
Hang on to your stomach: In two thunderous dashes, supercar maker SSC set multiple production-car speed records. Powered by WPeMatico
Give These Apps Some Notes and They’ll Write Emails for You
Entrepreneurs are building tools that create emails or marketing copy using GPT-3, text-generation technology released earlier this year. Powered by WPeMatico
Give These Apps Some Notes and They’ll Write Emails for You
Entrepreneurs are building tools that create emails or marketing copy using GPT-3, text-generation technology released earlier this year. Powered by WPeMatico
12 Best Wireless Earbuds WIRED Has Tried (2020)
Wirefree earbuds, true wireless earbuds, fully wireless earbuds, completely wireless earbuds—no matter what you call them, if you’re ready to cut the cord between your ears, these are the best buds we’ve tested. Powered by WPeMatico