Artificial intelligence has a racism problem. Look no further than the bots that go on racist rants, or the facial recognition tech that refuses to see Black people, or discriminatory HR bots that will not hire people of color. It’s a pernicious issue plaguing the world of neural networks and machine learning that not only … Read more
Bowen Yang, Joel Kim Booster in: Fire Island:Screenshot:: Searchlight Pictures / Youtube: The saying goes that April showers bring May flowers, but what does June bring? A bunch of newly added films and shows onto Hulu, that’s what. This month marks the arrival of the queer rom-com: Fire Island:said to be a modern twist on … Read more
At its annual meeting for shareholders, Amazon’s investors approved a more than $ 212 million payout for CEO Andy Jassy and voted against 15 proposals asking the company to report on worker safety, climate goals, pay rates, use of its face recognition technology and its stance on workers’ right to unionize. “We’re going to continue … Read more
Humans aren’t just making Earth warmer, they are making the climate chaotic, a stark new study suggests. The new research, which was posted April 21 to the preprint database: arXiv: (opens in new tab), draws a broad and general picture of the full potential impact of human activity on the climate. And the picture isn’t … Read more
Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photos: Getty Images: As the: Depp: v. Heard: defamation trial inched closer to its April 11 start date, I made a strategic decision to mute the phrases “Amber Heard” and “Johnny Depp” on my Twitter feed. As an abuse survivor, I knew that even anodyne-seeming mentions of the trial were likely … Read more
Bowen Yang, Joel Kim Booster in: Fire Island:Screenshot:: Searchlight Pictures / Youtube: The saying goes that April showers bring May flowers, but what does June bring? A bunch of newly added films and shows onto Hulu, that’s what. This month marks the arrival of the queer rom-com: Fire Island:said to be a modern twist on … Read more
Photo credit: US Navy photo by Lt. Bryce Hadley: Ukraine has a new list of weapons it hopes to get from the United States and its NATO allies. Ukraine wants long-range weapons that can target Russian forces far behind enemy lines if necessary and break the naval standoff that is isolating the country at sea. … Read more
The audience at the Cannes Film Festival was trembling for Austin Butler as the King in Baz Luhrmann’s world premiere of “Elvis.” The film received an uproarious 12-minute standing ovation, the longest of this year’s festival so far. As the cheers went on and on, a teary-eyed Butler hugged an equally-emotional Priscilla Presley, who flew … Read more
A once-stable, “safe and happy” crypto project named terraUSD imploded earlier this month, prompting an “I told you so” chorus from detractors aimed at those unfortunate enough to be duped – and inked – by the latest crypto calamity. It’s hard not to poke fun at a decentralized, trustless, permissionless, hard-money utopian future of finance … Read more
The audience at the Cannes Film Festival was trembling for Austin Butler as the King in Baz Luhrmann’s world premiere of “Elvis.” The film received an uproarious 12-minute standing ovation, the longest of this year’s festival so far. As the cheers went on and on, a teary-eyed Butler hugged an equally-emotional Priscilla Presley, who flew … Read more
