The Guardian
'Precipitous' fall in Antarctic sea ice since 2014 revealed
3 min · · Plunge is far faster than in Arctic and may lead to more global heating, say scientists · Shared by 42, including Christopher Lauer™, Katja Evertz, 瑞拿頭, Rico Grimm, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
VICE
Over 1,000 AI Experts Condemn Racist Algorithms That Claim to Predict Crime
2 min · · Technologists from MIT, Harvard, and Google say research claiming to predict crime based on human faces creates a "tech-to-prison pipeline" that reinforces racist policing. · Shared by 64, including Antonio Vieira Santos, Bob E. Hayes, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Ian M Calvert, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe
The Intercept
New Facebook Tool Allows Employers to Suppress "Unionize" in Workplace Chat
3 min · · Facebook Workplace is used by employers as large as Walmart. The new tool would allow “content control” to prevent certain topics from trending internally. · Shared by 129, including Kainaz Amaria, Yann “不停” Heurtaux ⏚ @shalf@mastodon.social, Ethan Marcotte, Ben Sandofsky, Matt Taibbi, Carolina A. Miranda, Psymposia, Sachin Rekhi, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, jesse squires 🏴, Mathew Ingram, Kelsey D. Atherton, now available on Bluesky, Katja Evertz, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
MIT Technology Review
This startup is using AI to give workers a “productivity score”
4 min · · In the last few months, millions of people around the world stopped going into offices and started doing their jobs from home. These workers may be out of sight of managers, but they are not out of… · Shared by 298, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Nicolas Babin, Marc R Gagné MAPP, Nige Roberts-Willson, caroline sinders, Thomas Power, Bill Johnston, Andreas Staub, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Esther Schindler, R.NFT R “Ray” Wang 王瑞光 #1A #AI, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Neil Hart 💙, Michael Fisher, Ronald van Loon
Fast Company
Hanifa’s virtual 3D fashion show is haunting, beautiful, and brilliantly executed
4 min · · Anifa Mvuemba is using technology to turn the fashion industry on its head. · Shared by 100, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer
WIRED
Your First Look Inside Amazon’s Robot Warehouse of Tomorrow
9 min · · In an Amazon sorting center, a swarm of robots works alongside humans. Here’s what that says about Amazon—and the future of work. · Shared by 44, including Michael Gisiger, Conan Xin, Werner Vogels, Thomas Power, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, mza
ZDNET
Should AI assist in surgical decision-making?
2 min · · There's a push for AI/ML to reduce the staggering number of preventable deaths due to surgical error. · Shared by 94, including Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Antonio Vieira Santos, Katja Evertz, Nicolas Babin, Helen Yu, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Kathleen Walch, Ronald Schmelzer, Nige Roberts-Willson, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
Foreign Affairs
The Pandemic Does Not Spell the End for Cities
8 min · · The density of cities doesn't make them vulnerable to disease—instead, density is their greatest strength. · Shared by 15, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Thomas Pleil, Brooks Rainwater
Ars Technica
The story of cheaper batteries, from smartphones to Teslas
11+ min · · The economics of cheaper batteries—and why they're good news for the planet. · Shared by 119, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Jennifer Ouellette
The New York Times
Trump Administration Hardens Its Attack on Climate Science
9 min · · In a significant escalation, policymakers are seeking to undermine or discard research showing the most dire risks of inaction on climate change. · Shared by 114, including Brian Tomlinson ⚡️, Guy Kawasaki, Thomas Euler, publici, Scott McLeod, Yvette Dubel, zeldman, Dominik Grolimund, Tobias Kopka, Thomas Power, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, The Indian Express, Trey Tweets Into the Void, Bjorn Larsen, Phin Barnes, Rico Grimm
zukunftderarbeit.de
Company Redesign nach Corona: Ihr Fahrplan in die Erneuerung
5 min · · Die meisten Unternehmen werden sich nach der Corona-Krise anders aufstellen müssen, um fit für eine dann noch viel ungewissere Zukunft zu sein. · Shared by 15, including Klaus Eck, Thomas Pleil, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
WIRED
It's Called Artificial Intelligence—but What Is Intelligence?
3 min · · We’ve built machines that are capable of incredible feats, yet still they have nothing on a baby. · Shared by 198, including Sarah-Jayne Gratton, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Backchannel, Iain Brown, PhD, Marc R Gagné MAPP, LARRY ELKAN, Marsha Collier, Carl Robinson 🎙️, Terence Mills, Dean Anthony Gratton, Antonio Vieira Santos, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Katja Evertz, Pip Morris, Nige Roberts-Willson, Rick King, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Jonathan Kogan
Vox
Beware of these futuristic background checks
7 min · · Tons of people are looking for work. AI-powered background checks could stand in the way. · Shared by 123, including Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Andreas Staub, Prof. Sally Eaves, Terence Mills, Tamara McCleary, Harold Sinnott, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Esther Schindler, Katja Evertz, Nige Roberts-Willson, Gengo 🦁, Iain Brown, PhD, Thomas Power
The Verge
US patent office rules that artificial intelligence cannot be a legal inventor
2 min · · Following similar decisions from European agencies. · Shared by 173, including Katja Evertz, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Desmond Williams, Thomas Power, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Nico Müller 🇺🇦, Carl Robinson 🎙️, Bob E. Hayes, Iain Brown, PhD, Matthias Lampe, John Nosta, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Gideonro, Esther Schindler, Pip Morris, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer
The Guardian
'Promiscuous treatment of nature' will lead to more pandemics
5 min · · Habitat destruction forces wildlife into human environments, where new diseases flourish · Shared by 181, including Lee Keyes, Neil Hart 💙, Thomas Power, Katja Evertz, Birgit Schefer, Graham Brown-Martin, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
New York Magazine
Jared Diamond: There’s a 49 Percent Chance the World As We Know It Will End by 2050
12+ min · · Jared Diamond’s new book addresses itself to a world in crisis, and tries to lift some lessons for what do about it from the distant past. · Shared by 50, including Thomas Pleil, Joanna Strom, Steven Sinofsky, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯