Half of world’s largest reservoirs and lakes losing water: Study

In 2017, Bolivia’s Oruro Department’s climate-dried lake Poopo had boats on it. [File: David Mercado/Reuters] A recent study has revealed that over 50% of the world’s major lakes and reservoirs have experienced a significant decrease in size since the early 1990s. This alarming trend is primarily attributed to the effects of climate change, which has […]

Tech executives have been instructed by the White House to safeguard the public from potential hazards from AI.

Artificial Intelligence (AI). Image source: GETTY IMAGES On Thursday, tech executives were called to the White House and instructed to safeguard the public from the risks posed by artificial intelligence (AI). Sundar Pichai, Satya Nadella, and Sam Altmann, respectively, the CEOs of Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI, have been encouraged to place a higher priority on […]

The world’s first RSV vaccination has been approved by a US drug authority

Vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). image source: GETTY IMAGES. The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a vaccination against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), an infection that kills thousands of Americans each year. The vaccine must be approved by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention before it can be made available to […]

Wikipedia will not conduct age checks under the Online Safety Bill

Wikipedia. Image source: GETTY IMAGES The Wikimedia Foundation that host Wikipedia has stated that it will not comply with any age checks mandated by the Online Safety Bill. Rebecca MacKinnon, the Vice President for Global Advocacy at the Wikimedia Foundation, says it “violates our commitment to collect minimal data about readers and contributors”. A senior Wikimedia UK […]