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The Double-Edged Sword of Technology for LGBTQ+ Teens
More time online during the pandemic can expose them to abuse—but virtual spaces can also offer a crucial lifeline
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How ‘Cognitive’ Tech Can Prevent a Food Crisis
The pandemic is threatening the food supply chain, but automation can fill crucial gaps
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If We’re Not Careful, Tech Could Hurt the Fight against COVID-19
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Prediction Tools Can Save Lives in the COVID-19 Crisis
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Predicting Mosquito Populations to Keep Diseases in Check
Computer models could warn of upcoming surges, allowing public health officials to take early preventive action
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Don’t Regulate Artificial Intelligence: Starve It
The potential dangers of this technology are great enough that we need to be very careful about how powerful we allow it to be
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AI Will Help Scientists Ask More Powerful Questions
Self-learning systems can discover hidden patterns in immense data sets, transcending what humans could ever find on their own
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A New Web Tool Can Help You Figure Out if Those Symptoms Might Be COVID-19
It’s not meant to diagnose, but it can flag signs and risk factors that indicate the possibility of serious disease
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Harnessing Social Media for the COVID-19 Pandemic
Campaigns such as #See10Do10 can make a sometimes frivolous way of communicating socially useful
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Inside the Global Race to Fight COVID-19 Using the World’s Fastest Supercomputers
The director of IBM Research explains how the COVID-19 High Performance Computing Consortium came together in just a few days
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