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Carbon removal is the latest way to fight climate change — but will it take off in time to save the planet?
A handful of companies have begun to pull carbon dioxide out of the air and store it underground in an effort to fight climate change. But challenges remain in ramping up the technology to a large enough scale that will make it affordable and impactful enough to start to halt the rise of global temperatures.
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Breast cancer detection, language learning, sustainability: Can AI help humanity?
With the launch of ChatGPT, artificial intelligence has provoked fierce debate and criticism of its impact on society. But many are now using AI for good.
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Europe sounds the alarm on ChatGPT
Alarmed by the growing risks posed by generative artificial intelligence (AI) platforms like ChatGPT, regulators and law enforcement agencies in Europe are looking for ways to slow humanity’s headlong rush into the digital future.
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U.S. Army approves order for thousands of Microsoft combat goggles
The U.S. Army has approved an order to buy thousands of HoloLens combat goggles made by Microsoft — years after employees of the tech giant demanded the company cancel its contract with the military.
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Concern over facial recognition technology unites progressives and conservatives in Congress
More than half of Americans are unwittingly included in facial recognition systems nationwide.
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With the help of Microsoft, Iowa’s caucus system inches into the 21st century
“Hey,” he said to the crowd of approximately 320 people who’d filtered in from the Democratic precinct of Sherman Hill in Des Moines. Leaders from the Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley camps pushed through the thick crowd inside the local union house to watch, and McCormally opened up a new app on his Samsung phone — an app that Microsoft had made specially for this moment.