On October 30, U.S. President Joe Biden will sign the Defense Production Act, an executive order seeking to reduce risks of AI (artificial intelligence) that could pose to consumers, workers, minority groups, and national security before AI systems are released to the public on Monday. Developers of AI systems need to have certain standards […]
Month: October 2023
Kristy Smitten(29) died of a rare cancer. She was one of 30 under 30 in the Scientist magazine Forbes in February. What was originally diagnosed as a ‘pulled muscle’ turned out to be something much worse. Smitten was a “world-leading” expert set to potentially help save tens of millions’ lives with a new type of […]
An elderly man, John Bartlett (70+ ) worked in a warehouse for 42 years at minimum wage. But that’s not what got him more attention from the outside workplace than his workplace. On his last day of work, he only got a certificate and a sub-par barbeque. His coworker Sonia shared a clip showing just […]
Yasmine Marie Hider (21) pleaded guilty to the murder of Adam Simjee (22) Wednesday due to kidnapping, robbery, and murder against Simjee who went hiking with his girlfriend in Alabama Talladega National Forest in August 2022. According to NBC News.com, Hider lured a couple of college students into a robbery in Alabama by posing as […]
Two people were killed by a black grizzly bear in Canada’s Banff National Park on Friday, According to the Banff National Park Facebook page: “At approximately 8 p.m. (MT) on Friday, September 29, 2023, Parks Canada Dispatch in Banff National Park received an alert from an inReach/GPS device indicating a bear attack. The alert […]
Photo from NASA The Annular solar eclipses will be shown on the U.S. map on October 14, 2023. According to NASA, this is the last annular solar eclipse until June 21, 2039. Annular solar eclipses will happen when the moon passes between the Sun and Earth while the Moon is at the farthest point from […]