Harnessing the power of machine learning, Stanford University researchers have measured just how much more attention some high school history textbooks pay to white men than to Blacks, ethnic minorities and women. In a new study of American history textbooks used in Texas, the researchers found remarkable disparities. Hispanic students make up
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Plastic pollution is ubiquitous today, with microplastic particles from disposable goods found in natural environments throughout the globe, including Antarctica. But how those particles move through and accumulate in the environment is poorly understood. Now a Princeton University study has revealed the mechanism by which microplastics, like Styrofoam, and particulate
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One of the great promises of technology is the fully-cognisant virtual human, something (or someone) that can be our helper, assistant, protector, guide, and even friend. That dream may be a few years off, but today’s leading technologies show us that perhaps just such a future is not so far
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Working remotely never used to be widespread, even within the five years leading up to the COVID outbreak. That was down to various reasons, which can be largely broken down as follows. – allowing working from home (or not in one specific place) was purely impractical: the tools of the trade
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Samsung has announced the SSD 980 PRO, the company’s first consumer PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD. Designed for consumers and professions using 4K and 8K contents, as well as graphic-heavy games, Samsung says its new SSD is optimised for handling data-intensive applications and can provide ‘cutting-edge performance in high-end PCs, workstations and
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African cross-border fintech startup Chipper Cash has raised a $30 million Series B funding round led by Ribbit Capital with participation of Bezos Expeditions — the personal VC fund of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. Chipper Cash was founded in San Francisco in 2018 by Ugandan Ham Serunjogi and Ghanaian Maijid Moujaled. The company offers
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A combination of cloud computing, sensors, and an IoT gateway provide valuable intelligence for firefighters before they get to an emergency. For years, first responders relied on paper maps to reach a fire in an apartment building or office. Incomplete information would delay firefighters from arriving at an emergency, and false
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The Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency, (NITDA), Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, and President of the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA), Mr Muhammed Rudman have said they would put modalities in place to ensure global visibility for Nigerian companies to promote the Digital Economy Agenda for a Digital Nigeria. The promise
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The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Power, Mr Chinyeaka Ohaa, has said the Federal Government will continue to support the growth of local meter manufacturers in the country. Ohaa noted that the Federal Government had launched an initiative to accelerate meter rollout in the power sector, saying the Central Bank of
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Civil engineering and construction engineering are similar to the degree that both deal with the construction industry. Civil engineering deals more with the design, planning and analysis of a construction project, while construction engineering is primarily on-site management of actual construction. The two different engineering degrees also qualify a person
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