Science & Technology
Experts Warn AI Use May Contribute to Declining Human Intelligence, Critical Thinking Skills
April 21, 2025
Experts Warn AI Use May Contribute to Declining Human Intelligence, Critical Thinking Skills
Recent research and expert analysis highlight increasing worries that widespread use of artificial intelligence (AI), especially generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, may be contributing to a decline in human intelligence and critical thinking skills, The Guardian reported in a…
Microsoft experiences mounting internal unrest over its involvement in Israel’s Gaza conflict: ‘Approaching a breaking point’
April 19, 2025
Microsoft experiences mounting internal unrest over its involvement in Israel’s Gaza conflict: ‘Approaching a breaking point’
Microsoft is facing increasing internal unrest as employees protest the company’s involvement in providing AI and cloud computing services used by Israel in its ongoing military operations in Gaza, The Guardian reported. Over recent months, multiple protests have disrupted high-level…
EU Bans AI Agents from Official Online Meetings
April 18, 2025
EU Bans AI Agents from Official Online Meetings
The European Commission has banned AI-powered virtual assistants from participating in its online meetings, marking its first formal restriction on the emerging technology, Politico reported. The rule, introduced during a digital policy meeting earlier this month, explicitly states “No AI…
Breakthrough Turns Raindrops into Renewable Electricity
April 17, 2025
Breakthrough Turns Raindrops into Renewable Electricity
Scientists have developed a revolutionary system that converts falling raindrops into usable electricity, offering a potential new source of clean energy, SciTech Daily reported. Researchers from the American Chemical Society achieved this by channeling water droplets through a narrow vertical…
Tech Giants’ Data Centers Strain Water Resources in Drought-Prone Regions
April 10, 2025
Tech Giants’ Data Centers Strain Water Resources in Drought-Prone Regions
Amazon, Google, and Microsoft are building data centers in water-scarce regions, raising concerns about resource depletion, The Guardian reported. Amazon’s three proposed data centers in Spain’s Aragon region are licensed to use 755,720 cubic meters of water annually—enough to irrigate…
UN Warns AI Could Impact 40% of Jobs, Increase Global Inequality
April 6, 2025
UN Warns AI Could Impact 40% of Jobs, Increase Global Inequality
The U.N. Trade and Development agency (UNCTAD) has released a report projecting that artificial intelligence (AI) could reach a market value of $4.8 trillion by 2033, roughly equivalent to Germany’s economy, CNBC reported. However, the report raises alarms about the…
Academic Warns Against Blanket Smartphone Bans for Teens
April 4, 2025
Academic Warns Against Blanket Smartphone Bans for Teens
A leading academic, Dr. Amy Orben from the University of Cambridge, has cautioned against blanket bans on smartphone use among teenagers, labeling them “unrealistic and potentially detrimental,” The Guardian reported. Appointed by the UK government to review the impact of…
Authors Protest Against Meta’s AI Training Practices
April 3, 2025
Authors Protest Against Meta’s AI Training Practices
Authors and publishing professionals are protesting outside Meta’s King’s Cross office in London today, opposing the company’s use of copyrighted books from the LibGen database to train its AI models, The Guardian reported. Notable participants include novelists Kate Mosse and…
Screen time before bed linked to insomnia and reduced sleep, study finds
April 1, 2025
Screen time before bed linked to insomnia and reduced sleep, study finds
A new study reveals that using screens before bed significantly increases the risk of insomnia and reduces sleep duration. The survey, which included 45,202 young adults in Norway, found that screen use in bed raises the risk of insomnia by…
Stanford Scientists Solve the Mystery of Antarctica’s Cooling Waters
March 29, 2025
Stanford Scientists Solve the Mystery of Antarctica’s Cooling Waters
Researchers at Stanford University have identified that the cooling of surface waters in the Southern Ocean, contrary to climate model predictions of warming, is largely due to freshwater from melting ice sheets, SciTech Daily reported. Their study reveals that this…