Chinese techies created a facial recognition app that can tell one panda from another. According to the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, “You no longer need to worry about making the pandas angry by calling them by the…
Microsoft treads cautiously as it plans to deploy $500M affordable housing fund in Seattle region
For the past five months, Microsoft has been trying to figure out how to spend $500 million to improve Seattle’s homelessness and low- and middle-income housing crisis. According to Amy Liu, a senior officer for Microsoft Philanthropies, “The learning curve…
International law enforcement busts cybercrime network
An international law enforcement operation dismantled a cybercrime network that used GozNym malware in an attempt to steal an estimated $100 million from more than 41,000 victims, primarily businesses and their financial institutions. Get the details at Europol.
Mystery Skype helps students learn geography
Two classrooms use Skype and a series of questions to guess each other’s locations. Students can only ask “yes” or “no” questions and whichever class guesses the other’s location first wins. Find out how teachers are using technology to teach…
‘All The Rage’ is about mothers doing it all
In her new book All the Rage: Mothers, Fathers, and the Myth of Equal Partnership, Darcy Lockman shows that working mothers typically take care of 66% of the childcare and domestic responsibilities. Perhaps we should celebrate Mother’s Day more often.…
Get a grip on your nomophobia
Anxiety about dying batteries is the major trigger for “nomophobia,” or fear of being without a smartphone. WIRED analyzes this anxiety and offers coping strategies such as embracing your nomophobia by logging into Die With Me, a chat app you…
Meet the robot firefighter that battled the Notre Dame blaze
“Meet WALL-E’s badass cousin, Colossus, a firefighting robot that helped turn the tide at Monday’s devastating fire at Notre Dame de Paris. With the roof ablaze and threatening to bring the monumental building down, the Paris Fire Brigade withdrew its human firefighters…
Geeky gift ideas for Mother’s Day
ArsTecnica helps you celebrate Mother’s Day on Sunday with geeky gift ideas that will outlive flowers and chocolates. A few ideas include the Apple Watch, Fitbit Versa Lite, and some book recommendations.
The art of blooming late
it’s never too late to “become” yourself. Aristotle, for example, didn’t fully devote himself to writing and philosophy until he was nearly 50. The average age of founders of high-growth start-ups is 45. Harvard Business Review features a couple of…
Get your kid on the best educational path after high school
“The cost of a college education can be gigantic. But lots of times, all that money does little to equip students for right role once they’ve graduated. Too many of them are clueless about how to use their education correctly.” …