Illinois-based John Deere Ends Support Of ‘social Or Cultural Awareness’ Events, Distances From Inclusion Efforts

How much can Viome’s microbiome tests tell us about overall health? Inside our bodies lies a flourishing ecosystem of microorganisms. This microbiome of bacteria and viruses has a powerful impact on our health but the exact nuances of how are still being filled in.

When done right, social learning activates crucial networks of the brain that deepen understanding and ease of recall, and enable the development of new behaviors. The social side of work is in short supply these days.

When the boundaries between home and work are eroded, it doesn’t just hurt people’s job and life satisfaction—it affects organizational performance. Imagine it’s Friday evening. You’re about to watch a new Netflix drama, trying to unwind after a long week. Suddenly your phone pings with a work email marked “urgent.” Your heart sinks; your stress levels rise.

Adobe CTO Ely Greenfield breaks down Adobe’s generative AI tools and the bar to shipping them. Adobe entered the modern era of generative AI a full year behind others, and the company continues moving forward with Firefly at a conservative pace. It’s a strategy you could criticize—or argue is by design. Adobe needs to push the boundaries of media without breaking the tools used by its creative customers every day, like graphic designers and video editors.

Today a new threat is emerging: industrial fishing for Antarctic krill. The Southern Ocean encircling Antarctica is the world’s largest feeding ground for baleen whales—species like humpbacks that filter tiny organisms from seawater for food. In the 20th century, whalers killed roughly 2 million large whales in the Southern Ocean. Some populations, like the Antarctic blue whale, were reduced by more than 99% and have been struggling to recover, even though most nations ended commercial whaling in the mid-1980s.

Present-day theories of moral responsibility simply do not seem appropriate for understanding situations involving autonomous or semiautonomous AI systems. A self-driving taxi has no passengers, so it parks itself in a lot to reduce congestion and air pollution. After being hailed, the taxi heads out to pick up its passenger—and tragically strikes a pedestrian in a crosswalk on its way.