• Mon, December 9, 2024

by: USA Today

Supreme Court won't review admissions policy challenged as unfair to whites, Asian Americans

Schools have scrambled to react to the Supreme Court's 2023 decision ending the use of affirmative action at Harvard and the University of North Carolina.

by: The Hill

Supreme Court turns away Boston school admissions policy challenge as Alito, Thomas dissent

The Supreme Court turned away a group of white and Asian parents' challenge to a temporary admissions policy at Boston's prestigious "exam schools" over dissents from two of the court's

by: Business Standard

Princeton-educated, consensus builder Sanjay Malhotra appointed new RBI Guv

A computer science engineer and master's in public policy from Princeton University, Sanjay Malhotra, the new Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), is a known consensus builder and the person instrumental in the implementation of the new income tax regime.

by: Texas Public Radio

Yes, the number of food recalls has been rising

by: The Globe and Mail

The Onion's bid to buy Infowars goes before U.S. judge as Alex Jones tries stopping sale

A U.S. bankruptcy judge is set to hear testimony about the auction and how a trustee chose The Onion over the only other bidder - a company affiliated with Jones that offered twice as much money

by: Live Science

Google's new quantum chip has solved a problem the best supercomputer would have taken a quadrillion times the age of the universe to crack

Google's new 105-qubit "Willow" quantum processor has surpassed a key milestone first proposed in 1995 — with errors now reducing exponentially as you scale up quantum computers.

by: Daily Mail

How NYPD is using AI, drones and DNA in manhunt for UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson

As the search for UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's killer enters its sixth day, police are using cutting-edge technology to zero-in on his identity and whereabouts.

by: New America

CHIPS' Place-based Tech Hub Investments Create Opportunities for HBCUs

HBCU partnerships can bolster inclusive, place-based, tech-driven economic development efforts catalyzed by the CHIPS and Science Act.

by: Duluth News Tribune

Minnesota tech business receives $35 million in state, federal funds

by: Pew Research Center

How Americans View Climate Change and Policies to Address the Issue

Among Republicans, 56% think climate policies usually hurt the U.S. economy. By contrast, 52% of Democrats say they usually help.

by: Forbes

AI For Climate Change: A Range Of Ideas On Applications

It's easy to see how AI might help here. Deployment is a logistical thing, where innovation is much more creative in a sense. So there is a good point to be made about how the technology will bring us from a dream project, to a reality in a prototype or beta phase.

by: Government Executive

Protecting the civil service and tech upgrades are top priorities for Virginia's new House Democrat

Come January, the Virginia Democrat will be back on familiar House ground when he's sworn in to represent the state's 10th District, which includes the entirety of Loudoun and Fauquier counties and parts of Fairfax, Prince Williams and Rappahanock counties.

by: NextBigFuture

Technical Challenges to Scale Beyond GPT4 to 100K H100s

Up until now, no one has been able to massively increase the amount of compute dedicated to a single model beyond the OpenAI GPT 4 model level.

by: Popular Science

Surprise: EV batteries might have a longer shelf live than once thought

Large, resource-intensive lithium ion batteries powering emerging electric vehicle fleets are already straining global mineral supply chains. Nearly one in five cars sold worldwide last year was electric,

by: ABC

Trump's Cabinet woes are back, earlier than ever

It's a throwback to the human-resources turmoil that marked Trump's previous stint in the White House. During his first four years, Trump had more failed Cabinet nominations than any president since at least Jimmy Carter — and this time around, he's already the fastest president (-elect) in decades to see a Cabinet nominee fail.

by: Roll Call

Sacks seen bringing 'on the ground' experience to AI's global challenges

David Sacks, a venture capitalist in high-tech, was chosen to become White House "AI & Crypto Czar" by President-elect Trump.

by: Wired

Manufacturing Next-Gen Microchips in the Age of AI

SCHOTT's breakfast roundtable at WIRED's Big Interview conference, convened industry leaders to discuss how AI is affecting the world's semiconductor industry.

by: Phys.org

Team seeks to set new standards in high-resolution microscopy using a quantum optics trick

About 100 years ago, humanity learned to see with the help of electrons. In 1924, Louis de Broglie posited that—like light particles—electrons have wave properties. In 1927, the U.S. physicists Davisson and Germer provided experimental proof of this.

by: UC San Francisco

5 Emerging UCSF Leaders Envision the Future of Health, Science

Five emerging UCSF leaders envision a future of innovative health and science. They aim to address health disparities, improve patient care, and advance scientific research through technology and policy.

by: usace.army.mil

MULTIPLE PATHS LEAD TO NETWORK RESILIENCY

Headlines of recent global conflicts continue to underscore the critical need for secure resilient network communication options on the battlefield to

by: Gwinnett Daily Post

A Different Path: Georgia Gwinnett College Graduate Blazes Her Own Trail

Mikiah Miller grew up living the military life. Both of her parents served, and that meant a lot of moving. As she got older, she knew she wanted to follow

by: Southeast Missourian

CTC's mass casualty simulation prepares its high school students for future careers in emergency response

CTC's mass casualty simulation offers high school students hands-on emergency response training alongside professionals, enhancing their skills and career readiness in fields such as EMT, nursing and fire science.

by: Indiatimes

LU science faculty files for 6 patents

Lucknow University's science department has filed for six innovative patents, including a groundbreaking osteoporosis treatment for women with diabetes and advanced methods for heavy metal detection.

by: Alabama Public Radio

58 Alabama schools to receive $246K in funding from TVA's STEM Classroom Grant Program

Alabama is getting a financial boost when it comes to supporting science, technology, engineering and math projects in the classroom. Dozens of schools will receive $246,500 in funding from Tennessee Valley Authority's STEM Classroom Grant Program,

by: The Boston Globe

US Supreme Court denies petition from parents challenging admissions to Boston's exam schools

The justices turned away a petition filed by a group of white and Asian American parents who argued the "race neutral" criteria used by BPS in 2021 to award exam school seats based on applicants' grades and ZIP codes was discriminatory.

by: Time

What We Know About Luigi Mangione, Arrested in Connection with UHC CEO Killing

T he suspect arrested in connection with the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last week has been identified as Luigi Mangione, a 26-year-old Ivy League graduate from Towson, Maryland. Mangione was taken into custody in Altoona, Penn., on Dec. 9 after he was recognized at a McDonald's and reported to local authorities.

by: Yahoo

26-Year-Old Arrested in UnitedHealthcare Shooting Railed Against Netflix, Porn and 'Wokeism' on X

Luigi Mangione, a prep school valedictorian, showed disdain for for a number of modern fixtures on social media The post 26-Year-Old Arrested in UnitedHealthcare Shooting Railed Against Netflix, Porn and 'Wokeism' on X appeared first on TheWrap.

by: Express & Star

Work at Wombourne school to create 'state-of-the-art' building is progressing

Work to create a new building at a Wombourne school is progressing. The new learning space at Wombourne High School is on track for completion, with teaching set to begin there in Autumn 2025. It will offer Science, Design, Technology, and Music facilities for pupils at the Ounsdale Road school, which is part of the Invictus Education Trust.

by: TechRadar

Microsoft challenges you to hack its LLM email service

Winning teams for the LLMail-Inject challenge will be awarded a share of the $10,000 prize pool.

by: Philippine Daily Inquirer

PH, Denmark eye greater cooperation between coast guards

Manila and Copenhagen are looking into possible coast guard to coast guard cooperation, according to Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo.

by: Executive Gov

Presidential Advisory Council Reviews, Advises NITRD Program

Read about the review that PCAST conducted on the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program.

by: Sportskeeda

China's first quantum computing and medical data institute established in Hefei

The Hefei Institute of Quantum Computing and Medical Data, the first of its type in China, was established on Sunday in Hefei, the capital of Anhui province.

by: Nature

'There will be nothing left': researchers fear collapse of science in Argentina

One year into President Javier Milei's presidency, scientists are exiting the country in the face of big budget cuts.

by: MSN

BlackRock Science and Technology Term Trust raises monthly dividend by 1.2% to $0.218/share

BlackRock Science and Technology Term Trust (NYSE:BSTZ) declares $0.218/share monthly dividend, 1.2% increase from prior dividend of $0.215. Forward yield 11.93% Payable Dec. 23; for shareholders of record Dec.

by: The New York Times

Man Held in Connection to C.E.O. Killing Showed Interest on Social Media in Self-Improvement

Figures like Andrew Huberman, Tim Urban and the Unabomber feature in posts shared by accounts that appear to belong to the man arrested on Monday.

by: Reuters

What we know about suspect in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO

An X-ray image appears to show screws and plates inserted in a lower back. Social media commentary praises the Unabomber and criticizes the use of smartphones by children.

by: Forbes

Ten Tech-Focused Summer Programs For High School Students In 2025

No matter what career students are interested in, gaining hands-on experience in tech-focused summer programs can help them gain valuable skills.

by: Nature

'A truly remarkable breakthrough': Google's new quantum chip achieves accuracy milestone

Over the past few years, several companies — including IBM and Amazon's AWS — and academic groups have shown that error correction can produce small improvements in accuracy 2, 3, 4. Google published a result in early 2023 using 49 qubits in its Sycamore quantum processor, which encodes each physical qubit in a superconducting circuit.

by: CBS News

Supreme Court turns away challenge to admissions criteria at Boston high schools

The Supreme Court on Monday turned away a challenge to race-neutral admissions criteria at three Boston high schools that aimed to increase racial and economic diversity.

by: Reuters

US Supreme Court rejects Boston case over race in school admissions

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday a chance to further restrict efforts to promote racial diversity in education, turning away a case over whether criteria that had been used to decide admissions to elite public high schools in Boston discriminated against white and Asian students.

by: Nature

The first rocks from the Moon's far side are in this geologist's hands

On 25 June, Li Chunlai watched eagerly as a capsule carrying the first pieces of the far side of the Moon landed on Earth. "Sample, I finally got you," he thought, as if speaking to an adversary he had spent years trying to outwit.

by: MSN

Electrochemical device provides on-site wastewater treatment

Conventional wastewater treatment involves the centralized collection of wastewater from sources through pipes to large-scale treatment plants, where it is treated in bulk. However, this is not feasible in small,

by: The New York Times

Man Held in Connection With C.E.O. Killing Showed Interest on Social Media in Self-Improvement

Figures like Andrew Huberman, Tim Urban and the Unabomber feature in posts shared by accounts that appear to belong to the man arrested on Monday.

by: The New York Times

Quantum Computing Inches Closer to Reality After Another Google Breakthrough

Google unveiled an experimental machine capable of tasks that a traditional supercomputer could not master in 10 septillion years. (That's older than the universe.)

by: MSN

3 Electronics Testing Stocks to Watch From a Prospering Industry

The Zacks Electronics - Testing Equipment industry has been benefiting from 5G-related growth opportunities, strengthening automation drive and the Industry 4.0 momentum for a while. A strong recovery in the automotive sector,

by: MSN

Ingenious DIY Inventions You Can Make at Home

Discover these ingenious DIY inventions that can be easily made at home. In this DIY crafts tutorial, explore simple yet creative ideas that are fun to build and perfect for beginners. The video features innovative tech gadgets and life hacks that anyone can try.

by: MSN

Uncommon Thinkers: Hanna Hajishirzi's open approach to AI challenges the industry's norms

Hanna Hajishirzi's work is based on a belief that the world deserves to know more about powerful AI models than big tech companies are willing to reveal.

by: MSN

Magnetic-Driven Kirigami Metasheet Enables Remote Control of Flexible Surfaces

NC State's magnetic kirigami metasheet technology offers a novel solution for manipulating fragile objects remotely, enhancing efficiency in confined areas.

US Supreme Court rejects Boston case over race in school admissions

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday a chance to further restrict efforts to promote racial diversity in education, turning away a case over whether criteria that had been used to decide admissions to elite public high schools in Boston discriminated against white and Asian students.
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a case on December 9, 2024, regarding a challenge to Boston's school admissions policy that considers race, thereby leaving in place a lower court's decision that the policy does not violate the U.S. Constitution. The case was brought by a group of white and Asian American students who argued that the admissions process at three prestigious public schools in Boston discriminated against them by giving preference to Black and Hispanic applicants. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had previously upheld the policy, stating that it was narrowly tailored to achieve diversity and did not unduly burden any racial group. By not taking up the case, the Supreme Court effectively upheld this ruling, maintaining the status quo on race-conscious admissions in Boston's public schools.

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