YouTube is improving its AI tech’s ability to catch videos that need age restrictions. If YouTube makes you verify your age before watching a video, it’s because of the smarter AI. YouTube’s AI Tech In 2017, YouTube had used AI to catch videos that show graphic content or promote violent […]
Healthy Lifestyles Can Extend Lives of People with Chronic Conditions
We know that a healthy lifestyle leads to a longer life. But now, a new study says that people with chronic conditions can live longer thanks to a healthy lifestyle. Healthy Lifestyles for Longer Lives Up to now, there’s still little research linking lifestyles to extending the lives of people […]
Chris Rock Tried to Warn Us
In a candid interview, the comic discusses America’s summer of strife, Trump, blackface and his dramatic turn in the new season of “Fargo.” Chris Rock wasn’t sure if he was hiding out or not. On the Friday before Labor Day, he was speaking by phone from Yellow Springs, Ohio, the […]
Airline Group Doctor Suggests Carriers Team-Up with Authorities to Boost Testing Among Passengers
A top doctor for a body consisting of airline companies suggested that the aviation industry not only wait for a vaccine. Carriers should partner with regulators to boost testing among passengers, the medical adviser recommended. The Suffering Airline Industry Airline companies suffer in the pandemic, with the demand for air […]
The 2020 Emmy Awards Show Hit an All-Time Low Rating
Ratings for the latest Emmy Awards broadcast dropped to an all-time low. The virtual-format event, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, actually garnered 6.1 million American viewers. Comparing it from last year, this year’s Emmys dropped about 13 percent. The 2020 Primetime Emmys Last year, Nielsen reported that the Emmy Awards gathered […]
New Covid-19 Models Predict “A Very Deadly December” for US
A hard winter might come for the United States because of COVID-19. Experts forecast that COVID-19 might claim 415,090 lives by January, with the worst-case scenario of 600,000 deaths by January 1. Dire COVID-19 Forecasts CNN reports that these new computer models came from the University of Washington’s Institute for […]
US Now Approaching 200,000 Covid-19 Deaths
The US’ road to stopping COVID-19 remains rocky. As the summer showed some progress, most of the country has fallen back on old habits. The US is now approaching 200,000 deaths from COVID-19. COVID-19 in the US CNN reports that the US has made some progress after a challenging summer. […]
CDC Now Warns of Covid-19 Airbone Transmission
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website is now saying that COVID-19 can spread through the air as aerosols. Earlier, the CDC noted that COVID-19 spreads mostly by a person sneezing, coughing, or talking. But if the virus becomes an aerosol, a person can pass it even if they […]
Thomas Piketty’s New Book May Not Be Sold in China After Refusing ‘Censorship’ Requests
French author and economist Thomas Piketty revealed that the sequel to his well-regarded 2014 book might not reach China. This comes as he declined requests from publishers in the country to remove certain parts of his book. He regarded such as censorship. Refusing to Cut Piketty revealed that his book […]
Interview with Richard Kreitner. A New Look at the Often Barely United States
In “Break It Up,” his new book about the history of deep divisions and secessionist movements in the United States, Richard Kreitner recalls Hillary Clinton’s concession speech in 2016, when she said that the country must be “more deeply divided than we thought.” Kreitner suggests that Clinton and many others […]