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The days when Amazon's Echo smart speaker was deemed a mere novelty now seem like a distant memory. At an excitingly packed event in Seattle, the online-store-turned-tech-company unveiled a staggeringly large array of new devices housing the now-iconic voice assistant Alexa. However, as the assistant becomes more ubiquitous, could familiar issues about privacy grow in complexity?
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‘I Didn't Really Learn Anything': Covid Grads Face College
Angel Hope looked at the math test and felt lost. He had just graduated near the top of his high school class, winning scholarships from prestigious colleges. But on this test — a University of Wisconsin exam that measures what new students learned in high school — all he could do was guess.
HOW IS INFLATION AFFECTING COMMUTING COSTS?
Gas prices have fallen from the record highs they reached earlier this summer, but they’re still much higher than a year ago. And with inflation driving up the cost of pretty much everything else, finding the funds to cover your commute may be increasingly tricky.
SOCIAL MEDIA OFFERS PARENTS MORE CONTROLS. BUT DO THEY HELP?
As concerns about social media’s harmful effects on teens continue to rise, platforms from Snapchat to TikTok to Instagram are bolting on new features they say will make their services safer and more age appropriate. But the changes rarely address the elephant in the the room — the algorithms pushing endless content that can drag anyone, not just teens, into harmful rabbit holes.
ELON MUSK SELLS $7B IN TESLA SHARES AHEAD OF TWITTER FIGHT
Elon Musk has sold nearly $7 billion worth of shares in Tesla as the billionaire gets his finances in order ahead of his court battle with Twitter.
SCIENTISTS USE TINY TRACKERS, PLANE TO FOLLOW MOTHS ON MOVE
Trillions of insects migrate across the globe each year, yet little is known about their journeys. So to look for clues, scientists in Germany took to the skies, placing tiny trackers on the backs of giant moths and following them by plane.
HOW TO MITIGATE OR AVOID DEALER MARKUPS
Throughout 2022, new-car shoppers have been paying an average of about $700 over the manufacturer’s suggested retail price. Those in the market for a new vehicle today may experience sticker shock after seeing a dealership has priced the vehicle they want well over MSRP.
RESEARCHERS ASK CENSUS TO STOP CONTROVERSIAL PRIVACY METHOD
Prominent demographers are asking the U.S. Census Bureau to abandon a controversial method for protecting survey and census participants’ confidentiality, saying it is jeopardizing the usability of numbers that are the foundation of the nation’s data infrastructure.
SCIENTISTS EXPAND STUDY ON AIR QUALITY IMPACT ON HEALTH
Scientists at the Oregon Institute of Technology were recently awarded a $1 million grant from the federal government that could result in research that improves health outcomes in Southern Oregon due to wildfire smoke.
JAPAN'S HONDA SEES DECLINING PROFITS ON SEMICONDUCTOR CRUNCH
Honda’s fiscal first quarter profit fell 33% from last year as a global computer chip shortage, a pandemic-related lockdown in China and the rising costs of raw materials hurt the Japanese automaker.
CHINA CRITICIZES US CHIP LAW AS THREAT TO TRADE
China criticized a U.S. law to encourage processor chip production in the United States and reduce reliance on Asian suppliers as a threat to trade and an attack on Chinese business.
