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The car brands with the most distracting infotainment systems

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Tests of infotainment systems in the latest cars from 20 different manufacturers have revealed which of the devices are most and least distracting. Around one in seven accidents on the road are caused by motorists being distracted and a quarter of all deaths are due to drivers not being focused on the road, according to … Read more

Speech recognition systems from five tech companies are bias towards people of color, study reveals 

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AI speech recognition systems from five major tech companies are biased toward people of color, as they make twice as many errors transcribing speech from black people than they do from whites, study reveals Study found systems from Apple, Microsoft, Google, Amazon and IBM are biased Fed technologies some 2,000 speech samples from blacks and … Read more

A startup wants to map the spread of novel coronavirus by sampling human waste in US sewer systems

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ALABAMA Alabama health officials on Tuesday ordered the closure of day cares, senior centers and on-site restaurant dining in six counties to contain the coronavirus outbreak.  The order from the Alabama Department of Public Health applies to Jefferson County, which has the highest number of cases, and the surrounding counties of Tuscaloosa, Walker, Blount, St. … Read more

Phallic-shaped weather systems leave viewers in stitches

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Not the weather front they were expecting! Hilarious snaps reveal forecasters standing in front of rather rude meteorological maps Images collected from around the US show various phallic-shaped systems Oblivious weather presenters stand in unfortunate positions around the storms Storms shown in an unfortunately light as they form the entire male appendage  By Emer Scully … Read more

Pensioners warned over holidays to countries with ‘weak’ health systems

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Pensioners are warned against going on holiday to countries with ‘very weak’ health systems amid coronavirus crisis Health experts urge elderly to consider health provision in holiday destinations Warned over travel to places with ‘weak’ health services and coronavirus issues They insisted that most holidays should still be safe for healthy individuals  By James Tapsfield, … Read more

Artist Jake Berman’s maps of America’s old public transit systems versus the modern day versions

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Many of North America’s big cities are paralyzed by gridlocked traffic – and these maps illustrate part of the reason why. They show the sprawling city transit systems of yesteryear compared to the often stunted versions of 2019. One is left wondering what life would be like in some of these metropolitan areas now if … Read more