Carnegie Mellon University

Recycling by Ear: Heinz College Students Use Sound To Sort Plastic and Cut Costs

A team of students from Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy investigated whether recycling facilities could effectively sort plastics by the sounds they ...

I tried to de-Google my phone using only open source apps, and only 2 survived

For seven days, I went all in and did not use any Google apps. I said I would stick entirely to free and open source software ...
Daily Record

Scottish Sort Your Life Out guest breaks down in tears as they admit 'this is my fault'

A brand new series of BBC's Sort Your Life Out kicked off on Tuesday night (March 10) as viewers were introduced to the King family in Fife. Series six began with Stacey Solomon and the team meeting ...
Politico

Newsom likens Israel to ‘apartheid state,’ questions future military support

Gavin Newsom likened Israel on Tuesday to an “apartheid state” and said its leadership has left the United States no choice but to reconsider military support for its ally in the Middle East. The ...
Wall Street Journal

Doctors Without Borders Says Gunmen Are Using a Gaza Hospital, Posing Risk to Patients and Staff

Doctors Without Borders suspended all noncritical services at one of Gaza’s largest hospitals, the group said, alleging that the facility was being used by armed men, some masked, to intimidate and ...
People

Musician Seb McKinnon Calls Out Olympic Gold Medalist Amber Glenn for Allegedly Using His Music Without His Permission

The Texas-born ice skater won gold as a member of Team USA Andy Cheung/Getty American figure skater Amber Glenn used musician Seb McKinnon's song "The Return" during her free skate at the 2026 Winter ...
Wired

ICE Is Using Palantir’s AI Tools to Sort Through Tips

United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement is leveraging Palantir’s generative artificial intelligence tools to sort and summarize immigration enforcement tips from its public submission form, ...
New York Post

Some Florida homebuyers are using AI to get homes without agents, saving thousands

Homebuyers in Florida have quietly begun closing on homes without using an agent — relying instead on artificial intelligence to search listings, generate offers and draft contracts. Tech startup Homa ...
BGR

You Can Back Up Your Android Phone Without Using Cloud Storage - Here's How

Creating a cloud backup of your photos, videos, and files lets you access them from any device and keep them safe. You can also free up your Android phone storage and ...
CNET

Planning a Holiday Road Trip? Here's My Trick for Using Google Maps Without Internet

With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and Google and writes about iPhone and Android features, privacy and security settings, and more. As the holidays approach, millions of ...
Time

How to Get the Most Out of AI—Without Letting It Think for You

Pillay is an editorial fellow at TIME. A woman browses the OpenAI website on her laptop. A woman browses the OpenAI website on her laptop.Photo Illustration by Serene Lee—SOPA Images/LightRocket/ ...