Astronomers image magnetic fields at the edge of M87’s black hole
24 March 2021 The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration, who produced the first ever image of a black hole, has...
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Powerful stratospheric winds measured on Jupiter for the first time
eso2104 — Science Release 18 March 2021 Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), in which the European Southern Observatory...
Most distant quasar with powerful radio jets discovered
eso2103 — Science Release 8 March 2021 With the help of the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT),...
Politicians can do well on Instagram. Political posts, less so. | AlgorithmWatch
By Nicolas Kayser-Bril An experiment by AlgorithmWatch, Groene Amsterdammer, Pointer and NOS in the Netherlands shows that Instagram probably prioritizes...
In Berlin, Google Maps, TomTom encourage car drivers to disregard the law | AlgorithmWatch
By Nicolas Kayser-Bril Routing services from TomTom and Google Maps encourage car drivers to use cycle streets, which is illegal....
The Insta-mafia: How crooks mass-report users for profit | AlgorithmWatch
Lire en français: Comment de petits escrocs font fermer des comptes Instagram Auf Deutsch lesen: Die Insta-Mafia: Kleinkriminelle melden Nutzer·innen...
Flush with EU funds, Greek police to introduce live face recognition before the summer | AlgorithmWatch
διαβάστε στα ελληνικά: Από αυτό το καλοκαίρι 1.000 φορητές συσκευές της ΕΛΑΣ θα σκανάρουν τα πρόσωπα των πολιτών σε καθημερινές...
Puzzling six-exoplanet system with rhythmic movement challenges theories of how planets form
eso2102 — Science Release 25 January 2021 Using a combination of telescopes, including the Very Large Telescope of the European...
Medical devices using AI/ML are poorly regulated: study | AlgorithmWatch
By Nicolas Kayser-Bril A review of 338 AI-powered medical devices approved in Europe and in the United States reveals holes...
China’s social credit system was due by 2020 but is far from ready | AlgorithmWatch
By Qian Sun Six years after the government announced plans for a national social credit score, Chinese citizens face dozens...
ALMA captures distant colliding galaxy dying out as it loses the ability to form stars
eso2101 — Science Release 11 January 2021 Galaxies begin to “die” when they stop forming stars, but until now astronomers...
In Poland, a law made loan algorithms transparent. Implementation is nonexistent
By Konrad Szczygieł Since May 2019, and as a first in the EU, Polish consumers have the right to know...