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As Higher Ed Goes Digital, ADA Compliance Falls Behind
Source: Government Technology A recent report from the risk management company AAAtraq found that 97 percent of U.S. college and university websites do not fully comply with requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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In every reported case where police mistakenly arrested someone using facial recognition, that person has been Black
Source: Business Insider Facial recognition software has always had trouble telling Black people apart, yet police departments are still using it.
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Doctors Transplanted a Pig Kidney Into a Person a Month Ago. It’s Still Working
Source: Wall Street Journal A genetically modified pig kidney transplanted into a brain-dead person has worked for 32 days and counting, advancing efforts to use animals to ease perennial shortages for
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The U.S. Is Turning Away From Its Biggest Scientific Partner at a Precarious Time
Source: Wall Street Journal Severing collaborations with China amid security concerns could undermine American progress in critical areas, some scientists are warning.
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Zoom CEO admits mistake as terms-of-service changes raise AI fears
Source: Axios The video-conferencing giant claimed rights to user data for AI training, and some users were not happy.
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Experimental insulin implant uses electricity to control genes
Source: Nature Human cells that have been engineered to respond to an electrical current could be incorporated into future medical devices.
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China universities waste millions, fail to make real use of research, audit finds in indictment of tech-sufficiency drive
Source: South China Morning Post A review by the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region found that an alarming number of colleges are underproducing, and a professor says it’s because China’s higher-level research system is flawed.
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NIH zebrafish research included in U.S. Postal Service’s “Life Magnified” stamps
Source: National Institutes of Health The work led to a groundbreaking discovery that zebrafish have lymphatic vessels inside their skull.
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Study: Higher education leaders see security as top priority
Source: Security Magazine A new study found that top institutional leaders are increasingly focused on improving both physical and network security.
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