August 24, 2016
STANFORD (CBS SF) – For many, using speech recognition on a smartphone has been at times a frustrating experience. Now, researchers at Stanford say the technology has advanced to a point where it is faster and more accurate than typing. Researchers devised an experiment where participants took turns inputting about 100 different phrases, either through…
via Stanford Study Finds Voice Recognition Sofware Types Faster, Better Than Humans — CBS San Francisco
August 8, 2016
Uncategorized NY Times, Researchers, Think Tanks Leave a comment
Think tanks are seen as independent, but their scholars often push donors’ agendas, amplifying a culture of corporate influence in Washington.
Source: Researchers or Corporate Allies? Think Tanks Blur the Line – The New York Times
“WASHINGTON — As Lennar Corporation, one of the nation’s largest home builders, pushed ahead with an $8 billion plan to revitalize a barren swath of San Francisco, it found a trusted voice to vouch for its work: the Brookings Institution, the most prestigious think tank in the world.
August 8, 2016
It has been a busy aviation week in Seattle! I attended the Friday (sunny) and Sunday (from grey skies and low cloud to sunny!) Seafair Boeing Air Show which included the new “Amazon One” Amazon Prime Air Boeing 767-300, a new Boeing 737 MAX, US Army and US Coast Guard helicopters, warbirds from the Flying Heritage Collection and […]
August 8, 2016
Uncategorized Africa, Human Trafficking, Illegal Migrants, IOM, Nigeria, Peace & Security, Report, UN Leave a comment
UN says 80% of the Nigerian women who came to Italy by boat in the first half of 2016 will be trafficked into prostitution
“The trafficking of Nigerian women from Libya to Italy by boat is reaching “crisis” levels, with traffickers using migrant reception centres as holding pens for women who are then collected and forced into prostitution across Europe, the UN’sInternational Office for Migration (IOM) warns.
About 3,600 Nigerian women arrived by boat into Italy in the first six months of this year, almost double the number who were registered in the same time period last year, according to the IOM.
More than 80% of these women will be trafficked into prostitution in Italy and across Europe, it says…”
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