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Cooperation and Competition: Algorithmic News Recommendations in China’s Digital News Landscape Via Pixabay Executive Summary This research report examines perceptions of—and approaches to—personalization among news organizations and technology companies in China and aims to identify the current state of personalized recommendation technology within the Chinese digital news landscape. Between September 2019 and August 2020, we conducted interviews...

Pentagon Spending Ripe for Reduction and Reform May 12, 2021 (Illustration: Renzo Velez / POGO) Thank you Chairman Sanders, Ranking Member Graham, and members of the committee for inviting me to testify before you today. I’m Mandy Smithberger, the director of the Center for Defense Information at the Project On Government Oversight. POGO is a nonpartisan independent watchdog that investigates and exposes waste, corruption, abuse of power, and when the government fails to serve the public or s...

Gallery | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | May 11, 2021 | Dave Fornell, Editor

Rapid test identifies dirty areas of food processing plants through light 19 Researchers say the new instrument can take the subjectivity out of cleaning debates, by quickly identifying areas of food production plants that have not been cleaned properly. By swiping surfaces in commercial food processing plants with specially designed rapid-testing adenosine triphospate (ATP) swabs – which produce a light similar to the glow of fireflies in the presence of microorganisms – spoilage and food...

The doctoral candidate in political science, finds that disproportionate surveillance of American Muslims stifles academic research. Within seconds of meeting someone for the first time, most people don’t expect to be asked if they’re an FBI informant. But it’s a question Hajer Al-Faham heard often during field research for her dissertation. Hajer Al-Fahem, a doctoral candidate in political science. (Image: Courtesy of OMNIA) In 201...

Flute Theatre Will Present Shakespeare Festival For Autistic Individuals and Their Families The festival will include Shakespeares Pericles and A Midsummer Nights Dream, among others.by BWW News Desk Flute Theatre, who since March 2020 and the onset of the pandemic have made over 700 online performances for autistic individuals and their families, will present three productions from Monday 7th June for 6 weeks. They will present their two previous adapted productions of Shakespeares Pericles a...

Like many people in South Africa, I grew up eating Eskort bacon, polony and Vienna sausages. As a homegrown brand that has been around for more than 100 years, it has become a household name that can rightly claim to be one of SA’s favourites. And, until recently, I would have agreed. This changed, however, when I received a rather disturbing message from a member of the adoption community who shared one of Eskort’s recent television adverts, developed by their new agency, Metropolitan Repu...

By sharing the stories behind the numbers, an Emory College student spotlights gaps in health care access for undocumented migrants in Morocco due to the current realities of global policies and the pandemic.  Madelyn R. Haden’s honors thesis illuminates how European Union (EU) policy and funding affects individual sub-Saharan migrants’ lives and experiences, including health care access and societal integration in Morocco. She received highest honors for the thesis and graduates this spri...

 E-Mail ITHACA, N.Y. - By swiping surfaces in commercial food processing plants with specially designed rapid-testing adenosine triphospate (ATP) swabs - which produce a light similar to the glow of fireflies in the presence of microorganisms - spoilage and foodborne illness could diminish, according to a new study from Cornell University food scientists. During food production, routine cleaning and surface sanitation are keys to help prevent microbial contamination in the end food products. W...

Cathryn MacCallum Cathryn MacCallum began her career in development as a cheese-maker on a coconut plantation in Tanzania. Passionate about rural development (North and South) she became involved in the development education movement. She has more than 20 years experience of working as a research and programme manager in international development and development education, she has co-written a number of textbooks aimed at secondary school students on learning for sustainable living for the Zan...