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Aspartame is a possible carcinogen: the science behind the decision – Nature.com
Aspartame is used to sweeten thousands of food and drink products.Credit: BSIP SA/Alamy The cancer-research arm of the World Health Organization (WHO) has classified the low-calorie sweetener aspartame as possibly carcinogenic. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in Lyon, France, said its decision, announced on 14 July, was based on limited evidence for liver cancer in studies on people and rodents. However, the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) said that recommended daily limits for consumption of the sweetener, found in thousands of food and drink products, would not change
Faculty Openings, Teaching-stream Positions (All Ranks) job with … – Times Higher Education
The School of Data Science (SDS) at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CUHK-SZ) is now inviting qualified candidates to fill multiple teaching-stream faculty positions.The primary duties are teaching of courses offered by School of Data Science in its multiple programmes. Applicants should hold or expect to obtain a Ph.D. degree in one or more of the following areas: Computer Science, Operations Research, Data Science, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, Statistics, Management Science, and other closely related areas
Privacy and Legal Concerns Surrounding the UK’s Online Safety Bill – Lexology
The UKs Online Safety Bill A heated debate surrounds a crucial aspect of the UKs Online Safety Bill (The Bill): whether the pursuit of greater protections against child sexual abuse material (CSAM) justifies compromising individual privacy in relation to private messages.
Where Does AI Happen? – KDnuggets
Partnership Post By Connor Lee, Incoming NYU Computer Science Student With the leap in AI progress making shockwaves throughout mainstream media since November 2022, many speculate their jobs will be taken over by their AI counterparts. One profession, however, cannot be possibly replaced: the researchers advancing deep neural networks and other machine learning models the humans behind the AI. Although research is traditionally done within university walls, AI is by no means a traditional research field.
Safeguarding Your Privacy With Encrypted Apps to Thwart … – Innovation & Tech Today
In an Orwellian era marked by ever-increasing digital surveillance, many law-abiding citizens are increasingly concerned about their privacy. The revelations by whistleblowers Edward Snowden and William Binney shed light on pervasive government surveillance and corporate surveillance by the tech giants may be even more widespread. As a response to these abuses, the development and adoption of encrypted apps has gained momentum, providing individuals with a layer of privacy and security.
Synthetic Data Platforms: Unlocking the Power of Generative AI for … – KDnuggets
Creating a machine learning or deep learning model is so easy.. Nowadays, there are different tools and platforms available to not only automate the entire process of creating a model but to even help you to select the best model for a particular data set. One of the essential things you need to solve a problem by creating a model is a dataset that contains all the required attributes describing the problem you are trying to solve.
What Does the Patchless Cisco Vulnerability Mean for IT Teams … – InformationWeek
On July 5, Cisco released a security advisory warning users of a vulnerability in the Cisco ACI Multi-Site CloudSec encryption feature of Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches in ACI mode. The networking and cybersecurity solutions company has no plans to release software updates to address the vulnerability, and there are no workarounds.
A woman and her daughter plead guilty to abortion-related charges … – The Verge
A Norfolk, Nebraska, woman pleaded guilty to helping her daughter have a medication abortion last year. The charges came after Facebook, by court order, provided police with evidence that bolstered a Madison County prosecutors case against her. Last year, it emerged that the two were charged after police acquired Facebook messages that proved the two had acquired abortion medication intended for first-trimester abortions
Trais proposal to regulate OTT concerning, may threaten privacy, end encryption: Experts – The Economic Times
Over-the-top (OTT) communication services like Whatsapp, Signal or Telegram could be "over regulated" with the threat of encryption being compromised, said technology policy experts after the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) proposed to regulate such services in its consultation paper released last week.OTT services are currently regulated under the IT Act, which will soon be replaced by the proposed Digital India Bill.Experts said currently the government is required to give a notice under Section 69(a) of the IT Act to track calls and if OTT services are regulated by Trai, it will make it much easier for the government to intercept calls.The firms may also have to do away with end-to-end encryption, which will be a risk to user privacy and threaten operations of firms like Whatsapp in India, experts said.OTTs are currently regulated under the IT Act and adding another regulator in the mix is likely to complicate issues. India will probably have to consider a collaborative digital regulation framework like the one that the UK has set up, said Rohit Kumar, founding partner of public policy research firm The Quantum Hub.
Cyber Extortion Trends: Lessons from CL0P and MOVEit – Government Technology
Hacking group CL0Ps attacks on MOVEit point to ways that cyber extortion may be evolving, illuminating possible trends in who perpetrators target, when they time their attacks and how they put pressure on victims. Malicious actors that successfully target software supply chains can maximize their reach, impacting the initial victims as well as their clients and clients clients